Patents by Inventor William Stephens

William 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).

  • Patent number: 11964545
    Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Steven Luther Moyer, Paul George Rickerl
  • Publication number: 20240110463
    Abstract: A wellhead bracing system for a subsea well includes a base plate assembly and a wellhead brace assembly. The base plate assembly comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, a base plate aperture, and a plurality of anchor holes. The wellhead brace assembly comprises a vertical plate assembly having a cylindrical shape, a horizontal plate assembly to which the vertical plate assembly is attached, and a vertical support assembly attached to an outer surface of the vertical plate assembly and attached to the top surface of the horizontal plate assembly. Horizontal plate holes of the horizontal plate assembly are configured to attach to studs on the top surface of the base plate to secure the wellhead brace assembly to the base plate assembly. The wellhead bracing system slides onto a wellhead of the subsea well and braces an exterior of the wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Wangming Lu, Khiem Nguyen, Jay Patrick Painter, Caleb Kimbrell Carroll, William Stephen Averill, Deryck Edward Matthew Williams, David Crenshaw Barrow, Michael Ryan Fitzsimmons
  • Publication number: 20240091751
    Abstract: Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stability at high-reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica-to-alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Ivor Bull, Wen-Mei Xue, Patrick Burk, R. Samuel Boorse, William M. Jaglowski, Gerald Stephen Koermer, Ahmad Moini, Joseph A. Patchett, Joseph C. Dettling, Matthew Tyler Caudle
  • Publication number: 20240065898
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring wetness in a diaper or other absorbent article includes a housing that attaches to the absorbent article. The sensor may include inner and outer housing portions that capture an edge of the absorbent article between the housings. The sensor may include contacts that electrically connect with a pair of contact strips embedded in the absorbent article. The distance between the embedded strips may vary depending on the size of the absorbent article. The sensor may include multiple pairs of contacts that are spaced apart to match the distance between the contact strips for the variously sized absorbent articles. In this way, depending on the pair of contacts connected to the contact strips, the sensor may indicate the size of the absorbent article. The sensor may have a housing with a cavity and a lid that closes the cavity. The lid may be secured with a latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Alyssa Kurt, Amanda Roszkowiak, Kristy Matus, Derrick Roemisch, Karolina Blaszczuk, Michelle Christiansen, Jeremy Stephen Fogel, William Bowser, Morgan Uridil, Cole Fuerste
  • Publication number: 20240073180
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the dynamic selection of IP address in email platforms, and the synchronization of hostnames and IP addresses in such platforms, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bryan Adam Joyner, Patrick Stephen Trantham, Mark Albert Mackenzie, John French Kalan, William Scott Henderson
  • Publication number: 20240035772
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a firearm rest chair for resting a firearm on a rest that allows the shooter to shoulder the firearm, while the weight of the shooter absorbs the recoil of the firearm. The firearm rest chair employs a rigid frame that supports a seat and a rest point for a firearm to allow the shooter's body weight to absorb the recoil of a firearm. The disclose rest point for the firearm allows the shooter the ability to shoulder the firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: General Manufacturing
    Inventors: Nathan Odle, William Stephens, Tanner Thomas, Bruce Odle
  • Publication number: 20230354974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to contact lens cases which allow the lens to be removed from the lens case with a single touch. The lenses cases comprise a lens support which holds the lens in a convex position. When package is drained there is less contact area between the support and wetted contact lens, than between the user’s finger and the contact lens, providing the desired one touch transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sam, William Stephen Honey, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20230339672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to contact lens packages which allow the lens to be removed from the lens package with a single touch. The lenses packages comprise a lens support which holds the lens in a convex position. When the package is drained there is less contact area between the support and wetted contact lens than between the user's finger and the contact lens, providing the desired one touch transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey, Ismail Akram
  • Publication number: 20230276917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages. The package may be configured such that upon opening the package by a wearer the packaging solution drains away from the contact lens and is substantially recaptured in the lid. Lens packages also may include a lens support that facilitates single touch transfer or a colored region that visually indicates to a wearer where to hold the package for opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Scott F. Ansell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey, Ismail Akram
  • Patent number: 11708209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use, manufacture, and assembly. A contact lens package houses a contact lens and packaging solution in which the contact lens may be held by surface tension to an intermediate plug, by which the user may insert the contact lens into the wearer's eye. The plug may have an adhesive that temporarily holds the plug to the user's fingertip while the contact lens is inserted into the wearer's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey
