Patents by Inventor A. Thomas

A. 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).

  • VEHICLE DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY WITH A SHOCK ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20240125155
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a bracket and a handle. The handle includes a first extremity and a second extremity. The first extremity is configured to move between a rest position, a deployed position outside the bracket, and an opening position to open a latch. The second extremity is configured to move between a rest position, an activation position, and a deployed position outside the bracket. The bracket includes a shock absorber provided in or attached to a rest portion of the bracket. The shock absorber is configured to cooperate with the handle when the second extremity is moved from the rest position to the activation position and when the first extremity and the second extremity are moved together from the deployed position to the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Thomas PEYNOT, Frédéric CITRON
  • MSP NANOPORES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20240124928
    Abstract: Provided herein are Mycobacterium smegmatis porin nanopores, systems that comprise these nanopores, and methods of using and making these nanopores. Such nanopores may be wild-type MspA porins, mutant MspA porins, wild-type MspA paralog porins, wild-type MspA homolog porins, mutant MspA paralog porins, mutant MspA homolog porins, or single-chain Msp porins. Also provided are bacterial strains capable of inducible Msp porin expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: University of Washington, The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jens H. Gundlach, Michael Niederweis, Thomas Z. Butler, Mikhail Pavlenok, Mark A. Troll, Suja Sukumaran
  • MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL AND REMOTE MEDIA ITEMS
    Publication number: 20240126804
    Abstract: A method at a client device includes displaying media library information corresponding to a set of media items. The media items include one or more local media items, the one or more local media items including media items stored at the client device, and one or more remote media items, the one or more remote media items including media items stored at a remote system and not at the client device. The method also includes displaying, concurrently with displaying the media library information, affordances identifying the remote media items; detecting user interaction with an affordance identifying a respective remote media item; and in response to detecting the user interaction, initiating a process for downloading a copy of the respective remote media item to the client device for storage at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher John SANDERS, Thomas M. ALSINA, Imran CHAUDHRI, Patrice O. GAUTIER, Sean Boland KELLY, Timothy B. MARTIN, Lucas C. NEWMAN, Jeffrey L. ROBBIN, Andrew M. WADYCKI
  • MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240130231
    Abstract: The application relates to compounds having functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, to devices comprising same, and to the preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Irina MARTYNOVA, Anja JATSCH, Thomas EBERLE, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Christof PFLUMM
  • RYDBERG ATOM-BASED VECTOR AND POLARIZATION SENSOR
    Publication number: 20240125834
    Abstract: An electric field sensor may include an atomic vapor cell and a plurality of lasers configured to excite atoms in the vapor cell from a low-energy state to a high-energy state. The sensor may be configured to split signals from the plurality of lasers into multiple polarized signals. The polarized signals may be transmitted through the atomic vapor cell. A subset of the polarized signals may be received by photodetectors after the subset exits the vapor cell. Based on signals from the photodetectors, the electric field sensor may determine an angle of arrival and polarization information about an electric field that is incident upon the atomic vapor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Bonnie Lee Marlow, Charles Thomas Fancher
  • IP based remote video conferencing system
    Publication number: 20240129433
    Abstract: An IP based remote video conferencing system (100) comprises a near-end (200) having a first room (200a) and at least one microphone (210) configured to detect audio signals from at least one participant (201, 202) in the first room (200a) and to determine position information regarding the at least one first participant (201, 202), a far end (300) having a second room (300a) with at least one second participant (301) and at least one audio reproducer (330), wherein said at least one audio reproducer (330) receives and reproduces spatial audio signals based on the audio signals and the position information detected by the at least one microphone (210), and a video conferencing service (400) coupled to the near end (200) and the far end (300) configured to forward audio signals from the near end (200) to the far end (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Sander, Thomas Jaskolka
  • AUTOMATIC ACCESS CONTROL OF CALLS MADE OVER NAMED PIPES WITH OPTIONAL CALLING CONTEXT IMPERSONATION
    Publication number: 20240126620
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically filtering privileged methods from unprivileged methods, and thus preventing privileged methods from being available to an unelevated consumer application executing on an information handling system. Filtering privileged methods from unprivileged methods may be performed, for example, by identifying any unprivileged method/s within an original implementation class of an elevated publisher software application that are eligible to be exposed to (e.g., shared with) an unelevated consumer software application via a named pipe, and implementing a corresponding dynamic publisher object on the elevated publisher software application and an intermediary dynamic consumer proxy class on the unelevated consumer software application to prevent the unelevated consumer software application from calling any other methods (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Daugherty, Ricardo Antonio Ruiz
