Patents by Inventor Steven Josephs

Steven Josephs 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: 9728016
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a vehicle determine a baseline wheel rotational speed and wheel rotational speeds of a wheel for different positions along an outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are determined, and the deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are correlated with one or more identified positions of the positions along the outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more of damage to the wheel or damage to a drivetrain of the vehicle is identified based at least in part on the one or more deviations being correlated with the one or more identified positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Dwayne Worden, Jeffrey David Willis, Jeffrey Paul Moffett, Mark Alan Pfingsten, Steven Joseph Ehret
  • Publication number: 20170188187
    Abstract: A system (1) includes a plurality of mobile devices (21 . . . 2N) connectable to a server system (3) via a network system (4), one or more computing devices (5) connectable to the server system (3). The system (1) also includes a global navigation satellite system (36) and a plurality of transmitters (371 . . . 37N?). For example, the system can be for providing location-based and/or social networking services to users of the mobile devices (21 . . . 2N). Improvements in aspects of the underlying technology are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Geospock Limited
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Thomas Marsh, Kai Darren Van Duuren Lane, Rory Marquis, Michael David Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20170176692
    Abstract: A portion of a core of an optical fiber may be positioned eccentrically in a bore of a ferrule. The portion of the core may be part of an asymmetric cross-sectional region of the optical fiber, and the asymmetric cross-sectional region may include an asymmetric outer surface. The asymmetric outer surface may include an inclined portion spaced outwardly from the portion of the core in a first direction. There may be contact between the inclined portion and the ferrule, so that a lengthwise axis of the portion of the core is spaced apart from a lengthwise axis of the bore in a second direction, and the first and second directions extend substantially opposite from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Gregorski
  • Publication number: 20170172845
    Abstract: A cardio-pulmonary compression device includes a motor (11) having a rotating portion, and a ball nut (12) mounted on the rotating portion and configured to rotate with the rotating portion. A ball screw (13) is received in the ball nut such that rotation on the ball nut advances and/or retracts the ball screw in accordance with a direction of the motor. A pad assembly (15) is coupled to an end portion of the ball screw such that longitudinal motion of the ball screw imparts a compression cycle to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER WALDEN, VIRGINIA HIGLEY, TYLER DOUGLAS SMITH, STEVEN JOSEPH FRANKOVICH, DANIEL CALVERT CANFIELD
  • Patent number: 9669851
    Abstract: A route examination system and method automatically detect (with an identification unit onboard a vehicle having one or more processors) a location of a break in conductivity of a first route during movement of the vehicle along the first route. The system and method also identify (with the identification unit) one or more of a location of the vehicle on the first route or the first route from among several different routes based at least in part on the location of the break in the conductivity of the first route that is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Steven Joseph Ehret, Nicholas David Nagrodsky
  • Patent number: 9659440
    Abstract: A gaming device provides a single player poker game including one or more opportunities for forming player hands. In one embodiment, for a play of the poker game, a player places a wager on each of a plurality of player hands. The gaming device provides the player with one or more opportunities to fold one or more of the player hands and withdraw the wager associated with the folded hand. A number of community cards are dealt. The gaming device determines and provides any awards associated with a ranking of each of the remaining player hands according to a paytable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Mark C. Nicely, Paul Baker Stroube, Steven Joseph Bazyl
  • Publication number: 20170141655
    Abstract: A component of an electrical machine is disclosed. The component includes a core including a plurality of slots, a magnetic field-generating component disposed in at least one slot of the plurality of slots, and a heat dissipating element disposed in a slot of the plurality of slots, in contact with the magnetic field-generating component. The heat dissipating element includes a thermally conductive material having an in-plane thermal conductivity higher than a through-plane thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Karthik Kumar Bodla, Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Steven Joseph Galioto
  • Publication number: 20170139138
    Abstract: Systems and methods for scribing and cleaving an optical fiber held by a ferrule are disclosed. The methods include operably supporting an optical fiber in a ferrule so that a bare fiber section of the optical fiber extends beyond a front end of the ferrule. The method also includes disposing a top-side location of a scribing medium to be in contact with a lower portion of the bare fiber section and a near-side location of the scribing medium to be in contact with the front end of the ferrule. The top-side location includes an abrasive feature while the near-side location is smooth. The scribing medium is moved relative to the bare fiber section to cause the abrasive feature to form a scribe mark at a scribe location at a distance from the front end of the ferrule. The smooth near-side location prevents substantial damage to the ferrule front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Gregorski
  • Patent number: 9648868
    Abstract: A decoy motion device for removably supporting and moving a decoy back and forth about a longitudinal axis of the device. The decoy motion device includes a stand; a motion actuating assembly removably mounted upon the stand; and a pivotable elongate support member in operable communication with the motion actuating assembly and adapted to support and pivot a decoy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Donnay, Kevin Ervin Meier, Jeffrey Roger Reiter
