Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Howard
Thomas A. Howard 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).
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Patent number: 11999603Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lift truck attachment system that includes a lift truck weighing device with a carriage mounted scale configured to support load handling fixtures and to be secured to a lift truck carriage. The weighing device includes one or more sensors arranged at a mounting interface between the lift truck carriage and the carriage mounted scale. The lift truck weighing device includes one or more of rails, plates, and/or mounting brackets, as a list of non-limiting examples, arranged at the interface with the one or more sensors, which measure a load from the load handling fixtures.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Andrew Sukalski, Thomas Howard Johnson, Kevin Detert, Cory Hainy, Eric Holland
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Patent number: 11993324Abstract: A guard assembly for a work machine includes at least one guard including a body. The body in part defines a volume, a first opening, at least one second opening, and at least one pair of first retention tabs. The door defines a first end and a second end. In an open position of the door, the door provides access to the volume and, in a closed position of the door, the door limits access to the volume. The door includes a plate removably coupled to the guard proximal to the first end of the door by at least one fastener, and at least one coupling arrangement extending from the plate for pivotably coupling the plate to the guard proximal to the second end of the door. The coupling arrangement includes a first portion coupled to the plate and a second portion extending from the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Emily Lynn Eckstein, Thomas Howard Duffy, Robert Stephen Comer, Robert Alan Jackson
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Patent number: 11988315Abstract: A coupler for connecting a tank to a receptacle includes a housing, a probe configured to translate longitudinally within the housing, and a handle assembly configured to cause the probe to translate within the housing. The handle assembly is movable between a decoupled position, a coupled position, and a venting position. The coupler includes a ball cage, a plurality of balls disposed in the ball cage, and a slidable sleeve coupled to the probe and configured to translate longitudinally with the probe. The slidable sleeve is configured to slide in a first longitudinal direction to cause the plurality of balls to translate radially to lock the coupler to the receptacle. The slidable sleeve includes a collar defining a plurality of channels that are positioned radially and extending axially along the collar and configured to receive bearings of the receptacle in the coupled position and the venting position to prevent rotation.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Engineered Controls International, LLCInventors: Tracy N. Tickle, Jeffrey S. Howard, Chad Thomas
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Patent number: 11979490Abstract: An approach is disclosed for processing NFTs on a blockchain platform. A request for processing an NFT is received on the blockchain platform, by a requestor. The NFT is accessed by chunks C (C1, C2, . . . , Cn) from at least two blobbers B (B1, B2, . . . , Bn). The NFT is reconstructed from the chunks C (C1, C2, . . . , Cn) to process the request. The supported requests include creating, viewing, purchasing, transferring ownership, setting permissions for reveal of data at a future date, adding, updating, deleting, moving, copying, and renaming data assets. The NFT may be transferred from one blockchain platform to a different blockchain platform, and may be initially used as a fundraising vehicle by the creator with no data asset initially and later uploaded to the blobbers.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: 0CHAIN CORP.Inventors: Saswata Basu, Thomas Howard Austin
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Publication number: 20240117768Abstract: A rotary component for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of rotor blades operably coupled to a rotating shaft extending along the central axis and an outer casing arranged exterior to the plurality of rotor blades in a radial direction of the gas turbine engine. The outer casing defines a gap between a blade tip of each of the plurality of rotor blades and the outer casing. The outer casing includes a plurality of features formed into an interior surface thereof. Each of the plurality of features includes one or more design parameters that are perturbed about a mean design parameter for stall performance so as to provide a circumferential variation in wake strengths associated with the plurality of rotor blades, thereby reducing operational noise of the gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Ramakrishna Venkata Mallina, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Thomas Malkus
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Patent number: 11945785Abstract: Disclosed herein are heterocyclic compounds, for example, according to the following formula and analogs thereof: that inhibit the activity of FLT3. Also described are specific covalent inhibitors of FLT3. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the FLT3 inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of proliferative diseases or conditions, including hematological malignancies and other diseases or conditions dependent on FLT3 activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Biomea Fusion, Inc.Inventors: David Sperandio, Xiaodong Wang, Thorsten A. Kirschberg, James T. Palmer, Thomas Butler, Solomon B. Ungashe, Neil Howard Squires, Nan-Horng Lin, Ravindra B. Upasani, Amna Trinity-Turjuman Adam, Yongli Su, Thu Phan
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Patent number: 11946503Abstract: A connector is provided to attach a supported member to a supporting member, with the supported member being in sloped and skewed relation to the supporting member. The connector has back members attached to side members. A seat member attaches to the side members through a hinged connection. The seat member interfaces with the bottom face of the supported member and can be disposed at a sloped angle. A pair of seat side members extend from the seat member.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Evans, Dustin P. Muhn, Rachel Marie Holland, Benedict Ang, Paul Howard Oellerich, James M. Benton, Timothy Patrick Murphy
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Publication number: 20240105177Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a local assistant system responding to voice input using an ear-wearable device. The system detects a wake-up signal and receives a first voice input communicating a first query content. The system includes speech recognition circuitry to determine the first query content, speech generation circuitry, and an input database of locally-handled user inputs. If the first audio input matches one of the locally-handled user inputs, then the system takes a local responsive action. If the first audio input does not match one of the locally-handled user inputs, then the system transmits at least a portion of the first query content over a wireless network to a network resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Achintya Kumar Bhowmik, David Alan Fabry, Amit Shahar, Justin R. Burwinkel, Jeffrey Paul Solum, Thomas Howard Burns
