Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas

Mark 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: 11997422
    Abstract: Method for generating haptic feedback responses starts with processor causing communication interface for communication session to be displayed on first user interface and on a second user interface. Processor detects first touch input on first user interface and second touch input on second user interface. Processor monitors location of the first touch input on the first user interface and location of the second touch input on the second user interface. Processor determines distance between location of first touch input on first user interface and location on first user interface corresponding to location of second touch input on second user interface. Processor causes the first user interface and the second user interface to generate a haptic feedback response based on the distance. The haptic feedback response increases in intensity or speed as the distance decreases and decreases in intensity or speed as the distance increases. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas, Alexander P. Powell
  • Patent number: 11994250
    Abstract: An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized removal in a retail environment is provided. The anti-theft device includes a shroud configured to at least partially receive and engage a portable electronic device. The anti-theft device also includes a dock configured to releasably engage the shroud. The dock is configured to engage the shroud in a locked configuration so as to prevent removal of the shroud and the portable electronic device from the dock and to disengage the shroud in an unlocked configuration so as to allow the shroud and the portable electronic device to be removed from the dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathon D. Phillips, Antonios L Karagiannis, Mark D. Reeves, Matthew Thomas Kerley, John A. Buchanan, Daniel C. Symons, Darin J. Shaw, Joshua Abdollahzadeh, Scott M. Speck, Erik L. van Bergen, Larry T. McKinney
  • Patent number: 11994112
    Abstract: A sparcap for a spar structure inside a wind turbine blade is provided. A down conductor element is integrated on a side of the sparcap such that after assembly of the sparcap into the spar structure, the down conductor element extends along an outer corner of the spar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: BLADE DYNAMICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Trevor Hayden, Harald Behmer, Mark Thomas Noonan
  • Publication number: 20240164729
    Abstract: A system provides a trigger signal for controlling the operation of a scanner. A laser speckle vibrometry system is used for non-contact vibration sensing. A patient coil arrangement is provided for mounting adjacent (e.g. fixing to) a body of a patient and it comprises at least one window enabling passage of the laser light of the optical system to the body of the patient. The detected reflected laser light (through the window) is processed to detect the cardiac cycle and to generate a cardiac trigger signal for the control of the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Josephus Henricus VAN GASTEL, Willem VERKRUIJSSE, Daniel WIRTZ, Christoph Günther LEUSSLER, Maria Estrella MENA BENITO, Julien Thomas SENEGAS
  • Publication number: 20240164563
    Abstract: A jug for a juicer has scaling features so that its contents may be isolated from the environment when it is not being filled or when used for pouring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Mark THOMAS, Samuel ADELOJU, Richard HOARE, Stephen John MCCLEAN
  • Patent number: 11986493
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for treating acute or chronic heart failure using inorganic nitrite, such as sodium nitrite. The method includes administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of inorganic nitrite. The nitrite may be administered by inhalation and may be nebulized. The nitrite may be administered at an emitted dose or in an escalated titrated dose. The nitrite may be a liquid formulation or a dry powder formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Aires Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Gladwin, Edwin Parsley, Hunter Clay Champion
  • Patent number: 11991614
    Abstract: A conditions monitoring system may include a system controller. The controller may include a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include instructions executable by the device processor to perform the following steps: receiving positional data from a plurality of wearable devices of a plurality of associated wearers; making a determination of a possible dangerous environmental condition based on data received from the wearable device, including the positional data; applying one or more filters to eliminate false positive determinations of possible dangerous conditions; and providing instructions, based on the determination of a possible dangerous environmental condition, to the wearable device for the wearer to follow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gregory Brian Meyer, Mark Anthony Lopez, Ravi Durairaj, Nolan Serrao, Victor Kwak, Ryan Thomas Russell, Christopher Russell, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 11989349
    Abstract: Method for generating haptic feedback responses starts with processor causing communication interface for communication session to be displayed on first user interface and on a second user interface. Processor detects first touch input on first user interface and second touch input on second user interface. Processor monitors location of the first touch input on the first user interface and location of the second touch input on the second user interface. Processor determines distance between location of first touch input on first user interface and location on first user interface corresponding to location of second touch input on second user interface. Processor causes the first user interface and the second user interface to generate a haptic feedback response based on the distance. The haptic feedback response increases in intensity or speed as the distance decreases and decreases in intensity or speed as the distance increases. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander P Powell, Mark Thomas
  • Patent number: 11986614
    Abstract: An applicator for an analyte monitoring device may include an actuatable housing having a body defining a cavity therein and having a distal opening and a side opening. A cuff and a shuttle are received within the cavity and are separately translatable relative to the housing body. A base may removable engage the housing body at the distal opening. The housing body, the cuff, the shuttle, and/or the base may be engaged with one another with one or more releasable coupling features. The base may be removed from an engagement with the housing body, causing the cuff and the shuttle to be aligned and positioned in a configuration in which the analyte monitoring device, held by the shuttle, is ready for insertion into the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Biolinq Incorporated
    Inventors: George Albert Mansfield, III, David Michael Morelock, Mark Christopher Brister, Nathan Thomas Balcom, Joshua David Doan, Joshua Andrew Warner
  • Patent number: 11989348
