Patents by Inventor Steven Edwards

Steven 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).

  • Method of providing high integrity processing
    Patent number: 9400722
    Abstract: A method of providing high integrity communication in a high integrity processing system having at least two redundant application processors in a non-lockstep configuration where the redundant application processors are running the same application and where the redundant application processors are connected to at least one input/output processor by a communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Jon Marc Diekema, Bryan A. Theriault, Kenneth Lewis Coviak, Steven Edward Plante
  • MOBILE THERMAL REGULATION FACILITY
    Publication number: 20160207372
    Abstract: A mobile thermal regulation facility is a trailer mounted container defining a thermally regulated interior space in which people may walk, stand and sit. One or more doors are provided for ingress and egress. An exhaust fan may maintain a negative pressure space between paired doors to help maximize energy efficiency. Seating is provided. Electric and data utilities in the form of one or more outlets, USB charging stations, an internet access points (e.g., WiFi) may also be provided. Other accoutrements may include display screens for displaying television programming or video captured events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Edward Parry
  • GLASS LAMINATED ARTICLES AND LAYERED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160207289
    Abstract: Laminated articles and layered articles, for example, low alkali glass laminated articles and layered articles useful for, for example, electrochromic devices are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: David Francis Dawson-Elli, Steven Edward DeMartino, Laura Lee Hluck
  • MICRONIZED EARTH ALKALI CARBONATE-CONTAINING MATERIAL FOR REGULATING THE PH OF A SOIL
    Publication number: 20160207843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regulating the pH of a soil as well as the use of at least one earth alkali carbonate-containing material having a weight median particle size d50 value of ?50.0 ?m for optimizing or improving the pH of a soil as well as the use of an irrigation or spraying system for the application of an aqueous suspension comprising at least one earth alkali carbonate-containing material in order to optimize or improve the pH of a soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Skovby, Domenico Zocco, Steven Edward Durand
  • Glass laminated articles and layered articles
    Patent number: 9387648
    Abstract: Laminated articles and layered articles, for example, low alkali glass laminated articles and layered articles useful for, for example, electrochromic devices are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: David Francis Dawson-Elli, Steven Edward DeMartino, Laura Lee Hluck
  • MITIGATING HYDRATE FORMATION DURING A SHUTDOWN OF A DEEP WATER FPSO
    Publication number: 20160168972
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for avoiding hydrate formation during a shutdown of a deep-water floating production, storage and offloading unit with a long distance tie back. In one embodiment the system is configured such that during a shutdown at least a portion of fluids in the production flow loop are delivered to the one or more wash tanks in the hull. Advantageously, this may allow one to avoid having to oversize the expensive top-side equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Edward Kou-Shan Liu, Akshay Verma, Steven Edward Johnson, Zunqing He
  • Control mechanism
    Patent number: 9359054
    Abstract: An auxiliary appendage attachable to the steerable nozzle of an existing water craft. A first and second rudder blade attach to steerable nozzle. The first rudder blade includes a torsion spring providing a downward torsion force. A detent attached to steerable nozzle prevents rudder blades from hyper-extending in the direction of the downward torsion force. Rudder blades are connected by a deflection bar. Deflection bar is angled towards rudder blades. Rudder blades pivot between a downward position to an upward position based on the forces created thereon from both the torsion spring and the movement of the water over the appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas W Watts, Miller W Owen, III, Shane Huseby, Steven Edward Caskey
  • SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT AND CONTENT OF FUMES
    Publication number: 20160148098
    Abstract: A system includes a fume collection system that collects fumes from a welding operation, multiple data sources that detect operational data of the fume collection system and/or of the welding operation indicative of at least two of arc on time, operator factor, electrode feed speed, electrode size, and electrode type, an analysis system that analyzes the operational data and estimates fume data indicative of amount and content of the fumes, and a reporting system configured to populate at least one user viewable electronic report based upon the fume data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Susan Renata Fiore
  • Glass compositions with improved chemical and mechanical durability
    Patent number: 9340447
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and pharmaceutical packaging formed from the same. According to one embodiment, a glass for pharmaceutical packaging includes from about 70 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 4 mol. % to about 8 mol. % alkaline earth oxide, the alkaline earth oxide comprising MgO and CaO; X mol. % Al2O3, wherein X is from about 4 to about 8; and Y mol. % alkali oxide comprising non-zero amounts of Na2O and K2O, wherein Y is about 9-15 mol. % and a ratio of Y:X is greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, Robert Anthony Schaut
  • Propellant gauging at microgravity within the pressure—temperature—density inflection zone of xenon
    Patent number: 9334069
    Abstract: A method that is stored in tangible form and accessible by a data processing system for determination of xenon propellant remaining in a tank for a defined life condition. A heater controller establishes a first stable temperature of a propellant tank. A measurement is performed of a temperature and a pressure at the first stable temperature of the propellant tank. A second higher stable temperature is provided in the propellant tank. A measurement is performed of a temperature and a pressure at a second stable temperature. A computer processor computes a mass based on density and volume in accordance with measurements of temperature and pressure at the first stable temperature and the second stable temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Linton Kankeki Honda, Steven Edward Core, Gregory Cardon McDonald
