Patents by Inventor Thomas Downing

Thomas Downing 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).

  • System and method of a mobile electrical system
    Patent number: 11938825
    Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle having a prime mover motively coupled to a drive line; a motor/generator selectively coupled to the drive line, and configured to selectively modulate power transfer between an electrical load and the drive line; a battery pack; a DC/DC converter electrically interposed between the motor/generator and the electrical load, and between the battery pack and the electrical load, the DC/DC converter comprising a DC/DC converter housing; and a covering tray positioned over a plurality of batteries of the battery pack, the covering tray comprising a connectivity layer configured to provide electrical connectivity to terminals of the plurality of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Nihal Sukhatankar, Mahesh Prabhakar Joshi, Shivaprasad Vithal Goud, Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Matthew Richard Busdiecker, Kaylah J. Berndt, Glenn Clark Fortune, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Mark Steven George, Dennis Dukaric, Thomas Alan Genise, Gary Baker, Tissaphern Mirfakhrai, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Lesley Earl Candler, Nicole Downing, Lalit Murlidhar Patil, Suyog Shekhar Kulkarni, Sunil Kumar Kunche, Rishabh Kumar Jain, Juan Chen
  • Polymer synthesizer
    Patent number: 8211370
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer synthesizer having a high efficiency production rate. The synthesis of the polymers, and more particularly of DNA and RNA, is done very quickly. Furthermore, it is possible to synthesize a plurality of polymers in the same batch without significantly increasing the time and the complexity of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Downing
  • Polymer Synthesizer
    Publication number: 20090148353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer synthesizer having a high efficiency production rate. The synthesis of the polymers, and more particularly of DNA and RNA, is done very quickly. Furthermore, it is possible to synthesize a plurality of polymers in the same batch without significantly increasing the time and the complexity of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Downing
  • Electrical connector having metal latch
    Patent number: 6027357
    Abstract: An electrical connector for interconnecting a daughter card to a mother board comprises a dielectric housing having a longitudinally elongated slot and a latch cavity. The housing carries a plurality of contacts which are engageable with contact pads on the daughter card when the daughter card is inserted into the slot in a first position and pivoted through an angle to a second position. A latch member which is attached to the housing has a latch tab engageable behind the daughter card to maintain the daughter card in the second position. The latch member has first and second beams. The first beam has a mounting portion which is stabilized in the latch cavity against longitudinal and lateral movement, and the second beam has a locking tab that is engaged with the housing to secure the latch member against withdrawal from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: David Gregory Howell, Joseph Alexander Labiak, Mark Thomas Downing