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).

  • Publication number: 20150026076
    Abstract: A system and method for helping customers install a modular computing system is provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining, using a computing system, whether all components of a modular computing system have been received by a customer. Based on determining that not all the components of the modular computing system have been received by the customer, it is determined whether the modular computing system can be incrementally deployed. A customer instruction for incrementally deploying the modular computing system is provided at a display device. A communication link is established with a component of the modular computing system. Communications directed over the communication link are used to determine whether a customer correctly performed the provided customer instruction. In one such embodiment, the determining of whether the modular computing system can be incrementally deployed includes determining whether a minimum resource requirement is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph CaraDonna, Steven C. Miller, Stephen W. Daniel, Rodney A. DeKoning, Gaurav Makkar, Brian Hackworth, Michael S. Riley, Valentin M. Bercovici
  • Publication number: 20150026621
    Abstract: A system and method for planning and configuring the components of a modular computing system is provided. In some embodiments, the method for planning an implementation of a modular computing system comprises presenting a user interface at a display device, the user interface including a plurality of user-selectable objects, each of the user-selectable objects representing a component of the modular computing system. A user selection is received via a user input device. The user selection is from among the user-selectable objects and specifies one of an enclosure, an existing component, and a future component of the modular computing system. A representation of the specified one of an enclosure, an existing component, and a future component is displayed at a display device. The user selection is verified with respect to an implementation guideline. An indicator of whether the user selection meets the implementation guideline is displayed at the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph CaraDonna, Steven C. Miller, Stephen W. Daniel, Rodney A. DeKoninig, Gaurav Makkar, Brian Hackworth, Michael S. Riley, Valentin M. Bercovici
  • Publication number: 20150026077
    Abstract: A system and method for providing customer guidance in deploying a modular computing system is provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving a shipping container identifier. A computing system is used to determine, based on the shipping container identifier, that a component of the modular computing system has been received by a customer. It is determined whether the modular computing system can be deployed based on the component having been received by the customer. An indicator is provided of whether the modular computing system can be deployed. An instruction is provided for deploying the modular computing system, and a diagnostic procedure is performed on a deployed component of the modular computing system. In one such embodiment, the diagnostic procedure determines whether the instruction was correctly performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph CaraDonna, Steven C. Miller, Stephen W. Daniel, Rodney A. DeKoning, Gaurav Makkar, Brian Hackworth, Michael S. Riley, Valentin M. Bercovici
  • Publication number: 20150025523
    Abstract: An electrosurgical generator is provided. The electrosurgical generator includes: a non-resonant radio frequency output stage configured to output a substantially square electrosurgical waveform; and a controller coupled to the non-resonant radio frequency output stage, the controller configured to adjust a crest factor of the substantially square electrosurgical waveform on a cycle-by-cycle basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: DANIEL FRIEDRICHS, JAMES A. GILBERT, STEVEN C. RUPP
  • Publication number: 20150016780
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector includes a front housing having sidewalls each defining a slot and a rear insert with a pair of locking flanges extending radially away, the locking flanges configured to snap-fit into the slots, each locking flange defining a front face and a rear face, the radially outermost portion of the rear face defining an edge, the edge being the rearmost extending portion of the locking flange. Another fiber optic connector includes a front housing defining a front opening at a front end, a circular rear opening at a rear end, and an internal cavity extending therebetween. A rear insert including a generally cylindrical front portion is inserted into the front housing through the circular rear opening, the front portion defining at least one longitudinal flat configured to reduce the overall diameter of the generally cylindrical front portion configured to be inserted into the front housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Skluzacek, Michael D. Schroeder, Michael James Ott, Randall Wendland, Ponharith Nhep, Steven C. Zimmel
  • Publication number: 20150017233
    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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Steven C. Quay, Michael E. Houston, JR., Pierrot Harvie, Roger C. Adami, Renata Fam, Mary G. Prieve, Kathy L. Fosnaugh, Shaguna Seth