    Abstract: Method for generating haptic feedback responses using haptic augmentations starts with processor receiving a media content item from a first client device and receiving from the first client device a selection of a haptic overlay associated with a haptic feedback response to be applied to the media content item. The processor generates a modified media content item by overlaying the haptic overlay on the media content item. The processor receives from the first client device a selection of a second user associated with the second user and causes the modified media content item to be displayed by a second user interface of the second client device. The processor detects a selection of the haptic overlay from the second client device, and in response to detecting the selection of the haptic overlay, causing the second user interface to generate the haptic feedback response. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander P. Powell, Mark Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240157774
    Abstract: A cover system configured for a cargo area of a vehicle, the cover system includes a frame having a first frame section and a second frame section that opposes the first frame section; a bow connector connected to the first frame section; and a bow that extends between the first frame section and the second frame section, the bow includes a receiver that is configured to engage the bow connector to connect the bow to the first frame section; the bow connector includes a wedge-shaped structure that is configured to engage a corresponding wedge-shaped structure on the receiver of the bow to connect the bow to the first frame section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: David Guerino Germano, Joseph Thomas Brophy, Joseph David Fairbairn, Ryan DeLong, Dustin Michael Campbell, Kenneth Jay Hal, Mark Alan Hickey
  • Publication number: 20240163510
    Abstract: A system may selectively deliver interactive portions of a piece of content, based for example on a recipient user's historical tendency to use interactive portions of prior content. Multiple levels of interactivity may be defined for a given piece of content, such as an advertisement, and different users may receive different levels of interactivity based on how much they use interactive features. Some users may receive no interactive features at all, while others may receive the interactive features, and despite the fact that all of the users' devices may be perfectly capable of processing the interactive features for the user. The omission from transmission may conserve bandwidth and transmission resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Steve Ariantaj, Igor Shapiro, Vilas Veeraraghavan, Stephen Wiebe, Mark Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240159625
    Abstract: A test apparatus for simulating off-road conditions for a motor vehicle includes a platform, front and rear roller assemblies, a driveshaft and at least one resistance assembly. Each of the front roller assembly and the rear roller assembly is coupled to the platform and configured to receive a pair of wheels of the motor vehicle. The driveshaft is secured between the front roller assembly and the rear roller assembly and configured to transmit rotary power from one of the front roller assembly and the rear roller assembly to the other of the front roller assembly and the rear roller assembly. Each resistance assembly is coupled to at least one of the front and rear roller assemblies and is configured to vary a resistance of the at least one of the front and rear roller assemblies. An orientation of the platform is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Pistole, Mark Thomas Weston
  • Publication number: 20240158528
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for depleting a subject's hematopoietic stem cells comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a radiolabeled anti-CD45 antibody, such as 131I-BC8 or 225Ac-BC8. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a non-cancerous disorder treatable via genetically edited cell therapy comprising (i) administering to the subject an amount of a radiolabeled anti-CD45 antibody effective to deplete the subject's hematopoietic stem cells, and (ii) after a suitable time period, performing the therapy on the subject to treat the subject's disorder. Finally, this invention provides articles of manufacture for performing the subject methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: ACTINIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark BERGER, Keisha THOMAS, Sandesh SETH, Dale Lincoln LUDWIG
  • Publication number: 20240149077
    Abstract: Retinal disease is responsible for many instances of vision impairment. Often, individuals with vision impaired due to retinal disease continue to have functioning retinal neurons. Thus, systems, methods, and devices to stimulate retinal neurons may restore sight for vision-impaired individuals. Systems, methods, and devices provided herein direct ultrasound energy into retinal neurons and modulate phase and amplitude of ultrasound energy in time and space domains in order to variously stimulate various retinal neurons, generating neural responses consistent with visual reproduction of intended images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Mark S. Humayun, Qifa Zhou, Xuejun Qian, Biju Thomas, Gengxi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240149770
    Abstract: An armrest employed with a vehicle seat assembly that includes a storage compartment in the armrest that is accessible by moving a storage cover relative to the armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Lea Thomas Smith, Zhengda Mao, Thomas Loyal Sundberg, JR., Liting Shen, Jochen Kohlhofer, Jasmine Pizana, Mark Steven Sparschu
  • Publication number: 20240151084
    Abstract: A hinged system includes a preassembled hinge module for pivotally coupling a first component to a second component. The preassembled hinge module includes a shaft, a torque element frictionally engaging the shaft, and a housing. The housing includes a cover, a side wall, and a rear wall that define an interior space enclosed within the housing. The interior space receives the torque element inside the housing. The cover defines a first aperture, and the rear wall defines a second aperture, the first aperture and the second aperture aligned with a pivot axis of the shaft. The shaft extends through at least the first aperture, the interior space, and the second aperture. The shaft is separate from, and configured to be mounted to, the first component. The housing is separate from, and configured to be mounted to, the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Southco, Inc.
    Inventors: Hector Eduardo Rivas, Mark James Rowley, Pradeep Jayanna, Michael Thomas Holland, Richard B. Langkamp, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240149001
    Abstract: Nasal cannula assemblies for providing respiratory therapy to patients are provided. A nasal cannula assembly can include a cannula, an optional manifold which may be removable, a gas supply tube, and a securement mechanism. Securement mechanisms can include headgear straps, cheek pads, or an adhesive nose strip. A nasal cannula assembly can also include a lanyard, lanyard clip, and/or lanyard connector to help support the weight of a main gas delivery conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Allan Klenner, Milanjot Singh Assi, Mark Thomas O'Connor, Callum James Thomas Spence, Caroline Geraldine Hopkins, Neil Gray Duthie, Craig Karl White, Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans, Brent Ian Laing, Sooji Hope Clarkson, Laurence Gulliver
  • Patent number: D1027575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Breville Pty Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Morabito, Mark Thomas, David Davenport, Richard Hoare
  • Patent number: D1028416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Lee Butts, James Blake Fievet, Jing Li, Jarrod Thomas Streng, Christopher Matthew Weed