Patents by Inventor Steven Clark

Steven Clark 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: 20260054368
    Abstract: A quick-release connector comprising a male portion and female portion, wherein the male portion has at least one outwardly facing key congruent with an at least one inwardly facing keyway of the female portion. The male portion includes a spring-biased plunger protruding from a leading end which provides a biasing force sufficient to securely seat the key into an internal pocket of the female member upon rotation and release of the male portion, thereby ensuring rotational and axial alignment between the male and female portion. The male portion and female portion can be affixed to a handle and toolhead, respectively, so that a handle can quickly be swapped between multiple toolheads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventor: Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 12100398
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20240249722
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 11948574
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 11926345
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle and a vehicle control system configured to autonomously control one or more operations of the vehicle. The system also includes a navigation receiver configured to identify a location of the vehicle and to provide the identified location to the vehicle control system. To identify the location of the vehicle, the navigation receiver is configured to identify whether navigation signals received by the navigation receiver are spoofed based on angles of arrival for the navigation signals and to suppress any of the navigation signals determined to be spoofed. The navigation receiver may be configured to suppress any of the navigation signals determined to be spoofed in order to prevent an illicit actor from misdirecting the vehicle to an undesired location and/or to prevent an illicit actor from causing the vehicle to make course corrections based on an incorrect current location of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Systems Limited
    Inventor: Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20230237996
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 11561307
    Abstract: A system for identifying spoofed navigation signals includes a multi-element antenna configured to receive a plurality of navigation signals. The system also includes at least one processor configured to determine an angle of arrival for each of the navigation signals and analyze the angles of arrival for the navigation signals to determine whether one or more of the navigation signals are spoofed. To analyze the angles of arrival for the navigation signals, the at least one processor may be configured to (i) determine whether two or more of the navigation signals were received at substantially the same angle of arrival (which may be based on a difference of less than 5° between the angles of arrival) and/or (ii) compare the angles of arrival for the navigation signals to at least one expected angle of arrival (which may be based on information about expected or actual positions of multiple satellites).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Systems Limited
    Inventor: Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 11538477
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 11391846
    Abstract: A system for identifying spoofed navigation signals includes a multi-element antenna configured to receive a plurality of navigation signals. The system also includes at least one processor configured to obtain a gain vector for each of the navigation signals and analyze the gain vectors for the navigation signals to determine whether one or more of the navigation signals are spoofed. To analyze the gain vectors for the navigation signals, the at least one processor may be configured to (i) determine whether at least a specified number of the navigation signals have substantially the same gain vectors and (ii) in response to determining that at least the specified number of the navigation signals have substantially the same gain vectors, determine that the navigation signals having substantially the same gain vectors are spoofed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Systems Limited
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael C. Wells, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 11149062
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel HDAC inhibitors. The HDAC inhibitors may be used in methods of treating cancer. The HDAC inhibitors may be used in methods of treating a neurological disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: UWM Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Qiang Cheng, M. Mahmun Hossain, Douglas Steeber, Karyn Frick, Steven Clark, Joseph Ulicki
  • Publication number: 20210109227
    Abstract: A system for identifying spoofed navigation signals includes a multi-element antenna configured to receive a plurality of navigation signals. The system also includes at least one processor configured to obtain a gain vector for each of the navigation signals and analyze the gain vectors for the navigation signals to determine whether one or more of the navigation signals are spoofed. To analyze the gain vectors for the navigation signals, the at least one processor may be configured to (i) determine whether at least a specified number of the navigation signals have substantially the same gain vectors and (ii) in response to determining that at least the specified number of the navigation signals have substantially the same gain vectors, determine that the navigation signals having substantially the same gain vectors are spoofed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael C. Wells, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20210090566
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20210001896
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle and a vehicle control system configured to autonomously control one or more operations of the vehicle. The system also includes a navigation receiver configured to identify a location of the vehicle and to provide the identified location to the vehicle control system. To identify the location of the vehicle, the navigation receiver is configured to identify whether navigation signals received by the navigation receiver are spoofed based on angles of arrival for the navigation signals and to suppress any of the navigation signals determined to be spoofed. The navigation receiver may be configured to suppress any of the navigation signals determined to be spoofed in order to prevent an illicit actor from misdirecting the vehicle to an undesired location and/or to prevent an illicit actor from causing the vehicle to make course corrections based on an incorrect current location of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20210003714
    Abstract: A system for identifying spoofed navigation signals includes a multi-element antenna configured to receive a plurality of navigation signals. The system also includes at least one processor configured to determine an angle of arrival for each of the navigation signals and analyze the angles of arrival for the navigation signals to determine whether one or more of the navigation signals are spoofed. To analyze the angles of arrival for the navigation signals, the at least one processor may be configured to (i) determine whether two or more of the navigation signals were received at substantially the same angle of arrival (which may be based on a difference of less than 5° between the angles of arrival) and/or (ii) compare the angles of arrival for the navigation signals to at least one expected angle of arrival (which may be based on information about expected or actual positions of multiple satellites).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 10885917
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20200408530
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilize an inertial navigation sub-system configured to determine a plurality of relative positions of the navigation system from a reference position based on the determined speed and/or acceleration and/or direction of the navigation system and/or changes thereto; and a position estimator sub-system configured to estimate the absolute position of the navigation system based on at least two received signals. A first track is defined based on the plurality of relative positions determined by the inertial navigation sub-system during a period of time and a second track is defined based on the plurality of estimates of the absolute position by calculating a best fit using the plurality of estimates of the absolute position, where the second track approximates a same shape as the first track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: David R. Tegerdine, Timothy J. Palmer, Peter A. Langsford, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20200413223
    Abstract: Systems and methods determine a position using uncoordinated signals containing timing information. The systems and methods use uncoordinated signals of opportunity, such as radio time signals, to determine a position of a receiver by determining the relative synchronization of the signals of opportunity at a known location and, at a later time and unknown locations, using trilateration or multilateration of the signals of opportunity to determine the position of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: David R. Tegerdine, Timothy J. Palmer, Peter A. Langsford, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20200211546
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 10596588
    Abstract: A melter includes a reservoir for receiving melted adhesive from the heater unit, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir and located within a heated housing. The heated housing heats the pump during startup and regular operation of the adhesive melter, thereby reducing delays in operation caused by slow warming of adhesive within the pump. The pump is configured to be inserted into the heated housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Clark, David R. Jeter
  • Patent number: 10380878
    Abstract: Systems and methods for self-administering a sound test to verify operation of a speaker and/or alarm within a hazard detection system are described herein. The sound test can verify that the audible sources such as the alarm and speaker operate at the requisite loudness and frequencies. In addition, the sound test can be self-administered in that it does not require the presence of a person to initiate or verify that the audible sources are functioning properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Lawrence Frederick Heyl, Edwin H. Satterthwaite, Jr., Steven Clark, Andrew W. Goldenson, Dietrich Ho, Nicholas Unger Webb, Julia Deluliis, Tyler Moore, Ben Manuto