  • Publication number: 20230172274
    Abstract: A heater arrangement for an aerosol provision device comprises a susceptor arranged to heat aerosol generating material, wherein the susceptor is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, a first wire connected to the susceptor at a first position, a second wire connected to the susceptor at a second position, wherein the second position is spaced apart from the first position, and electronic circuitry configured to determine a temperature of the susceptor at the first position based on a potential difference measured between the first wire and the second wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Paul BLANDING, Edward HALLIDAY, William Stephen HART, Adam ROACH, Mitchel THORSEN, Thomas Alexander WOODMAN
  • Publication number: 20230143203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved contact lens packages and methods of use, manufacture, and assembly. A contact lens package houses a contact lens and packaging solution in which the contact lens may be held by surface tension to an intermediate plug, by which the user may insert the contact lens into the wearer's eye. The plug may have an adhesive that temporarily holds the plug to the user's fingertip while the contact lens is inserted into the wearer's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Sam Jonathan Popwell, Daniel Graham Ward, Stephen Sams, William Stephen Honey
  • Patent number: 11225963
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: UTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn
  • Publication number: 20220012712
    Abstract: This invention is for tracking at least one plant. A method of this invention comprises: putting at least one seed or at least one stem in a corresponding at least one pot; positioning a corresponding at least one RFID tag with respect to the seed or stem in a manner, wherein the RFID tag comprises a RFID label and a strap; provisioning the RFID label; packaging a harvested material into a packaged product and attaching the RFID tag from the potted plant, or a product RFID tag that is associated with the plurality of tags to the packaged product; confirming a request for authorization by a RFID buy card; and after confirming ID information, transferring at least one product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: DILEK DAGDELEN UYSAL, JEFFREY LANE WELLS, JOHN WILLIAM STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20210214050
    Abstract: A new LNG vessel for carrying smaller shipments of LNG to locations that have limited access including rivers and shallow harbors with a low water depth, with a capability to handle boil-off gas, is described. The LNG vessel includes a bilobe or other C-type LNG storage tank, at least one LNG vaporizer, at least one water pump, and at least one LNG pump system on the main cargo platform. The LNG vessel further includes a system for re-condensing boil-off gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: FlexScale LNG, Inc.
    Inventors: Eftychis John Gregos-Mourginakis, William Stephen Fisher, Rami Abousoufeh
  • Publication number: 20210172965
    Abstract: A method for measuring and managing DHA levels in a pregnant woman to substantially reduce risk of spontaneous preterm birth, including: determining the blood level of DHA in the pregnant woman at or about the end of the first trimester or beginning of the second trimester, the DHA level being a first comparator; determining level of DHA in at least one pregnant subject at least one predetermined period, where the at least one pregnant subject having achieved a term pregnancy, and where the level of DHA at the at least one predetermined period being at least a second comparator; comparing the level of DHA in the first and at least second comparator; and when the difference between the first and the at least second comparator is greater than a predetermined value, administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of DHA to reduce pathology relating to spontaneous preterm birth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: OMEGAQUANT ANALYTICS, LLC
    Inventors: William Stephen HARRIS, Kristina Harris Jackson
  • Publication number: 20210042704
    Abstract: A patient treatment system includes a communications module coupled to a communication network, an agreement signification device for capturing data indicative of a signature of a patient, a sensor for monitoring parameters associated with medical equipment prescribed for treatment of the patient, and a microcontroller coupled with the communications module and the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Rearden Analytics
    Inventors: Larry Leighton Holmes, Eric Jason Shiflet, William Stephen McConnell, IV, Auston Guillium DeVille
  • Publication number: 20200378381
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn
  • Publication number: 20200367821
    Abstract: The mouth-guard, includes a body with a formation for extending around a portion of at least one of maxillary and mandibular teeth of a wearer and located against a portion of at least one of maxillary and mandibular teeth and at least at one of: an anterior teeth region of the wearer; a posterior teeth region of the wearer; and a position between the anterior and posterior teeth regions of the wearer. The mouth-guard includes a system for monitoring the mouth-guard's acceleration and communicates acceleration data to a monitoring station, and a power source for monitoring acceleration. The power source is embedded within the body and is located within a region that is at a posterior teeth region of the wearer. The system for monitoring acceleration is embedded within the body and is located within a region that is at a posterior teeth region of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SPORTS & WELL BEING ANALYTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicolas Andrew REDSHAW, William Stephen POWELL, Jonathan Michael William CASSIDY
  • Patent number: 10815989
    Abstract: A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: UTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Ricardo Jose Betancourt, William Stephen Colburn