Patents by Inventor Steven C.

Steven C. 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).

  • Engine Piston
    Publication number: 20160138520
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion includes a bore that receives a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod, and the crown portion forms a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape and disposed along a plane. The bowl and the flat crown surface meet along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl. The piston further includes an annular protrusion disposed within the bowl adjacent the rim. The annular protrusion has a generally convex shape in cross section created by an upper, inwardly extending surface and a lower, inwardly extending surface that meet along a convex apex. The piston further includes an airfoil surface formed in the flat crown surface. The airfoil surface has a convex shape and extends annularly around the rim of the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: James A. Subatch, Jr., Matthew I. Rowan, Scott P. Coulier, Ashutosh Katari, Nikhil O. Lulla, James C. Weber, Steven C. Zoz
  • Engine Piston
    Publication number: 20160138518
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion, the skirt portion including a bore that is arranged to receive a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod, the crown portion forming a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape and disposed along a plane, the bowl and the flat crown surface meeting along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl, and an airfoil surface formed in the flat crown surface, the airfoil surface having a convex shape and extending annularly around the rim of the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: James A. Subatch, JR., Ashutosh Katari, Nikhil O. Lulla, Scott P. Coulier, Matthew I. Rowan, James C. Weber, Steven C. Zoz
  • Bypass FIFO for Multiple Virtual Channels
    Publication number: 20160139880
    Abstract: A group of low-level FIFOs may be logically bound together to form a super-FIFO. The super-FIFO may treat each low-level FIFO as a storage location. The super-FIFO may enable a push to (or a pop from) every low-level FIFO, simultaneously. The super-FIFO may enable a virtual channel (VC) to use the super-FIFO, bypassing a VC FIFO for the VC, removing several cycles of latency otherwise needed for enqueuing and dequeuing messages in the VC FIFO. In addition, the super-FIFO may enable bypassing of an arbiter, further reducing latency by avoiding a penalty of the arbiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Steven C. Barner
  • Engine Piston
    Publication number: 20160138519
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion includes a bore that is arranged to receive a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod. The crown portion forms a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape. The bowl and the flat crown surface meet along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl. The piston further includes an annular protrusion disposed within the bowl adjacent the rim. The annular protrusion has a generally convex shape in cross section created by an upper, inwardly extending surface and a lower, inwardly extending surface that meet along a convex apex. The piston further includes a recirculation surface formed within the bowl adjacent the annular protrusion. The recirculation surface meets the lower, inwardly extending surface along an inflection edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Subatch, Jr., Matthew I. Rowan, Scott P. Coulier, Ashutosh Katari, Nikhil O. Lulla, James C. Weber, Steven C. Zoz
  • AUTOMATIC DATA RATE MATCHING
    Publication number: 20160139622
    Abstract: Pacing of a producer, operating in a producer clock domain, may be based on at least one heuristic of a credit wire that is used to return credits to the producer. The returned credits may indicate that a consumer, operating in a consumer clock domain, has consumed data produced by the producer. The at least one heuristic may be a rate at which the credits are returned to the producer. Pacing the producer based on the rate at which the credits are returned to the producer may reduce latency of the data, flowing from the producer clock domain to the consumer clock domain, by minimizing an average number of entries in use in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) operating in a pipeline between the producer and the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Steven C. Barner
  • Engine Piston
    Publication number: 20160138517
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion includes a bore that is arranged to receive a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod. The crown portion forms a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape. The bowl and flat crown surface meet along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl. The piston further includes an annular protrusion disposed within the bowl adjacent the rim. The annular protrusion has a generally convex shape in cross section that is created by an upper, inwardly extending surface and a lower, inwardly extending surface, which meet along a convex apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Katari, Matthew I. Rowan, James A. Subatch, JR., James C. Weber, Steven C. Zoz, Nikhil O. Lulla, Scott P. Coulier
  • Arginine-based lipids for delivery of therapeutics
