Patents by Inventor Steven A. Richards

Steven A. Richards 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).

  • Publication number: 20190031494
    Abstract: A method for transferring volatile liquid from a refueling tank to the fuel tank of an internal combustion device including the steps of providing a volatile liquid refueling apparatus, having a probe including an outer collar and a receiver including a receiving collar, where the outer collar and the receiving collar are configured to join to create a vapor-tight enclosure, installing the receiver in the fuel tank of an internal combustion device, installing the probe in the refueling tank, inserting the probe into the receiver, engaging the receiving collar and the probe outer collar to create a vapor-tight enclosure, transferring volatile liquid from the refueling tank to the fuel tank, and disengaging the probe from the receiver, including sealing the refueling tank and the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Publication number: 20190005710
    Abstract: A method of rendering a graphical object comprises accessing a mapping relating a mesoscale structure and a light scattering parameter of a material to a perceptual appearance characteristic; determining a perceptual appearance characteristic of the graphical object, the graphical object reproduced on an interface to represent an object formed from the material, the perceptual appearance characteristic determined in accordance with the mapping using an initial mesoscale structure and a light scattering parameter of the material; receiving a signal indicating a modification in structure relating to the initial mesoscale structure; and determining, using the mapping, an adjustment of the light scattering parameter preserving the determined perceptual appearance characteristic, based on the modification of the initial mesoscale structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Richard Irrgang, Thai Quan Huynh-Thu, Juno Kim, Vanessa Jeanie Honson, Matthew Raphael Arnison
  • Publication number: 20190002465
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables are defined herein which are suitable for the modulation of ROR? and the treatment of diseases related to the modulation of ROR?. The present invention also encompasses processes of making compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical preparations containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Johanna BAKONYI, Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Delphine COLLIN, Robert Owen HUGHES, Xiang LI, Shuang LIANG, Robert SIBLEY, Michael Robert TURNER, Lifen WU, Qiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10170861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connector having cross-talk compensations, and a method of managing alien crosstalk in such a connector. In one example, the telecommunications connector includes electrical conductors arranged in differential pairs and a circuit board with conductive layers that provide a cross-talk compensation arrangement for applying capacitance between the electrical conductors. The circuit board includes conductive paths that provide capacitive coupling and a conductive plate that intensifies capacitive coupling of the electrical conductors. In another example, the telecommunications connector is used with a twisted pair system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC, CommScope Connectivity UK Limited
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Bernard Harold Hammond, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180337920
    Abstract: A device obtains access to an application resource from a remote application server based on an authenticated device identifier. The device sends a request to access the application resource provided by the remote application server. The device receives a first message from the remote application server directing the device to send an authentication message to a device identity server. The authentication message requests an authenticated device identity for the device. The device attaches metadata associated with the device to the authentication message and sends the authentication message with the attached metadata to the device identity server. The device receives the authenticated device identity from the device identity server and sends the authenticated device identity to the remote application. The device obtains access to the application resource from the remote application server based on the authenticated device identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Richard Stites, Morteza Ansari, Syam Sundar V Appala, Prashanth Patil
  • Patent number: 10131044
    Abstract: A fork seal driver tool includes two half-cylindrical pieces and a rotating retaining ring which rotates to hold the half-cylindrical pieces together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Motion Pro, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Patent number: 10135194
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, respectively. Each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace that has a conductive path extending along the board substrate between the corresponding input and output terminals. At least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the conductive paths of the at least two signal traces are stacked along the orientation axis and spaced apart through the thickness and extend parallel to each other for a crosstalk-reducing distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Neil Ktul Nay
  • Patent number: 10133368
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at an input and display device, an ink stroke provided to an input overlay application; providing a display of the ink stroke on the input and display device; converting the ink stroke input into a converted input for an underlying application; providing the converted input to the underlying application; detecting a user input associated with the converted input; and reverting to the ink stroke on the input and display device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Steven Richard Perrin, Russell Speight VanBlon, Joshua Neil Novak, Bradley Park Strazisar, Sarah Jane E Cox, John Weldon Nicholson, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Aaron Michael Stewart
  • Patent number: 10135193
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a front wire terminal and a rear wire terminal. The front wire terminal and the rear wire terminal are configured to couple to a conductor of a cable. A front signal trace is coupled to the front wire terminal. A rear signal trace is coupled to the rear wire terminal. The front signal trace is positioned adjacent to the rear signal trace. A front mating contact is coupled to the front signal trace. A rear mating contact is coupled to the rear signal trace. The front signal trace conveys an electrical signal between the front wire terminal and the front mating contact. The rear signal trace conveys an electrical signal between the rear wire terminal and the rear mating contact. An electro-mechanical compensation is positioned between the front signal trace and the rear signal trace to control crosstalk between the front signal trace and the rear signal trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Ralph Sykes Martin, Paul John Pepe
