Patents by Inventor Steve O'Connor

Steve O'Connor 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: 12201499
    Abstract: A myringotomy device includes a housing; an elongated tube extending from the housing; and a retractable cutting tool extendable through the elongated tube, the cutting tool comprising a blade. The cutting tool is configured such that when advanced, the blade of the cutting tool extends beyond a distal end of the elongated tube. The cutting tool is also configured such that when retracted, the blade is retracted into the elongated tube and a fluid conduit is created from the distal end of the elongated tube to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Gaynes, Michael O'Connor, Michael DeRossi, Gilberto Cavada, John Morici, Riyad Moe
  • Publication number: 20150066783
    Abstract: An automated music industry solution for aggregated search and licensing of diverse music catalogs through the use of metadata and algorithmic search technologies connecting the diverse supply of music available for synchronization licenses and the daily demands of music and media professionals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Declan Mohan, Bobby O'Reilly, Steve O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7623021
    Abstract: A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative of current tire conditions. A remote transmitter (22) for actuating a remote keyless entry system (19) emits a signal to actuate a function of the keyless entry system (19) such as unlocking doors (20) of the motor vehicle (10). A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed receiver (52) and a frequency shift keyed receiver (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system or the remote keyless entry system (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Tejas B. Desai, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Melvin Leblanc, Steve O'Connor, Kurt Van Drus, Patricia Abi-Nader
  • Publication number: 20090227765
    Abstract: A crosslinking monomer for making a crosslinked polymer, said monomer comprising reactive leaving groups Y and Y1 located on the same or different aryl or heteroaryl groups of the monomer and a structural unit of general formula I: where Ar represents an aryl or heteroaryl group; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group and where any two of Ar, Ar1 and Ar2 may optionally be linked; Sp represents an optional spacer group; and X represents a crosslinkable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl Towns, Ilaria Grizzi, Steve O'Connor, Annette Steudel
  • Patent number: 7246567
    Abstract: An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: H2EYE (International) Limited
    Inventors: Chris D. Shelton, Nigel Mark Jagger, Shaun David Househam, Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, Michael William Dormer, Jan Matteo Paoli, Nicholas Ian Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft
  • Publication number: 20070090919
    Abstract: A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative of current tire conditions. A remote transmitter (22) for actuating a remote keyless entry system (19) emits a signal to actuate a function of the keyless entry system (19) such as unlocking doors (20) of the motor vehicle (10). A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed receiver (52) and a frequency shift keyed receiver (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system or the remote keyless entry system (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Tejas Desai, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Melvin Leblanc, Steve O'Connor, Kurt Drus, Patricia Abi-Nader
  • Patent number: 7119661
    Abstract: A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative of current tire conditions. A remote transmitter (22) for actuating a remote keyless entry system (19) emits a signal to actuate a function of the keyless entry system (19) such as unlocking doors (20) of the motor vehicle (10). A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed receiver (52) and a frequency shift keyed receiver (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system or the remote keyless entry system (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Tejas B. Desai, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Melvin Leblanc, Steve O'Connor, Kurt Van Drus, Patricia Abi-Nader
  • Patent number: 6986320
    Abstract: An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: H2EYE (International) Limited
    Inventors: Chris D. Shelton, Nigel Mark Jagger, Shaun David Househam, Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, Michael William Dormer, Jan Matteo Paoli, Nicholas Ian Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft
  • Publication number: 20050204992
    Abstract: An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Chris Shelton, Nigel Jagger, Shaun Househam, Lawrence Tyson, Jeremy Cooper, Michael Dormer, Jan Paoli, Nicholas Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Pullin, Jaime Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft
  • Publication number: 20050134428
    Abstract: A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative of current tire conditions. A remote transmitter (22) for actuating a remote keyless entry system (19) emits a signal to actuate a function of the keyless entry system (19) such as unlocking doors (20) of the motor vehicle (10). A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed receiver (52) and a frequency shift keyed receiver (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system or the remote keyless entry system (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Tejas Desai, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Melvin Leblanc, Steve O'Connor, Kurt Van Drus, Patricia Abi-Nader
  • Patent number: 6885283
    Abstract: A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed mode (52) and a frequency shift keyed mode (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system (26) and a remote keyless entry system (20) and switches between modes in response to receipt of a wake up pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Steve O'Connor, Tejas B. Desai, Allan Losey
  • Patent number: 6885282
