Patents by Inventor Steven Johns

Steven Johns 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: 10426910
    Abstract: A mouth cushion (20) for a mask system includes a side wall (50), an undercushion (52) extending away from the side wall (50), and a membrane (54) provided to substantially surround the undercushion (52) and adapted to form a continuous seal around an exterior of a patient's mouth in use. The side wall (50) includes spaced-apart prong support structures (60) that provide annular recesses (62) adapted to support respective nasal prongs (30). Each prong support structure (60) includes an alignment indicator (70) to aid correct assembly of the respective nasal prong (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Rupert Christian Scheiner, Scott Alexander Howard, Gregory Scott Smart, Christopher Scott Skipper, Steven John Lubke, Timothy Shawn Nelson
  • Publication number: 20190289998
    Abstract: The RV-18 Café Table is a small, round table for motor homes, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers that utilizes existing mounting hardware commonly found in motor homes, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers. The RV-18 Café Table is a design that does not presently exist in marketplace and is an improvement over existing motor home, recreational vehicle, and travel trailer furniture for some purposes. The RV-18 Café Table provides improved mobility in the interior of motor homes, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers and offers consumers a novel option for food preparation or other purposes. The RV-18 Café Table is constructed of solid surface and injection molded plastics and is affixed to hardware commonly found in motor homes, recreational vehicles, and travel trailers (i.e. an aluminum round cone base for a 3½ in. aluminum pedestal table leg).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Steven John Lysne
  • Patent number: 10422455
    Abstract: A flange pipe terminus is attached to a mirror image terminus by a pair of pivoting C-shaped collars. The collars are locked after installation by a lever coupled to one collar that engage a radial abutment at the non-hinged end of the other collar. The lever is terminated with a swinging loop that engages a notch in the abutment. Additional security from accidental opening is provided by a secondary lock that blocks the movement of the loop or lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TERMINAL MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
    Inventor: Steven John Mellinger
  • Publication number: 20190284273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with anti-IL36R antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Wulf Otto BOECHER, Janine LAMAR, Steven John PADULA
  • Publication number: 20190287741
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for actuating an electrical switch housed in sealed electrical enclosure is disclosed. The actuator assembly includes a handle assembly including a handle positioned on an exterior of a cover of the sealed enclosure, a trip bracket positioned within the sealed enclosure and a shaft connecting the handle to the trip bracket. A slider actuator is slidably mounted over an electrical switch positioned within the enclosure and operatively associated with or coupled to a toggle of the electrical switch. The slider actuator has a drive link which is adapted to engage the trip bracket such that rotation of the handle activates the drive link which causes linear movement of the slider actuator to move the electrical switch between on and off positions. The use of the slider actuator allows a higher density of electrical switches to be stacked within the sealed enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Steven John Taaffe, Anthony Dale Borzillo, Steven Howard Maddux
  • Publication number: 20190285899
    Abstract: A wearable image display system includes a headpiece, a first and a second light engine, and a first and a second optical component. The first and second light engines generate a first and a second set of beams respectively, each beam substantially collimated so that the first and second set form a first and a second virtual image respectively. Each optical component is located to project an image onto a first and a second eye of a wearer respectively. The first and second sets of beams are directed to incoupling structures of the first and second optical components respectively. Exit structures of the first and second optical components guide the first and second sets of beams onto the first and second eyes respectively. The optical components are located between the light engines and the eyes. Both of the light engines are mounted to a central portion of the headpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tapani Levola, Pasi Saarikko, Steven John Robbins, Yarn Chee Poon, Lena Adele Wolfe, Erica Lee Towle
  • Publication number: 20190284285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of or alleviation of signs and symptoms of an acute phase flare-up of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) with anti-IL36R antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Thoma, Steven John Padula, Janine Lamar
  • Patent number: 10416293
