Patents by Inventor Steven J. Brown

Steven J. Brown 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).

  • Patent number: 12253484
    Abstract: A system for measuring a heat response of a battery cell includes a cell chamber configured to receive the battery cell therein. The cell chamber is configured to trigger a battery cell into a thermal runaway event while in the cell chamber, which causes the battery cell to eject an electrode winding, particles, and gas. The system also includes an ejecta bore muffler configured to receive the electrode winding, the particles, and the gas. The system also includes an ejecta basket configured to be positioned at least partially within the ejecta bore muffler. The ejecta basket is configured to capture the electrode winding while allowing at least a portion of the particles, the gas, or both to pass therethrough. The system also includes a gas collection system configured to receive at least a portion of the gas that passes through the ejecta basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Steven L. Rickman, William Q. Walker, John J. Darst, Damien T. Calderon, Richard A. Hagen, Ryan P. Brown, Gary A. Bayles, Peter J. Hughes, David Petrushenko
  • Publication number: 20250041795
    Abstract: A gas treatment system configured to purify an influent gas stream including a hydrocarbon gas and a hydrogen sulfide gas comprises a reduction unit and an oxidation unit. The reduction unit includes at least one eductor configured to contact the influent gas stream with a primary stream including aqueous reducing reagent and release a purified hydrocarbon gas stream and a contacted primary stream including elemental sulfur. The oxidation unit includes at least one eductor configured to contact an oxidizing agent stream and a secondary stream including the primary stream and contacted primary stream and output a regenerated redox reagent stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Streamline Innovations Inc
    Inventors: Peter J. Photos, Franklin Hailey Brown, II, John C. Bourdon, Cameron Nicolas Lee, Billy G. Clark, Steven Bagley
  • Publication number: 20250036112
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Brett R. Hemes, Thomas J. Strey, Jonathan B. Arthur, Nathan J. Herbst, Aaron K. Nienaber, Sarah M. Mullins, Mark W. Orlando, Cory D. Sauer, Timothy J. Clemens, Scott L. Barnett, Zachary M. Schaeffer, Patrick G. Zimmerman, Gregory P. Moriarty, Jeffrey P. Adolf, Steven P. Floeder, Andreas Backes, Peter J. Schneider, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Glenn E. Casner, Miaoding Dai, Christopher M. Brown, Lori A. Sjolund, Jon A. Kirschhoffer, Carter C. Hughes
  • Patent number: 12202761
    Abstract: A gob trough for guiding a gob of molten glass is provided. The trough may be formed from trough segments that have a stepped configuration that reduces the amount of contact time between the gob and the trough. The trough may include surface formations that additionally reduce the contact time between the gob and the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Publication number: 20240338611
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for detecting data errors. A method generally includes training each of a plurality of models on a plurality of training data sets to generate a set of trained models, determining a plurality of subsets of trained models from the set of trained models, for each respective subset: determining a plurality of ensemble outputs for the respective subset based on a plurality of validation data sets; and determining at least one evaluation metric for the respective subset based on the plurality of ensemble outputs; and determining an ensemble model as a subset of trained models having a best evaluation metric among a plurality of evaluation metrics associated with the plurality of subsets, wherein each subset comprises a different selection of models from the set of trained model than each other subset of trained models in the plurality of subsets of trained models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Eyal SHAFRAN, Bor-Chau JUANG, Steven J. BROWN, Linxia LIAO, Nicholas R. JOHNSON, Christiana Mei Hui CHEN
  • Patent number: 11829388
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a system and include retrieving case data indicating, for each respective case of a number of cases, one or more documents retrieved to assist a system user associated with the respective case, generating, from the case data, a case matrix including a plurality of rows each corresponding to a respective case of the number of cases and a plurality of columns each corresponding to the documents retrieved to assist the system user associated with the respective case, and identifying groups of similar cases among the plurality of cases based on a clustering process performed on at least a portion of the case matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11734314
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a system and include retrieving case data indicating, for each respective case of a number of cases, one or more documents retrieved to assist a system user associated with the respective case, generating, from the case data, a case matrix including a plurality of rows each corresponding to a respective case of the number of cases and a plurality of columns each corresponding to the documents retrieved to assist the system user associated with the respective case, and identifying groups of similar cases among the plurality of cases based on a clustering process performed on at least a portion of the case matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Publication number: 20210349921
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a system and include retrieving case data indicating, for each respective case of a number of cases, one or more documents retrieved to assist a system user associated with the respective case, generating, from the case data, a case matrix including a plurality of rows each corresponding to a respective case of the number of cases and a plurality of columns each corresponding to the documents retrieved to assist the system user associated with the respective case, and identifying groups of similar cases among the plurality of cases based on a clustering process performed on at least a portion of the case matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11170026
    Abstract: A data management system enables users to contact support agents with questions about the data management system. For each support case, the support agents access one or more assistance documents to assist the users. The data management system tracks, for each support case, the assistance documents that were accessed in the support case. The data management system generates a matrix representing the support cases and the assistance documents accessed in the support cases. The data management system generates groups of similar support cases by performing clustering processes on the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Publication number: 20210107821
    Abstract: A gob trough for guiding a gob of molten glass is provided. The trough may be formed from trough segments that have a stepped configuration that reduces the amount of contact time between the gob and the trough. The trough may include surface formations that additionally reduce the contact time between the gob and the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Patent number: 10342217
    Abstract: The system and method of real-time, two-way communication between a handler and a canine using RF frequencies. A multipurpose canine camera system with audio, visual, and thermal capabilities that transmits securely between a handler and a canine through hard structures and over long distances. The canine portion having one or more sensors. The sensors may include location, monitors for canine vital signs, heat signatures, chemical signature detection, and many others. The handler portion having a display configured to control the camera on the canine portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Publication number: 20170332601
