Patents by Inventor Steven Williams

Steven Williams 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).

  • INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR COMPUTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210072840
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a frame defining an opening, a plurality of cards, and an HMI. The cards have a front face, a rear face, one or more circuits, and a data interface on the rear face in communication with the circuits. The cards include one or more first cards and one or more second cards. The first cards front face have a vertical dimension approximately equal to a vertical dimension of the opening. The second cards have a body, a nose projecting from the body defining the second cards front face, and a recess between the nose and body. The HMI includes a front face received within the opening. The first cards are positioned with the front face visible within the opening. The second cards are positioned with the nose visible within the opening and a depth of the HMI received within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Steven William Fisher, Kevin Doan, Malgorzata Anna Blachnicka, Bryan Shadel
  • Mobile account data access systems and methods
    Patent number: 10937088
    Abstract: Embodiments of mobile banking systems are described herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Green Dot Corporation
    Inventors: Steven William Streit, Samuel Harris Altman, Alok Deshpande, David Kenneth Schreiber
  • TURNING VANES AND HEAT EXCHANGERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210041188
    Abstract: Heat exchanger assemblies including turning vanes are taught herein. In preferred embodiments, the heat exchanger assembly comprises: an inlet duct; a heat exchanger coupled to the inlet duct and a plurality of turning vanes coupled to the heat exchanger and protruding into the inlet duct. The intake plane of the heat exchanger is at an angle between 0 degrees and 90 degrees to the primary flow direction of the inlet duct. The plurality of turning vanes comprise: a straight leading edge of length L that is parallel to the primary flow direction of the inlet duct; a convex lower surface that transitions a bottom of the leading edge to an upper wall of a lower channel of the heat exchanger; and a concave upper surface that transitions a distal point of the turning vane to a second channel of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: PHILIP WALSH, BENJAMIN THOMAS MATTHEWS, CHRISTOPHER SIMON ELLIOTT, STEVEN WILLIAM JAMES HENDERSON, JEFFREY ALLEN LEHEW, CHRISTOPHER CHARLES HOOD, SALVATORE IPPEDICO
  • HEAT EXCHANGERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210041178
    Abstract: Heat exchanger designs incorporating helixes and methods for making heat exchangers incorporating helixes are provided herein. In preferred embodiments, the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of fluid A channels each formed from a tube spiraled into a helix to form a plurality of helixes wherein the plurality of helixes are arranged in a hexagonal packing arrangement in a packing plane perpendicular to the axes of rotation of the plurality of helixes and wherein the pitch of each helix in the plurality of helixes is matched to an exterior diameter of the tube such that each helix in the plurality of helixes has a sealed interior that forms a plurality of fluid B channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: STEVEN WILLIAM JAMES HENDERSON, JENNA NICOLE BECKER, RICCARDO MARIA LOMONACO
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT POWER DOMAINS SEGREGATED AMONG POWER SUPPLY PHASES
    Publication number: 20210034136
    Abstract: Power supply architectures and enhanced power control techniques are presented herein. In one example, a system includes a plurality of power supply phases and a system processor. The system processor comprises a processing unit comprising a plurality of processing cores, a plurality of power domains configured to segregate power distribution for the processing unit into sets of the plurality of processing cores, and external connections configured to couple individual ones the plurality of power domains to individual ones of the plurality of power supply phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: William Paul Hovis, Steven William Ranta, Andres Felipe Hernandez Mojica
  • Genetic loci associated with increased fertility in maize
    Patent number: 10900095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a maize plant or plant part having increased fertility. A maize plant or plant part that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Steven William Ritchie, Satya P. Chintamanani, Molly Dunn, Elhan Sultan Ersoz, David Jay Foster, Nicolas Federico Martin, David Stewart Skibbe, Dominic Michael Tucker
  • Wireless Client Transaction Systems and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20200394642
    Abstract: Embodiments of wireless client transaction systems are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Green Dot Corporation
    Inventors: Pravin Shankar, Steven William Streit, Samuel Harris Altman
  • COLLAPSIBLE MOBILE STAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200378142
