Patents by Inventor Steven A. Daniel

Steven A. Daniel 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).

  • Configurable cross-domain information assurance
    Patent number: 9760731
    Abstract: Methods for configuring and utilizing a configurable data guard (CDG) implemented on a hardware-based programmable logic device are disclosed. The CDG may include integrated circuit portions comprising a plurality of arrays of generic comparison operations and a plurality of arrays of generic action operations. The CDG may receive a data guard configuration. The CDG may perform an authentication and integrity check procedure on the received data guard configuration. The CDG may configure a plurality of guard primitives based on the data guard configuration. Each guard primitive may be configured from at least one generic comparison operation and at least one generic action operation. The guard primitives may be used to enforce the complex data guard rules that correspond to the data guard configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Norman Winslow, Frank Anthony Costantini, Steven Daniel Devlin, Robert M. Smith
  • Quantum Dot Nanoparticles Having Enhanced Stability and Luminescence Efficiency
    Publication number: 20170229618
    Abstract: Certain dithio-compounds have been found to be superior capping ligands for quantum dot (QD) nanoparticles. Example dithio-ligands include dithiocarbamate ligands. These strongly binding ligands are capable of coordinating to both positive and negative atoms on the surface of the nanoparticle. The ligands are bi-dentate and thus their approach to the QD surface is not as sterically hindered as is the approach of mono-dentate ligands. These ligands can therefore completely saturate the QD surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Daniels, Arun Narayanaswamy
  • NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20170218268
    Abstract: Nanoparticles include or consist essentially of (i) a core that itself includes or consists essentially of a first material, and (ii) a layer including or consisting essentially of a second material. In various embodiments, one of the first and second materials is a semiconductor material incorporating ions from group 13 and group 15 of the periodic table, and the other of the first and second materials is a metal oxide material incorporating metal ions selected from any one of groups 1 to 12, 14 and 15 of the periodic table. In other embodiments, one of the first and second materials is a semiconductor material, and the other of the first and second materials is an oxide of a metal selected from any one of groups 3 to 10 of the periodic table. Methods for preparing such nanoparticles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Nigel Pickett, Steven Daniels, Imrana Mushtaq
  • Vehicle charging pad having reduced thickness
    Patent number: 9676285
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for charging pads for use with wireless power systems. In one aspect a vehicle charging pad having a reduced thickness is provided. A charging pad may include multiple wire coils and a ferrite block backing. By forming a longitudinally extending slot in the ferrite block, a portion of the wires extending from the coils can be routed through the slot in the ferrite block to decrease the overall thickness of the charging pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Niederhauser, Nicholas Athol Keeling, Hanspeter Widmer, Markus Bittner
  • Quantum dot nanoparticles having enhanced stability and luminescence efficiency
    Patent number: 9666768
    Abstract: Certain dithio-compounds have been found to be superior capping ligands for quantum dot (QD) nanoparticles. Example dithio-ligands include dithiocarbamate ligands. These strongly binding ligands are capable of coordinating to both positive and negative atoms on the surface of the nanoparticle. The ligands are bi-dentate and thus their approach to the QD surface is not as sterically hindered as is the approach of mono-dentate ligands. These ligands can therefore completely saturate the QD surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Daniels, Arun Narayanaswamy
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL DISSIPATION IN VEHICLE PADS FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170129344
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for thermal dissipation in vehicle pads for wireless power transfer applications are provided. In some implementations, an apparatus for wirelessly receiving charging power is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one receive coil configured to wirelessly receive the charging power. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of electrical components configured to convert the charging power to a direct current. The apparatus further comprises a primary heat sink comprising a plurality of fins configured to dissipate heat generated by the plurality of electrical components. The plurality of fins are disposed adjacent to the plurality of electrical components. The apparatus further comprises at least one thermally conductive structure configured to physically connect at least some of the plurality of electrical components to the primary heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Simon Peter Islinger, Steven Daniel Niederhauser, Jonathan Beaver, Chang-Yu Huang, Mickel Bipin Budhia, Nicholas Athol Keeling, Hao Hao, Michael Le Gallais Kissin, Rafal Krzysztof Scibor, Johan Gabriel Samuelsson
  • CONFIGURABLE CROSS-DOMAIN INFORMATION ASSURANCE
    Publication number: 20170098094
