Patents by Inventor Steven Sexton

Steven Sexton 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: 11752914
    Abstract: A trailer system may have a first cargo area having a movable deck. The movable deck may be moved by an actuator. The movable deck may include a plurality of first rollers for engaging and translating cargo. And a movable tailgate may close the first cargo area when it is in a first position. The movable tailgate may have a plurality of second rollers for engaging and translating cargo when the movable tailgate is in a second position. The trailer system may have a plurality of movable decks, where each movable deck is coupled and moved by an actuator. Each actuator may comprise at least one of a hydraulic, pneumatic, and/or electromechanical system. The trailer system may further have a set of lower movable decks and a set of upper movable decks. The set of upper movable decks may be coupled to the lower movable decks by actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cottrell Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard Biagi, Steven Sexton, David Trenbeath, Conner Lill
  • Patent number: 10564702
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a core optimization operation, comprising: enabling all of a plurality of processor cores of a processor; selectively turning off at least one of the plurality of processor cores, the selectively turning off the at least one of the plurality of processor cores being based upon an application to be executed by the processor, the selectively turning off being performed dynamically during runtime of the processor; and, controlling process thread distribution to the plurality of processor cores via an operating system executing on the processor, the process thread distribution not distributing threads to the turned off at least one of the plurality of processor cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Farzad Khosrowpour, Mitchell A. Markow, Steven A. Sexton
  • Publication number: 20190004861
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a core optimization operation, comprising: enabling all of a plurality of processor cores of a processor; selectively turning off at least one of the plurality of processor cores, the selectively turning off the at least one of the plurality of processor cores being based upon an application to be executed by the processor, the selectively turning off being performed dynamically during runtime of the processor; and, controlling process thread distribution to the plurality of processor cores via an operating system executing on the processor, the process thread distribution not distributing threads to the turned off at least one of the plurality of processor cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Farzad Khosrowpour, Mitchell A. Markow, Steven A. Sexton