Patents by Inventor Thomas Stephens
Thomas Stephens 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).
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Publication number: 20250058035Abstract: A haemodialysis machine 1 comprises: an extracorporeal blood circuit 10, a dialyser 20, a dialysate circuit 30 and a control unit 40, wherein the extracorporeal blood circuit 10 and the dialysate circuit 30 are respectively in fluid communication with the dialyser 20; and a first extracorporeal blood sensor unit 50 comprising an analyte sensor 51, configured to provide signals responsive to sensing of analytes, and an auxiliary circuit 52, wherein the first extracorporeal blood sensor unit 50 is fluidically coupled to the extracorporeal blood circuit 10; wherein the first extracorporeal blood sensor unit 50 is arrangeable in: a first arrangement, wherein the analyte sensor 51 is in fluid communication with the extracorporeal blood circuit 10; and a second arrangement, wherein the analyte sensor 51 is in fluid communication with the auxiliary circuit 52; optionally, wherein the control unit 40 is configured to control the dialysate circuit 30 based, at least in part, on a first set of signals, including a firsType: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Tanya Hutter, Thomas Stephen Collings
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Publication number: 20250058066Abstract: A PAP system includes a PAP device to generate a supply of pressurized air, a patient interface adapted to form a seal with the patient's face, air delivery tubing to interconnect the patient interface and the PAP device, and a cover that substantially encloses at least a portion of the PAP device and a portion of the air delivery tubing. The cover allows the PAP device to be carried by and/or supported on the patient's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Adam Francis Barlow, Michael Stephen Cheung, Thomas M. Dair, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Justin John Formica, Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Michael Murillo, Andrew Martin Price, Jose Ignacio Romagnoli, Gerard Michael Rummery, Allan Freas Velzy
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Publication number: 20250009340Abstract: Described are ultrasound transducer modules and handheld ultrasound imagers including thermal and acoustic management features to produce high quality ultrasound images in a portable, handheld form factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Janusz Bryzek, Jon Henry LeFors, Charles Edward Baumgartner, Thomas Stephen Tarter, Daniela Marisa Fredrick, James Alan Ewanich, Brian Lee Bircumshaw, Joseph Michael Adam
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Patent number: 12115425Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a standalone and multi-game miniature golf structure. A structure includes a digital display screen positioned to align vertically with a rear end of a putting surface and sensor(s) positioned below the digital display screen. The sensor(s) are configured to detect lateral positions at which balls cross the rear end. The structure includes processor(s), that for each shot of a plurality of miniature golf games, are configured to send command signals to the digital display screen to display putting target(s); identify, via the sensor(s), a lateral position at which a golf ball crosses the rear end of the putting surface; determine whether the lateral position of the golf ball aligns vertically with any of the putting target(s); and generate a score for the shot based on the lateral position of the golf ball relative to the putting target(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2024Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Puttshack LTDInventors: Samuel Nicolas Jones, Thomas Stephen David Hopkinson, Stephen Peter Slade, Adam Camies
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Patent number: 12094510Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) array includes a data array and a sensor array. Each MRAM cell includes a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ). Each MRAM cell of the data array stores a data bit. A first and second column of the sensor array are connected to form a sensor column which includes sensor cells, each formed by a first MRAM cell in the first column together with a second MRAM cell in the second column along a same word line. Only one of a first MTJ of the first MRAM cell or second MTJ of the second MRAM cell is used as an MTJ of the sensor cell, and drain electrodes of select transistors of the first and second MRAM cells are electrically connected. Read circuitry provides read data from the data array and a sensor output indicative of a rupture state of an MTJ of the sensor array.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Anirban Roy, Thomas Stephen Harp, Nihaar N. Mahatme, Jon Scott Choy
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Patent number: 12059300Abstract: Described are ultrasound transducer modules and handheld ultrasound imagers including thermal and acoustic management features to produce high quality ultrasound images in a portable, handheld form factor.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Exo Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Janusz Bryzek, Jon Henry LeFors, Charles Edward Baumgartner, Thomas Stephen Tarter, Daniela Marisa Fredrick, James Alan Ewanich, Brian Lee Bircumshaw, Joseph Michael Adam
