Patents by Inventor Steven TO

Steven TO 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).

  • Hand prosthesis
    Patent number: 10004611
    Abstract: A prosthetic hand system may include a plurality of prosthetic fingers and a prosthetic thumb. The prosthetic hand system may include a thumb drive mechanism that may be used to actuate the prosthetic thumb. In some examples, the thumb drive mechanism may be configured to enable the prosthetic thumb to perform a pinching or grasping motion and a release motion. The prosthetic hand system may also include a backlock that enables the prosthetic thumb to maintain pinching or gripping pressure after a motor has been disengaged. The prosthetic hand system may also include a gear lock that may be configured to lock a finger joint. The prosthetic hand system may also include an adaptive gripping joint that may be located on each prosthetic finger. In some examples, the adaptive gripping joint may be configured to passively adapt the plurality of prosthetic fingers to one or more differently shaped objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Motion Control
    Inventors: Edwin Kay Iversen, Joseph Anthony Jacobs, Jeffry David Christenson, Peter Karl Strazdins, Steven Reese Kunz, Brent Taylor Jarvis, Jeff Robert Welch, Harold Hume Sears, Arthur David Dyck
  • Remotely configurable wireless intercom system for an establishment
    Patent number: 10009780
    Abstract: Systems and methods associated with an intercom system for a drive-through, quick service restaurant facility is disclosed. Generally, a plurality of headsets is configured for communication with a base station. A speaker is associated with the drive-through facility is configured to be located near a menu board, and is configured for communication with the base station. A microphone is also configured to be located near the menu board and configured for communication with the base station. A plurality of parameters control the configuration of the intercom system, and the base station is connectable to a wide area communication network to enable remote adjustment of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Steven T. Awiszus
  • Power transfer system
    Patent number: 10008882
    Abstract: Power transfer system including a transfer pick-up circuit for inductively picking up power from a cable carrying an alternating supply current. The power transfer system includes a first circuit having the secondary winding of a transformer for providing an inductive coupling to the cable and a first capacitive module connected in parallel to the transformer. The transfer pick-up circuit further includes a second circuit connected in parallel to the first circuit and has a second inductive module and a connection to transfer power to the load, the connection being in series with the second inductive module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: USE SYSTEM ENGINEERING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Herbert Venderbosch, Raymond Kaspers, Martinus Peter Eikendal, Steven Ferdinand Boks, Johannes Hermanus Maria Van Der Kuil
  • Drawer release
    Patent number: 10004331
    Abstract: A drawer release is described. The drawer release includes a handle portion pivotally or rotatably engaged to a fixed portion, and the fixed portion is attached to or connected to a drawer. The handle portion includes at least one engaging member that engages a lever or actuator of a drawer-slide of the drawer to open or release the drawer. The drawer release provides for the one-handed opening of the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Austin Hardware & Supply Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Jeffries, Norman Allen Smith
  • Adjustable-length temperature probe
    Patent number: 10006817
    Abstract: A meat probe has a shaft, plug, and stabilizer for measuring a parameter (e.g., temperature) of a piece of meat and communicating the measurement to a cooking appliance. The stabilizer may have a plurality of wings. For example, two wings may be cantilevered about a proximal end that is at the shaft. As the shaft is inserted into the piece of meat, the wings are bent outwardly about the proximal end. In another example, four wings are connected on opposite ends to a first and second base, and the shaft extends through the first and second bases. As the shaft is inserted into the piece of meat, the second base is pushed upward, decreasing the distance between the first and second base and bending the wings about a middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Swayne, Brendan McGinnis, Elizabeth A. Byrne
  • Vehicle having suspension with continuous damping control
    Patent number: 10005335
    Abstract: A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping characteristic. The system also includes a controller coupled to each adjustable shock absorber to adjust the damping characteristic of each adjustable shock absorber, and a user interface coupled to the controller and accessible to a driver of the vehicle. The user interface includes at least one user input to permit manual adjustment of the damping characteristic of the at least one adjustable shock absorber during operation of the vehicle. Vehicle sensors are also be coupled to the controller to adjust the damping characteristic of the at least one adjustable shock absorber based vehicle conditions determined by sensor output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Louis J. Brady, Alex R. Scheuerell, Steven R. Franker, Aaron J. Nysse
  • Automatic configuration of a load control system
