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).

  • Methods And Systems For Inlet Airflow Measurement Using Inert Gas
    Publication number: 20130238102
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for gas turbine inlet air flow rate measurement using inert gas. In an embodiment, a gas meter may measure the concentration of an injected gas into an air flow. A processor may receive the measurement of the gas concentration and calculate an air mass flow rate based on the gas concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven William Tillery, Jason Nathaniel Cook
  • AVOIDING FAILED ROUTES
    Publication number: 20130223605
    Abstract: A system may include a failed route avoidance device. The failed route avoidance device may receive a notification that a record, of a call that failed to be extended to a contact agent in a customer network, is inserted into a failed call list; determine whether an identifier for the contact agent associated with the call is to be placed in an avoidance list based on a response code that a network element sends, to a call router that received the call, when the a connection from the call at the call router to the contact agent fails to be established; generate an avoidance record when the failed route avoidance device determines that the identifier for the contact agent is to be placed in the avoidance list; and send the avoidance record to a configuration device that inserts the avoidance record into the avoidance list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Steven William Statham, David E. Phelps, Kirk Randall Hill
  • Fuel injector and swirler assembly with lobed mixer
    Patent number: 8511087
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas turbine fuel injector and swirler assembly, including: a delivery tube structure arranged on a central axis of the fuel injector and swirler assembly, a first fuel supply channel arranged in the delivery tube structure, a shroud surrounding the delivery tube structure, swirl vanes arranged between the delivery tube structure and the shroud, a radial passage in each swirl vane, communicating with the first fuel supply channel, a set of apertures open between the radial passage and the exterior surface of said each swirl vane, wherein a second fuel supply channel is arranged in the delivery tube structure extending to a downstream end of the delivery tube structure and a mixer with lobes for fuel injection is arranged at the downstream end. Further disclosed is an assembly method for assembling a fuel injector and swirler assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Atkiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fox, Steven Williams, Ulrich Wörz, Jaap Van Kampen
  • Methods and systems for server-side key generation
    Patent number: 8495380
    Abstract: A method and system for generating credentials for a token. A server detects a token, determines that the token is to be enrolled, and generates a subject key pair that includes a subject public key and subject private key. The server encrypts the subject private key with a key transport session key to obtain a wrapped private key and forwards the wrapped private key to the token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Christina Fu, Steven William Parkinson, Nang Kon Kwan
  • Secure communication using error correction codes
    Patent number: 8484545
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a puncturing pattern for a low density parity check (LDPC) code are disclosed. One such method comprises: selecting a puncture pattern distribution for the LDPC code; calculating a security threshold and a reliability threshold for the LDPC, the LDPC having the selected puncture pattern distribution and also described by a degree distribution; storing the selected puncture pattern distribution responsive to a security gap for the LDPC being a lowest value encountered in any prior iterations; selecting another puncture pattern distribution for the LDPC code; and repeating the calculating, the storing, and the selecting another puncture pattern distribution steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Steven William McLaughlin, Demijan Klinc, Byung-Jae Kwak, Dong Seung Kwon
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION OF VAGINAL FORNIX WITH URETER LOCATION, ISOLATION AND PROTECTION DURING HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20130131459
    Abstract: The present invention comprises devices and methods that, in certain embodiments, provide a lighted cup, ring or cap that comprises a customizable size and fit, for use in hysterectomy procedures, whereby the ring or cup engages the vaginal fornix and is covered by the vaginal cervical tissue. The lighting allows the surgeon to visualize the location of the lighted cup, ring or cap, thereby quickly and accurately identifying the incision site while providing protection of the associated vasculature and the ureters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Steven Williams, Douglas Ott
  • Recombinant bacteriophage and methods for their use
    Patent number: 8445639
    Abstract: Recombinant P4 bacteriophage containing modified tail fibers having a base plate attachment region (BPAR) from a P2 bacteriophage gene H product and a heterologous receptor binding domain (RBD) are disclosed. Methods for the use of the recombinant P4 bacteriophage, such as to detect the presence of a target bacterium in a sample, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: AvidBiotics Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Scholl, Steven Williams
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMABLE POWER STATE CHANGE IN A SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130103935
    Abstract: A method and system are set forth for enabling software control of a power management unit (PMU) in a System-On-a-Chip (SoC) device to effect changes in power state without having to adjust external board level states. In one embodiment, once the SoC system controller has been booted, it communicates with the PMU over a communication bus and is able to request changes in power states without requiring external trigger events. Complete remote control of power states according to the method and system set forth herein provides flexibility when debugging and testing SoC devices because there is no need to alter external board states. Also, providing programmable changes in reset states as an alternative to full system reset preserves state data so that the system can be restarted efficiently and quickly from known conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: PSION INC.