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Patent number: 12039084Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for information security, specifically for automatically detecting theft of personal data. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method for automatically detecting theft of personal data on the Internet may include at least one processor configured to execute instructions, the instructions including receiving from a user, an electronic communication containing a first search term, extracting via pattern recognition one or more patterns corresponding with the first search term, and comparing the one or more patterns with a subset of data scraped from the Internet, with the subset of data scraped from the Internet being indexed by pattern for the first search term. The instructions may also include flagging matches of the one or more patterns with the subset of data based on the comparison and transmitting information associated with the matches in a report that indicates a possible theft of personal data.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: GROUPSENSE, INC.Inventors: Thomas Stephen Richards, Collin Cameron Meadows, Kyle Allen Gochenour
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Publication number: 20240198199Abstract: A miniature golf hole with a spinning wheel is disclosed. An example miniature golf hole includes a spinning wheel that defines cavities arranged circumferentially about the spinning wheel. A cavity surface of each of the cavities defines one or more cavity openings through which the golf ball is capable of traveling upon entering the respective cavity. The one or more cavity openings of each of the cavities are positioned at a radial distance along the spinning wheel that is different to that of the one or more cavity openings of the other of the cavities. A transfer panel is stationary and positioned below the spinning wheel. The transfer panel includes concentric rings each of which aligns vertically with the one or more cavity openings of a respective one of the cavities to receive the golf ball from the respective cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Samuel Nicolas Jones, Thomas Stephen David Hopkinson
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Patent number: 11911879Abstract: A flush valve installation tool and associated method is used to install and uninstall chrome flush valves. The installation tool is capable of installing and uninstalling nuts of a variety of sizes without causing damage to the surfaces of the nuts. The flush valve installation tool has opposing first and second members coupled together by a pin or bolt. The first and second members each have two or more smooth jaw faces configured to engage 4 or 5 surfaces of a nut to be installed or uninstalled. The flush valve installation tool can be adjusted to select the distance between opposing jaw faces to accommodate different sized nuts.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventors: Ector Cantu Gomez, Thomas Stephens
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Patent number: 11897361Abstract: A power calculation apparatus calculates an amount of power suppliable and demandable between a battery and a power grid. The power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: predicting the amount of power suppliable and demandable between the battery and the power grid at a predetermined point in time to calculate a prediction value of the amount of power suppliable and demandable; and switching a calculation logic to be applied to a calculation of the prediction value, based on a length of duration from a present point in time to the predetermined point in time.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Stephen Pontefract, Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Jun Kudo, Ayano Otogasako, Takayuki Sakurai
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Publication number: 20240031630Abstract: An embodiment includes software that causes a third node to perform operations comprising: in response to receiving a first identifier for a first node that includes at least one processor, authenticate a first user of the first node via a first authentication service; in response to receiving a second identifier for a second node that includes at least one processor, authenticate a second user of the second node via a second authentication service that is unequal to the first authentication service; in response to authenticating the first user of the first node, communicate a first list of media assets to the first computing node; in response to authenticating the second user of the second node, communicate a second list of media assets to the second computing node. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Joshua Marshall, Timothy Jensen, Thomas Stephens
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Publication number: 20230410870Abstract: A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) array includes a data array and a sensor array. Each MRAM cell includes a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ). Each MRAM cell of the data array stores a data bit. A first and second column of the sensor array are connected to form a sensor column which includes sensor cells, each formed by a first MRAM cell in the first column together with a second MRAM cell in the second column along a same word line. Only one of a first MTJ of the first MRAM cell or second MTJ of the second MRAM cell is used as an MTJ of the sensor cell, and drain electrodes of select transistors of the first and second MRAM cells are electrically connected. Read circuitry provides read data from the data array and a sensor output indicative of a rupture state of an MTJ of the sensor array.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Anirban Roy, Thomas Stephen Harp, Nihaar N. Mahatme, Jon Scott Choy
