Patents by Inventor Steven A. Edwards

Steven A. Edwards 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).

  • Spray Drying Microcapsules
    Publication number: 20140079747
    Abstract: Spray drying microcapsules with particulates, the microcapsules that result from such spray drying, and compositions and methods of making said compositions including the spray-dried microcapsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jiten Odhavji DIHORA, Jonathan Robert CETTI, Steven Edward WITT, Jianjun Justin LI
  • ANHYDROUS COMPOSITIONS HAVING MICROCAPSULES AND NON-VOLATILE OILS
    Publication number: 20140079748
    Abstract: Anhydrous compositions having microcapsules and non-volatile oils; and methods related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert CETTI, Steven Edward WITT, Jiten Odhavji DIHORA, Jianjun Justin LI
  • DELAMINATION RESISTANT GLASS CONTAINERS WITH HEAT-TOLERANT COATINGS
    Publication number: 20140069886
    Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Stephen Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib, James Patrick Hamilton, Susan Lee Schiefelbein
  • METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING A TURBINE CLEARANCE
    Publication number: 20140058644
    Abstract: A method for reducing a turbine clearance between a plurality of rotor blades of a turbine engine and a shroud of the turbine engine is provided. Said method includes determining, with a flight operation controller, that an airplane is in a first flight condition, wherein the first flight condition is associated with a first turbine clearance and a first engine responsiveness level, determining, with the flight operation controller, that the airplane is in a second flight condition, adjusting an engine responsiveness level from the first engine responsiveness level to a second engine responsiveness level based on determining the airplane is in the second flight condition, and adjusting the turbine clearance from the first turbine clearance to a second turbine clearance based on the engine responsiveness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Adibhatla, Steven Edward Nolte, Gerhard Walter Moeller, Christopher Timothy Gallagher, John William Hanify, Grant Alan Ingram
  • Glass sheet separating device
    Patent number: 8656738
    Abstract: A scoreless separation device and method are described herein for separating a glass sheet without needing to score the glass sheet. In one embodiment, the device shears a stationary glass sheet without needing to score the glass sheet. In another embodiment, the device shears a moving glass sheet to remove outer edges from the moving glass sheet without needing to score the moving glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Albert Joseph, II, Steven Edward DeMartino
  • METHOD FOR FORMING DIFFUSION REGIONS IN A SILICON SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20140048133
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an etch-resistant dopant material on a silicon substrate, the etch-resistant dopant material comprising a dopant source, forming a cross-linked matrix in the etch-resistant dopant material using a non-thermal cure of the etch-resistant dopant material, and heating the silicon substrate and the etch-resistant dopant material to a temperature sufficient to cause the dopant source to diffuse into the silicon substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kahn C. Wu, Steven M. Kraft, Paul Loscutoff, Steven Edward Molesa
  • Frame rail assemblies, interlocking frame rail systems, and related methods
    Patent number: 8647018
    Abstract: A frame rail assembly for a boat dock structure includes a first frame rail member, a second frame rail member and a corner bumper member. The first frame rail member is secured to a first side of the boat dock structure and includes a first channel and a second channel The second frame rail member is secured to a second side of the boat dock structure and includes a first channel and a second channel. The corner bumper is positioned at a corner between a first end of the first frame rail member and a first end of the second frame rail member. The corner bumper member includes a first section and a second section. The first section includes coupling members engaged with the channels of the first frame rail member, and the second section includes coupling members engaged with the channels of the second frame rail member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Steven Edward DeMay
  • STRENGTHENED BOROSILICATE GLASS CONTAINERS WITH IMPROVED DAMAGE TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20140034544
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass container may include a body formed from a Type I, Class B glass composition according to ASTM Standard E438-92. The body may have an inner surface, an outer surface and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The body may also include a compressively stressed layer extending into the wall thickness from at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface. A lubricous coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the outer surface of the body, wherein the outer surface of the body with the lubricous coating has a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut
  • FRAME RAIL ASSEMBLIES AND INTERLOCKING FRAME RAIL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140030028
    Abstract: A frame rail assembly for a boat dock structure includes a frame rail member and a removable resilient rub-rail member. The frame rail member includes a first side configured for securing the frame rail member to a side of the boat dock structure; a second side opposing the first side; a first channel extending along a length of the frame rail member; and a second channel below the first channel, the second channel extending along the length of the frame rail member. An interlocking frame rail system for boat dock structures includes a first frame rail member, a second frame rail member, and an upper connector member extending along at least a portion of a length of the first frame rail member and at least a portion of the length of a second frame rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Steven Edward DeMay
  • Application-aware M:N hot redundancy for DPI-based application engines
    Patent number: 8626954
    Abstract: A packet processing system for providing application-aware hot redundancy and a related card and methods are disclosed. The system may include a plurality of active devices, each including a processor configured to perform deep packet inspection to identify an application associated with an active flow, and a redundancy block configured to determine whether the application requires hot redundancy and, if so, to forward a message from which state information may be derived. The system may also include at least one protecting device in communication with each of the active devices and configured to receive the message regarding the active flow from the active device, derive state information from the message, and resume packet forwarding operations for the active flow upon failure of a respective active device of the plurality of active devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Andrew Dolganow, Steven Edward Morin
  • Illuminated pushbutton switch with embedded interface and driver logic
    Patent number: 8624442
    Abstract: Illuminated pushbutton switches are improved by replacing the traditional time delay relays, Boolean interface logic or driver components often incorporated within interface wiring and harnesses with a subminiature electronic logic module located within the illuminated pushbutton switch housing. This Logic Module provides numerous additional benefits beyond the standard illuminated push button switch by incorporating functional capability such as pulse timing, edge detecting or Boolean logic that allow the unit to replace external electro mechanical relays, diode logic, or time delay relays that are typical in current applications. These additional features provide enhancements by allowing lower size and weight, longer switch life, no electrical spikes, remote set and reset capability, display blinking, and high reliability electronic driver circuits that can drive modest electrical loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Aerospace Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven A. Edwards
