Patents by Inventor Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas 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: 11593554
    Abstract: A tag management system can implement a combined synchronous and asynchronous tag-loading scheme. In an embodiment of this scheme, a synchronous tag may be included at the top of or near the top of a content page. This synchronous tag can hide one or more page elements that are to be modified by a subsequent asynchronous personalization tag. Subsequently, the asynchronous personalization tag can update the page element and then cause the page element to be displayed. As a result, flicker between the old and new page elements can be reduced or avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Tealium Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anderson, Tyron Gavin, Colin Douglas Sulin, Fiann James Curry-Towneley-O'Hagan, Kevin Thomas Faurholt, Adrian Leslie Browning
  • Publication number: 20230052789
    Abstract: A unique embedded system is disclosed that locally operates an application virtual machine (VM) and a system VM in isolation from each other. The application VM executes application-specific code for a given purpose of the embedded system. The system VM executes a host operating system (OS) and various security, compatibility, and updating functions independent of the application VM. Each VM is connected to its own unique hardware on the embedded system to ensure that changes to the application code or the system code do not impact the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan James FAIRFAX, Galen Clyde HUNT, Barry Clayton BOND, Kevin Thomas WESTON, JR.
  • Patent number: 11577355
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for viscous and/or chemically erosive flow machining of work pieces. In certain examples, a tool for flow machining may be disclosed. The tool may include a cavity configured to receive a work piece and one or more inlets and outlets for viscous media flow. Viscous media and/or chemically erosive media can be flowed into the cavity and, via a media flow path, can be used to machine the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kandaudage Channa Ruwan De Silva, Kevin Thomas Slattery
  • Publication number: 20230026823
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying, via an artificial reality system, a current state of a physical object in a real-world environment of a user and determining a desired end state for the physical object. The method may also include determining a sequence of action steps for manipulating the object to place the object in the desired end state, and presenting, via the artificial reality system, a notification to the user indicative of the sequence of action steps. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Alexander Newman, Kevin Thomas Carlberg, Ruta Parimal Desai, James Hillis
  • Publication number: 20230020293
    Abstract: A connector assembly and method of attaching the same to one or more biosensor module boards. The connector assembly includes a body portion defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The connector assembly also includes a coaxial RF connector positioned in the body portion and extending between the first surface and the second surface. The coaxial RF connector includes a ground ring, an RF pin positioned within the ground ring, and dielectric therebetween. The connector assembly is configured to be coupled to an RF detection board such that the coaxial RF connector is operably coupled thereto. The connector assembly is also configured to be connected to a biosensor module board such that the coaxial RF connector is operably connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas McCarron, Rick Morton, Christopher Jennings Madsen
  • Publication number: 20230010008
    Abstract: A gas delivery system, for providing gas to a wearer, includes a first body having a first cavity. The first body is supportable to a side of a nose and mouth of the wearer. A first adapter receives gas from a gas supply and provide the gas to the first cavity. A plurality of first openings in the first body to create a bolus of gas about the nostrils of the nose and the mouth. The first body, and a second similar body may be supported by an adjustable bridge on opposite sides of the nose and mouth of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle Lynn Freeman, Kevin Thomas Riutort, Klaus Dieter Torp, John C. Lin, Benjamin John Nickless, Michael Andrew Park, Kingsley Chauncy Wu
  • Publication number: 20220418074
    Abstract: A lighting unit (102) is disclosed. The lighting unit comprises: one or more light sources (110), a memory (108), a communication unit (104) comprising a first communication module (104a) configured to communicate via a first wireless communication technology, and a second communication module (104b) configured to communicate via a second wireless communication technology, and a processor (106) configured to receive, via the first communication module (104a), a first lighting control command (122), store the first lighting control command (122) in the memory (108), receive, via the second communication module (104b), a second lighting control command (124), and control the one or more light sources (110) according to the first lighting control command (122) upon receiving the second lighting control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas WORM, Dzmitry Viktorovich ALIAKSEYEU