    Abstract: A histogramming readout circuit is described. The readout circuit comprises a time to digital converter (TDC) configured to continually report time-stamps defining an arrival time of a laser clock and a signal output from a photosensor. Memory is provided for 10 storing TDC events. A programmable processor is configured to implement a state machine. The state machine being operable to save a time-stamp when a TDC event is detected; determine the time of flight of each of the photons detected by the photosensor; use each calculated time of flight to address a memory location; build up a histogram of the TDC data values using the memory locations as time-bins; and maintain a pointer to a maximum memory location where the highest number of TDC event resides. A calculator is operable to read the value of the maximum memory location and one or more adjacent time-bins either side for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SENSL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Steven John Buckley, John Carlton Jackson
  • Patent number: 10405566
    Abstract: A container (22) includes an oxygen-sensitive beverage, for example a vitamin C-containing beverage. A closure (40) seals the mouth (28) of container (22). The closure includes an oxygen scavenging structure, for example a closure, which comprises a hydrogen generating means and a catalyst for catalysing a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: COLORMATRIX HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian John Carmichael, Andrew Elkin, Mark Frost, Steven John Moloney, Andrew Stuart Overend, Steven Burgess Tattum
  • Patent number: 10407554
    Abstract: A film for use in architectural applications (e.g. for roofs, walls or windows of buildings) comprises a polymeric material and an additive, wherein said polymeric material is a fluoropolymer and said additive is selected from titaniumnitride and tungsten oxide. Preferred polymeric materials may be ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) or an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: COLORANT CHROMATICS AG
    Inventor: Steven John Moloney
  • Patent number: 10402492
    Abstract: Creating and processing a natural language grammar set of data based on an input text string are disclosed. The method may include tagging the input text string, and examining, via a processor, the input text string for at least one first set of substitutions based on content of the input text string. The method may also include determining whether the input text string is a substring of a previously tagged input text string by comparing the input text string to a previously tagged input text string, such that the substring determination operation determines whether the input text string is wholly included in the previously tagged input text string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventor: Steven John Schanbacher
  • Patent number: 10398916
    Abstract: A fire suppression and annunciation system using a flexible conduit and a wire rope is provided. The wire rope may be connected to a knob assembly at a universal pull station and to a release mechanism of the fire suppression system. An operator may pull a handle of the knob assembly at the universal pull station, thereby activating the release mechanism to release fire suppression agent. A flexible conduit may house the wire rope along at least a part of the connection from the universal pull station to the release mechanism. A material on the liner of the flexible conduit and/or on the wire rope may be used to reduce the coefficient of friction of wire rope in the flexible conduit. The fire suppression system may further include a pulley block system connected to the universal pull station. The pulley block system may comprise bearings, and may lower the force necessary to activate the release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Michael Walter Erva, Thomas Michael Halt, Jr., Donald Marvin Bjorkman, Brian Floyd Chernetski, Dorothy Ruohonen, Steven John Benda, Mark Neumann
  • Patent number: 10393791
    Abstract: A utility meter includes a meter housing that supports at least one current coil, a temperature sensor, and a processing circuit coupled to both. The current coil can be coupled to receive heat energy from a meter socket. The temperature sensor disposed generates a sensor signal based on a temperature within the meter housing. The processing circuit obtains the sensor signal and generates meter temperature information based at least in part thereon. The processing circuit also obtains a first predetermined threshold based on at least one of time of day information and date information. The processing circuit also determines whether an abnormal condition exists by comparing the meter temperature information to a value based on the first predetermined threshold, and generates an output signal to a memory, display or communication circuit responsive to determining that the abnormal condition exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr LLC
    Inventors: Mark David Minich, Steven John Schamber
  • Patent number: 10388073
    Abstract: Augmented reality light guide display techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a housing configured in a hand-held form factor, one or more sensors configured to detect a position and orientation of the housing in three dimensions in a physical environment of the housing, a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing, a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide, and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to calculate a position and orientation of an augmentation and cause the light engine to output the augmentation for display using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Westerinen, Steven John Robbins, Rajeev Badyal, Rod G. Fleck
  • Patent number: 10386904
