Patents by Inventor Steven Wayne

Steven Wayne 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: 20230369832
    Abstract: A service-entrance plug-on neutral (SEPON) device having a conductive neutral sled having a line sled side and a load sled side configured to electrically couple with a neutral bus of a bus assembly of a switchboard or panelboard when the SEPON device is installed on the bus assembly; a lug assembly having one or more electrically conductive terminal lugs configured to receive line neutral current from an external source and to electrically couple to the line sled side; a movable neutral disconnect link movable into a connection position to establish electrical continuity between the line sled side and the load sled side and into a disconnection position to cause a discontinuity between the line sled side and the load sled side; and a main bonding jumper having first mounted to the line sled side and a second ends configured to be moved between a non-connected position and a ground position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wayne DOZIER, Charles Wesley TRAVIS, JR., Xavier LIFRAN
  • Publication number: 20230370827
    Abstract: A communication device and method can include one or more processors operatively coupled to memory, a sensor and an output device, where the one or more processors to perform operations of identifying target person locations using internet searching and short range communication enabled devices such as Bluetooth LE devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11818552
    Abstract: A monitoring system can include an earpiece, a database with stored earpiece characteristics data, and a microphone to receive a plurality of signals where each signal of the plurality of signals can represents a respective sound pressure level of sound pressure values over a time duration. The system can also include a processor and a memory coupled processor, the memory having computer instructions which when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform the operations. The operations can include determining exposure time duration when a signal of the plurality of signals exceeds a sound pressure level threshold value, retrieving a subset of data of the stored earpiece characteristics data, and modifying an acoustic output of the earpiece in accordance with the subset of data of the stored earpiece characteristics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20230359655
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods, and devices for enabling conversational bot communications are presented. A marketplace comprising an identity of a plurality of skills may be maintained, each of the plurality of skills associated with a manifest and a conversational bot. A request for execution of a specific skill may be received. A plurality of conversational bots may be identified, each of the plurality of conversational bots being associated with a manifest for executing the specific skill. The plurality of conversational bots may be ranked. The specific skill may be caused to be executed by the highest ranked conversational bot. In some examples, a plurality of highest ranked conversational bots may be surfaced and a bot that is selected may execute the specific skill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Lee MULLINS, Scott Jeff GELLOCK, Thomas Matthew LAIRD-MCCONNELL, Steven Wayne ICKMAN, Gabriel GILABERT, John Anthony TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20230346311
    Abstract: An electronic device tubular structure with sensors to control the device's functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11794783
    Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for assisting a customer retrieve a package from an autonomous vehicle. In an example procedure, the autonomous vehicle may detect the customer waiting at a first spot and may determine that the first spot is unsuitable/unsafe for the customer to retrieve a package from a locked compartment in the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may therefore instruct the customer to move to a second spot that is safer and closer to the compartment and may then execute an authentication procedure to authenticate the customer and unlock a door of the compartment. In an alternative approach, the autonomous vehicle may travel to a parking spot that is safer and closer to where the customer is waiting (rather than instructing the customer to move) before authenticating and unlocking the door of the compartment to allow the customer to retrieve the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kristopher Karl Brown, Kendra White, Steven Wayne Friedlander, Cornel Lewis Gardner
  • Publication number: 20230307896
    Abstract: A system is provided for supporting an electrical component in an electrical device of an electrical distribution system. The system includes at least one hook connected to a cabinet frame or structural member of the electrical device; and at least one rod attached to the electrical component. The at least one rod is slidably received in the hook such that the electrical component is held in close proximity to the cabinet frame or structural member of the electrical device while the electrical component is being attached to the cabinet frame or structural member by hardware. The electrical component can be a bus assembly of a switchboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wayne DOZIER, Charles Wesley TRAVIS, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11768117
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an anchor to connect a fiber to an explosive charge wall includes an anchor insert tab disposed on the interior side of the wall, a top plate disposed on the exterior side of the wall, an ST connector disposed on the exterior side and attached to the top plate to position the ST connector at the fiber insert wall opening for receiving the fiber, a plurality of zip ties extending through the anchor insert tab, the wall, and the top plate, and a plurality of locking members one for each of the zip ties. The zip ties each have a locking head disposed on the interior side of the wall to press the anchor insert tab against the interior wall surface. The locking members are engaged with the zip ties to press the top plate against the exterior wall surface to form the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: David Hernandez, Karmen Noel Lappo, Steven Wayne Bayley, Mark R. Nissen, Cole Sandin, Allen Dean Gorby
  • Patent number: 11759149
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a balloon configured to contact a surface of a human conduit and one or more a biometric sensors operatively coupled to or on or in or within the balloon for detecting a biometric signal. The electronic device in some examples is a biometric sensor or measuring device. In other examples, the electronic device is an integrated device such as an earpiece having biometric sensors. In yet other examples, the electronic device can be operatively coupled to other device and other biometric sensors. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11763027
    Abstract: Methods and systems for rules-based data access are described. In some embodiments, a request for access to customer data by a requesting entity is received; the data is categorized; the person's preferences with respect to allowing access to data are compiled; a requesting entity is determined; and the providing entity that collected each requested data item is determined. Data shareability rules are evaluated based on the policies that regulate the access of the customer data and the requesting entity, and the customer data is provided to the requesting entity according to the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Larry Wayne Clark, Patricia A. Rosas, Mark Shafer, Linda Giessel King, Steven Wayne Meier, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11741140
