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).

  • Steerable Downhole Hammer Bit
    Publication number: 20180155985
    Abstract: A drill bit for use with a pneumatic hammer used in horizontal directional drilling operations. A compact forward face is formed on the first end of the drill bit. The forward face reciprocates against a face of a borehole. A steering face is disposed behind the forward face and is concave adjacent its first end and convex adjacent its second end, with a smooth transition between the two regions. The body has a circular profile at its second end. The drill bit displaces cobble and small rocks encountered, rather than breaking them, enhancing steering in mixed conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Steven W. Wentworth, Robert F. Crane, Mark D. Randa
  • GAS DEPLETION AND GAS ADDITION DEVICES FOR BLOOD TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20180153157
    Abstract: Devices for the preparation of depleted blood products that provide for the depletion of oxygen, carbon dioxide, or oxygen and carbon dioxide are described. In addition, devices for the replenishment of oxygen and other gases to an anaerobic blood product are described. Methods and systems incorporating depletion and addition devices are provided to optimize the preparation, storage and transfusion of blood products to a recipient are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: NEW HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven F. LEVESQUE, Thomas R. RUTH
  • PUMPS, DISPENSERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180153352
    Abstract: Pumps and dispensers having dosage control and various methods for actuating a pump or piston allow users to deliver a product from a container to be used by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: WestRock Dispensing Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sara D. Falcon, Kelly A. Harrigan, Steven L. Sweeton, Niels F.G. Van Wieringen
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PHOSPHATES AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
    Publication number: 20180155214
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for removing phosphates, nitrates and heavy metals from aqueous solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Steven A. Odom, Denny J. Ivey
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGES WITH DIRECT ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20180158751
    Abstract: Semiconductor device packages in accordance with this disclosure may include a substrate and a stack of semiconductor dice attached to the substrate. An uppermost semiconductor die of the stack of semiconductor dice located on a side of the stack of semiconductor dice opposite the substrate may be a heat-generating component configured to generate more heat than each other semiconductor die of the stack of semiconductor dice. Electrical connectors may extend directly from the uppermost semiconductor die to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Groothuis, Jian Li, Shijian Luo
  • Intervertebral Implant
    Publication number: 20180153704
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant for being implanted between adjacent vertebrae is provided. The implant includes a generally elongate implant body having a length extending between opposite longitudinal ends thereof, a superior face and an inferior face. The superior face and inferior face include cortical teeth adjacent to the implant body longitudinal ends. Additionally, the superior and inferior faces include longitudinally central teeth intermediate the cortical teeth and have bone engaging ends. The central teeth have a sharper configuration than that of the cortical teeth bone engaging ends for biting into the softer central bone material of the vertebrae. The cortical teeth are arranged in a first density per unit area and the central teeth are arranged in a second density per unit area that is less than the first density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Ryan Mermuys, Scott J. Perrow, Steven A. Schopler
  • RFID Sales Security System
    Publication number: 20180158296
    Abstract: Various switchable RFID devices are disclosed. These switchable RFID devices may include one or more RFID tags and one or more switches. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless. In various embodiments, the switchable RFID devices include security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. In some embodiments, switches are configured to enter data into a switchable RFID device, for example to select a financial account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Michael Colby
  • VEHICLE PASSIVE ENTRY/PASSIVE START SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180154866
    Abstract: A combined vehicle passive entry/passive start (PEPS) and mobile electronic device wireless charging system. The system includes a vehicle transmitter configured to transmit a signal in accordance with a wireless charging protocol. The signal is transmitted through a first wireless communications channel for receipt by a mobile electronic device. A vehicle receiver is configured to receive response data from the mobile electronic device through a second wireless communications channel. The response data is generated by the mobile electronic device in response to receipt of the signal transmitted by the vehicle transmitter. A vehicle processor module is configured to at least one of unlock doors of the vehicle and start the vehicle in response to receipt of the response data by the vehicle receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Steven SUTE
  • METHODS FOR SCREENING FOR FETAL TRISOMIES
    Publication number: 20180156812
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for screening and identifying a fetal trisomy. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of screening for a fetal trisomy in a pregnant female subject. The method comprises detecting one or more lipid markers from the subject, wherein the one or more markers is indicative of the risk of a fetal trisomy in the subject, and determining the risk of a fetal trisomy in the pregnant female subject on the basis of the one or more lipid markers detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Enzo Ranieri, Steven Ramsay, Peter Charles Kinmont Sharp, Janice Fletcher
  • SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTER WITH VIBRATION DAMPING
    Publication number: 20180155229
    Abstract: A submerged combustion melting system (90) includes a submerged combustion melter (100) having a housing (102) that defines a melting chamber (104) and one or more vibration damping devices (340) operatively coupled to the housing (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Steven James Mighton, William Wyatt Toth, Alvin Lee Miller, Bruno Andre Purnode
  • Variable Diameter Investment Casting Mold For Casting of Reticulated Metal Foams
    Publication number: 20180154428
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold, includes pre-investing a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster to encapsulate the precursor; and investing the encapsulated precursor with a ceramic plaster within an mold of a varied cross-section. A varied cross-section mold includes a mold thickness adjacent to an outer periphery of a pattern at a top of the varied cross-section mold is between 200-500% a thickness between the outer periphery of the pattern at a base of the varied cross-section mold. A varied cross-section mold includes a trapezoidal prism shape with a pour cone in a top, the top larger than the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, John F. Blondin, Ryan B. Noraas
  • STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY FOR RECESSED DECK PORTION IN PONTOON BOAT
