Patents by Inventor Kevin O. Thompson

Kevin O. 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).

  • Patent number: 11988582
    Abstract: A cryogenic liquid sampling system including a chamber having affixed therein a sample pump to pull a cryogenic liquid sample from an external source and an enclosure. The enclosure includes a supply port to receive an input stream of a gas, an input port connected to the chamber via a vacuum line, a sample pump port connected to the chamber via a pump line and configured to feed therethrough gas received at the supply port to the sample pump, a vacuum device connected to the input port and configured to generate a vacuum within the chamber by pulling air from the vacuum line, and processing circuitry to control the vacuum device and the sample pump to perform transfer of a cryogenic liquid sample from the external source to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Thompson, Kevin Warner, Timothy L Querrey
  • Patent number: 11971733
    Abstract: A multi-stage pressure regulation system, device and associated methodology for reducing the pressure of gas passing through a gas sample conditioning system. The device and method allow for automatic and/or manual configuration settings for regulating different types of gas having different profiles while still avoiding dew point dropout thereby ensuring accurate sample analysis at a downstream analyzer. The pressure regulating device includes a housing having a core, a vapor sample input port, a plurality of openings on an upper surface, a plurality of pressure regulating valves configured to reduce the pressure of a vapor sample, and an assembly having a base and substantially central stem orthogonal to the base and extending axially therefrom, the stem being disposed within the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Thompson, Kevin Warner, William C. Paluch
  • Patent number: 9451306
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for selecting content formats based on predicted user interest. One example method includes receiving a request to present additional content to a user in association with the user viewing a video content item during a session, identifying one or more candidate content formats, predicting a likelihood that the user will abandon the session for each candidate content format, selecting a format based at least in part on the predicting, determining when to present the additional content to the user, and presenting the additional content in accordance with the selected format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh R. Sarukkai, Kevin O. Thompson, Jacob E. Huston, Philippe Farhi
  • Publication number: 20130174045
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for selecting content formats based on predicted user interest. One example method includes receiving a request to present additional content to a user in association with the user viewing a video content item during a session, identifying one or more candidate content formats, predicting a likelihood that the user will abandon the session for each candidate content format, selecting a format based at least in part on the predicting, determining when to present the additional content to the user, and presenting the additional content in accordance with the selected format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh R. Sarukkai, Kevin O. Thompson, Jacob E. Huston, Philippe Farhi
  • Patent number: 5960519
    Abstract: A vehicle rear lift gate hinge and counterbalance assembly (22) includes a pair of laterally spaced hinges (24) and a counterbalance (25) including a torque rod (26) for pivotally supporting and counterbalancing a vehicle rear lift gate (18) for movement between open and closed positions with respect to a rear opening (14). Each hinge (24) includes a vehicle mounted hinge member (28) and a gate mounted hinge member (30) pivotally connected to each other. The torque rod (26) has a unitary construction including a central portion (38) ends (40) that include U-shaped bight portions (42) respectively received between laterally spaced portions (34) of one of the hinge members and engageable with an engagement portion (36) of the other hinge member to provide counterbalancing adjacent the closed position of the lift gate (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Midway Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin O. Thompson, Edward C. Sudduth