    Patent number: 10009969
    Abstract: A control module is able to be installed with electrical devices, such as, for example electrical loads (e.g., lighting loads) and/or load regulation devices. The control module may determine whether an LED driver for an LED light source is responsive to one or more of a plurality of control techniques. The control module may be able to automatically determine an appropriate control technique to use to control the connected LED driver and/or LED light source. The control module may sequentially attempt to control the LED driver and/or LED light source using each of the plurality of control techniques and determine if the LED driver and/or LED light source is responsive to the present control technique. The plurality of control techniques may include one or more analog control techniques and one or more digital control techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Galen Edgar Knode, Steven J. Kober, Daniel Curtis Raneri, Richard M. Walsh, III
  • Lost core molding cores for forming cooling passages
    Patent number: 10005123
    Abstract: In a featured embodiment, a lost core assembly includes a ceramic component having a tapered shape in a radial direction. A refractory metal component extends radially from the ceramic core component. A method of molding a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lane Thornton, San Quach, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Helmet training aid
    Patent number: 10004968
    Abstract: A helmet training aid for obscuring the vision of a user. The helmet training aid includes a panel having a pair of distal ends securely affixed to a pair of opposing blinders. A fastener is secured at a lower end of each blinder, wherein the fastener removably secures each blinder to an opposing side of a helmet such that an upper end of each blinder covers an open portion of the helmet therebetween a brim and a cage of the helmet. The panel contains one or more fasteners on a first surface that removably secures to the cage of the helmet. In an alternative embodiment, opposing sidewalls of the blinders flare outwardly from the lower end to the upper end, the fastener on each blinder is secured to a protrusion at the lower end, and the panel is made of a mesh material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Valadez, James Yarbrough
  • Fault detection and tolerance in downhole tool string assemblies
    Patent number: 10007260
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for fault detection and tolerance in a downhole tool string are provided. If a fault is detected in an electrical path between tools of downhole tool string, one or more switches of a fault detection and tolerance circuit may be kept open to isolate the fault in an electrical path between tools of downhole tool string. If a fault is not detected, one or more switches of a fault detection and tolerance circuit may be closed to enable the transmission of signals on the electrical path. In some embodiments of fault detection and tolerance circuits, an additional one or more switches may be kept open to isolate the fault in electronics of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Albert Hoefel, Kent David Harms, Steven G. Villareal
  • Integrated electronic device holder for cup holder
    Patent number: 10005404
    Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a door configured for translation between an open and a closed configuration, at least one receiver sidewall, and at least one first cup holder surface provided by a bottom surface of the door and configured to upwardly extend at least a portion of the receiver sidewall when the door is disposed in an open configuration. A retention system for a container is provided, including at least one container biasing member and at least one container supporting member. The container biasing member may be door-mounted or receiver sidewall-mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Adriana Lupsan, Murali Guntur, Peter Joseph Bejin, Jean Waters Taylor, David Steven Chronicle
  • Hand prosthesis
    Patent number: 10004612
    Abstract: A prosthetic hand system may include a plurality of prosthetic fingers and a prosthetic thumb. The prosthetic hand system may include a thumb drive mechanism that may be used to actuate the prosthetic thumb. In some examples, the thumb drive mechanism may be configured to enable the prosthetic thumb to perform a pinching or grasping motion and a release motion. The prosthetic hand system may also include a backlock that enables the prosthetic thumb to maintain pinching or gripping pressure after a motor has been disengaged. The prosthetic hand system may also include a gear lock that may be configured to lock a finger joint. The prosthetic hand system may also include an adaptive gripping joint that may be located on each prosthetic finger. In some examples, the adaptive gripping joint may be configured to passively adapt the plurality of prosthetic fingers to one or more differently shaped objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Motion Control
    Inventors: Edwin Kay Iversen, Joseph Anthony Jacobs, Jeffry David Christenson, Peter Karl Strazdins, Steven Reese Kunz, Brent Taylor Jarvis, Jeff Robert Welch, Harold Hume Sears, Arthur David Dyck
  • Drive assembly with bimodal clutch module
    Patent number: 10006498
