Patents by Inventor Steven Lees

Steven Lees 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).

  • Publication number: 20200161104
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma reactor, comprising: a reaction chamber; a base disposed at the bottom of the reaction chamber, configured for supporting a substrate; an RF power supply which outputs an RF power into the reaction chamber, wherein the base includes an electrostatic chuck, the electrostatic chunk including a set of heaters, the set of heaters including a plurality of heating modules, wherein each heating module includes one heater and one electronic switch which are connected in series, the heater in each heating module being connected to one of the heating power source and the ground, and the electronic switch being connected to the other one of the heating power source and the ground; a heating controller including a receive end configured for receiving a temperature control signal, and further a drive signal output end connected to the electronic switch, configured for outputting a drive signal of the electronic switch, wherein the heating controller further comprises at least one optoelectrical drive
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tuqiang Ni, Steven Lee, Sha Rin, Zhou Xiaofeng, Mei Rui
  • Patent number: 10655282
    Abstract: An impact-absorbing assembly includes a covering layer being one or more of artificial turf, rubber mats, polymer mats, short pile carpeting, particulate infill, wood chips, and ground rubber chips. Also included is a layer of underlayment panels positioned beneath the covering layer. The panels have a panel section with a plurality of drain holes formed therethrough. A top surface of the panels is configured to support the covering layer. A bottom surface of the panels has a plurality of bottom projections that cooperate to define bottom channels suitable to permit water flow across the bottom surface, the bottom channels being in fluid communication with the panel drain holes. The bottom projections define a first spring rate characteristic that is part of a first stage and a second spring rate characteristic is part of a second stage, the first stage having a smaller volume of material than the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Brock USA, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Lee Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20200146355
    Abstract: Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Benson Sears, Timothy Brian Nestor, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Steven Lee Alderman, Michael Ryan Galloway, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR., Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Raymond C. Henry, JR., Allen Michael East
  • Publication number: 20200146944
    Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a multi-component dressing for securing an enteral access device, for example, a gastrosnootomy, jejunostomy, cecostomy or vesicostomy button or a gastrostomy tube, or a parenteral access device, and can comprise one or more of an adhesive layer, an absorptive layer and a securement layer to engage the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
    Inventors: Steven Lee Moulton, Fergus Moynihan, Jeremy Parsons, Aleksander Stefanov, Young Mee Choi, Benjamin Fried, Brian Heckman, Tyler Mironuck
  • Publication number: 20200146347
    Abstract: Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Benson Sears, Timothy Brian Nestor, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Steven Lee Alderman, Michael Ryan Galloway, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR., Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Raymond C. Henry, JR., Allen Michael East
  • Publication number: 20200146340
    Abstract: The invention provides an article, such as an aerosol-generating smoking article that does not combust tobacco, that includes a tobacco rod and a filter element connected to the tobacco rod, the filter element having an end proximal to the tobacco rod and an end distal from the tobacco rod, wherein the filter element includes a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material, and further includes a smoke-altering flavorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Lee Alderman, Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce, Stephen Benson Sears, Kenneth Allen Beard, Timothy Brian Nestor
  • Patent number: 10647088
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Publication number: 20200138107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article comprises one or more microheaters. In various embodiments, the microheaters provide for improved control of vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition and provide for reduced power requirements to achieve consistent aerosolization. The present disclosure further relates to methods of forming an aerosol in a smoking article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: William Robert Collett, Stephen Benson Sears, Dennis Lee Potter, Steven Lee Alderman, Mo Kebaili
  • Publication number: 20200138099
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article provides for separate delivery of two or more components of an aerosol precursor composition to one or more heaters so as to control the rate of delivery or the rate of heating of the separate components of the aerosol precursor composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Karen V. Taluskie, Stephen Benson Sears, Bradley James Ingebrethsen, Balager Ademe, Steven Lee Alderman, William Robert Collett, Grady Lance Dooly, Charles Jacob Novak, III
  • Publication number: 20200131795
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anchoring umbrella stand with a manually extendable drill bit. In certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein, the anchoring umbrella stand includes a drill bit that can be manually extendable from and manually retractable into an elongate housing body by use of a crank handle. Manual operation of the crank handle rotates and translates the drill bit between a retracted position within the elongate housing body and an extended position outside the elongate housing body. In certain embodiments, the anchoring umbrella stand further includes a gear train assembly and/or a stabilizing plate to further aid a user in anchoring the umbrella stand. The anchoring umbrella stand facilitates umbrella anchoring by providing a more stable anchoring mechanism that requires less strength, less coordination, and no electric power to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Lee Worm, William Bryan Carr, Ryan Joseph Hilton, Curry Weston Hilton