    Abstract: The system and method of real-time, two-way communication between a handler and a canine using RF frequencies. A multipurpose canine camera system with audio, visual, and thermal capabilities that transmits securely between a handler and a canine through hard structures and over long distances. The canine portion having one or more sensors. The sensors may include location, monitors for canine vital signs, heat signatures, chemical signature detection, and many others. The handler portion having a display configured to control the camera on the canine portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Patent number: 9718720
    Abstract: A cooling tube assembly is provided. The assembly includes a cylindrical cooling tube extending from a first end to a second end. The cooling tube has an inner surface, an outer surface, an inner diameter, and an outer diameter. The cooling tube includes a first plurality of throughbores and a second plurality of throughbores located axially between the first plurality of throughbores and the second end of the cooling tube. Each of the second plurality of throughbores is circumferentially offset from each of the first plurality of throughbores. The assembly includes a nozzle extending from a first end to a second end. The first end of the nozzle is located inside the cooling tube. The first plurality of throughbores is located axially between the second end of the cooling tube and the first end of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Patent number: 9542114
    Abstract: A disclosed example involves managing power states, signing a suspend-to-RAM (STR) data structure by: generating a header key, a scatter/gather table key and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) key using a root key generated by the secure processor. Generating a header signature using the header key, the header signature based on a table header and a random or pseudo-random value. Generating a scatter/gather table signature using the scatter/gather table key, the scatter/gather table signature based on a scatter/gather table header and a random or pseudo-random value. Generating a DRAM signature using the DRAM key and a value from a region of DRAM. Storing the header signature, the scatter/gather table signature and the DRAM signature in the STR data structure. Resume the processor system from the low-power mode when the data structure is valid based on a comparison of a first signature and a second signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian R. Pearson, Christopher Andrew Thornburg, Steven J. Brown, Peter R. Munguia
  • Publication number: 20160299721
    Abstract: A disclosed example involves managing power states, signing a suspend-to-RAM (STR) data structure by: generating a header key, a scatter/gather table key and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) key using a root key generated by the secure processor. Generating a header signature using the header key, the header signature based on a table header and a random or pseudo-random value. Generating a scatter/gather table signature using the scatter/gather table key, the scatter/gather table signature based on a scatter/gather table header and a random or pseudo-random value. Generating a DRAM signature using the DRAM key and a value from a region of DRAM. Storing the header signature, the scatter/gather table signature and the DRAM signature in the STR data structure. Resume the processor system from the low-power mode when the data structure is valid based on a comparison of a first signature and a second signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Adrian R. Pearson, Christopher Andrew Thornburg, Steven J. Brown, Peter R. Munguia
  • Patent number: 9372993
    Abstract: A disclosed example method involves configuring a processor to, when transitioning the processor system to a low-power mode, use a key and a random or pseudo-random value to generate a first signature based on a sample of memory regions to be protected during the low-power mode, the memory regions based on a manufacturer required regions table and a third-party required regions table. The disclosed example method also involves configuring a processor to, during a resume process of the processor system from the low-power mode, generate a second signature based on the sample of the memory regions protected during the low-power mode. The disclosed example method also involves configuring a processor to, when the first signature matches the second signature, cause the processor system to resume from the low-power mode, and when the first signature does not match the second signature, generate an error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian R. Pearson, Christopher Andrew Thornburg, Steven J. Brown, Peter R. Munguia
  • Publication number: 20160107921
    Abstract: A cooling tube assembly is provided. The assembly includes a cylindrical cooling tube extending from a first end to a second end. The cooling tube has an inner surface, an outer surface, an inner diameter, and an outer diameter. The cooling tube includes a first plurality of throughbores and a second plurality of throughbores located axially between the first plurality of throughbores and the second end of the cooling tube. Each of the second plurality of throughbores is circumferentially offset from each of the first plurality of throughbores. The assembly includes a nozzle extending from a first end to a second end. The first end of the nozzle is located inside the cooling tube. The first plurality of throughbores is located axially between the second end of the cooling tube and the first end of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Steven J. Brown
  • Patent number: 9133051
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a cooling shroud in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the cooling shrouds being used to cool the outer surfaces of the glass containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Emhart Glass S.A.
    Inventors: Steven J. Brown, Jarmo Kammonen, Kenneth L. Bratton, Timothy A. Ringuette, Pierre S. Lankeu Ngankeu
  • Patent number: 9089572
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to compounds that inhibit the activity of p97, such as by binding covalently to a cysteine residue in the active site. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of disease, such as cancer, comprising administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Steven J. Brown, Tsui-Fen Chou, Raymond Deshaies, Amanda C. Jones, Hugh Rosen, Brian M. Stoltz
  • Publication number: 20150178500
    Abstract: A disclosed example method involves configuring a processor to, when transitioning the processor system to a low-power mode, use a key and a random or pseudo-random value to generate a first signature based on a sample of memory regions to be protected during the low-power mode, the memory regions based on a manufacturer required regions table and a third-party required regions table. The disclosed example method also involves configuring a processor to, during a resume process of the processor system from the low-power mode, generate a second signature based on the sample of the memory regions protected during the low-power mode. The disclosed example method also involves configuring a processor to, when the first signature matches the second signature, cause the processor system to resume from the low-power mode, and when the first signature does not match the second signature, generate an error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Adrian R. Pearson, Christopher Andrew Thornburg, Steven J. Brown, Peter R. Munguia