  • Patent number: 8935489
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for processing memory references received from multiple processor cores. During operation, the system monitors the memory references to determine whether memory references from different processor cores are interfering with each other as the memory references are processed by a memory system. If memory references from different processor cores are interfering with each other, the system time-multiplexes the processing of memory references between processor cores, so that a block of consecutive memory references from a given processor core is processed by the memory system before memory references from other processor cores are processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Woo, Trung A. Diep, Michael T. Ching
  • Patent number: 8932289
    Abstract: Systems, delivery devices, and methods to treat to ablate, damage, or otherwise affect tissue. The treatment systems are capable of delivering a coolable ablation assembly that ablates targeted tissue without damaging non-targeted tissue. The coolable ablation assembly damages nerve tissue to temporarily or permanently decrease nervous system input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Holaira, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin L. Mayse, Steven C. Dimmer
  • Patent number: 8934222
    Abstract: An enhanced computer assembly and related method is provided that enables easy shipment and installation of such computing systems. In one embodiment a split top hat design is provided that can be removed. The removable split hat comprises a receiving member and an inner member that are secured to the frame in a manner that can be easily removed. In an alternate embodiment, a collapsible top hat is provided which adjusts the height of the assembly from a first to a second position. The collapsible feature has an upper portion that is connected to a plurality of pivoted side members that are capable of collapsing onto themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Kostenko, Steven C. McIntosh, Budy D. Notohardjono, John G. Torok, Howard P. Welz
  • Patent number: 8932338
    Abstract: A noninvasive method of reducing fat from targeted regions of a patient's body by applying low-level laser energy externally through the skin of the patient to the targeted areas. Sufficient laser energy is applied to release at least a portion of intracellular fat into the interstitial space. The released intracellular fat is removed from the body through the body's natural functions. The preferred embodiment uses laser energy at about 635 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Erchonia Corporation
    Inventors: Susan M. L. Lim, Steven C. Shanks, Rodrigo Neira
  • Patent number: 8931416
    Abstract: An inert axisymmetric projectile is provided for launching from a shipboard gun and dispersing submunitions at a target. The projectile includes a base plug, a sabot housing, a submunitions package, and a retainer ring. The sabot housing includes a plurality of sabot petals angularly arranged and attached to the plug. The housing includes a payload portion and a nose portion, with a passage corridor between these portions. The submunitions package is contained within the payload portion and constrained radially by the housing. The retainer ring constrains the petals for joining together. Upon launch aerodynamic pressure fractures the ring and causes the petals to unfurl, thereby releasing the submunitions package for dispersal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn P. Schneider, Steven C. Tebrich, Marin A. Kobin, Seth L. Williamson, Bradford Scott Smith, Stephen Dix
  • Publication number: 20150011992
    Abstract: An irrigated ablation electrode assembly comprises a distal member, a first manifold, and a second manifold. The distal member includes an outer surface; an inner surface; and at least one radially extending passageway that extends from the inner surface of the distal member to the outer surface of the distal member. The first manifold includes an outer surface, an inner cavity, and at least one radially extending passageway that extends from the inner cavity to the outer surface of the first manifold. The second manifold includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one radially extending passageway that extends from the inner surface of the second manifold to the outer surface of the second manifold. Other irrigated ablation electrode assemblies are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Steven C. Christian
  • Patent number: 8927449
    Abstract: A process for a continuous regeneration of a catalyst wherein the regeneration section includes at least two separate zones. The regeneration includes a combustion zone, and an oxygen boost zone, where the process utilizes at least two independent regeneration gas loops for control of the amount of oxygen to regenerate the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Gary A. Dziabis, Charles T. Ressl, Steven C. Kozup
  • Publication number: 20150004198