    Abstract: Methods for configuring and utilizing a configurable data guard (CDG) implemented on a hardware-based programmable logic device are disclosed. The CDG may include integrated circuit portions comprising a plurality of arrays of generic comparison operations and a plurality of arrays of generic action operations. The CDG may receive a data guard configuration. The CDG may perform an authentication and integrity check procedure on the received data guard configuration. The CDG may configure a plurality of guard primitives based on the data guard configuration. Each guard primitive may be configured from at least one generic comparison operation and at least one generic action operation. The guard primitives may be used to enforce the complex data guard rules that correspond to the data guard configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Norman Winslow, Frank Anthony Costantini, Steven Daniel Devlin, Robert M. Smith
  • Transparent serial encryption
    Patent number: 9596075
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for configuring and using one or more block ciphering techniques in order to encrypt/decrypt serial data streams while maintaining cryptographic synchronization and attempting to minimize the amount of overhead introduced into the stream. The techniques disclosed herein may be used to encrypt and decrypt serial data streams using a block cipher in a manner that can be substantially transparent to the devices involved in the serial communication session. For example, the serial user data may be left unframed by the encryption device while monitoring for opportunistic times to transmit framed cryptographic synchronization information during periods of relative inactivity in an asynchronous serial data stream. A cryptographic device implementing the techniques described herein may be configured to implement one or more of an encryption device or a decryption device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: L3 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Norman Winslow, Todd David Heinrich, Steven Daniel Devlin, Frank Anthony Costantini
  • Group III-V/Zinc Chalcogenide Alloyed Semiconductor Quantum Dots
    Publication number: 20170009134
    Abstract: A scalable method for the manufacture of narrow, bright, monodisperse, photo-luminescent quantum dots prepared in the presence of a Group II-VI molecular seeding cluster fabricated in situ from a zinc salt and a thiol or selenol compound. Exemplary quantum dots have a core containing indium, phosphorus, zinc and either sulfur or selenium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Daniels, James Harris, Paul Glarvey, Katherine Orchard, Arun Narayanaswamy
  • METHOD OF TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS
    Publication number: 20160346287
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions employing 9-(4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)butyl)guanine (“H2G”) or derivatives or analogs thereof for the treatment of viral diseases, as well as for the treatment of other conditions, including, but not limited to, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and Graves' disease. The H2G or derivative or analog thereof can be administered in a pharmaceutical composition and can be administered with an additional antiviral therapeutic agent or another agent for the treatment of other conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Fred VOLINSKY, Steven Daniel DONG
  • INTEGRATION OF SOLENOID POSITIONING ANTENNAS IN WIRELESS INDUCTIVE CHARGING POWER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160341573
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a position between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver is provided. The apparatus comprises a ferrite structure. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of detection loops formed from metallic traces on a flexible printed circuit wrapped on or around the ferrite structure. Each of the plurality of detection loops comprises a solenoid detection loop. The ferrite structure comprises a first ferrite block and a second ferrite block disposed adjacent to the first ferrite block. A first wireless power transfer coil is wrapped on or around the first ferrite block. A second wireless power transfer coil is wrapped on or around the second ferrite block. Each detection loop of the plurality of detection loops is configured to sense an amount of magnetic flux flowing in a direction normal to a winding plane of the detection loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Hans Peter Widmer, Simon Peter !slinger, Markus Bittner, Steven Daniel Niederhauser
  • Group III-V/zinc chalcogenide alloyed semiconductor quantum dots
    Patent number: 9478700
    Abstract: A scalable method for the manufacture of narrow, bright, monodisperse, photo-luminescent quantum dots prepared in the presence of a Group II-VI molecular seeding cluster fabricated in situ from a zinc salt and a thiol or selenol compound. Exemplary quantum dots have a core containing indium, phosphorus, zinc and either sulfur or selenium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Daniels, James Harris, Paul Glarvey, Katherine Orchard, Arun Narayanaswamy
  • Quantum Dots Stabilized With A Metal Thiol Polymer
    Publication number: 20160289552
    Abstract: A composition of matter comprises a plurality of quantum dots and a metal thiol polymer that acts to stabilize the quantum dots. In certain embodiments, the metal thiol polymer is a zinc thiol polymer. The zinc thiol polymer may be a zinc alkanethiolate. The zinc alkanethiolate may be zinc dodecanethiolate (Zn-DDT). A composition comprising a plurality of quantum dots and a metal thiol polymer may be formulated with one or more additional polymers as a quantum dot-containing bead or as a quantum dot-containing composite material—e.g., a multilayer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Werner, Benjamin Peek, Abu Mohammad Imroz Ali, Shahin Salma, Steven Daniels, James Harris