  • DELAMINATION RESISTANT GLASS CONTAINERS WITH HEAT-TOLERANT COATINGS
    Publication number: 20140001076
    Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Steven Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib
  • GLASS COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL DURABILITY
    Publication number: 20130344263
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In another embodiment, a glass composition may include from about 70 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 3 mol. % to about 13 mol. % alkaline earth oxide; X mol. % Al2O3; and Y mol. % alkali oxide. The alkali oxide may include Na2O in an amount greater than about 8 mol. %. A ratio of Y:X may be greater than 1 and the glass composition may be free of boron and compounds of boron. In some embodiments, the glass composition may also be free of phosphorous and compounds of phosphorous. Glass articles formed from the glass composition may have at least a class S3 acid resistance according to DIN 12116, at least a class A2 base resistance according to ISO 695, and a type HGA1 hydrolytic resistance according to ISO 720.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, Robert Anthony Schaut
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-MANGANESE WELDING WIRE
    Publication number: 20130313240
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire includes a sheath and a core. The tubular welding wire includes less than approximately 0.4% manganese metal or alloy by weight, and the tubular welding wire is configured to form a weld deposit having less than approximately 0.5% manganese by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Hobart Brothers Company
    Inventors: Mario Anthony Amata, Joseph C. Bundy, Steven Edward Barhorst
  • Method for forming diffusion regions in a silicon substrate
    Patent number: 8586397
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing solar cells is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an etch-resistant dopant material on a silicon substrate, the etch-resistant dopant material comprising a dopant source, forming a cross-linked matrix in the etch-resistant dopant material using a non-thermal cure of the etch-resistant dopant material, and heating the silicon substrate and the etch-resistant dopant material to a temperature sufficient to cause the dopant source to diffuse into the silicon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Kahn C. Wu, Steven M. Kraft, Paul Loscutoff, Steven Edward Molesa
  • Illuminated pushbutton switch with configurable electronic latching features
    Patent number: 8587158
    Abstract: Within an illuminating pushbutton switch, an electronic latching circuit replaces an electromagnetic holding coil for latching or releasing a state of the illuminated pushbutton switch. The electronic latching circuit includes inputs receiving clock and reset control signals, one or more outputs delivering latch output states, which may include multiple configurable states, and latch logic controlled by the clock and reset control signals and delivering signals maintaining the illuminated pushbutton switch in a predetermined condition depending upon the latch state. The electronic logic circuit fits within the illuminated pushbutton switch housing in space sized to hold one snap action switching device without increase in the length, weight or mounting depth of the illuminated pushbutton switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aerospace Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven A. Edwards
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING FLUORINE-CONTAINING GAS FOR SUBMERGED ARC WELDING
    Publication number: 20130299462
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to welding, and more specifically, to submerged arc welding (SAW). In an embodiment, a welding system includes a gas supply system configured to provide a fluorine-containing gas flow. The system also includes a wire supply system configured to provide welding wire, and a flux supply system configured to provide flux near a welding arc during submerged arc welding (SAW). The system further includes a welding torch assembly configured to receive the fluorine-containing gas flow and the welding wire and to deliver the fluorine-containing gas flow and the welding wire near the welding arc during the SAW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Fisher, Mario Anthony Amata, Steven Edward Barhorst, Joseph C. Bundy
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBMERGED ARC WELDING
    Publication number: 20130299461
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to welding, and more specifically, to submerged arc welding (SAW). In an embodiment, a welding system includes a gas supply system configured to provide a gas flow. The system also includes a wire supply system configured to provide welding wire, and a flux supply system configured to provide flux near a welding arc during submerged arc welding (SAW). The system further includes a welding torch assembly configured to receive the gas flow and the welding wire and to deliver the gas flow and the welding wire near the welding arc during SAW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Fisher, Mario Anthony Amata, Steven Edward Barhorst, Joseph C. Bundy
  • System and method for selective image capture, transmission and reconstruction
    Patent number: 8582648
    Abstract: A video processing method and system for generating a foveated video display with sections having different resolutions uses a network channel for communicating video images having video sections of different resolutions, and includes a video transmission system for processing and transmitting the received video images over the network channel. The system assigns a larger portion of the network channel's bandwidth to a video section with higher resolution. Further, the system includes a video receiving system for receiving and seamlessly combining the first and second video sections of different resolutions to form an output video image on a display device, and a control unit for sending one or more video control parameters to the video transmission system to control capturing, transmitting and processing of the video images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven T. Berman, Paul F. Greier, Kenneth C. Ho, Richard I. Kaufman, Alphonso P. Lanzetta, Michael P. Mastro, Steven Edward Millman, Ron Ridgeway, Kai Schleupen, Steven Lorenz Wright
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIGRATING DATA
    Publication number: 20130282996
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for migrating data. One system includes a small computer system interface logical unit number (SCSI LUN) configured to store protected data, a processor, and memory configured to store a peer-to-peer remote copy (PPRC) application. The processor is configured to execute the PPRC application to modify the protection in transmitted data and received data. One method includes receiving unprotected data, utilizing a PPRC application to add protection to the data to generate protected data, and storing the protected data in a protected SCSI LUN. Another method includes receiving, at a protected SCSI LUN, a request to transmit protected data, utilizing a PPRC application to strip the protection from the protected data to generate unprotected data, and transmitting the unprotected data to an unprotected SCSI LUN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph KALOS, Steven Edward KLEIN, Jared Michael MINCH