  • Method and Apparatus for Generation of 3D Models with Applications in Dental Restoration Design
    Publication number: 20160125651
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for generating computer 3D models of an object, by registering two or more scans of physical models of an object. The scans may be 3D scans registered by a curve-based registration process. A method is provided for generating a 3D model of a portion of a patient's oral anatomy for use in dental restoration design. Also provided are scanning workflows for scanning physical models of an object to obtain a 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Dan Uri Lior, Sergei Azernikov, Sergey Nikolskiy, Steven Edward Benson, Shawn Andrews Ramirez
  • Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings
    Patent number: 9327871
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELDING MILL SCALED WORKPIECES
    Publication number: 20160107270
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and, more specifically, to Metal-cored Arc Welding (MCAW) of mill scaled steel workpieces. A metal-cored welding wire, including a sheath and a core, capable of welding mill scaled workpieces without prior descaling is disclosed. The metal-cored welding wire has a sulfur source that occupies between approximately 0.04% and approximately 0.18% of the weight of the metal-cored welding wire, and has a cellulose source that occupies between approximately 0.09% and approximately 0.54% of the weight of the metal-cored welding wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Daryl L. Duncan, Joseph C. Bundy, Zhigang Xiao
  • Oscillating Rotary Engine
    Publication number: 20160108804
    Abstract: An oscillating rotating engine has one or more rotating and oscillating rotors traveling around a shaft, crankshaft or central axis. As the rotor oscillates and rotates in one consistent motion, successive chambers are positioned at intake, compression, ignition, and exhaust locations to complete the two or four cycle combustion sequence, one or more times per rotation in relation to the accompanying housings. Igniting the air-fuel mixture in the ignition position causes the rotor to oscillate and rotate, and if present, rotate the crank shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Edward Pardue
  • Devices, systems and methods for loading samples
    Patent number: 9316661
    Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices and system that can be used to fill a sample cell. In some examples, the system can be configured with a pressure device configured to provide a negative pressure to accelerate filling of the cell with the sample. In some embodiments, the negative pressure can be used to fill a flow cell at a selected fill rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Thornton Hopley White, Steven Edward Liebold, Gary Vincent Millard
  • DELAMINATION RESISTANT PHARMACEUTICAL GLASS CONTAINERS CONTAINING ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
    Publication number: 20160095795
    Abstract: The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, LEVEMIR, NOVOLOG, NOVOLIN 70-30, NOVOLIN R, NOVOLIN N, NOVOLOG MIX 70-30 and NOVOLIN L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Wendell P. Weeks, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Edward DeMartino, John Stephen Peanasky
  • DELAMINATION RESISTANT PHARMACEUTICAL GLASS CONTAINERS CONTAINING ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
    Publication number: 20160095796
    Abstract: The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, PROCRIT (epoetin alfa), REMICADE (Infliximab) or DORIBAX (doripenem).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Wendell P. Weeks, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Edward DeMartino, John Stephen Peanasky
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELDING ZINC-COATED WORKPIECES
    Publication number: 20160082541
    Abstract: A welding system includes a welding power source configured to provide pulsed electropositive direct current (DCEP), a gas supply system configured to provide a shielding gas flow that is at least 90% argon (Ar), a welding wire feeder configured to provide tubular welding wire. The DCEP, the tubular welding wire, and the shielding gas flow are combined to form a weld deposit on a zinc-coated workpiece, wherein less than approximately 10 wt % of the tubular welding wire is converted to spatter while forming the weld deposit on the zinc-coated workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Edward Barhorst, Joseph C. Bundy, Mario Anthony Amata, Tre' Dorell Heflin-King
  • SOLAR CELL EMITTER REGION FABRICATION USING SILICON NANO-PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160071999
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions using silicon nano-particles and the resulting solar cells are described. In an example, a method of fabricating an emitter region of a solar cell includes forming a region of doped silicon nano-particles above a dielectric layer disposed above a surface of a substrate of the solar cell. A layer of silicon is formed on the region of doped silicon nano-particles. At least a portion of the layer of silicon is mixed with at least a portion of the region of doped silicon nano-particles to form a doped polycrystalline silicon layer disposed on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Loscutoff, David D. Smith, Michael Morse, Ann Waldhauer, Taeseok Kim, Steven Edward Molesa
  • Glass containers with delamination resistance and improved strength
    Patent number: 9272946
    Abstract: The glass containers described herein have at least two performance attributes selected from resistance to delamination, improved strength, and increased damage resistance. In one embodiment, a glass container with resistance to delamination and improved strength may include a body having an inner surface, an outer surface and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. At least the inner surface of the body may have a delamination factor less than or equal to 10. The glass container may further include a compressively stressed layer extending from the outer surface of the body into the wall thickness. The compressively stressed layer may have a surface compressive stress greater than or equal to 150 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren