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).

  • Patent number: 11589473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process connection for connecting a sensor to a process inlet via a process seal and a fixing element. The process connection includes a sensor housing and a clamping element. The sensor housing has a housing body configured to receive the sensor and a housing collar that extends around the housing body and has a first sealing section, which encircles the housing body, and a contact area. The housing collar is formed integrally with the housing body. The first sealing section is suitable for receiving the process seal to connect the process inlet to the housing collar in a fluid-tight manner. The clamping element has a contact area which is suitable for coming into contact with the contact area of the housing collar to press the housing collar onto the process seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: André Pfeifer, Christian Fanselow, Damian Mayerhofer, Thomas Nagel
  • Patent number: 11588117
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds comprising functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, devices containing same, and the preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Irina Martynova, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Christof Pflumm
  • Patent number: 11584776
    Abstract: Methods and systems for control of solid phase peptide synthesis are generally described. Control of solid phase peptide synthesis involves the use of feedback from one or more reactions and/or processes (e.g., reagent removal) taking place in the solid phase peptide synthesis system. In some embodiments, a detector may detect one or more fluids flowing across a detection zone of a solid phase peptide synthesis system and one or more signals may be generated corresponding to the fluid(s). For instance, an electromagnetic radiation detector positioned downstream of a reactor may detect a fluid exiting the reactor after a deprotection reactor and produce a signal(s). In some embodiments, based at least in part on information derived from the signal(s), a parameter of the system may be modulated prior to and/or during one or more subsequent reactions and/or processes taking place in the solid phase peptide synthesis system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Dale Arlington Thomas, III, Alexander James Mijalis, Bradley L. Pentelute, Mark David Simon, Surin Mong
  • Patent number: 11584272
    Abstract: A ventilation assembly for a vehicle includes a duct disposed between a seating assembly and a vehicle floor having a first end with a first opening disposed at a first area of the vehicle and a second end with a second opening disposed at a second area of the vehicle. An air mover is disposed at one or more of the first and second ends of the duct, wherein the air mover is operable to move air along the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Matthew Lewis
  • Patent number: 11588660
    Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling electrical loads. The control devices may include load control devices, such as a lighting device for controlling an amount of power provided to a lighting load, and input devices, such as a remote control device configured to transmit digital messages comprising lighting control instructions for controlling the lighting load via the lighting device. The remote control device may communicate with the lighting device via an intermediary device, such as a hub device. The remote control device may detect a user interface event, such as a button press or a rotation of the remote control device. The remote control device or the hub device may determine whether to transmit digital messages to as unicast messages or multicast messages based on the type of user interface event detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Bard, Thomas Lee Olson, David T. Saveri, III, Jaykrishna A. Shukla
  • Patent number: 11584376
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that includes a driveline disconnect clutch is described. In one example, the method adjusts torque of an electric machine in response to a estimated torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch. The estimated torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch is based on a combined inertia of a dual mass flywheel and the driveline disconnect clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fazal Urrahman Syed, Rajit Johri, Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Thomas Scott Gee, Ming Lang Kuang, Kevin Ray Ruybal
  • Patent number: 11583533
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are topical pharmaceutical compositions, e.g., for application to the skin of a subject, comprising (R)-2-(3-(4-amino-3-(2-fluoro-4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidine-1-carbonyl)-4,4-dimethylpent-2-enenitrile (Compound (I)), methods of making the same, and methods of using the same, e.g., for the treatment of various dermatological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Principia Biopharma Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Chu, Jyoti Wadhwa, Jason Carbol, Pasit Phiasivongsa, Claire Langrish, Dolca Thomas
  • Patent number: 11586706