    Publication number: 20180154986
    Abstract: A pontoon boat is provided that includes at least two pontoons running longitudinally beneath the boat and providing buoyancy thereto; a deck framework mounted above and connected to the pontoons; a deck mounted on the deck framework; a recessed deck portion extending downwardly through the deck and the deck framework, the recessed deck portion forming a cavity into the deck including a bottom and side walls forming a basin extending into and beneath the deck; and at least one seat adjacent the recessed deck portion and mounted to the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jacob Steven Vogel, Brad Roy Fishburn
  • VENTILATED MODULAR DUAL SHELLED HELMET SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180153246
    Abstract: A modular helmet is described herein. The module helmet includes an inner shell adapted to be positioned onto a user's head and an outer shell coupled to the inner shell. The outer shell is spaced a distance radially outward from the inner shell to define a climatic zone between the inner shell and the outer shell. A cooling assembly is positioned within the climatic zone between the inner shell and the outer shell. The cooling assembly includes a plurality of cooling packets that are coupled to the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Steven T. Baldi
  • 3D Printed Paperboard Creasing/Cutting Rule
    Publication number: 20180154602
    Abstract: A cutting and/or creasing rule is produced on a 3D printing machine which may be mounted on a board for use is a die for cutting and/or creasing a sheet of paperboard or other material into a blank for a carton. With the advent of additive manufacturing, i.e. 3D printing, it is now possible to eliminate traditional slotted die boards with generally rectangular steel cutting and creasing rules and replace same with surface printed boards with three-dimensional creasing and cutting rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: The C.W. Zumbiel Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Block, Edward A. Zumbiel
  • LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM FOR SERVER
    Publication number: 20180160566
    Abstract: A method of cooling a computer server that includes a plurality of server modules, and is positioned in an enclosed room, includes transferring heat generated by a server module of the plurality of server modules to a hot plate of a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system may be positioned within the server module, and the hot plate may have a surface exposed to the enclosed room. The method may also include positioning a cold plate of a room-level cooling system in thermal contact with the hot plate. The method may also include directing a cooling medium through the room-level cooling system to transfer heat from the hot plate to a cooling unit positioned outside the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Asetek Danmark A/S
    Inventor: Steven B. Branton
  • IMAGE ENHANCEMENT USING VIRTUAL AVERAGING
    Publication number: 20180158182
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for generating virtually averaged optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. An illustrative method can include receiving an image, identifying a first voxel of the image, and selecting a plurality of local voxels of the image. Each of the plurality of local voxels is within a defined region of the first voxel. The values of the plurality of local voxels can indicate an appearance of the local voxels in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISHIKAWA, Chieh-Li Chen, Joel Steven Schuman, Chaim-Gadi Wollstein
  • METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND CONTROLLING BATTERY EXPANSION
    Publication number: 20180159183
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and compensating for expansion of rechargeable batteries over time. An expansion detector may be coupled to or positioned proximate a rechargeable battery to monitor for expansion thereof. After expansion exceeding a selected threshold is detected, the expansion detector may report the expansion to an associated processing unit. The processing unit may undertake to arrest further rechargeable battery expansion by modifying or changing one or more characteristics of charging and/or discharging circuitry coupled to the rechargeable battery. For example, the processing unit may charge the rechargeable battery at a lower rate or with reduced voltage after detecting expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel W. Jarvis, David M. DeMuro, Hongli Dai, Julian Malinski, Julien Marcil, Meng Chi Lee, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Rishabh Bhargava, Steven D. Sterz, Richard M. Mank, Soundarajan Manthiri, Vijayasekaran Boovaragavan
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20180154019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug delivery system and uses thereof. Specifically, a system that can be used to deliver therapeutic proteins, including antibodies, to proteolytic environments is disclosed. In one form of the invention the drug delivery system is a composition which comprises a porous substrate and an antibody bound to the substrate. In one embodiment, the composition comprises nanoporous silicon and can be used to deliver antibodies for the treatment, or for improving the repair, of a wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas Hans Voelcker, Steven James Peter McInnes, Christopher Travis Turner, Allison June Cowin
  • MANUFACTURE AND TESTING OF FIBER OPTIC CASSETTE
    Publication number: 20180156981
    Abstract: A double flexible optical circuit includes: a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of optical fibers; a first connector terminating the optical fibers at a first end of the double flexible optical circuit; and a second connector terminating the optical fibers at a second end of the double flexible optical circuit. Each of the optical fibers is positioned in one of a plurality of separate extensions formed by the flexible substrate as the optical fibers extend from the first connector to the second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to be tested when the first and second connectors are connected through the double flexible optical circuit. The double flexible optical circuit is configured to be divided in half once the testing is complete to form two separate flexible optical circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: David Patrick MURRAY, Ton BOLHAAR, Paul SCHNEIDER, Rafael MATEO, Luis CABACHO, Michael WENTWORTH, Steven J. BRANDT, Marcellus PJ BUIJS, Alexander DORRESTEIN, Jan Willem RIETVELD
  • Control Module for a Driver for an Electrical Load
    Publication number: 20180160493
    Abstract: A lighting control system for controlling a cumulative light emitted by a lighting fixture may comprise a light-emitting diode (LED) driver comprising an output for conducting an output current, and a control module electrically coupled to the output of the LED driver for receiving the output current. The LED driver may regulate the magnitude of the output current towards a target current, and may be characterized by a low-end intensity. The control module may be coupled to a first LED light source of the LED light sources. The control module may receive a command including a requested intensity and control the magnitude of a first LED current through the first LED light source. The control module may control the cumulative light output of the lighting fixture below the low-end intensity of the LED driver by diverting a portion of the output current away from the first LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Picard, Johnathan Paul Ross, Robert D. Stevens, JR.