Paul A Stephens

US Patent:

40045692, Jan 25, 1977

Filed:

May 19, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/578628

Inventors:

Paul B. Stephens - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B28D 100

US Classification:

125 26

Abstract:

A method of, and apparatus for, applying to the original set mortar adherent to the faces of a used brick components of force so directed as to remove the mortar from the faces. The forces are applied to the mortar on opposite side and edge faces of the brick concurrently so as to relieve the brick from bending stresses. These forces have components directed inwardly of the brick and also in directions along and across the faces of the brick for wedging, shearing, cracking, and abrading the mortar off the faces. The forces are applied as the brick is moved along a predetermined path, and are progressively increased as the brick advances, except at those surface areas at which the mortar to which the forces are applied has been removed or reduced in thickness. The freed mortar passes immediately from the site of application of the removal forces. The original faces of the bricks are not marred or scarred noticeably and the bricks are not chipped or broken, by the applied forces.

US Patent:

39305767, Jan 6, 1976

Filed:

Sep 5, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/503477

Inventors:

Paul B. Stephens - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65D 2502

US Classification:

206 4511

Abstract:

A jewelry display and packaging box has a bottom and a cover connected together by a hinge for swinging to open and closed positions. The bottom has an upwardly facing display panel on which a piece of jewelry is detachably supported in a display position. The cover has a large concavity therein which faces toward the box bottom in the closed position of the cover. A jewelry support is mounted on the box and has one or more jewelry supporting portions which are disposed in spaced relation to the walls of the concavity, and above the level of the panel. The portions are arranged to suspend one or more articles of jewelry in spaced relation above, and in overhanging relation to, that portion of the display panel which is adjacent the hinge, and so that the articles extend partway into the concavity and hang in spaced relation to the concavity walls and can dangle and swing freely, whereby rays of light reflected and refracted from each dangling article continuously shift directions. Closure of the cover moves the support and each article supported thereby to a position in which the articles are fully enclosed in the box in spaced relation to the article of jewelry on the panel.

US Patent:

20200267596, Aug 20, 2020

Filed:

Feb 13, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/789802

Inventors:

- Espoo, FI
Paul STEPHENS - Long Grove IL, US
William MACLEOD - Carp, CA
Reza Mohammad ROKUI - Kanata, CA

International Classification:

H04W 28/02
H04W 36/22
H04W 72/04

Abstract:

There is provided a method and an apparatus performing the method, the method comprising monitoring one or more user equipment via a first interface; receiving network information from a transport layer element via a second interface between a network layer and a transport layer; determining, based at least on the monitoring of the one or more user equipment and the network information, congestion or degradation associated with the one or more user equipment; identifying a cause of the congestion or degradation associated with the one or more user equipment; and performing one or more action to mitigate or remove the cause of the congestion or degradation.

US Patent:

20180295469, Oct 11, 2018

Filed:

Sep 16, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/762225

Inventors:

- Espoo, FI
Brian MOORE - Palatine IL, US
Umamaheswar KAKINADA - Carpentersville IL, US
Paul STEPHENS - Long Grove IL, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/02
H04W 4/029
H04L 29/08
H04W 24/10
G06Q 30/02
G01C 21/34
G01C 21/36

Abstract:

A method includes, at a first server, determining a first potential destination and a second potential destination. The method further includes, at a second server, determining a first network performance metric corresponding to the first potential destination, and at the second server, determining a second network performance metric corresponding to the second potential destination. The method also further includes, at a third server, ranking the first potential destination and the second potential destination, wherein the ranking is based on a comparison between the first network performance metric and the second network performance metric.

US Patent:

20180204453, Jul 19, 2018

Filed:

Mar 13, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/920067

Inventors:

- Eindhoven, NL
Leo Modica - Sawyer MI, US
Brian Moore - Palatine IL, US
Paul Stephens - Long Grove IL, US

International Classification:

G08G 1/0967
H04W 28/02
H04W 4/02
G08G 1/01
G08G 1/095
G08G 1/081
H04W 64/00

Abstract:

A traffic adjustment or a traffic command, for example, is based on data congestion on a cellular network. Position data is received from a mobile device. A portion of a cellular network that corresponds to the position data is selected. The portion of the cellular network may be the geographic area covered by a cell. The network state of the portion of the cellular network is identified. A traffic device is also identified. The traffic device may be a traffic light or a variable speed sign. The traffic adjustment or traffic command for the traffic device is calculated based on the network state.

US Patent:

20160225259, Aug 4, 2016

Filed:

Feb 4, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/614079

Inventors:

- Veldhoven, NL
Leo Modica - Sawyer MI, US
Brian Moore - Palatine IL, US
Paul Stephens - Long Grove IL, US

International Classification:

G08G 1/0967
H04W 4/02

Abstract:

A traffic adjustment or a traffic command, for example, is based on data congestion on a cellular network. Position data is received from a mobile device. A portion of a cellular network that corresponds to the position data is selected. The portion of the cellular network may be the geographic area covered by a cell. The network state of the portion of the cellular network is identified. A traffic device is also identified. The traffic device may be a traffic light or a variable speed sign. The traffic adjustment or traffic command for the traffic device is calculated based on the network state.