Patents by Inventor Steven James

Steven James 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: 10679279
    Abstract: An Indoor location mapping and wayfinding system for mapping waypoints on an interactive mapping system that can function both indoors and outdoors based on user selections and location. It can include a shopping system that allows users to pre-select items for purchase, maps the items on an indoor map of the store, and provides a route to the user for the collection of the selected items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Daly Ward, Steven James Faletto
  • Patent number: 10677994
    Abstract: Described herein is a calibration system (25) for a wavelength selective switch (1). The switch (1) is adapted for dynamically switching optical beams (5, 7) along respective trajectories between input and output ports disposed in an array (3) using a reconfigurable Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) spatial light modulator device (17). The calibration system (25) includes a monitor (27) for projecting an optical monitor beam (29) through at least a portion of the switch (1) onto the LCOS (17) and detecting the monitor beam (29) reflected from the LCOS (17). In response, system (25) provides a calibration signal (33) to an active correction unit (35) for applying a correction to one or more of the trajectories while maintaining a constant switching state in the LCOS (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: II-VI Delaware, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven James Frisken
  • Publication number: 20200170501
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for obtaining high-resolution 3-D images of a sample over a range of wavelengths, optionally with polarisation-sensitive detection. In preferred embodiments a spectral domain OCT apparatus is used to sample the complex field of light reflected or scattered from a sample, providing full range imaging. In certain embodiments structured illumination is utilised to provide enhanced lateral resolution. In certain embodiments the resolution or depth of field of images is enhanced by digital refocusing or digital correction of aberrations in the sample. Individual sample volumes are imaged using single shot techniques, and larger volumes can be imaged by stitching together images of adjacent volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Steven James Frisken, Trevor Bruce Anderson, Armin Georg Segref, Grant Andrew Frisken
  • Patent number: 10673219
    Abstract: An electrical box assemblies and cable connectors are provided. The cable connectors include a frame and a cable retaining member releasably secured to the frame. The cable retaining members releasably secure an electrical cable to an electrical box by engaging the sheathing of the electrical cable. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and at least one cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 10672063
    Abstract: An Indoor location mapping and wayfinding system for mapping waypoints on an interactive mapping system that can function both indoors and outdoors based on user selections and location. It can include a shopping system that allows users to pre-select items for purchase, maps the items on an indoor map of the store, and provides a route to the user for the collection of the selected items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Daly Ward, Steven James Faletto
  • Patent number: 10667612
    Abstract: A chair includes a seat pan member, a movement support frame, and at least two movement support members operatively connected to the seat pan member and the movement support frame. The at least two movement support members are configured to support the seat pan member in a floating manner for dynamic movement with respect to the movement support frame in at least one degree of freedom in a horizontal seating plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: FELLOWES, INC.
    Inventors: Tai Hoon K. Matlin, James Waring, Shawn Applegate, Steven James Barnaby, Jr., Peter Maletich, John Fellowes
  • Patent number: 10661596
    Abstract: More specifically, the invention relates to providing hand held engravers that can hold a graver closer to parallel to the work while at the same time raising the handle away from the work. The invention is also reversible allowing a graver to be held at a steep angle to the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Steven James Lindsay
  • Publication number: 20200154923
    Abstract: A system for securely depositing or retrieving an item includes: a deposit box with a door configured to provide selective access to an interior space in the deposit box; a lock mechanism configured to attach to the deposit box to selectively block the door from opening; and a proximity sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism to operate the lock mechanism to allow the door to open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Cynthia Lee Chambers, Steven James Frederickson
  • Patent number: 10653263
    Abstract: A system for securely depositing an item includes: a deposit box with a door configured to provide selective access to an interior space in the deposit box; a lock mechanism configured to attach to the deposit box to selectively block the door from opening; a first proximity sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism to operate the lock mechanism to block the door or allow the door to open; a second proximity sensor configured to be attached to at least one of: a delivery person and a piece of delivery equipment; a third proximity sensor; and a first transmitter operatively connected to the lock mechanism and configured to transmit a signal indicative of operating information regarding the lock mechanism, and wherein the deposit box is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: IMDSS Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Lee Chambers, Steven James Frederickson
  • Patent number: 10650664
    Abstract: A fall detection/fall indicator device (20) that automatically senses when a user (14) of fall protection equipment, such as a fall harness (10), has experienced an arrested fall, the fall harness (10) having an electrical circuit (45) that is a closed circuit (46) in a first state and an open circuit (48) in a second state after an arrested fall, and an alert device (62) that is automatically responsive to the open circuit (48) to emit an alert/alarm to other personnel that an arrested fall has been experienced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Hai Pham, Steve Huseth, Gina Marie Theisen, Steven James McPherson
  • Publication number: 20200143468
    Abstract: A system for generating a financial report in a reporting currency, comprising: at least one database; the database comprising a first source dataset associated with a first segment of an organisation and at least a second source dataset associated with a second segment of an organisation; the first and second source datasets associated with at least one source currency which is the same or different between the first source dataset, the second source dataset and the reporting currency; and a foreign currency exchange rate dataset relevant to the source and reporting currencies, wherein the system manipulates, augments and/or converts the first source dataset and the second source dataset, uses at least one foreign exchange rate extracted from the foreign currency exchange rate dataset and converts the financial information of the source datasets by the at least one foreign exchange rate to the reporting currency for generating the financial report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Steven James RILEY
