Patents by Inventor Steven L. Cox

Steven L. Cox 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: 11426025
    Abstract: A disposable support pan has a sidewall with a top lip that support the lips of rectangular food trays above a support surface. A disposable suspension tray inside the support pan has a flange resting on a support pan shoulder so the bottoms of two pockets in the suspension tray are between the support surface and the bottom of the food trays. Water in each pocket reacts with a calcium-oxide packet in each pocket to boils a predetermined amount of water to generate steam that heats the food trays without having the packets contact the food trays. One or two tray supports on each side of the pan may extend from the shoulder to a top support flange extending outward around a periphery of the support pan. The suspension tray has corresponding recesses to mate with the tray supports to keep steam from entering the area below the suspension tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC.
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven L. Cox, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner
  • Patent number: 11330934
    Abstract: A disposable support pan has a sidewall with a top lip that support the lips of rectangular food trays above a support surface. A disposable suspension tray inside the support pan has a flange resting on a support pan shoulder so the bottoms of two pockets in the suspension tray are between the support surface and the bottom of the food trays. Water in each pocket reacts with a calcium-oxide packet in each pocket to boils a predetermined amount of water to generate steam that heats the food trays without having the packets contact the food trays. One or two tray supports on each side of the pan may extend from the shoulder to a top support flange extending outward around a periphery of the support pan. The suspension tray has corresponding recesses to mate with the tray supports to keep steam from entering the area below the suspension tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven L. Cox, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner
  • Publication number: 20210145211
    Abstract: A disposable support pan has a sidewall with a top lip that support the lips of rectangular food trays above a support surface. A disposable suspension tray inside the support pan has a flange resting on a support pan shoulder so the bottoms of two pockets in the suspension tray are between the support surface and the bottom of the food trays. Water in each pocket reacts with a calcium-oxide packet in each pocket to boils a predetermined amount of water to generate steam that heats the food trays without having the packets contact the food trays. One or two tray supports on each side of the pan may extend from the shoulder to a top support flange extending outward around a periphery of the support pan. The suspension tray has corresponding recesses to mate with the tray supports to keep steam from entering the area below the suspension tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven L. Cox, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner
  • Patent number: 9098449
    Abstract: An FFT operation is performed by dividing n time-domain input points into a plurality of groups of m points, performing a plurality of constant-geometry butterfly operations on each of the groups of m points, and finally performing at least one in-place butterfly operation on the group of n points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, David Miller, Boris Lerner, Guolin Pan, Steven L. Cox, Jiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20140280421
    Abstract: An FFT operation is performed by dividing n time-domain input points into a plurality of groups of m points, performing a plurality of constant-geometry butterfly operations on each of the groups of m points, and finally performing at least one in-place butterfly operation on the group of n points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, David Miller, Boris Lerner, Guolin Pan, Steven L. Cox, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: 5685005
    Abstract: A monolithic digital signal processor includes a core processor for performing digital signal computations, an I/O processor for controlling external access to and from the digital signal processor through an external port, first and second memory banks for storing instructions and data for the digital signal computations, and first and second buses interconnecting the core processor, the I/O processor and the memory banks. The core processor and the I/O processor access the memory banks on the first bus without interference on different clock phases of a clock cycle. The internal memory and the I/O processor of the digital signal processor are assigned to a region of a global memory space, which facilitates multiprocessing configurations. In a multiprocessor system, each digital signal processor is assigned a processor ID. The digital signal processor includes a bus arbitration circuit for controlling access to an external bus through the external port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Garde, Ronnin J. Yee, Mark A. Valley, Steven L. Cox
  • Patent number: D866239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC
    Inventors: David Amirault, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner, Steven L. Cox
  • Patent number: D866241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC.
    Inventors: David Amirault, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner, Steven L. Cox
  • Patent number: D873066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC.
    Inventors: David Amirault, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner, Steven L. Cox
  • Patent number: D894664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC.
    Inventors: David Amirault, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Dennis M. Turner, Steven L. Cox