    Abstract: A collapsible mobile stage may be folded into a configuration and the shape of a trailer that may be hauled by a truck. The collapsible mobile stage includes an elevated framework supported by telescoping columns. The elevated framework may be used to support lighting, audio and visual systems. The mobile stage also provides seating for an audience on either side of a central stage supported by a platform. The platform includes a central segment between two opposing lateral segments. The lateral segments may be folded up to form the sides of a trailer while the central segment forms the bottom of the trailer. Audience seating sections may be folded over the platform segments to create the roof of the trailer. Audience seating as well as the elevated framework may be stored within the trailer or within a secondary trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Steven Williams
  • Roulette wheel apparatus
    Patent number: 10843065
    Abstract: A roulette wheel apparatus comprising a rotatable roulette wheel located in a wheel bowl and a ball launcher adapted to launch a roulette ball into the wheel bowl with a predetermined variable launch speed, the ball launcher comprising at least one rotatable element adapted to accelerate a roulette ball in contact with the rotatable element and/or at least one element adapted to spin a roulette ball in contact with the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TCS John Huxley Europe Limited
    Inventors: Steven William Acton, Peter Skinner
  • THERMAL DEFLECTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200362957
    Abstract: A Power Transfer Unit (PTU) has a housing with at least one side having an outer surface. One or more standoffs are provided at the at least one side of the housing and extend outward from the outer surface of the housing. A thermal deflector formed as a flat plate is attached to the standoffs at a predetermined distance from the outer surface of the housing. The flat plate deflects heat from nearby components, such as the catalytic converter and/or exhaust pipe, away from the PTU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chad Timothy Leichliter, Steven William Butcher
  • CONTROLLABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20200353169
    Abstract: A drug delivery system is disclosed that includes a drug delivery device having a reservoir, a delivery cannula having a proximal end in fluid communication with the reservoir and a distal end to be received within a patient, and one or more controllable elements. The drug delivery system may further include one or more sensors coupled to the drug delivery device, and a controller coupled to the one or more sensors and the one or more controllable elements. The controller may be configured to use the one or more sensors to determine a condition or an operational state of the drug delivery device. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to control the controllable element based on the condition or the operational state of the drug delivery device and/or identity information stored in a memory onboard the device. A method for use with a drug delivery device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Adam B. McCullough, Ferry Tamtoro, Huaying Yang, Mark Ka Lai Lee, Desheng Yin, Scott R. Gibson, Donald Busby, Peter V. Shultz, Keith P. Kogler, Basel Hasan Taha, Jimmie L. Ward, Christopher R. Folk, Steven William Badelt
  • User task completion via open market of actions and/or providers
    Patent number: 10810649
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating the completion of a user task. That is, user intent (e.g., intentions of a user to perform a user task) may be identified. The user intent may comprise an entity (e.g., a movie entity) and/or an action (e.g., an order movie tickets action) that the user wants to perform on the entity. A provider list may be created based upon one or more providers capable of performing the action on the entity (e.g., a movie application may be capable of performing the order movie tickets action on the movie entity). Providers may be dynamically selected for inclusion within the provider list at run-time. For example, an open market of providers may be maintained (e.g., providers may be added, removed, and/or updated over time), such that providers may be selected from the open market to complete user tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven William Macbeth, Michael William O'Connor, Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, Michael Van Snellenberg, Li Jiang, Shajib Sadhukha, Amit Kumar
  • Device and Method for Data Capture Aiming Assistance
    Publication number: 20200320259
    Abstract: A data capture device includes: a display, a primary image sensor having a primary field of view centered on a primary optical axis; an auxiliary image sensor having an auxiliary field of view centered on an auxiliary optical axis, wherein the auxiliary field of view is larger than the primary field of view; a memory storing offset data defining an offset between the primary field of view and the auxiliary field of view; a data capture controller connected to the primary image sensor, the auxiliary image sensor and the memory; wherein the data capture controller is configured to: responsive to activation of an aiming mode, control the auxiliary image sensor to capture a video stream; select, according to the offset data, a portion of the video stream corresponding to the primary field of view; and present the selected portion of the video stream on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Adrian J. Stagg, Gregory John Evans, Steven William Maddigan, John Louis Ingold, Michael Wong