    Abstract: A stable pharmaceutical mercury-free aqueous solution of cyanocobalamin comprised of cyanocobalamin and water wherein said solution of cyanocobalamin is suitable for intranasal administration, has a viscosity less than about 1000 cPs, and wherein said solution of cyanocobalamin has a bioavailability of cyanocobalamin when administered intranasally of at least about 7% relative to an intramuscular injection of cyanocobalamin with the proviso that the solution is essentially free of mercury and mercury-containing compounds. The present invention is also directed towards a method for elevating the vitamin B12 levels in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) comprising administering intranasally a sufficient amount of a mercury-free cyanocobalamin solution so as to increase the average ratio of vitamin B12 in the CSF to that in the blood serum (B12 CSF/B12 Serum×100) to at least about 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Steven C. QUAY, Peter C. APRILE, Zenaida O. GO, Anthony P. SILENO
  • Publication number: 20150005884
    Abstract: A prosthetic system for implantation between upper and lower vertebrae comprises an upper joint component. The upper joint component comprises an upper contact surface and an upper articulation surface. The system further includes a lower joint component. The lower joint component comprises a lower contact surface and a lower articulation surface configured to movably engage the upper articulation surface to form an articulating joint. The articulating joint is adapted for implantation within a disc space between the upper and lower vertebrae, allowing the upper and lower vertebrae to move relative to one another. The system further includes a bridge component extending posteriorly from one of either the upper or lower joint components and from the disc space. The bridge component has a distal end opposite the one of the either upper or lower joint components. The distal end of the bridge component comprises a connection component adapted to receive a fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Carls, Eric C. Lange, Danny Braddock, JR., Steven C. Humphreys, Scott D. Hodges, Richard G. Fessler, Jeffrey Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150006823
    Abstract: A method and system for virtual cache memory extension in a data storage device are disclosed herein. The storage device may include a memory that serves as a cache to a primary memory. The method for the storage device may include maintaining mapping information of one or more logical block addresses associated with data stored in the cache memory and maintaining mapping information of one or more logical block addresses associated with data not stored in the cache memory. Data stored in the cache memory may be selected for eviction when the available capacity of the cache memory changes, e.g., due to storing resume data in a hibernate operation. Data selected for eviction may be transferred to the primary memory but still tracked as being part of a virtual extended cache, and thus can be quickly restored into the cache memory when the resume data is no longer needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Steven C. Smith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150001823
    Abstract: A product including a section stabilizer which may be inserted into a hollow section of a vehicle body and rotated into place which may add reinforcement to the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert N. Saje, Steven C. Thieda
  • Publication number: 20150006025
    Abstract: A riding lawn care vehicle may include a docking station and a detachable information unit. The docking station may include a receiving cavity disposed at a portion of the riding lawn care vehicle. The receiving cavity may include an electrical contact in communication with one or more devices of a device network of the riding lawn care vehicle. The detachable information unit may include a user interface, a memory for storing data received via the device network, and processing circuitry in communication with the user interface and the memory. The processing circuitry may be configured to control operation of the detachable information unit and generate information for operator viewing at the user interface. The detachable information unit may be configured to detachably connect to the device network via operable coupling with the docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Lennie D. Rhoades, Steven C. Brinkman
  • Patent number: 8920421
    Abstract: An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical forceps including first and second jaw members pivotally attached in opposing relation relative to one another, the jaw members relatively movable from a first, open position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second, clamping position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween with a predetermined clamping force, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive sealing surface. The system also includes an electrosurgical generator configured to operatively couple to the electrosurgical forceps and to supply electrosurgical energy to the electrically conductive sealing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Steven C. Rupp
  • Patent number: 8919016
    Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper, an outsole, and a midsole. The upper is configured to receive a foot, and the outsole is secured to the upper. The outsole defines a plurality of apertures extending entirely through the outsole. In addition, the outsole has a ground-engaging surface positioned at a first elevation. The midsole is positionable such that a lower surface of the midsole extends into the apertures of the outsole and is exposed by the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. McDonald, Bradley S. Long