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Publication number: 20230388193Abstract: A system and method for generating a time-sensitive network schedule for a desired TSN includes defining a network topology of the desired TSN including at least a set of end nodes communicative connected by way of a set of switching nodes, defining a set of device parameters for each of the set of end nodes and each of the set of switching nodes of the desired TSN, determining, by a TSN scheduler, a TSN schedule for the desired TSN based on the defined network topology and the defined set of device parameters for each of the set of end nodes and each of the set of switching nodes, and generating a per-device configuration for each of the set of end nodes and each of the set of switching nodes of the desired TSN, based on the determined TSN schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Abdul Jabbar, Stephen Francis Bush, Thomas Stephen Markham
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Patent number: 11796575Abstract: A power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a power amount information regarding amounts of power input to and output from a plurality of vehicles, the amounts of power being detected by a plurality of measuring instruments provided in the plurality of vehicles or interposed between a power grid and the plurality of vehicles; classifying the plurality of measuring instruments based on errors possessed by the plurality of measuring instruments to set a plurality of groups; and calculating a total power input and output in each of the groups, based on the power amount information. The setting the plurality of groups includes setting the plurality of groups such that a mean value of errors of amounts of power in the groups is a predetermined value or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Stephen Pontefract, Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Jun Kudo, Ayano Otogasako, Takayuki Sakurai
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Patent number: 11794605Abstract: A power calculation apparatus predicting and calculating an amount of power suppliable from a vehicle having a battery to a power grid via a connection apparatus, the power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: predicting a position of the vehicle after a predetermined duration; predicting a degree of likelihood of connection of the vehicle to the connection apparatus after the predetermined duration, based on a predicted position of the vehicle after the predetermined duration and the connection apparatus; and predicting the amount of power suppliable from the vehicle to the power grid after the predetermined duration, based on the degree of likelihood.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Sakurai, Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Jun Kudo, Ayano Otogasako, Thomas Stephen Pontefract
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Patent number: 11736359Abstract: A system and method for generating a time-sensitive network schedule for a desired TSN includes defining a network topology of the desired TSN including at least a set of end nodes communicative connected by way of a set of switching nodes, defining a set of device parameters for each of the set of end nodes and each of the set of switching nodes of the desired TSN, determining, by a TSN scheduler, a TSN schedule for the desired TSN based on the defined network topology and the defined set of device parameters for each of the set of end nodes and each of the set of switching nodes, and generating a per-device configuration for each of the set of end nodes and each of the set of switching nodes of the desired TSN, based on the determined TSN schedule.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Abdul Jabbar, Stephen Francis Bush, Thomas Stephen Markham
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Patent number: 11698397Abstract: A power calculation apparatus calculating an amount of power suppliable to a power system by an energy source connectable, at a connection point, to the power system and capable of power generation and power storing, the power calculation apparatus includes: a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to perform: specifying a position of the connection point of the energy source in connection with the power system; acquiring a capacity information indicating a power generation capacity or a remaining storage capacity of the energy source; and calculating an amount of power suppliable by the energy source to the power system in an area within a predetermined range including the connection point, based on the capacity information and the position of the connection point.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Kudo, Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Takayuki Sakurai, Ayano Otogasako, Thomas Stephen Pontefract
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Patent number: 11595711Abstract: An embodiment includes software that causes a third node to perform operations comprising: in response to receiving a first identifier for a first node that includes at least one processor, authenticate a first user of the first node via a first authentication service; in response to receiving a second identifier for a second node that includes at least one processor, authenticate a second user of the second node via a second authentication service that is unequal to the first authentication service; in response to authenticating the first user of the first node, communicate a first list of media assets to the first computing node; in response to authenticating the second user of the second node, communicate a second list of media assets to the second computing node. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: USTUDIO, INC.Inventors: Joshua Marshall, Timothy Jensen, Thomas Stephens
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Patent number: D1053263Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Puttshack LTDInventors: Samuel Nicolas Jones, Thomas Stephen David Hopkinson
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Patent number: D1053951Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Puttshack LTDInventors: Samuel Nicolas Jones, Thomas Stephen David Hopkinson