Patents by Inventor Zachary Michael Thompson

Zachary Michael Thompson 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: 11970287
    Abstract: An introduced autonomous aerial vehicle can include multiple cameras for capturing images of a surrounding physical environment that are utilized for motion planning by an autonomous navigation system. In some embodiments, the cameras can be integrated into one or more rotor assemblies that house powered rotors to free up space within the body of the aerial vehicle. In an example embodiment, an aerial vehicle includes multiple upward-facing cameras and multiple downward-facing cameras with overlapping fields of view to enable stereoscopic computer vision in a plurality of directions around the aerial vehicle. Similar camera arrangements can also be implemented in fixed-wing aerial vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Skydio, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Thompson, Adam Parker Bry, Asher Mendel Robbins-Rothman, Abraham Galton Bachrach, Yevgeniy Kozlenko, Kevin Patrick Smith O'Leary, Patrick Allen Lowe, Daniel Thomas Adams, Justin Michael Sadowski, Zachary Albert West, Josiah Timothy VanderMey
  • Publication number: 20240027719
    Abstract: A fiber enclosure includes a closure body, a lid removably coupled to the closure body, and a plurality of clamps coupling the lid to the closure body. The lid includes a lid body, a lid lip extending from the lid body between each of the plurality of clamps, and a plurality of lid ribs connecting the lid lip and the lid body thereby providing a lid reinforcement between each adjacent clamp. The closure body includes an upper body portion, a closure body lip extending from the upper body portion between each of the plurality of clamps, and a plurality of body ribs connecting the closure body lip and the upper body portion, thereby providing a closure body reinforcement between each of the adjacent clamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dani Liu, Zachary Michael Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230117834
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are vehicle mounted grinding machines adaptable to ground contours. Embodiments relate to a grinding machine with a vehicle mount configured to attach a housing body, including a grinding drum to a vehicle. One embodiment of the disclosure relates a pair of guides on opposing sides of a blade set of a grinding drum, where each of the pair of guides is horizontally aligned with the grinding drum. In another embodiment, the housing body is configured to roll about a travel direction relative to the vehicle mount. In another embodiment, the grinding machine includes an alignment motor configured to laterally translate the housing body relative to the vehicle mount and perpendicular to a travel direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Matthew Cole, David Montalion Dupuis, Cary Alan Kipke, Donald Kent Larson, Zachary Michael Thompson
  • Publication number: 20220302691
    Abstract: A distribution cabling tape system comprises a resilient polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface being substantially continuous across a side to side width, an adhesive layer disposed on the first major surface, the adhesive layer capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface, and first and second spacer layers arranged in a spaced apart configuration on the adhesive layer to form a continuous lengthwise channel configured to receive at least a portion of at least one distribution cable, each of the first and second spacer layers comprising a second adhesive layer disposed thereon, the second adhesive capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Victor Julian Borer, David Montalion Dupuis, Cary Alan Kipke, John Patrick Lammers, Donald Kent Larson, Zachary Michael Thompson
  • Patent number: 11381069
    Abstract: A distribution cabling tape system comprises a resilient polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface being substantially continuous across a side to side width, an adhesive layer disposed on the first major surface, the adhesive layer capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface, and first and second spacer layers arranged in a spaced apart configuration on the adhesive layer to form a continuous lengthwise channel configured to receive at least a portion of at least one distribution cable, each of the first and second spacer layers comprising a second adhesive layer disposed thereon, the second adhesive capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor Julian Borer, David Montalion Dupuis, Cary Alan Kipke, John Patrick Lammers, Donald Kent Larson, Zachary Michael Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200227904
    Abstract: A distribution cabling tape system comprises a resilient polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface being substantially continuous across a side to side width, an adhesive layer disposed on the first major surface, the adhesive layer capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface, and first and second spacer layers arranged in a spaced apart configuration on the adhesive layer to form a continuous lengthwise channel configured to receive at least a portion of at least one distribution cable, each of the first and second spacer layers comprising a second adhesive layer disposed thereon, the second adhesive capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Julian Borer, David Montalion Dupuis, Cary Alan Kipke, John Patrick Lammers, Donald Kent Larson, Zachary Michael Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200088964
    Abstract: An advanced port entry device for a telecommunication enclosure is described. The port entry device comprises a sealing body having an internal passageway extending from a first end of the sealing body to a second end of the sealing body that is configured to sealingly engage with a port of the telecommunication enclosure, wherein the sealing body has an internal, and a tray member extending from the first end of the sealing body wherein the tray member is configured to pass through the port so that it resides within the protected interior space of the telecommunication enclosure when the port entry device is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Desard, Donald Kent Larson, Zachary Michael Thompson, Gaetan Perrier
  • Patent number: D1011298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zachary Michael Thompson