Patents by Inventor Steve Hughes

Steve Hughes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12262749
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision system comprising the cartridge and a control unit. The cartridge comprises: an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region; a heating element for heating aerosolizable material, such as liquid, from a reservoir to generate aerosol in the aerosol generation region; and a valve located in the air channel upstream of the aerosol generating region. The cartridge is configured such that air passing through the air channel is configured to pass from the air inlet, past the air valve, into the aerosol generating region, and then out from the aerosol outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: David Alan Nelson, Steve Hughes
  • Patent number: 12237162
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that enable a compact, UHV ion trap system that can operate at temperatures above cryogenic temperatures. Ion trap systems in accordance with the present disclosure are surface treated and sealed while held in a UHV environment, where disparate components are joined via UHV seals, such as weld joints, compressible metal flanges, and UHV-compatible solder joints. As a result, no cryogenic pump is required, thereby enabling an extremely small-volume system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Duke University, ColdQuanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Jungsang Kim, Geert Vrijsen, Ismail Inlek, Tom Noel, Megan Ivory, Alexander Kato, Steve Hughes
  • Publication number: 20230346020
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision system. The cartridge includes an air channel extending from an air inlet to an outlet via an aerosol generation region. The cartridge also includes a heating element for heating liquid from a reservoir to generate aerosol and an aerosol outlet tube. The aerosol outlet tube has a first end and a second end. The first end is proximate to the aerosol generation region and second end is configured to fit inside an air channel seal. The aerosol outlet tube tapers inwardly from the first end to the second end such that a cross-sectional area of the second end is less than a cross-sectional area of the first end. The cartridge is configured such that air passes from the air inlet, into the aerosol generating region, through the aerosol outlet tube, past the air channel seal and then out from the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Steve Hughes
  • Publication number: 20220295884
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision system can include the cartridge and a control unit, and the system can include a vaporizer for vaporizing an aerosolizable material. The cartridge can include an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region, and a reservoir for containing aerosolizable material for aerosolizing. The cartridge can further include an aerosolizable material level observation means for allowing a user to observe a level of aerosolizable material inside the reservoir. The aerosolizable-material-level observation means can include at least one contoured surface located on a surface of the cartridge to improve the visibility of the aerosolizable material level inside the reservoir due to the interaction of light with the contoured surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Scott George Boham, Steve Hughes
  • Publication number: 20220287379
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision system that includes the cartridge and a control unit, wherein the system comprises a vaporizer for vaporizing an aerosolizable material. The cartridge can include an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region, and a reservoir for containing aerosolizable material for aerosolizing. The cartridge can further include an aerosolizable material level observation means for allowing a user to observe a level of aerosolizable material inside the reservoir. The aerosolizable material level observation means can include a portion of the cartridge, which can include a window for viewing into the reservoir. The portion of the cartridge may be located on a first side surface and a second side surface of the cartridge, and/or might be located on a different surface of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Scott George Boham, Steve Hughes
  • Publication number: 20190380504
    Abstract: An inflatable pillow system includes a pillow formed of an upper and lower bladder that may be independently inflated and deflated. A controller includes an air mover, a valve assembly, and a control box. The valve assembly includes an air line to the upper bladder, and an air line to the lower bladder. Each of an upper air line valve and a lower air line valve is urged into a closed position by an valve spring, and is movable into an open position by an valve servo. The air line valves may include hollow valve plungers, so that the valve springs extend into the plungers. The control box has an input for inflating and deflating the upper bladder, and an input for inflating and deflating the lower bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: David Therkildsen, Steve Hughes
  • Patent number: 9874271
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement including a torque converter, a first shaft fixed to rotate with a turbine of the torque converter about an axis, a second shaft fixed to rotate with a casing of the torque converter about said axis, a gear mounted on the first shaft and being fixed to rotate with the first shaft and a clutch selectively engageable to cause the first shaft to be fixed to rotate with the second shaft and being selectively disengageable to allow the first shaft to rotate relative to the second shaft, the clutch being rotatable about said axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventor: Steve Hughes
  • Publication number: 20150059522
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement including a torque converter, a first shaft fixed to rotate with a turbine of the torque converter about an axis, a second shaft fixed to rotate with a casing of the torque converter about said axis, a gear mounted on the first shaft and being fixed to rotate with the first shaft and a clutch selectively engageable to cause the first shaft to be fixed to rotate with the second shaft and being selectively disengageable to allow the first shaft to rotate relative to the second shaft, the clutch being rotatable about said axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventor: Steve Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080312524
    Abstract: A medical sensor having at least one electrode configured to be placed on a patient for medical monitoring and a motion sensor integrated in the medical sensor with the electrode, the motion sensor configured to detect patient motion and provide electrical signals in response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Solosko, Thomas Lyster, Steve Hugh, Brett Cross, Stacy Gehman
  • Patent number: D459299
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Swatch AG (Swatch SA) (Swatch Ltd.)
    Inventors: Steve Hughes, Stascha Offenback, Rie Isono
  • Patent number: D403678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Swatch AG (Swatch SA) (Swatch Ltd.)
    Inventors: Miles Hawley, Steve Hughes, Rie Isono
  • Patent number: D416016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Swatch AG
    Inventors: Steve Hughes, Stascha Offenback, Rie Isono
  • Patent number: D426533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Swatch AG
    Inventors: Steve Hughes, Stascha Offenback, Rie Isono
  • Patent number: D427173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Vtech Communications Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Chan, Steve Hughes, Andrew Jones, Stascha Offenbeck
  • Patent number: D984730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Scott George Boham, Steve Hughes
  • Patent number: D985187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Scott George Boham, Steve Hughes