  • LOTTERY GAMES ON AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20240127664
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are described which are used to provide enhanced functionality on gaming devices associated with the play of wager-based games. A secondary processor, separate from a game controller on the gaming device, can be used to provide the enhanced functionality. In one embodiment, the secondary processor can be used to control a display interface on a video display, such as a video display used to play a wager-based game on the gaming device. The display interface can be used to purchase items, such as a lottery ticket, under control of the secondary processor. After purchase, the lottery ticket can be dispensed from the gaming device using a printer. After the lottery ticket is dispensed, it can be reinserted into the gaming device and validated. If any winnings are associated with the lottery ticket, it can be credited to the electronic gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Saffari, Thomas Mikulich, Chris Gumiela, Kirk Kover, William R. Wells
  • ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS FOR IRON-AIR ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240128549
    Abstract: An iron-air battery including an iron electrode in contact with an anode current collector, wherein the iron electrode includes a plurality of channels; an oxygen reduction reaction electrode having a first surface facing the plurality of channels and an opposing second surface in contact with air; an oxygen evolution reaction electrode interdigitated with the plurality of channels of the iron electrode, wherein at least a portion of the oxygen evolution reaction electrode is disposed within the plurality of channels in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode; and an electrolyte in contact with the iron electrode, the first surface of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode, the plurality of channels, and the oxygen evolution reaction electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Stephen Manser, Christopher Thomas Reynolds, Karen Thomas-Alyea, Michael Chon, David Hooke, Michael Andrew Gibson, Yuto Takagi, Johanna Goodman, Robert Wesley Morgan, Valerie Christine Sacha, Angel Ruben Rivera, Joseph Anthony Pantano, Julia Sokol, Nicholas Reed Perkins
  • Adjusted Color Prescriptions for Aqueous Coating Compositions to Correct Gloss Differences
    Publication number: 20240125650
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for correcting an observed color difference between a color at a first gloss and the color at a second gloss different than the first gloss, said process comprising the steps of: (a) determining a first correction caused by a lightness (Y-value) of the color a first gloss; (b) determining a second correction caused by an inclusion of a first surface diffusion in gloss readings; (c) based on the first and second corrections, determining a specular correction caused by a difference in specular reflections from the color at the first gloss and the color at the second gloss; (d) determining tristimulus corrections based on the specular correction; (e) preparing corrected tristimulus values of the color at a second gloss; and (f) producing a paint composition for the color at the second gloss using the corrected tristimulus values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas P. Tomsia, Hugh S. Fairman, Christopher Sanders
  • Electronic Devices with Translating Flexible Display and Corresponding Methods
    Publication number: 20240129398
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing and a blade assembly carrying a blade and slidably coupled to the device housing. The electronic device includes a translation mechanism operable to slide the blade assembly relative to the device housing. The electronic device includes one or more processors operable with the translation mechanism. The one or more processors cause the blade assembly to move to a position where dimensions of a front-facing portion of the flexible display correspond to a preferred aspect ratio for content being presented on the front-facing portion of the flexible display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sanjeev Kumar Poluru Venkata, Rohit Sisodia, Kathryn Ellen Thomas, Alexis Grace Valasek, Sridhar Vashist
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TRAPPED IONS WITH INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE
    Publication number: 20240127981
    Abstract: A micro-fabricated device for controlling trapped ions includes a first substrate having a main surface. A structured first metal layer is disposed over the main surface of the first substrate. The structured first metal layer includes electrodes of at least one ion trapping zone configured to trap an ion in a space above the structured first metal layer. A dielectric element is fixedly attached to the first substrate. The dielectric element includes at least one short-pulse-laser direct written (SPLDW) waveguide configured to direct laser light towards an ion trapped in the at least one ion trapping zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Clemens Rössler, Bernhard Lamprecht, Thomas Monz, Philipp Schindler
  • LOAD CONTROLLER WITH SMART RELAY MODULE
    Publication number: 20240128750