  • Publication number: 20200114366
    Abstract: Discretizers that exhibit improved solid additive laden fluid flow emanating from the discretizers and methods of using same, particularly for making fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Fei Wang
  • Publication number: 20200113233
    Abstract: Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Benson Sears, Timothy Brian Nestor, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Steven Lee Alderman, Michael Ryan Galloway, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR., Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Raymond C. Henry, JR., Allen Michael East
  • Patent number: 10621638
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGORA INTELLIGENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Patent number: 10609955
    Abstract: The invention provides a cigarette with a filter element comprising at least one longitudinally extending section of filter material. The section of filter material comprises a smoke-altering material therein that is useful for removing a quantity of vapor phase chemicals from the mainstream smoke. The section of filter material further comprises one or more tubes inserted into and extending through section of filter material. The one or more tubes each define a channel adapted for passage of mainstream smoke through the section of filter material while substantially avoiding contact of the portion of mainstream smoke therein with the smoke-altering material. The provision of a portion of mainstream smoke substantially unaltered by the smoke-altering material can be useful to retain certain desirable taste and other sensory properties of the mainstream smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Beard, Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce, Stephen Benson Sears, Steven Lee Alderman, Timothy Brian Nestor
  • Publication number: 20200101339
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a body defining (a) a passage having an inlet and extending along a longitudinal axis and (b) an outlet fluidly coupled to the passage. The sprinkler includes a seal engaging a button and the body to fluidly seal the inlet from the outlet. A link and lever assembly includes a first lever and a second lever engaging the button. The first lever and the second lever each include (a) a leg positioned near a base end of the lever and extending outward from the longitudinal axis, the leg defining an engagement surface, (b) a head positioned near a tip end of the lever, and (c) a main body extending from the leg to the head. A fusible link limits movement of the heads. The engagement surfaces each engage a surface of the body to limit movement of the button along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Lee Shields, Manuel R. Silva, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200102671
    Abstract: Processes for making fibrous structures and more particularly processes for making fibrous structures comprising filaments are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Michael Donald Suer, Douglas Jay Barkey, Jonathan Paul Brennan, Ronald Thomas Gorley
  • Publication number: 20200101338
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a body defining (a) a passage having an inlet configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of fire suppressant fluid, (b) an outlet fluidly coupled to the passage, and (c) a compression pin aperture extending from an outer surface of the body to the passage and configured to receive a compression pin, a button received within the passage, and a seal engaging the button and the body to fluidly seal the inlet from the outlet. The compression pin aperture is positioned such that the compression pin engages the button to force the button against the seal when the compression pin is inserted into the compression pin aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Lee Shields, Manuel R. Silva, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200101337
    Abstract: A sprinkler assembly includes a body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passage extending along a longitudinal axis between the inlet and the outlet. A guide pin aperture is defined by at least one of the body or a bushing coupled to the body. The sprinkler assembly further includes a deflector slidably coupled to the body. The deflector includes a deflector body coupled to a guide pin. The guide pin includes a shaft portion extending through the guide pin aperture and a shoulder that is wider than the shaft portion and configured to engage at least one of the body or the bushing to limit movement of the deflector body away from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Lee Shields, Manuel R. Silva, JR., Sean E. Cutting, William K. Rucker, Daniel A. Cross
  • Publication number: 20200085675
    Abstract: A percussive massage appliance has a general Y-shape, with first and second handle portions being suitable for being held by first and second hands, respectively, of a user, with the percussive massage head reciprocating along an axis that lies in a major arc defined by the two handle portions. One use for the device is so that a user can grip the device with both hands while delivering a percussive massage to his own lower back muscles. The device has a rotation mechanism such that the user can rotate the reciprocation axis through an arc of about 120 degrees relative to the handles, and an extension handle mates with one of the handle portions, providing great versatility to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Pado, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee, Alejandro Garfio, Travis Frye
  • Patent number: D886507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph R. Adamski, Steven Lee Simonson