    Abstract: A work vehicle drive assembly has a bimodal clutch module that includes a pressure plate, a module housing containing first and second cavities located on opposing sides of the pressure plate, and an actuator. The actuator is controllable to move the pressure plate along a working axis of the clutch module. A clutch member is installed in a selected one of the first and second cavities. The clutch member is (i) engaged by movement of the pressure plate along the working axis in a first direction when the clutch member is installed in the first cavity and (ii) disengaged by movement of the pressure plate along the working axis in the first direction when the clutch member is installed in the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Steven R. Fliearman, Randall L. Long, William G. Detrick
  • Controlling aircraft using thrust differential trim
    Patent number: 10005561
    Abstract: Systems and methods for stabilizing an aircraft in response to a yaw movement are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a yaw movement of the aircraft. The yaw movement can cause a front portion of the aircraft to move towards a first side of the aircraft. The method can further include, in response to the yaw movement, initiating a trim process resulting in a thrust differential. The trim process can include increasing thrust in one or more engines on the first side of the aircraft and decreasing thrust in one or more engines on a second side of the aircraft. The method can include controlling the trim process based at least in part on a detected yaw movement of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Steven Louis Kiebles, David Michael Lax, Otto Y Darias, Mark Lawrence Darnell, Sean Sanghyun Hwang, Christopher Daniel Holbert, Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Sridhar Adibhatla, Jeffrey Russell Bult, Thomas Charles Swager
  • Antibody drug conjugates
    Patent number: 10005836
    Abstract: This application discloses anti-P-cadherin antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates of said antibodies or antigen binding fragments. The invention also relates to methods of treating cancer using the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates, and methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as diagnostic reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Tinya Abrams, Steven Bruce Cohen, Jason Damiano, Clemens Dürr, Thomas Huber, Daniel Menezes, Kathy Miller, Katherine Rendahl, Jean-Michel Rene Rondeau
  • Multiview TV template creation and display layout modification
    Patent number: 10009658
    Abstract: A multi-window user interface (UI) is presented in various configurations and operational uses to leverage the relatively large display canvas afforded by large screen display devices such as 4K or 8K displays. Along with the various “Multiview” aspects, content delivery techniques, content selection techniques, and level of service techniques also are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Martin Richman, Jason Clement
  • Assemblies for aligning and stabilizing portions of a cowling on a marine engine
    Patent number: 10005534
    Abstract: An assembly is for aligning and stabilizing first and second cowl portions on a marine engine. The assembly comprises an engagement member configured to be fixed to the first cowl portion and a retainer apparatus configured to be fixed to the second cowl portion. The retainer apparatus is configured to receive the engagement member when one of the first cowl portion and second cowl portion is moved towards the other of the first cowl portion and the second cowl portion. The retainer apparatus comprises a retainer body and opposing guide members that are pivotable with respect to the retainer body. As the retainer apparatus receives the engagement member, the engagement member engages and causes the guide members to pivot with respect to the retainer body such that the engagement member becomes sandwiched between the guide members, thus aligning and stabilizing the first and second cowl portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Amerling, Timothy S. Reid, Randall J. Poirier, Brad J. Van Ruiswyk
  • Capacitive sensor packaging
    Patent number: 10007833
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a fingerprint sensor having a set of capacitive elements configured for capacitively coupling to a user fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor may be disposed under a control button or display element of an electronic device, for example one or more of a control button and a display component. A responsive element is responsive to proximity of the user fingerprint, for example one or both of a first circuit responsive to motion of the control button, and a second circuit responsive to a coupling between the fingerprint and a surface of the display element. The fingerprint sensor is disposed closer to the fingerprint than the responsive element. The control button or display component may include an anisotropic dielectric material, for example sapphire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Pope, Shawn Arnold, Barry J. Corlett, Terry L. Gilton, Syed Husaini, Steven Webster, Scott A. Myers, Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin B. Lyon
  • Portable lock housing
    Patent number: D821177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: GoLock Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Keller, Rocco Calandruccio, Steven R. Jones, Edward J. Gross, Douglas A. Yates
  • Electro-dermal patch for use as a medical device
    Patent number: D821593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Elira, Inc.
    Inventors: Raul E. Perez, Derek H. Lee, Luis Jose Malave, Peter I. Hong, Steven Diianni