    Patent number: 9339461
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a range of amino acid lipid compounds and compositions useful for drug delivery, therapeutics, and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions. The amino acid lipid compounds and compositions can be used for delivery of various agents such as nucleic acid therapeutics to cells, tissues, organs, and subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Marina Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Quay, Michael E. Houston, Jr., Pierrot Harvie, Roger C. Adami, Renata Fam, Mary G. Prieve, Kathy L. Fosnaugh, Shaguna Seth
  • Telecommunications cabinet with connector storage
    Patent number: 9341798
    Abstract: A housing including a plurality of openings for receiving fiber optic connectors and protecting the polished end face of the connectors from damage while the connectors are stored within a telecommunications connection cabinet. A module with a plurality of optical fiber cables connected to a first optical fiber cable and terminated by a fiber optic connector. Each of the connectors are inserted within openings in a connector holder for storage and protection until the cables need to be connected to a customer equipment cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Trevor D. Smith, Michael Kenneth Barth, Soutsada Vongseng, Steven C. Zimmel
  • THIN-WALLED GLASS-LINED BLENDER JARS
    Publication number: 20160129409
    Abstract: Thin-walled glass-lined blender jars are disclosed. An example thin-walled glass-lined blender jar includes a thin-walled glass liner, and a plastic structural shell around the glass liner providing structural support for the glass liner. In some embodiments, a rib of a side wall of the plastic shell is positioned in a rib of a side wall of the glass liner. In some embodiments, side walls of the glass liner and plastic shell may taper inward from bottom to top retaining the glass liner within the plastic shell. In some embodiments, the plastic shell comprises a non-structural member selected for at least one of ornamentation, decoration, and/or aesthetics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: STEVEN C. DREES
  • DYNAMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR QUARTZ PROCESS CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20160133778
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a support system for providing dynamic support to a deposition reactor. The system includes a coupling mechanism configured to provide coupling between the deposition reactor and the support system, an attachment mechanism configured to attach the support system to an external frame, and at least one gas bellows situated between the coupling mechanism and the attachment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Robert T. Trujillo, Steven C. Beese, Yan Rozenzon
  • DEVICES INCLUDING A NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCER (NFT) WITH NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160133279
    Abstract: Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT) including a crystalline plasmonic material having crystal grains and grain boundaries; and nanoparticles disposed in the crystal grains, on the grain boundaries, or some combination thereof, wherein the nanoparticles are oxides of, lanthanum (La), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), erbium (Er), hafnium (Hf), germanium (Ge), or combinations thereof; nitrides of zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), or combinations thereof; or carbides of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B), zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tong Zhao, Justin Brons, Steven C. Riemer, Michael C. Kautzky, Xiaoyue Huang, Sarbeswar Sahoo
  • PATIENT INTERFACE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE CUSHION
    Publication number: 20160129210
    Abstract: A patient interface of the present invention includes a faceplate including a plurality of headgear attachment elements, a seal member operatively coupled to the faceplate; and an adjustment mechanism coupling the seal member to the faceplate. The adjustment mechanism controls the position of the seal member relative to the faceplate such that the seal member is moveable from a first position to a second position and is maintained in the second position during use of the patient interface after being moved to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: JEROME MATULA, JR., JASON P. EATON, PETER CHI FAI HO, JAMES DiPASQUALE, DERRICK ANDREWS, EUGENE N. SCARBERRY, STEVEN C. STEGMAN
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH ADJUSTABLE CENTER OF GRAVITY
    Publication number: 20160129323
    Abstract: A golf club head comprising a slidable weight for adjusting the location of the golf club head center of gravity, as well as the golf club head bias, is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head, which may be a wood or iron-type head, comprises a pair of rails extending along at least one surface, such as a rear surface of an iron type head or a channel disposed in a wood-type head, and a slidable weight comprising a pair of grooves sized to receive the rails. In some embodiments, an applique or one or more clips are applied over or to the rails to prevent the weight from disengaging from the golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Myers, Denver Holt, James A. Seluga, Wee Joung Kim, Steven C. Sutton
