Patents by Inventor Tom Timmons

Tom Timmons 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).

  • Method and apparatus for combining particulate and soft-serve ice cream
    Patent number: 7938061
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining particulate and soft-serve ice cream is disclosed. The soft serve ice cream is manufactured using N2 vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Inventor: Tom Timmons
  • Method and apparatus for combining particulate and soft-serve ice cream
    Publication number: 20080011009
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining particulate and soft-serve ice cream is disclosed. The soft serve ice cream is manufactured using N2 vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Tom Timmons
  • Combined particulate and conventional ice cream
    Patent number: 7318324
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining particulate and traditional conventional ice cream is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Inventors: Connie D. Ulrich, Tom Timmons
  • Combined particulate and conventional ice cream
    Publication number: 20060102016
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining particulate and traditional conventional ice cream is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Connie Ulrich, Tom Timmons
  • Gas flow calibration of mass flow controllers
    Patent number: 6332348
    Abstract: A method, system, and storage medium for gas flow calibration of mass flow controllers (MFCs) is presented. A second mass flow controller that has a full scale range substantially less than that of a mass flow meter (MFM) may be calibrated by the MFM using a “gas biasing” technique. A first MFC is set such that a first flow of gas through the MFM at a first flow rate results. The first flow rate is preferably approximately 50% of the full scale range of the MFM. A first reading of the MFM is then recorded. The second MFC is then set such that a second gas flow of gas through the MFM at a second flow rate results. A second reading of the MFM is then recorded. The difference between the second and first readings is then compared to the set flow rate of the second MFC to determine the calibration of the second MFC. The full scale range of the second MFC may be less than 1% of the full scale range of the MFM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Yelverton, Tom Timmons
  • Apparatus for holding a device in abutting relation with a workpiece
    Patent number: 5637814
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding a rod-shaped device in an abutting relationship with a workpiece comprises a bar with a bias structure coupled with the bar and the workpiece. The bar has an aperture which is proportioned to pass the rod-shaped device when the bar member is in a first orientation with respect to an axis about which the device is oriented, and to effect binding engagement between the bar and the rod-shaped device when the bar is in a second orientation with respect to the axis. The bias structure urges the bar to the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices
    Inventors: Tom Timmons, Mark Yelverton