    Abstract: Techniques for time-series analysis for forecasting computational workloads are disclosed. A resource management system monitors a computing system and obtains metrics data from the computing system. The metrics data is stored as a set of historical data points of a data set. A first portion of the set of historical data points comprise an outlier that does not correspond to a seasonality pattern associated with a second portion of the set of historical data points. The resource management system tests a first time-series model that incorporates a first exogenous variable corresponding to a first exogeneous factor to determine that the first time-series model fits both the first portion of the set of historical data points and the second portion of the set of historical data points within an error threshold. Then, the resource management system selects the first time-series model to predict future data points of the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Antony Stephen Higginson, Octavian Arsene, Mihaela Dediu, Thomas Elders
  • Patent number: 11583624
    Abstract: A medical system including a compressible device, and a covering over the compressible device, wherein the covering includes a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein, in the delivery configuration, the covering at least partially covers the compressible device to maintain the compressible device in a compressed state, and wherein, in the deployed configuration, the covering is releasable from the device to transition the compressible device from the compressed state to an expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Ryan, John Thomas Favreau, Kira Sullivan, Collin Murray, Ashrita Raghuram, Alexandra Haugen
  • Patent number: 11587037
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically documenting a condition of a property and generating a request for return of a security deposit is described. In one embodiment, a method for automatically documenting a condition of a physical space includes determining an initial condition of one or more inspected elements in a physical space. The method also includes obtaining a current condition of the one or more inspected elements in the physical space. The method includes determining changes between the initial condition and the current condition for each of the one or more inspected elements. The method further includes generating a report documenting the changes of the one or more inspected elements in the physical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Valerie Ann Roth, Charise Renee Whitaker, Oscar Guerra, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Paula Ann Whittington, Kelly Q. Baker, Will Kerns Maney, Jr., Sumita T. Jonak, Pragya Kamal, Ryan Thomas Russell, Joel S. Hartshorn
  • Patent number: 11583659
    Abstract: The catheter device comprises a drive shaft connected to a motor, and a rotor mounted on the drive shaft at the distal end section. The rotor has a frame structure which is formed by a screw-like boundary frame and rotor struts extending radially inwards from the boundary frame. The rotor struts are fastened to the drive shaft by their ends opposite the boundary frame. Between the boundary frame and the drive shaft extends an elastic covering. The frame structure is made of an elastic material such that, after forced compression, the rotor unfolds automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AIS GMBH AACHEN INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Joachim-Georg Pfeffer, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Rolf W. Günther
  • Patent number: 11583123
    Abstract: A parcel storage assembly for remotely securing a parcel delivery includes a box that is positionable adjacent to an entry of a building to be accessible to a parcel delivery person. A lid is hingedly coupled to the box for opening and closing the box. A locking unit is coupled to the box and the locking unit engages the lid when the locking unit is turned on to inhibit the lid from is opened. The locking unit is in wireless communication with a personal electronic device to facilitate a user to remotely lock and unlock the box. A light emitter is coupled to the box to kill bacteria and sterilizing the parcel delivered by the parcel delivery person. A cooler is positionable within the box for receiving a food delivery positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Rodgers, John Nash
  • Patent number: 11584295
    Abstract: Systems and methods to proactively adapt image sensor settings of an occupant monitoring system to accommodate ambient lighting changes are provided. The system may track current ambient light, track the driver, and predict upcoming changing lighting conditions. Sensors are used to predict when the ambient light will change and preemptively adjust to prevent dark or washout images. The sensor adjustment may be timed so that the adjustment is made just in time or concurrently with the change in ambient light conditions. The system may predict when the light on the occupant's face will change and proactively readjust the settings of the sensor to accommodate the changed lighting conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Balch
  • Patent number: 11587287
    Abstract: A method of forming a physical model of a geographic area. The method includes the steps of generating a digital elevation model of a topography of a defined geographic area, scaling the digital elevation model to a predetermined size, determining a parametric function from the scaled digital elevation model according to a predetermined shape, determining a linear function from the parametric function, determining a machine path from the linear function, and forming one or more material portions according to the machine path, thereby forming one or more portions representative of the defined geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Percy
