Patents by Inventor Owen Thomas

Owen 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: 11920538
    Abstract: An anti-polish ring for an internal combustion engine is provided. The anti-polish ring includes an axially extending ring portion that is configured to scrape a top portion of a piston in a cylinder liner. The anti-polish ring is configured to accommodate passage of an intake or exhaust valve thereby. The anti-polish ring may include an alignment feature so that the anti-polish ring is inserted in a predetermined orientation in the cylinder. The anti-polish ring may include a heat shield and/or a seating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Summerfield, Craig Daniel Fox, Robert Harries, Jamie Kehoe, Kent H. Clark, John M Antonevich, Reid M. Irish, Scott A. Ragon, Stephen G. Townsend, Peter Thomas Quanz
  • Publication number: 20230408830
    Abstract: A head mounted display assembly is provided. The head mounted display assembly comprises a head supported structural frame to support a display viewable by a user of the assembly, the structural frame including upper and lower surfaces. The assembly comprises a mounting interface on the lower surface of the structural frame, the mounting interface for releasably coupling an accessory device to the assembly. The mounting interface comprises a magnetic portion for attracting an opposing magnetic portion of the accessory device upon alignment of the accessory device with the mounting interface, and for repelling the magnetic portion of the accessory device upon misalignment of the accessory device with the mounting interface, and a communication interface for communicating data with the accessory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Paul Martin, Mark Allen Lessman, Joseph Nouri, Owen Thomas Richard
  • Patent number: 11809812
    Abstract: A method for updating a theme element of a presentation includes causing display of a user interface on a client computer of a user, the user interface comprising a first slide of the presentation and a first option to edit an element of the first slide, and receiving a user selection of the first option to edit the element of the first slide, wherein the user selection of the first option comprises a request to modify the element of the first slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Cooper, Michael Owen Thomas, Shoshana Holtzblatt, Ajay Dev Surie
  • Patent number: 11797878
    Abstract: A network-accessible machine learning service is provided herein. For example, the network-accessible machine learning service provider can operate one or more physical computing devices accessible to user devices via a network. These physical computing device(s) can host virtual machine instances that are configured to train machine learning models using training data referenced by a user device. These physical computing device(s) can further host virtual machine instances that are configured to execute trained machine learning models in response to user-provided inputs, generating outputs that are stored and/or transmitted to user devices via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Albert Faulhaber, Jr., Stefano Stefani, Owen Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230281276
    Abstract: Artifacts, including parameters are data sets, associated with experiment tasks are stored at an experiment management service. A query specifying a particular value of a parameter and a particular data set is received, and an indication of an experiment result associated with the particular data set and the particular parameter value is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Thomas, Kenneth O Henderson, JR., Sumit Thakur, Glenn Danthi, Hugh Payton Staub, Thomas Albert Faulhaber, Vladimir Zhukov
  • Patent number: 11708630
    Abstract: A titanium alloy composition is provided. In weight percent (wt. %), the alloy includes 5.7 to 8.0% vanadium, 0.5 to 1.75% aluminum, 0.25 to 1.5% iron, 0.1 to 0.2% oxygen, up to 0.15% silicon, up to 0.1% carbon and less than 0.03% nitrogen is provided. In one form, the titanium alloy has a 0.2% yield strength between 600 to 850 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength between 700 to 950 MPa, a percent elongation to failure between 20 to 30%, a percent reduction in area between 40 to 80%, a Charpy U-notch impact energy between 30 to 70 J, and/or a Charpy V-notch impact energy between 40 to 150 J.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Titanium Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Owen Thomas, Steven James, Paul Garratt, Matthew Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230155152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochemical fuel cell device having stacked cells and a membrane-electrode assembly (20). The membrane-electrode assembly (20) comprises, amongst others, a first gas diffusion layer (21) arranged on one side of a membrane (23) and a second gas diffusion layer (22) arranged on the opposite side of the membrane (23) for distributing fluids across each side of the membrane (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: AVL List GmbH, AVL Fuel Cell Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Owen THOMAS, Max CIMENTI, Laura RAIBECK
  • Publication number: 20230127441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, which membrane electrode assembly comprises a membrane (2) with a catalyst layer (3) and a frame (6) arranged on the same side of the membrane (2) and a gap (5) between the catalyst layer (3) and the frame (6). To allow an easy and cost-effective way for manufacturing such a membrane assembly, the manufacturing method comprises the following steps: • - Positioning a first decal layer (10, 13), which is made of the same material as the first catalyst layer (3), on the first side of the membrane (2) in a way that the first decal layer (10, 13) overlaps the frame (6), • - positioning a second decal layer (10, 14), which is made of the same material as the second catalyst layer (4), on the second side of the membrane (2), • - pressing the first decal layer (10, 13) and the second decal layer (10, 14) against each other with the membrane (2) and the frame (6) positioned in-between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Carmen CHUY, Owen THOMAS, Keping WANG, Yunsong YANG
  • Patent number: 11586847
    Abstract: Artifacts, including parameters are data sets, associated with experiment tasks are stored at an experiment management service. A query specifying a particular value of a parameter and a particular data set is received, and an indication of an experiment result associated with the particular data set and the particular parameter value is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Thomas, Kenneth O Henderson, Jr., Sumit Thakur, Glenn Danthi, Hugh Payton Staub, Thomas Albert Faulhaber, Vladimir Zhukov
  • Publication number: 20230048138
    Abstract: Simple membrane electrode and frame assemblies for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack and improved methods for making them are disclosed which involve the use of a single adhesive layer. Using an appropriate design, the single adhesive layer can provide multiple bonds, including a bond between one of the gas diffusion layers and a catalyst coated membrane assembly, between the catalyst coated portion of the catalyst coated membrane assembly and the frame, and between either the other of the gas diffusion layers and the frame, or between an uncoated portion of the catalyst coated membrane assembly and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: AVL List GmbH, AVL Fuel Cell Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Owen THOMAS, Max CIMENTI, Emerson GALLAGHER
  • Patent number: 11456475
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for a fuel cell, which membrane assembly includes a membrane with a catalyst layer and a frame arranged on the same side of the membrane and a gap between the catalyst layer and the frame. To allow an easy and cost-effective way for manufacturing such a membrane assembly, the manufacturing method may include the following steps: positioning a first decal layer, which is made of the same material as the first catalyst layer, on the first side of the membrane in a way that the first decal layer overlaps the frame, positioning a second decal layer, which is made of the same material as the second catalyst layer, on the second side of the membrane, pressing the first decal layer and the second decal layer against each other with the membrane and the frame positioned in-between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG, Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Owen Thomas, Keping Wang, Carmen Chuy, Yunsong Yang
  • Patent number: 11352687
    Abstract: Titanium alloys with an improved and unexpected combination of corrosion resistance, strength, ductility and toughness are provided. The titanium alloys contain molybdenum, nickel, zirconium, iron, and oxygen as alloying agents. Also the titanium alloys may be subjected to thermal treatments. The titanium alloys can include molybdenum between 3.0 to 4.5 wt. %, nickel between 0.1 to 1.0 wt. %, zirconium between 0.1 to 1.5 wt. %, iron between 0.05 to 0.3 wt. %, oxygen between 0.05 to 0.25 wt. %, and a balance of titanium and unavoidable impurities. The titanium alloys can have a yield strength between 550 to 750 MPa, a tensile strength between 700 to 900 MPa, an elongation to failure between 25 to 35%, a reduction in area between 55 to 70%, and a corrosion rate between 0.5 to 2.5 mils per year when exposed to 1 wt. % boiling hydrochloric acid per the ASTM G-31 test method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Titanium Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Owen Thomas, James S. Grauman, Paul Garratt, James G. Miller
  • Patent number: 11222163
    Abstract: In a presentation document, changes to an element in a first slide of the presentation may be propagated throughout the presentation. A first slide may be displayed, in a user interface, with a first option to edit an element of the first slide. A selection of the first option may cause an edit to the first element. A second option may be displayed if the first element has a dependent relationship with a master element of the presentation. Upon selection of the second option, the master element may be updated based on the edit to the element of the first slide. The edit may be propagated to other elements of the presentation that have the dependent relationship with the master element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Cooper, Michael Owen Thomas, Shoshana Holtzblatt, Ajay Dev Surie