  • Publication number: 20220395432
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an insert configured to be positioned between a nipple and an opening of a bottle when the nipple is mounted to the bottle. The insert is configured to facilitate airflow out of the bottle and through an interface between the nipple and the bottle when the nipple is dispensing fluid from within the bottle. A system may include a nipple, the insert, and a bottle with an opening. A method may include providing the insert, and positioning the insert between a nipple and an opening of a bottle when the nipple is mounted to the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas BAYONNET, Reiner PILS, Uwe WAGENKNECHT, Torsten HASTEDT
  • Patent number: 11500718
    Abstract: A RAID storage controller storage-device-assisted data update system includes a RAID storage controller device coupled to a host system and RAID storage devices in a “look aside” RAID storage controller device configuration. Based on command(s) from the RAID storage controller device, a first RAID primary data storage device may perform a first DMA operation to access first primary data stored on the host system, and write the first primary data to its first buffer subsystem. The first RAID primary data storage device may then perform a first XOR operation using the first primary data stored in its first buffer subsystem and second primary data stored in its first storage subsystem in order to produce first interim parity data, and write the first interim parity data to its second buffer subsystem. The first RAID primary data storage device may then update the second primary data with the first primary data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Benedict Kotzur, William Emmett Lynn, Kevin Thomas Marks, Chandrashekar Nelogal, James Peter Giannoules, Austin Patrick Bolen
  • Patent number: 11462016
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying, via an artificial reality system, a plurality of physical objects in a real-world environment of a user and defining, based on identifying the plurality of objects, an object-manipulation objective for manipulating at least one of the plurality of objects. The method may also include determining an action sequence that defines a sequence of action steps for manipulating the at least one of the plurality of objects to complete the object-manipulation objective, and presenting, via the artificial reality system, a notification to the user indicative of the action sequence. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Alexander Newman, Kevin Thomas Carlberg, Ruta Parimal Desai, James Hillis
  • Patent number: 11458158
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Kevin Thomas Love, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Delai Chen, Yi Chen, Arturo Jose Vegas, Akinleye C. Alabi, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220307333
    Abstract: A tubular gripping apparatus includes a housing having a bore and a plurality of gripping members movable between a gripping position and a release position. The apparatus may also include a shield having a tubular inner body movable relative to an outer body. The tubular inner body is movable between a retracted position, in which the tubular inner body is positioned above the plurality of gripping members, and an extended position, in which the inner body is at least partially positioned interiorly of the plurality of gripping members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ruben GOMEZ, Kevin Thomas PAGE
  • Patent number: 11448566
    Abstract: A first shaft segment and a second shaft segment are joined by a first fastener and a second fastener to form a shaft test assembly. The first shaft segment and the second shaft segment are each curved between first and second circumferential ends. A method of testing a shaft includes displacing a first applicator part relative a second applicator part to exert a load on the shaft test assembly. The resulting shear stress on the shaft test assembly can be measured to determine material properties of the shaft. A first applicator part extends at least partially into the shaft test assembly and interfaces with the first shaft segment to apply a load. A second applicator part extends at least partially into the shaft test assembly and interfaces with the second shaft segment to apply a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Brayton Reed, Kevin Thomas Gryk, Michael King, Joyel M. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20220294947
    Abstract: A system for detecting foreign materials comprising an alternative light source (ALS), one or more filters operationally associated with the ALS, one or more camera lenses operationally associated with the ALS and the filters, one or more processors, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium operatively associated with a computing device operatively associated with the ALS, one or more sensors operationally associated with the computing device and the ALS, wherein the sensors detect the presence of the filter and a camera operationally associated with the lens and the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas, Andrew Thompson
  • Patent number: 11442661
