Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Thompson

Douglas R. Thompson 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).

  • Publication number: 20220220785
    Abstract: A split hinge made of a first hinge portion having a first cover that is operatively coupled to two first leaves, and a second hinge portion having a second cover that is operatively coupled to two second leaves. The first leaves, the second leaves, the first cover, and/or the second cover may have the same or different lengths. The first leaves may have first leaf lengths that are greater than or less than the first cover, while the second leaves may have second leaf lengths that are greater than or less than the second cover. The first cover may extend over the first leaves, the second cover may extend over the second leaves, and a portion of the first cover may extend over a portion of the second leaves or a portion of the second cover may extend over a portion of the first leaves to form the split hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas R. Thompson
  • GRB
    Patent number: 10151177
    Abstract: An enclosure installed on oil well equipment to capture escaping gas emissions and recover them using intermittent use of a vapor recovery unit which evacuates the gas that slowly accumulates in the enclosure to a custody line for commercial or treatment elsewhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventors: Arthur M. Kelly, III, Chance McMillan, Douglas R. Thompson, Ronald M. Crawford
  • GRB
    Publication number: 20170292348
    Abstract: The invention is an enclosure installed on oil well equipment to capture escaping gas emissions and recover them using intermittent use of a vapor recovery unit which evacuates the gas that slowly accumulates in the enclosure to a custody line for commercial or treatment elsewhere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Arthur M. Kelly, III, Chance McMillan, Douglas R. Thompson, Ronald M. Crawford
  • Patent number: 5810434
    Abstract: An armrest cover locking mechanism for an armrest having a body with a storage compartment and a cover which is pivotally mounted to the armrest body for movement between a closed position for normal use of the armrest and an open position for access to items within the storage compartment. The latching system includes a latch mounted to the forward edge of the cover and extending downwardly into the storage bin and latchably engaging a spring-loaded, push-button slide which includes a latch plate which engages the latch of the cover when in a normal position. Upon depression of a push-button actuator associated with the latch slide, the latch plate clears the cover latch allowing the cover to be opened when the armrest is in a horizontal position. The slide is slidably mounted within a housing and includes a curvilinear pendulum pivotally mounted to the slide such that when the armrest is in a horizontal position, the slide can move freely within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Prince Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Thompson, David J. Spykerman, Thomas S. Mayr