  • Tuned Fiber Optic Connectors
    Publication number: 20160131853
    Abstract: A method of tuning a fiber optic connector includes: assembling the fiber optic connector to a partially assembled state; tuning the fiber optic connector in the partially assembled state; assembling the fiber optic connector to an assembled state; and tuning the fiber optic connector in the assembled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Steven C. Zimmel, Michael James Ott, Peter Viviane Leopold Bos, Christopher Stroth
  • Semiconductor process pumping arrangements
    Patent number: 9336990
    Abstract: A semiconductor process pump configured to mitigate losses in pump speed during operation. The semiconductor process pump may include a housing having an inlet port for receiving gas molecules therethrough, wherein a forward-most terminus of the inlet port defines an inlet face, one or more working surfaces disposed within the housing, and a mounting flange disposed on an exterior of the housing for facilitating attachment of the pump to a gas enclosure, wherein a forward-most terminus of the mounting flange defines a flange face. The flange face may be offset from the inlet face rearwardly along the housing by a distance d. Thus, when the semiconductor process pump is mounted to a wall of a gas enclosure, the housing may extend into the wall and the inlet face may be disposed within or immediately adjacent the interior of the gas enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Borichevsky
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160124173
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connection device. The device including a housing, a plurality of single-fiber connectorized pigtails that extend outwardly from the housing and a multi-fiber connectorized pigtail that extends outwardly from the housing. The multi-fiber connectorized pigtail can be optically coupled with the single fiber connectorized pigtails. The device can include optical fibers routed from the multi-fiber connectorized pigtail through the housing to the single-fiber connectorized pigtails. The single-fiber connectorized pigtails can be more flexible than the multi-fiber connectorized pigtail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Scott C. KOWALCZYK, Steven C. ZIMMEL, James J. BRANDT, Oscar Fernando BRAN DE LEON, Erik J. GRONVALL, Trevor D. SMITH, Yu LU, David J. ANDERSON
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING WRITE TIMING IN A MEMORY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160125930
    Abstract: A system that calibrates timing relationships between signals involved in performing write operations is described. This system includes a memory controller which is coupled to a set of memory chips, wherein each memory chip includes a phase detector configured to calibrate a phase relationship between a data-strobe signal and a clock signal received at the memory chip from the memory controller during a write operation. Furthermore, the memory controller is configured to perform one or more write-read-validate operations to calibrate a clock-cycle relationship between the data-strobe signal and the clock signal, wherein the write-read-validate operations involve varying a delay on the data-strobe signal relative to the clock signal by a multiple of a clock period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas J. Giovannini, Alok Gupta, Ian Shaeffer, Steven C. Woo
  • AMPLIFIER CONTROL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160126907
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a pulse width modulation (PWM) amplifier is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a delay circuit configured to delay an input signal and provide the delayed input signal to the PWM amplifier. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to generate and provide a supply voltage to the PWM amplifier based at least in part on the input signal such that the PWM amplifier generates an output signal based at least partially on the delayed input signal and the supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Steven C. Moles
  • LIGHT ENERGY SUPPLY FOR PHOTOBIOREACTOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160115433
    Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a photobioreactor system including a supply material processing sub-system, a reactor sub-system, a product material processing sub-system, and a solar energy supply sub-system. The reactor sub-system includes a photobioreactor configured for containing a reaction mixture that is operative for effecting photosynthesis upon exposure to photosynthetically active light radiation, wherein the reaction mixture includes photosynthesis reaction reagents. The supply material processing sub-system is configured for supplying the reactor with supply material, wherein the supply material includes at least one of the photosynthesis reaction reagents. The product material processing sub-system is configured for receiving reaction zone product discharged from the reactor and effecting separation of a liquid component from the received reaction zone product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jaime A. Gonzalez, Max Kolesnik, Steven C. Martin
  • Scissors
    Patent number: D755030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Acme United Corporation
    Inventor: Steven C. Cozzolino