    Abstract: A RAID parity data generation offload system includes a RAID storage controller device that determines that a RAID parity data storage device loading for a RAID parity data storage device exceeds a loading threshold, and then generates and transmits a RAID parity data generation offload command associated with a RAID parity data update required in response to a RAID primary data update. A first RAID primary data storage device receives the RAID parity data generation offload command, and then retrieves current parity data from the RAID parity data storage device, and performs an XOR operation using the current parity data, current primary data, and updated primary data associated with the RAID primary data update in order to generate updated parity data. The first RAID primary data storage device then provides the updated parity data for storage on the RAID parity data storage device in place of the current parity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Benedict Kotzur, William Emmett Lynn, Kevin Thomas Marks, Chandrashekar Nelogal, James Peter Giannoules, Austin Patrick Bolen
  • Patent number: 11436086
    Abstract: A RAID storage-device-assisted deferred parity data update system includes a RAID primary data drive that retrieves second primary data via a DMA operation from host system, and XOR's it with first primary data to produce first interim parity data, which causes a RAID storage controller device to provide an inconsistent parity stripe journal entry in the host system. The RAID primary data drive then retrieves third primary data via a DMA operation from the host system, XORs it with the second primary data and the first interim parity data to produce second interim parity data. A RAID parity data drive retrieves the second interim parity data via a DMA operation, and XORs it with first parity data to produce second parity data that it uses to overwrite the first parity data, which causes the RAID storage controller device to remove the inconsistent parity stripe journal entry from the host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Benedict Kotzur, William Emmett Lynn, Kevin Thomas Marks, Chandrashekar Nelogal, James Peter Giannoules, Austin Patrick Bolen
  • Publication number: 20220279641
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling a lighting unit (110) of a lighting system (100a, 100b) is disclosed. The lighting system (100a, 100b) comprises the lighting unit (110) and a lighting control device (120) comprising a user input element (122) for receiving a continuous user input for changing an intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110). The method (400) comprises receiving (402) a signal indicative of the continuous user input, obtaining (404) one or more parameters, the one or more of parameters comprising at least a current light setting of the lighting unit (110), the current light setting having an intensity level between a predefined maximum intensity level and a predefined minimum intensity level, and controlling the intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110) over time while the continuous user input is being provided, wherein the intensity of the light output is either increased or decreased based on the one or more parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, REMCO MAGIELSE, KEVIN THOMAS WORM
  • Publication number: 20220276846
    Abstract: Specific images of an OS are built using only the driver bindings that are necessary to link the OS to the particular hardware of a client device. A device tree of the client device is analyzed to identify the hardware components. Databases of different hardware source code for various hardware drivers are maintained and used to craft the driver bindings and instances for the hardware of the client device. The device tree is also analyzed to identify compatibility strings of the various hardware on the client device. The hardware source code is searched for these compatibility strings to see if a driver exists in the databases of hardware source code. Specific driver bindings and driver instances with the actual variable names and configuration parameters of the identified hardware drivers are then generated and included in an image of the OS that may be installed on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas WESTON, Ryan James FAIRFAX, Felix Stefan DOMKE, Dylan Keith GARRETT
  • Patent number: 11422740
    Abstract: A RAID storage-device-assisted data update system includes a RAID storage controller coupled to first RAID storage devices each including respective first RAID storage subsystems. Each first RAID storage devices receives a command from the RAID storage controller that identifies a second RAID buffer subsystem as a target memory location and, in response, retrieves respective first RAID storage device data from its respective first RAID storage subsystem and performs DMA operations to provide that first RAID storage device data on the second RAID buffer subsystem. A second RAID storage device that includes the second RAID buffer subsystem and a second RAID storage subsystem receives a command from the RAID storage controller and, in response, performs an XOR operation using the first RAID storage device data in the second RAID buffer subsystem to produce update data that it stores in its second RAID storage subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Benedict Kotzur, William Emmett Lynn, Kevin Thomas Marks, Chandrashekar Nelogal, James Peter Giannoules, Austin Patrick Bolen
  • Patent number: D971969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LIBERTY OILFIELD SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Roy Aune, Jeffrey Brian Rother, Kevin Thomas Hufnagel