    Abstract: Methods and systems which use a load controller with a smart relay module are provided herein. For example, an apparatus for controlling one or more loads in an energy management system comprises a load controller configured to connect to a system controller and a storage system of the energy management system and a smart relay module comprising single phase relays and configured to control at least one of a single phase circuit, a split phase circuit, or a three phase circuit and configured to measure at least one of current. voltage, power, or energy for each relay load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sandeep AGARWAL, Nick SOULEIL, Sreenivash K G, Aravind Hulisandra SATHYANARAYANA RAO, Rajiv THOMAS, Amit CHATURVEDI
  • MASP INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240124522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-associated serine protease (MASP) inhibitory compounds, as well as analogues and derivatives thereof, to processes for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combinations for treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prevention of renal and cardiovascular disorders and of ischemia reperfusion injuries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Donald Bierer, Ingo Flamme, Dmitry Zubov, Thomas Neubauer, Adrian Tersteegen, Cathleen Juhl, Marie Glatz, Jan Dreher, Simon Holton, Carsten Terjung, Lars Baumann, Thorsten Poethko, Jiancheng Xiong, Yibo Qiu
  • HAPH ANALOGS AND THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240124420
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel compounds and their metal chelates, for diagnostic, therapeutic and/or theranostic use in the treatment of cancer, tumor and other oxygen activity related diseases. The novel compounds are analogues of bleomycin (BLM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Lomis, Jehangir Mistry
  • FUSED PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF MENIN-MLL INTERACTION
    Publication number: 20240124467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are heterocyclic compounds that inhibit the binding of menin and MLL or MLL fusion proteins. Also described are specific irreversible inhibitors of menin-MLL interaction. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the menin-MLL irreversible inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, leukemia and other diseases or conditions dependent on menin-MLL interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Butler, James T. PALMER, Thorsten KIRSCHBERG, Nan-Homg LIN, Hon HUI, Ravindra UPASANI, Solomon B. UNGASHE, David SPERANDIO
  • Compound
    Publication number: 20240124308
    Abstract: A compound represented by one of the formulae: BaaMobOc??(1), MOdPeOf??(2) or BagMohPiOj??(3) wherein for formula (1) the ratio of a:b is from 1:100 to 100:1, wherein for formula (2) the ratio of d:e is from 1:100 to less than 1:1 or from greater than 1:1 to 100:1, wherein for formula (3) the ratio of g:h is from 1:100 to less than 1.5:1, wherein for formula (3) the ratio of g:i is from 1:100 to 100:1, wherein for formula (3) the ratio of h:i is from 1:100 to less than 1:2, or from greater than 1:2 to less than 2:1, or from greater than 2:1 to 100:1, and wherein the molybdenum present within the compound is in the 5+ oxidation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Sanderson, Anna Colley, John Hodgkinson, David Strickler, Lila Dahal, Vikash Ranjan, Matthew Rosseinsky, Matthew Dyer, Dihao Zeng, Guopeng Han, Jonathon Alaria, Troy Manning, Thomas Beesley, Anna Krowitz
  • DYNAMIC, RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY WITH HIDDEN MEMORY SCRUBBING
    Publication number: 20240127903
    Abstract: A memory includes a local control circuitry that manages scrub transactions using a set of sense amplifiers separate from those used for access (read and write) transactions. The local control circuitry interrupts scrub transactions to prioritize access requests, thereby offering improved memory performance. The local control circuitry also divides scrub transactions into phases and periods based on whether the scrub transaction requires access to bitlines used for read and write access. This division allows the local control circuitry to interleave and interrupt scrub transactions with access transactions in a manner that minimizes access interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Vogelsang, Torsten Partsch
  • VALVE AND VALVE COMPONENTS FOR AN ENDOSCOPE
    Publication number: 20240125393
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a valve for a medical device. The valve may include a valve stem. An elongate body of the valve stem may include a first opening and a second opening fluidly coupled to one another via a lumen. The valve stem may include a first seal and a second seal extending circumferentially around the elongate body. The elongate body, the first seal, and the second seal may be formed from a single material. The single material may be a thermoplastic elastomer or other suitable material. The valve stem may include recessed portion proximate the seals of the valve stem to facilitate bending or flexing of the seals as the valve stem translates within a valve well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Cummings
  • SURGERY VISUALIZATION THEATRE
    Publication number: 20240127931
    Abstract: A surgery visualization system is described herein. The surgery visualization system includes a display monitor positioned in view of a surgeon and a support arm system including a first support arm and a second support arm. The first and second support arms are orientated such that the display monitor is visible to the surgeon between the first and second support arms. A 3D digital viewport coupled to the first support arm. A 3D digital microscope coupled to the second support arm. A computer system including a processor programmed to receive and process images from the 3D digital microscope and display the processed images on the 3D digital viewport and the display monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Hayes Freeman, Mitchael C. Freeman, Jordan Boss, Montgomery H.F. Freeman, Thomas A. Finley, Linda Lam, Victoria M. McArtor, Steven Yeager, David Kessler, Ian Oswald