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Patent number: 11939321Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (0): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein: n is 1 or 2; X is CH or N; Y is selected from CH and C—F; Z is selected from C—Rz and N; R1 is selected from: -(Alk1)t-Cyc1; wherein t is 0 or 1; Optionally substituted C1-6 acyclic hydrocarbon groups R2 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; and C1-3 hydrocarbon groups optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms; R3 is hydrogen or a group L1-R7; R4 is selected from hydrogen; methoxy; and optionally substituted C1-3 alkyl; and R4a is selected from hydrogen and a C1-3 alkyl group; wherein Rz, Alk1, Cyc1, L1 and R7 are defined herein; provided that the compound is other than 6-benzyl-3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and 3-{2-[(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)amino]pyridin-4-yl}-7,8-dihydro-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one and salts and tautomers thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Ildiko Maria Buck, James Edward Harvey Day, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Steven Howard, Christopher William Murray, David Norton, Marc O'Reilly, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Michael Liam Cooke, David Cousin, Stuart Thomas Onions, Jonathan Martin Shannon, John Paul Watts
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Publication number: 20240098198Abstract: An image-reading device, such as optical code readers used in retail environments to scan objects, is configured to select from various operational modes. The operational modes are selected based on an application of the image-reading device, such as optical code identification or image recognition. Red, white, and other color light sources are activated in patterns corresponding to an illumination sequence of the selected operational mode, while imagers are activated to capture an image based on an exposure pattern of the selected operational mode. Further, a repeating series of light pulses having different portions of light is provided. Various imagers are configured to capture images over one of the portions. This allows an operator to perceive one continuous light pattern, yet allows various imagers to capture an image under different light conditions used for different applications of the image-reading device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: WenLiang Gao, Aric Brant Zandhuisen, Michael Jay Ahten, Robert W. Rudeen, Keith Layne Rogers, Brett Thomas Howard
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Publication number: 20240083900Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula (I?): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables in the formula are as defined herein; and methods for their use and production.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: BIOGEN MA INC.Inventors: Brian T. Hopkins, Bin Ma, Isaac Marx, Jürgen Schulz, George Vandeveer, Robin Prince, Marta Nevalainen, TeYu Chen, Zain Yousaf, Martin Himmelbauer, Vatee Pattaropong, John Howard Jones, Edward Yin-Shiang Lin, Felix Gonzalez Lopez de Turiso, Thomas Purgett, Andrew George Capacci, Simone Sciabola
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Publication number: 20240089677Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for own-voice sensing in hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes an in-the-ear (ITE) hearing assistance device adapted to process sounds, including sounds from a wearer's mouth. According to various embodiments, the device includes a hollow plastic housing adapted to be worn in the ear of the wearer and a differential sensor mounted to an interior surface of the housing in an ear canal of the wearer. The differential sensor includes inlets located within the housing and the differential sensor is configured to improve speech intelligibility of sounds from the wearer's mouth, in various embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Thomas Howard Burns, Lars Tuborg Jensen
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Publication number: 20240087766Abstract: A radioisotope generator including a laser, a volume of target isotope, and nanoparticles in a solid, liquid, or gas state is provided. In at least one aspect, the radioisotope generator accelerates the decay rate of an isotope, with the laser being used to accelerate the decay of the isotope for the production of desired product isotopes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NU PLANET PHARMACEUTICAL RADIOISOTOPES, INCInventors: Steven Daniel HOWE, Troy Michael HOWE, Dereck Neill ARMSTRONG, Thomas Howard Myers
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Patent number: 11930100Abstract: An approach is disclosed for running a first smart contract on a first blockchain platform which restricts access to a client's funds appropriated to a second smart contract running on a second blockchain platform. A transaction is received by invoking the first smart contract authorizing the second smart contract. In response to receiving an indication of a successful completion of the first smart contract, a plurality of client's authorization tickets are sent to the second smart contract which restricts access to the client's funds appropriated to the second smart contract running on the second blockchain platform. The invoked smart contract receives the set of authorization information and records the set of authorization information. After receiving a set of authenticated authorization tickets exceeding a predetermined threshold, the funds are atomically eliminated on the first blockchain platform and a converted funds generated on the second blockchain platform.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: 0CHAIN CORP.Inventors: Saswata Basu, Thomas Howard Austin
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Patent number: D1016877Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Emmanuel Laffon de Mazieres, Michael O'Connor, Jonathan Howard Biddle, Paul Douglas Grearson, Thomas Burns
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Patent number: D1024002Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TEENAGE ENGINEERING ABInventors: Jesper Kouthoofd, Thomas Howard
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Patent number: D1025022Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NOTHING TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jesper Kouthoofd, Thomas Howard, Bin Huang, Yi-Ying Hsieh
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Patent number: D1025472Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Simon Brian McNamee, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Clément Bernard Christmann, Wee Guan Tan, Bun Tiong Chua, Min Yu Nicole Chian, Paul Thomas Brittell, Be Seng Lok, Gerald Eng, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Peter David Gammack, Leanne Joyce Garner, Laura Anne Howard
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Patent number: D1025473Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Simon Brian McNamee, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Clément Bernard Christmann, Wee Guan Tan, Bun Tiong Chua, Min Yu Nicole Chian, Paul Thomas Brittell, Be Seng Lok, Gerald Eng, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Peter David Gammack, Leanne Joyce Garner, Laura Anne Howard
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Patent number: D1029760Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventors: Thomas Howard, Yi-ying Hsieh, Hang Du, Jieyu Chen, Ruoxue Yang, Adam Bates, Bin Huang