  • THERMAL ROTATION OF POWER SUPPLY PHASES
    Publication number: 20200310519
    Abstract: Power supply circuitry and enhanced associated techniques are presented herein. In one example, a method includes powering a circuit with a plurality of power supply phases, and monitoring thermal properties of the plurality of power supply phases. Responsive to the thermal properties indicating at least one of the plurality of power supply phases exceeds a thermal threshold, the method includes selecting a dormant power supply phase to supplant the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Steven William Ranta, William Paul Hovis, Andres Felipe Hernandez Mojica, Rich Tat An, Garrett Douglas Blankenburg
  • DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20200268969
    Abstract: A drug delivery system is disclosed that includes a drug delivery device having a reservoir and a delivery cannula having a proximal end in fluid communication with the reservoir and a distal end to be received within a patient. The drug delivery system may further include one or more sensors coupled to the drug delivery device, a wireless transmitter, and a controller coupled to the one or more sensors and the wireless transmitter. The controller may be configured to use the one or more sensors to determine a condition or an operational state of the drug delivery device, and control the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit one or more reports representative of the condition or the operational state of the drug delivery device. A method for use with a drug delivery device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Adam B. McCullough, Ferry Tamtoro, Huaying Yang, Mark Ka Lai Lee, Desheng Yin, Scott R. Gibson, Donald Busby, Peter V. Shultz, Keith P. Kogler, Jimmie L. Ward, Christopher R. Folk, Steven William Badelt
  • AUTO-INJECTOR WITH SIGNALING ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20200261657
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a housing defining a shell comprising a front portion and a rear portion slidably coupled to the front portion, a drug delivery assembly at least partially disposed within the housing, at least one electronic component, a power source which powers the electronic component, and a switch assembly. The switch assembly is adapted to selectively cause the power source to provide power to the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Robert Gibson, Donald Busby, Adam B. McCullough, Peter V. Shultz, Jimmie L. Ward, Huaying Yang, Desheng Yin, Steven William Badelt, Christopher R. Folk, Keith P. Kogler, Mark Ka Lai Lee, Ferry Tamtoro
  • INK MIGRATION BARRIER FOR PRINTABLE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20200254800
    Abstract: An example printable structure comprises a first fabric layer that includes a first side that is printable with water-based ink. The first fabric layer is permissive to migration of the water based ink through the first fabric layer. A first adhesive layer is bonded to a second side of the first fabric layer. An ink migration barrier is bonded to the first adhesive layer opposite the first fabric layer, a second adhesive layer is bonded to the ink migration barrier opposite the first adhesive layer, and a second fabric layer is bonded to the second adhesive layer opposite the ink migration barrier. The second fabric layer is permissive to migration of the water-based ink through the second fabric layer. The ink migration barrier is configured to provide resistance to ink bleed from the first fabric layer to the second fabric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Minh Cao NGUYEN, Anthony James HEWETT, James Alec ISHIHARA, Denise Sara Kleinhans SADLER, Steven William PEPIN
  • HEAT EXCHANGERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200217591
    Abstract: A heat exchanger that comprises a plurality of small channels that are arranged around a cross-sectional perimeter such that the sides of the small channels are touching to create bigger channels running parallel to the small channels. To this end, embodiments of the present invention have a heat exchanger matrix where the structure of the large channels is entirely comprised by the structure of the smaller channels resulting in a more compact, more efficient heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Steven William James Henderson, Jenna Nicole Becker
  • TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20200214691
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a flexible fixation member having a body with a longitudinal extent and a width, the body defining a plurality of openings through the body, each of the plurality of openings formed substantially cross wise through the width of the body, and a suture having two terminal ends, the suture being interwoven through each of the plurality of openings in the body of the fixation member such that multiple portions of the fixation member are slidably coupled to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven William Astorino, Peter Klindt Sorensen, Laura Lindsey Mills
  • Thermal deflector
    Patent number: D903715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: RB Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Timothy Leichliter, Steven William Butcher