  • Publication number: 20200141368
    Abstract: Vapors in the fuel tank of a vehicle are collected in a carbon canister. An ejector or aspirator is used to purge the carbon canister in a pressure-charged engine in which a positive pressure exists in the intake. A compact ejector includes a substantially planar flange and a venturi tube coupled to the flange with a central axis of the venturi tube substantially parallel to the flange. By manufacturing the ejector in two pieces, dimensions within the ejector: throat, converging section, and diverging section, is more accurate than prior art manufacturing techniques thereby providing better flow characteristics throughout the boost range. By forming one of the two pieces of the ejector integrally with the air intake component in which it is coupled, decreases part count and the number of manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven James Hoffman, John Emley, Douglas Scott Sparks, David S. Moyer, Christopher Alan Myers, Brandon William Bailey, Roger Joseph Khami
  • Patent number: 10645670
    Abstract: An information transmission method and a related device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a base station, to send downlink information to P user equipments of at least one user equipment within a first time period; generating, by the base station, an indication field according to the determined P user equipments, where the indication field includes M bits, each of the at least one user equipment is corresponding to K bits of the M bits, the K bits are used to indicate whether the corresponding user equipment needs to receive and read the downlink information sent by the base station within the first time period, K is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than M, and P is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and sending, by the base station, the indication field to the at least one user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Tie, Feng Yu, Steven James Wenham
  • Patent number: 10638849
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a base and a cushion moveable between a seating configuration and a sleeping configuration. The cushion may include foldable first and second sections. In one embodiment, a spacer includes first and second support surfaces, and is pivotal between an upright position, wherein the first support surface engages and supports the cushion in the seating configuration, and a down position, wherein the second support surface engages and supports the cushion in the sleeping configuration. Methods of reconfiguring a body support structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew David Remelts, Devon Robert Robinson, Steven James Beukema, Vernie F. Holford, Adam C. Bedford, Michael Scott Garner, Marc Eberlein
  • Patent number: 10644491
    Abstract: An electrical box assemblies and cable connectors are provided. The cable connectors include a frame and a cable retaining member releasably secured to the frame. The cable retaining members releasably secure an electrical cable to an electrical box by engaging the sheathing of the electrical cable. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and at least one cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200129253
    Abstract: A robot arm comprising a joint mechanism for articulating one limb of the arm relative to another limb of the arm about two non-parallel rotation axes, the mechanism comprising: an intermediate carrier attached to a first one of the limbs by a first revolute joint having a first rotation axis and to a second one of the limbs by a second revolute joint having a second rotation axis; a first drive gear disposed about the first rotation axis, the first drive gear being fast with the carrier; a second drive gear disposed about the second rotation axis, the second drive gear being fast with the second one of the limbs; a first drive shaft for driving the first drive gear to rotate about the first rotation axis, the first drive shaft extending along the first one of the limbs and having a first shaft gear thereon, the first shaft gear being arranged to engage the first drive gear; a second drive shaft for driving the second drive gear to rotate about the second rotation axis, the second drive shaft extending along
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Bates Jackson, Luke David Ronald Hares, Keith Marshall, Steven James Randle
  • Patent number: 10633732
    Abstract: Titanium alloys formed into a part or component used in applications where a key design criterion is the energy absorbed during deformation of the part when exposed to impact, explosive blast, and/or other forms of shock loading is described. The titanium alloys generally comprise a titanium base with added amounts of aluminum, an isomorphous beta stabilizing element such as vanadium, a eutectoid beta stabilizing element such as silicon and iron, and incidental impurities. The titanium alloys exhibit up to 70% or more improvement in ductility and up to a 16% improvement in ballistic impact resistance over a Ti-6Al-4V alloy, as well as absorbing up to 50% more energy than the Ti-6Al-4V alloy in Charpy impact tests. A method of forming a part that incorporates the titanium alloys and uses a combination of recycled materials and new materials is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Titanium Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Owen Thomas, Yoji Kosaka, Steven James, Paul Garratt
  • Publication number: 20200123129
    Abstract: The present invention provides triazolone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGELLSCHAFT, THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Nikolaus GRADL, Duy NGUYEN, Knut EIS, Judith GÜNTHER, Timo STELLFELD, Andreas JANZER, Sven CHRISTIAN, Thomas MÜLLER, Sherif El SHEIKH, Han Jie ZHOU, Changjia ZHAO, David B. SYKES, Steven James FERRARA, Kery LIU, Michael KRÖBER, Claudia MERZ, Michael NIEHUES, Martina SCHÄFER, Katja ZIMMERMANN, Carl Friedrich NISING
  • Patent number: 10627260
    Abstract: A device for sensing the relative rotary position of first and second parts about a rotation axis, the device comprising a follower constrained to move on a first track fast with the first part and on a second track fast with the second part, the first track being linear and the second track comprising a plurality of circular arcs and at least one transition section connecting one of the circular arcs to another, the tracks being arranged so as to convert relative rotation of the parts into linear motion of the follower, wherein the second track is generally spiral, each circular arc is of constant radius about the rotation axis and the first track is perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
    Inventors: Keith Marshall, Christopher James Roach, Paul Christopher Roberts, Steven James Randle
  • Patent number: D885068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Steven James Beukema, Devon Robert Robinson