  • Patent number: 11584348
    Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle brake system may include a control device and a piston-cylinder unit, at least one chamber of which may be connected to at least one wheel brake via at least one hydraulic line and a valve device that has at least normally open inlet valves or switching valves. The device may further include a pressure source that may be controlled to supply pressure medium to the at least one hydraulic line or to the at least one wheel brake. The control device may control pressure build-up via volume control and/or time control, using inlet valves. The interior or armature chamber of an inlet valve may be connected to a corresponding brake circuit via a hydraulic line, and a valve seat outlet may be connected to a corresponding wheel brake via a hydraulic line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Thomas Leiber, Anton Van Zanten
  • Patent number: 11583505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical product for a fastening duration of at least 7 days having good skin compatibility. The medical product includes a central adhesive compartment (3) and an over-patch. The over-patch is free of active ingredients and is formed from a water-vapor-permeable back layer (1) and an adhesive polymer layer (2) that is free of active ingredients. The invention further relates to a method for the production of the foregoing medical product, and to kits of parts containing laminates of layers 1 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Ritzdorf, Thomas Hille, Petra Botzem, Gabriel Wauer, Marlene Fuhrmann
  • Patent number: 11583367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a guided bite splint for a supporting jaw comprising at least one guide for an opposing jaw. A 3D model of an upper jaw and/or a 3D model of a lower jaw are available, wherein the 3D models of the upper jaw and the lower jaw are arranged relative to one another in an occlusal position and integrated into a virtual articulator model which simulates an articulation movement of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw, wherein a 3D model of the bite splint is constructed using the 3D model of the upper jaw and/or the 3D model of the lower jaw, wherein the at least one guide for the opposing jaw is constructed automatically on the 3D model of the bite splint with the aid of a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Elias Bühler, Thomas Oskam, Evangelos Makris
  • Patent number: 11584817
    Abstract: Orthodontic articles and polymerizable resin compositions are described. The orthodontic article comprises a cured composition comprising the reaction product of free-radically polymerizable resin comprising 30 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of at least one urethane component, and 25 to 70 wt. %, inclusive, of reactive diluent(s) comprising at least one monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer. The polymerizable resin comprises no greater than 35 wt. % of reactive diluent(s) having a high affinity for water. Reactive diluent(s) such as monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomers having a high affinity for water have low log P values. In one embodiment, the polymerizable resin comprises at least one acidic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Wayne S. Mahoney, Chad M. Amb, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Robert S. Clough, John M. Riedesel, James D. Hansen, Ian Dailey, Daniel J. Skamser, Eric W. Nelson, George W. Griesgraber, Dana R. Reed
  • Patent number: 11588282
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, in particular an electrical pin connector socket for the power electronics in the automotive sector, comprising a plug connector body for receiving a contact device and comprising a shield. The plug connector body is designed for introducing into an opening of a housing part of a housing of an electronics unit. The plug connector body is designed in multiple parts and has at least one inner plug connector body and an outer plug connector body, which are positioned on opposite sides of the housing part. The inner plug connector part can be fixed in the housing of the electronics unit independently of the housing part. Securing means connect the plug connector bodies to one another so that the housing part is fixed between the plug connector bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Willem Blakborn, Thomas Garten
  • Patent number: 11585382
    Abstract: A pre-tensioned bearing assembly, including: a first rolling bearing including a first outer ring, first inner ring including a first cylindrical surface, and a plurality of rolling elements radially disposed between the first inner and outer rings; a second rolling bearing including a second outer ring, a second inner ring including a second cylindrical surface, and a plurality of rolling elements radially disposed between the second inner and outer rings; a shaft including a shoulder in contact with the second rolling bearing; a first conically-shaped sleeve in contact with the first cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface, and including a conical inner surface; a second conically-shaped sleeve in contact with the conical inner surface; and a shaft nut including an internal thread in cooperation with the shaft, and fixing the first inner ring and the second inner ring axially onto the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Huimin Han, Klaus Zimmermann, Thomas Dittrich