    Inventor: Steven William MADDIGAN
  • Pole-mounted electronics chassis
    Patent number: 8418978
    Abstract: A pole-mountable electronic chassis for mounting on an equipment support pole, including at least one enclosure for electronic circuitry and at least one passage completely through the enclosure sized, shaped, and arranged for receiving the pole. A passage web surrounds the passage and may optionally provide thermal conductivity or circuit support functions. A coupling is provided for fixing the enclosure in place. The coupling may be a low-profile coupling. The enclosure may be sized and shaped to also fit in industry-standard electronics racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Atlas Sound LP
    Inventor: Steven William Young
  • Profile framework for token processing system
    Patent number: 8412927
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a profile framework for handling enrollment requests. In particular, when a token processing system receives an enrollment request, it selects an applicable profile based on information in the request. The profile may indicate a variety of parameters for fulfilling the enrollment request, such as the locations of the applicable certificate authority, token key service, and the like. The profile may also indicate items, such as the number of keys to generate on a token, a token label, and connection information to securely communicate with other components and the client making the enrollment request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Nang Kon Kwan, Chandrasekar Kannan, Shuk Yee Ho, Steven William Parkinson, Christina Fu
  • Motor vehicles having bumper counter rotation brackets
    Patent number: 8408636
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a first side member having first lower and upper darts. The motor vehicle also includes a second side member parallel with and spaced apart from the first side member, the second side member having second lower and upper darts. The upper darts are positioned between the lower darts and end portions of the respective first or second side members. The motor vehicle further includes first and second bumper brackets coupled to the end portion of the respective first or second side members, a bumper reinforcement member coupled to the first and second bumper brackets, and a counter rotation bracket coupled to the bumper reinforcement member and extending upwards from the bumper reinforcement member. The lower darts and the upper darts form a preferential buckling zone of the first and the second side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Maria-Antonius Slaats, Kanichi Saito, Paxton Steven Williams, Joseph Charles Walusek, Sagar Vilas Kulkarni
  • INLET FLUID FLOW AND IMPINGEMENT ANGLE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20130074512
    Abstract: A compressor of a gas turbine system comprises a fluid flow control device and an impingement angle control device downstream of the fluid flow control device. The fluid flow control device controls a fluid flow rate of fluid entering an inlet of the compressor, and the impingement angle control device controls an impingement angle of the fluid flowing to rotor blades in the compressor. The fluid flow control device and the impingement angle control device are independently operable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Steven William TILLERY
  • FUEL INJECTOR AND SWIRLER ASSEMBLY WITH LOBED MIXER
    Publication number: 20130067920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas turbine fuel injector and swirler assembly, including: a delivery tube structure arranged on a central axis of the fuel injector and swirler assembly, a first fuel supply channel arranged in the delivery tube structure, a shroud surrounding the delivery tube structure, swirl vanes arranged between the delivery tube structure and the shroud, a radial passage in each swirl vane, communicating with the first fuel supply channel, a set of apertures open between the radial passage and the exterior surface of said each swirl vane, wherein a second fuel supply channel is arranged in the delivery tube structure extending to a downstream end of the delivery tube structure and a mixer with lobes for fuel injection is arranged at the downstream end. Further disclosed is an assembly method for assembling a fuel injector and swirler assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy A. Fox, Steven Williams, Ulrich Wörz, Jaap Van Kampen
  • SEISMIC DATA RECORDING
    Publication number: 20130033962
    Abstract: A seismic survey is conducted by positioning an array of remote acquisition units (RAUs). Each of the RAUs records seismic data derived from one or more geophones in digital form in local memory. The data is collected by a harvester unit traversed across the survey territory as by an aircraft using point-multipoint communications, and subsequently transferred from the harvester unit to a central control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SERCEL ENGLAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven William WILCOX, John Christopher WHELAN, Jonathan ALEXANDER
  • Method and system for issuing a kill sequence for a token
    Patent number: 8356342
    Abstract: An embodiment relates generally to a method of managing a token. The method includes marking a token to be killed and detecting a presence of the token. The method also includes disabling the token in response to the marking of the token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven William Parkinson, Nang Kon Kwan
  • CLOCK DOMAIN CROSSING INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130013950
    Abstract: A flexible and scalable bi-directional CDC interface is set forth between clock domains in a SoC device. The interface comprises a pulse sync circuit for receiving a pulse synchronized to the source clock domain and in response outputting a busy signal to the source clock domain and outputting the pulse synchronized to said destination clock domain; an input register for latching data from said source clock domain in response to a transition of said source clock in the event said busy signal is not active and preventing said data from being latched in the event said busy signal is active so as not to corrupt previously latched data; and an output register for receiving said pulse from said pulse sync circuit and in response latching said pulse from said input register on a transition of said destination clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: PSION INC.
    Inventors: Steven William Maddigan, Dimitri Gabriel Epassa Habib
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OVERLAY BEHAVIORS ON FOUNDATION FIELDBUS ALERTS
    Publication number: 20120310380
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OVERLAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ONTO FOUNDATION FIELDBUS ALERTS
    Publication number: 20120306638
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to provide an alert having a first parameter and a controller configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of parameters on the alert, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the alert having the first parameter and the second plurality of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CUSTOMIZE ALERT PRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20120310381
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a field device configured to provide an alert. The process control system also includes a graphical user interface configured to present an alarm for the alert, and an alarm server comprising a processor and configured to associate an alarm class with the alert. The alarm class includes a plurality of alarm attributes having a respective plurality of values, and the graphical user interface is configured to present the alarm for the alert based on the plurality of alarm attributes and the respective plurality of values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Applicator for applying preparations to the skin
    Patent number: D678783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Alun Wilcox, Peter Sprada, Julian Francis Ralph Swan, Alexandra Louisa Faraday Crook, Steven William McLellan, Graham Keith Lacy