    Abstract: A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative of current tire conditions. A remote transmitter (22) for actuating a remote keyless entry system (19) emits a signal to actuate a function of the keyless entry system (19) such as unlocking doors (20) of the motor vehicle (10). A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed receiver (52) and a frequency shift keyed receiver (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system or the remote keyless entry system (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Tejas B. Desai, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Melvin Leblanc, Steve O'Connor, Kurt Van Drus, Patricia Abi-Nader
  • Patent number: 6822562
    Abstract: A tire differentiating system (21, 121) is employed to differentiate tires (22, 24, 26, 28, 122, 124, 126, 128) in a vehicle (20, 120). Each tire includes a sensor (30, 32, 34, 36, 120, 132, 134, 136) which communicates with a receiver (38, 138). In a first example, when a tire (22, 24, 26, 28) is inflated above a high pressure threshold, a flag bit is stored in the sensor (30, 32, 34, 36) identifying the tire as a rear tire (26, 28). If a rear tire (26, 28) drops below a low pressure threshold, a warning algorithm is initiated to warn the driver. In a second example, the sensor (130, 132, 134, 136) is a transceiver with an RF detector circuit having an identification code. A RF transmitter (144, 146, 148, 150) is located proximate to each of the respective transceivers (130, 132, 134, 136). The receiver (138) sends a signal to each RF transmitter (144, 146, 148, 150) which generates a RF signal that is sent to the transceivers (130, 132, 134, 136).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: James Anthony Poirier, Steve O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20040083940
    Abstract: An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Chris D. Shelton, Nigel Mark Jagger, Shaun David Househam, Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, Michael William Dormer, Jan Matteo Paoli, Nicholas Ian Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft
  • Patent number: 6662742
    Abstract: An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: H2EYE (International) Limited
    Inventors: Chris D. Shelton, Nigel Mark Jagger, Shaun David Househam, Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, Michael William Dormer, Jan Matteo Paoli, Nicholas Ian Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft
  • Patent number: 6573678
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically closing a moveable panel, such as a vehicle window. A power drive mechanism is controlled by a controller. The controller determines if the user has issued an “express up” command. Only if the panel is beyond a predetermined proximity of its fully closed position when the “express up” command is issued, is the panel is powered to the fully closed position under its normal circumstances. If the panel is within the predetermined proximity, however, exception processing occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Allan Losey, Steve O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20020196137
    Abstract: A tire differentiating system (21, 121) is employed to differentiate tires (22, 24, 26, 28, 122, 124, 126, 128) in a vehicle (20, 120). Each tire includes a sensor (30, 32, 34, 36, 120, 132, 134, 136) which communicates with a receiver (38, 138). In a first example, when a tire (22, 24, 26, 28) is inflated above a high pressure threshold, a flag bit is stored in the sensor (30, 32, 34, 36) identifying the tire as a rear tire (26, 28). If a rear tire (26, 28) drops below a low pressure threshold, a warning algorithm is initiated to warn the driver. In a second example, the sensor (130, 132, 134, 136) is a transceiver with an RF detector circuit having an identification code. A RF transmitter (144, 146, 148, 150) is located proximate to each of the respective transceivers (130, 132, 134, 136). The receiver (138) sends a signal to each RF transmitter (144, 146, 148, 150) which generates a RF signal that is sent to the transceivers (130, 132, 134, 136).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: James Anthony Poirier, Steve O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20020177406
    Abstract: A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed mode (52) and a frequency shift keyed mode (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system (26) and a remote keyless entry system (20) and switches between modes in response to receipt of a wake up pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Steve O'Connor, Tejas B. Desai, Allan Losey
  • Publication number: 20020149477
    Abstract: A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative of current tire conditions. A remote transmitter (22) for actuating a remote keyless entry system (19) emits a signal to actuate a function of the keyless entry system (19) such as unlocking doors (20) of the motor vehicle (10). A receiver assembly (16) includes an amplitude shift keyed receiver (52) and a frequency shift keyed receiver (58) selectively engagable to receive radio frequency transmissions from the tire monitoring system or the remote keyless entry system (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Tejas B. Desai, Jean-Christophe Deniau, Melvin Leblanc, Steve O'Connor, Kurt Van Drus, Patricia Abi-Nader
  • Publication number: 20020083880
    Abstract: An ROV comprising a topside, a fish and an umbilical cable for connecting the topside and the fish together. The fish is adapted to be powered by an onboard battery inductively coupled to the fish. The cable is of a fine diameter to reduce drag through the water. RF transmissions carry control and return signals to and from the fish and topside. The fish has two cameras. The front facing camera is located behind a dual layer flooded dome. A pan and tilt mechanism is fitted to one of the cameras and uses a pivotable gimbal frame driven by a lead nut moving along an arcuate bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Chris D. Shelton, Nigel Mark Jagger, Shaun David Househam, Lawrence Samuel Tyson, Jeremy Daniel Cooper, Michael William Dormer, Jan Matteo Paoli, Nicholas Ian Kempt, Mark Sanders, Graham Michael Pullin, Jaime Valls Miro, Frances Samalionis, Paul South, Tracy Currer, Steve O'Connor, Martin Bontoft