  • Patent number: 9643933
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds useful for treating chronic and acute bacterial infections. Certain of the compounds are compounds and salts of general Formula VIII Certain compounds of this disclosure are MvfR inhibitors. MvfR inhibitors reduce the formation of antibiotic tolerant bacterial strains and are useful for treating Gram-negative bacterial infections and reducing the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Methods of treating bacterial infections in a patient, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, are also provided by the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Robert Zahler, Ronald Thure Wester, Steven Joseph Brickner
  • Publication number: 20170112112
    Abstract: A fishing hook assembly that is either self-setting or initiated upon the fisherman setting the hook. A torsion spring placed at the head of the assembly which is interconnected by two shafts that are terminated by hooks. The hooks used on the first shaft termination can consist of a single hook, treble hook, or jig hook. The first shaft also consists of a latch placed at the end of the selected hook before the hook bend. The shafts are bent outward at 15 to 30 degrees at the torsion spring to allow closer proximity when compressed. The second shaft terminates with a single hook element and is the shaft where the release element is slide onto the shaft adjacent to the latch. The release element has a connection point where the fishing line is directly connected to the release element. The torsion spring is compressed bringing the first and second shafts together with the release element on the second shaft slide onto the latch located at the hook bend on the first shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Palzkill
  • Patent number: 9630627
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive environmental context data upon which automatic engagement of a fuel economic driving mode (eco-mode) is conditioned. The processor is also configured to evaluate the context data to determine if the eco-mode should be automatically engaged based on a data correspondence to an engagement factor and engage the eco-mode upon correspondence of the data to an engagement factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Steven Joseph Szwabowski, Fling Tseng
  • Patent number: 9616898
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a computer in a vehicle, and the computer includes a processor and a memory. The computer is configured to determine an operational state of a vehicle, calculate a road grade value from data from a first sensor, calculate an effective road grade value from a torque demand value, update modeling variables to map the road grade value substantially to the effective grade value when the operation state is determined to be a steady-state condition, and calculate a road grade characteristic with the road grade value and the modeling variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Mario D'Amato, Jonathan Thomas Mullen, John Ottavio Michelini, Steven Joseph Szwabowski, Dimitar Petrov Filev
  • Patent number: 9621541
    Abstract: Systems and methods for incrementally communicating a document to a client computer are disclosed herein. Time consistent views of the document are maintained throughout the incremental downloading through use of a cryptographically secured permissions token identifying a version of the document the user is permitted to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Saviano, Igor Kopylov
  • Publication number: 20170080122
    Abstract: Plasma-enriched hydroxyapatite-based fillers and methods of filling bone gaps in oral surgery, orthopedic procedures, and cosmetic surgery are disclosed. The fillers contain a substance comprising an anticoagulant antidote, a substance comprising hydroxyapatite, and blood or plasma. The blood may be either autologous or allogeneic. The fillers have a dough-like consistency and can be manipulated easily by a surgeon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Burns
  • Publication number: 20170081312
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I): wherein the variables in Formula (I) are defined as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the compounds of Formula (I) in the prevention or treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Berthel, Zhi Chen, Feng Chi, Elbert Chin, David Shawn Erickson, Stephen Deems Gabriel, Buelent Kocer, Eric Mertz, Jean-Marc Plancher, Robert J. Weikert
  • Publication number: 20170072958
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive environmental context data upon which automatic engagement of a fuel economic driving mode (eco-mode) is conditioned. The processor is also configured to evaluate the context data to determine if the eco-mode should be automatically engaged based on a data correspondence to an engagement factor and engage the eco-mode upon correspondence of the data to an engagement factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kwaku O. PRAKAH-ASANTE, Steven Joseph SZWABOWSKI, Fling TSENG
  • Patent number: 9555306
    Abstract: A ball throwing machine can include a hopper for receiving one or more balls and a ball delivery device. The ball delivery device can be used to throw or pitch a ball from the hopper to a user of the machine. The ball delivery device can include wheels to impart speed to the ball and a direction system to control the projection angle of the ball. The direction system can control at least one of the up and down angle and the side to side angle of the ball as it is thrown, among possibly other throwing parameters. A controller may be provided for controlling operation of the ball throwing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TOCA Football, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Lewis, Steven Joseph Barberi
  • Patent number: 9540345
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I): wherein the variables in Formula (I) are defined as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the compounds of Formula (I) in the prevention or treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Berthel, Zhi Chen, Feng Chi, Elbert Chin, David Shawn Erickson, Stephen Deems Gabriel, Buelent Kocer, Eric Mertz, Jean-Marc Plancher, Robert J. Weikert
  • Patent number: D794138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Forster, Jr.