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A MODULAR COIL HOLDER FOR AN EXTENDED WIRELESS CHARGING ROADWAY ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20160218534
    Abstract: A holder configured to hold one or more components of a wireless charging power transfer system is provided. The apparatus comprises a first surface having one or more grooves configured to receive at least a portion of a conductor of a coil that spans the holder and at least one other holder, the coil configured to inductively transfer power via a magnetic field. The apparatus comprises one or more mechanical connectors configured to fasten the holder to the at least one other holder. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of transverse grooves on the first surface that extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of extension of the one or more grooves, the plurality of transverse grooves configured to guide the conductor of the coil from the holder to the at least one other holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Simon Peter Islinger, Steven Daniel Niederhauser
  • Transparent Serial Encryption
    Publication number: 20160149696
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for configuring and using one or more block ciphering techniques in order to encrypt/decrypt serial data streams while maintaining cryptographic synchronization and attempting to minimize the amount of overhead introduced into the stream. The techniques disclosed herein may be used to encrypt and decrypt serial data streams using a block cipher in a manner that can be substantially transparent to the devices involved in the serial communication session. For example, the serial user data may be left unframed by the encryption device while monitoring for opportunistic times to transmit framed cryptographic synchronization information during periods of relative inactivity in an asynchronous serial data stream. A cryptographic device implementing the techniques described herein may be configured to implement one or more of an encryption device or a decryption device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Norman Winslow, Todd David Heinrich, Steven Daniel Devlin, Frank Anthony Costantini
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THERMAL ABLATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE USING GEOMETRIC ABLATION PATTERNS
    Publication number: 20160128761
    Abstract: A tissue ablation system including numerous components and methods is described herein for encircling target tissue and generating tissue ablation volumes in various biological tissues. The biological tissue includes tissue of a variety of organs of the human body including the liver, spleen, kidney, lung, breast and other organs, but is not so limited. The tissue ablation device comprises an energy source and at least one trocar coupled to the energy source, the trocar having a body, a proximal end, and a distal end. The trocar carries an electrode array that comprises a plurality of electrodes, each electrode of the plurality of electrodes is configured to extend from the trocar when moved from a retracted state to a deployed state, and to have at least one radius of curvature in the deployed state so that the electrode array forms a series of shaped electrodes in the deployed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Steven A. DANIEL, David L. MORRIS, Kee Sein LEE
  • Polyolefin-Based Hot Melt Adhesives With Improved Processing And Bonding Performance
    Publication number: 20160102230
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive made from a blend of a polypropylene-based polymer, a polyolefin elastomer, and an amorphous polyolefin. These adhesives exhibit excellent molten and pre-set flow allowing them to wet out substrates yet develop properties needed to form and maintain strong bonds making them useful for hygiene, construction, and packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Gray, David Frederic Freund, Richard Edward Hamann, Miao Hu, Fabrice Nicolas-Henri Flores
  • Engine health monitoring and power allocation control for a turbine engine using electric generators
    Patent number: 9260976
    Abstract: A control for a turbine engine using electrical machines monitors engine health and allocates power extraction between the electrical machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Daniel Phillips, Michael Armstrong, Tom Mark Neuman
  • THERMAL HEMOSTASIS AND/OR COAGULATION OF TISSUE
    Publication number: 20160038228
    Abstract: Energy delivery systems and methods are provided for use in biological tissue. The energy delivery system includes an energy source and an electrode array. The electrode array includes bipolar electrodes positioned so a first spacing between a pair of adjacent electrodes is different relative to a second spacing between at least one other pair of adjacent electrodes. The electrode array and the energy source are coupled and configured to generate uniform energy density in target tissue according to impedance of the target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Steven A. DANIEL, David L. MORRIS
  • Earplug
    Patent number: D745135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Bumble BE Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Daniel Butler