  • Patent number: 11201344
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for a fuel cell. To overcome a problem of chemical degradation at an edge of the membrane, the method comprises the following steps: positioning a first decal layer, which is made of the same material as a first catalyst layer, on a first side of the membrane, positioning a second decal layer, which is made of the same material as a second catalyst layer, on a second side of the membrane, pressing a compression pad, which is positioned on the first decal layer with the first decal layer and the second decal layer fully overlapping the compression pad, and the second decal layer against each other with the first decal layer and the membrane positioned in-between, whereby pressure on the first and the second decal layer is applied only in an area covered by the compression pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Sebastian Prass, Manpal Ghuman, Andrew Leow, Jennie Eastcott, Owen Thomas
  • Patent number: 11170057
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for caching structural elements of electronic documents. A plurality of indices is stored in a database. The plurality of indices corresponds to locations within an electronic document of portions of a structural element. A mutation to the electronic document is received. Based on the plurality of indices, it is determined that the mutation modifies the structural element. Based on the determination, the structural element is updated. The updated structural element is displayed at a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Lindsay Grace Hall, Jeffrey de Blanc Palm, Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz, Michael Owen Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210280884
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for a fuel cell, which membrane assembly includes a membrane with a catalyst layer and a frame arranged on the same side of the membrane and a gap between the catalyst layer and the frame. To allow an easy and cost-effective way for manufacturing such a membrane assembly, the manufacturing method may include the following steps: positioning a first decal layer, which is made of the same material as the first catalyst layer, on the first side of the membrane in a way that the first decal layer overlaps the frame, positioning a second decal layer, which is made of the same material as the second catalyst layer, on the second side of the membrane, pressing the first decal layer and the second decal layer against each other with the membrane and the frame positioned in-between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Owen Thomas, Keping Wang, Carmen Chuy, Yunsong Yang
  • Publication number: 20210280885
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a membrane assembly for a fuel cell. To overcome a problem of chemical degradation at an edge of the membrane, the method comprises the following steps: positioning a first decal layer, which is made of the same material as a first catalyst layer, on a first side of the membrane, positioning a second decal layer, which is made of the same material as a second catalyst layer, on a second side of the membrane, pressing a compression pad, which is positioned on the first decal layer with the first decal layer and the second decal layer fully overlapping the compression pad, and the second decal layer against each other with the first decal layer and the membrane positioned in-between, whereby pressure on the first and the second decal layer is applied only in an area covered by the compression pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian Prass, Manpal Ghuman, Andrew Leow, Jennie Eastcott, Owen Thomas
  • Patent number: 11089781
    Abstract: The present proposals relate to an insecticide or miticide composition which demonstrates low phytotoxicity even at relatively high concentrations combined with highly effective insecticidal and miticidal activity. The composition comprises: a fatty acid/amino acid salt, the fatty acid component comprising: one or more unsaturated fatty acids having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms; and one or more saturated fatty acids having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms; wherein the one or more saturated fatty acids having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms forms at least 15 wt. % of the fatty acid component, and wherein the weight ratio of (unsaturated fatty acids having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms) to (saturated fatty acids having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms) is at least 1. Uses of the compositions and methods of killing insects or mites using the compositions also form part of the proposals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Naturiol Bangor LTD
    Inventors: Owen Thomas Jones, Mark Long
  • Patent number: D1009376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Gareth Owen Thomas
  • Patent number: D1010942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Gareth Owen Thomas