  • Patent number: 10128789
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating an electric motor is presented. A transmit magnetic field is received at a group of receive coils having a group of axes oriented substantially parallel to magnetic field lines from a transmit coil and having a group of resonant frequencies. A resonant frequency in the group of resonant frequencies is different from other receive coils in the group of receive coils. A receive magnetic field is generated at a receive coil in the group of receive coils having the resonant frequency when the transmit magnetic field has a selected frequency matching the resonant frequency. The receive magnetic field attracts a rotor in the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brian J. Tillotson, Peng Zeng, Steven Richard Corey
  • Publication number: 20180309247
    Abstract: A shield cap is mounted to an electrical connector for reducing crosstalk between adjoining electrical connectors. The shield cap includes a body portion and opposite shield plates. The body portion is configured to engage the electrical connector and is formed from a non-conductive material. The opposite shield plates are connected to opposite sides of the body portion and configured to at least partially cover one or more insulation displacement contacts exposed from the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a wire termination conductor configured to be connected to a wire conductor of a cable. The wire termination conductor is at least partially coated with a shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Paul John Pepe
  • Publication number: 20180298005
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of formula (I) wherein the variables are defined herein which are suitable for the modulation of ROR? and the treatment of diseases related to the modulation of ROR?. The present invention also encompasses processes of making compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical preparations containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Johanna CSENGERY, Robert Owen HUGHES, Xiang LI, Robert SIBLEY, Michael Robert TURNER, Zhaoming XIONG
  • Patent number: 10097614
    Abstract: A system can include a base device and a satellite device configured to operate in an attached state and to operate in a detached state; circuitry that responds to a transition from the detached state to the attached state by establishing a wired communication session between the base device and the satellite device; circuitry that responds to a transition from the attached state to the detached state by establishing a wireless communication session between the base device and the satellite device; and circuitry that communicates information, via an established wired communication session in the attached state and via an established wireless communication session in the detached state, from the base device to the satellite device for rendering the communicated information to a display of the satellite device. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo PC International
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Steven Richard Perrin, James Stephen Rutledge, Matthew Roper, Mark Charles Davis, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 10088938
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; a memory device that includes memory accessible by the processor; a touchscreen operatively coupled to the processor; and circuitry to decode fields received via the touchscreen, the fields being modulated according to modulation codes associated with a set of tokens positionable on the touchscreen. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, John Weldon Nicholson, Howard J. Locker
  • Publication number: 20180251365
    Abstract: A volatile liquid refueling apparatus, which includes a probe including an outer collar, and a receiver including a receiving collar, where the outer collar of the probe and the receiving collar of the receiver are configured to join to create a vapor-tight enclosure, and where the receiver further includes a duel locking mechanism whereby the apparatus can be locked in either an open position or a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Publication number: 20180251364
    Abstract: A volatile liquid refueling apparatus, which includes a probe including an outer collar, and a receiver including a receiving collar, where the outer collar of the probe and the receiving collar of the receiver are configured to join to create a vapor-tight enclosure, and where the receiver further includes a locking mechanism whereby the apparatus can be locked in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Publication number: 20180238074
    Abstract: A safety finial for a stick flag includes a receiver collar for engagement with a flag stick of the stick flag, and a finial tip comprising a soft and deformable resilient material, to reduce the potential for injury or damage from contact with the finial. Also, a plastic flag stick for a stick flag, which has a polygonal cross-sectional configuration; and a stick flag including one or both of the safety finial and/or the plastic flag stick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: FLAG FINIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Richard EHRLICH
  • Patent number: 10051196
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a camera, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to initiate the camera and project light from the device at an angle corresponding to a field of view of the camera according to a current focal length of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 10042440
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for touch input. An apparatus for touch input includes a display and a touchpad that does not overlap the display. The touchpad has an absolute input mode and a relative input mode such that a location of a cursor within the display is controlled by input received while the touchpad is in an absolute and/or relative input mode. The apparatus also includes a sensor module and a display module. The sensor module detects an input object within a sensing range of the touchpad. The display module presents the cursor at a location within the display based on the input object. The location of the cursor within the display is determined according to the input mode of the touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Daryl Cromer, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Patent number: D823710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Endevr LLC
    Inventors: Steven Richard Schone, Jacob Edward Madsen, Matthew Carl Poulton