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for full-hardware management of power and clock domains related to a distributed virtual memory (DVM) network. An aspect includes transmitting, from a DVM initiator to a DVM network, a DVM operation, broadcasting, by the DVM network to a plurality of DVM targets, the DVM operation, and, based on the DVM operation being broadcasted to the plurality of DVM targets by the DVM network, performing one or more hardware optimizations comprising: turning on a clock domain coupled to the DVM network or a DVM target of the plurality of DVM targets that is a target of the DVM operation, increasing a frequency of the clock domain, turning on a power domain coupled to the DVM target based on the power domain being turned off, or terminating the DVM operation to the DVM target based on the DVM target being turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Edward Podaima, Christophe Denis Bernard Avoinne, Manokanthan Somasundaram, Sina Dena, Paul Christopher John Wiercienski, Bohuslav Rychlik, Steven John Halter, Jaya Prakash Subramaniam Ganasan, Myil Ramkumar, Dipti Ranjan Pal
  • Patent number: 10387956
    Abstract: A disclosed system, method and computer readable storage medium includes mechanism for controlling cascade price movements in an electronic trading system. Price limits control the prices at which traders can place orders. An upper price limit prevents traders from placing orders above the upper limit and a lower price limit prevents traders from placing orders below the lower limit. The gap between the upper limit and the indicative marked price as well as the gap between lower limit and the indicative market price is controlled so as to cause a breaking effect on very rapidly changing market price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: LIFFE Administrator and Management
    Inventors: Robert James Fuller, Steven John Katesmark, Christopher Roy Harrison
  • Patent number: 10380484
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training a neural network to optimize network performance, including sampling an applied dropout rate for one or more nodes of the network to evaluate a current generalization performance of one or more training models. An optimized annealing schedule may be generated based on the sampling, wherein the optimized annealing schedule includes an altered dropout rate configured to improve a generalization performance of the network. A number of nodes of the network may be adjusted in accordance with a dropout rate specified in the optimized annealing schedule. The steps may then be iterated until the generalization performance of the network is maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vaibhava Goel, Steven John Rennie, Samuel Thomas, Ewout van den Berg
  • Patent number: 10373054
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training a neural network to optimize network performance, including sampling an applied dropout rate for one or more nodes of the network to evaluate a current generalization performance of one or more training models. An optimized annealing schedule may be generated based on the sampling, wherein the optimized annealing schedule includes an altered dropout rate configured to improve a generalization performance of the network. A number of nodes of the network may be adjusted in accordance with a dropout rate specified in the optimized annealing schedule. The steps may then be iterated until the generalization performance of the network is maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vaibhava Goel, Steven John Rennie, Samuel Thomas, Ewout van den Berg
  • Publication number: 20190238181
    Abstract: A transceiver capable of common mode operating range and output voltage tolerance set by an isolation boundary and not limited by the device type used in the circuitry. The subject technology is a powered isolated transceiver, where the isolated generated supply and ground nodes are concealed and thus do not participate in tests that stress electrostatic discharge (ESD)/electrical overstress (EOS) or voltage tolerance. The architecture of the subject technology has the advantage of extremely high common mode performance and robust performance using low voltage devices and simplified architecture, which in turn provides less capacitive loading, faster operation, less expensive die development, electromagnetic interference (EMI) advantages, and simple active termination. The subject technology includes an isolation architecture that can be used in environments where isolation is used but is also advantageous in systems without the need for isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Steven John Tanghe
  • Patent number: 10367612
    Abstract: A two-wire process variable transmitter for use in an industrial process includes a process variable sensor configured to sense a process variable of a process fluid of the industrial process. Output circuitry provides an output on a two-wire process control loop which is related to the sensed process variable. Terminal voltage measurement circuitry measures a voltage at terminals of the process variable transmitter. The terminal voltage is a voltage measured across an electrical connection of the two-wire process variable transmitter to the two-wire process control loop. A microprocessor performs loop diagnostics on the two-wire process control loop based upon a loop current and the measured terminal voltage. The microprocessor determines coefficients of a polynomial equation which relates loop current and terminal voltage during normal operation of the two-wire process variable transmitter and performs subsequent diagnostics based upon the coefficients of the polynomial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Steven John McCoy, David Richard Lauzon