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for enabling conversational bot communications are presented. A marketplace comprising an identity of a plurality of skills may be maintained, each of the plurality of skills associated with a manifest and a conversational bot. A request for execution of a specific skill may be received. A plurality of conversational bots may be identified, each of the plurality of conversational bots being associated with a manifest for executing the specific skill. The plurality of conversational bots may be ranked. The specific skill may be caused to be executed by the highest ranked conversational bot. In some examples, a plurality of highest ranked conversational bots may be surfaced and a bot that is selected may execute the specific skill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Mullins, Scott Jeff Gellock, Thomas Matthew Laird-McConnell, Steven Wayne Ickman, Gabriel Gilabert, John Anthony Taylor
  • Patent number: 11731295
    Abstract: A hair clipper is provided, including a chassis having upper and lower chassis portions defining an enclosed interior chamber, said upper and lower chassis portions configured for being secured together; and an outer housing including upper and lower housing portions constructed and arranged for enclosing the chassis as the housing portions are secured together such that the interior chamber is isolated from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Arndt, Nathaniel Douglas Craig, Daniel Michael Saathoff
  • Patent number: 11736849
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of providing RF mitigation exposure to a user, more specifically an eartip that can provide RF mitigation. The eartip can be an elastic layer forming a cavity with a conductive medium within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein, Gideon Duvall
  • Publication number: 20230262384
    Abstract: An acoustic management module (300) for control of an audio device, in particular for allowing ambient passthrough when a user speaks, and for combining the voice pick up of an ambient microphone and an internal microphone when a user speaks to improve voice quality in noisy environment communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein, Marc Andre Boillot, John Usher, Jason McIntosh
  • Publication number: 20230261445
    Abstract: A plug-on neutral (PON) device includes a housing that defines a phase cooperation portion configured to physically cooperate with phase buses of a bus assembly. The phase cooperation portion is configured to be electrically isolated from the phase buses and stabilize the PON device when installed on the bus assembly. A neutral cooperation portion is configured to physically cooperate with the neutral bus and to physically stabilize the PON device when installed. An electrical connector disposed at the neutral cooperation portion is configured to electrically connect to the neutral bus at an external end and to electrically connect to a conductive current path at its internal end. A lug assembly has one or more conductive terminal lugs, each terminal lug configured to receive current from an external neutral source via an aperture in the lug end of the housing and to electrically connect to the current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Wayne DOZIER, Timothy Robert FABER, David Keith SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 11729596
    Abstract: A communication device and method can include one or more processors operatively coupled to memory, a sensor and an output device, where the one or more processors to perform operations of identifying target person locations using internet searching and short range communication enabled devices such as Bluetooth LE devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11729539
    Abstract: Earpieces and methods of forming earpieces for radio frequency (RF) mitigation are provided. An earpiece is configured to be inserted in an ear canal. The earpiece includes an insertion element and a sealing section disposed on the insertion element and configured to conform to the ear canal. The sealing section is configured to substantially mitigate radio frequency (RF) transmission and to substantially isolate the ear canal from an ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein, Gideon Duvall
  • Patent number: 11727910
    Abstract: Occlusion devices, earpiece devices and methods of forming occlusion devices are provided. An occlusion device is configured to occlude an ear canal, but other biological and non-biological conduits or chambers can be occluded using the devices and methods herein. The occlusion device includes an insertion element and at least one occluding member or element (which can be expandable) disposed on the insertion element. The occluding member is configured to receive a medium via the insertion element and is configured to expand, responsive to the medium, to contact the ear canal. Alternatively, the occluding member is made of a non-Newtonian fluid and can be enclosed by a balloon or not. Physical parameters of the occlusion device are selected to produce a predetermined sound attenuation characteristic over a frequency band. Use of a non-Newtonian fluid provides additional options or variables in customizing or designing a predetermined sound attenuation characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20230248971
    Abstract: An access control unit having a novel structure and arrangement, including a first layer comprising an electrostimulation contact interface, a second layer including a biometric sensor coupled to the electrostimulation contact interface, and a third layer including a microprocessor unit in communication with the electrostimulation contact interface. The second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the third layer. The electrostimulation contact interface comprises one or more anode/cathode arrays configured to deliver neurostimulative excitations to the electrostimulation contact interface to elicit behavior modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Publication number: 20230233854
    Abstract: A method for variable electrostimulative behavior modification includes sensing placement of a first anatomical portion of a body in contact to a surface of a target object adapted for behavior modification with a multiplicity of electrostimulative end points coupled to an energy source. The method additionally includes delivering an electrical neurostimulus through one of the end points nearest to the placement of the first anatomical portion in proximity to the surface the electrical neurostimulus including a waveform promoting a modification of behavior associated with the placement of the first anatomical portion in proximity to the surface. Thereafter, an anomalous characteristic of the sensed placement indicating a failure to modify the behavior may be detected and a profile of the waveform of the electrical neurostimulus changes to a different waveform in response to the anomalous characteristic of the sensed placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Wayne Goldstein, Michael Edward Smith Luna