Patents by Inventor Albert Matthews Thompson, JR.

Albert Matthews Thompson, JR. 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: 11437805
    Abstract: In a method of warning of a hazardous electrical condition at a dock with wiring coupled to a voltage source via a dock breaker, an electric voltage between a ground and at least one of the dock frame or the water is detected. A plurality of voltage values of the electric voltage is stored. When at least two successive voltage values of the plurality voltage values exceeds a baseline safe voltage by a preset margin, then a shock warning signal is asserted, a dock breaker is opened and a shock warning indication is transmitted to a remote unit via a communication chipset. When at a voltage is sensed in the dock wiring system after the dock breaker has been opened, then a faulty dock breaker warning indication is transmitted to the remote unit via the communication chipset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DockIQ, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, Jr., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas, Tom Cullinan
  • Publication number: 20220045501
    Abstract: In a method of warning of a hazardous electrical condition at a dock with wiring coupled to a voltage source via a dock breaker, an electric voltage between a ground and at least one of the dock frame or the water is detected. A plurality of voltage values of the electric voltage is stored. When at least two successive voltage values of the plurality voltage values exceeds a baseline safe voltage by a preset margin, then a shock warning signal is asserted, a dock breaker is opened and a shock warning indication is transmitted to a remote unit via a communication chipset. When at a voltage is sensed in the dock wiring system after the dock breaker has been opened, then a faulty dock breaker warning indication is transmitted to the remote unit via the communication chipset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, JR., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas, Tom Cullinan
  • Patent number: 11148638
    Abstract: An apparatus manages a dock, a portion of which is disposed over a body of water, from a remote device. A control unit is disposed on the dock. A plurality of sensors is each in data communication with the control unit. Each of the plurality of sensors includes: an electric shock sensor; a water level sensor that senses a distance to the water from a predetermined location of the dock; and a theft detection circuit. A communication chipset is in data communication with the control unit. The control unit includes a processor that is programmed to transmit to the remote device via the communication chipset an indication of the following: a shock likelihood sensed by the electric shock sensor; a level detected by the water level sensor; and an alert when the theft detection circuit detects a likelihood of theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DockIQ, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, Jr., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas
  • Publication number: 20210016741
    Abstract: An apparatus manages a dock, a portion of which is disposed over a body of water, from a remote device. A control unit is disposed on the dock. A plurality of sensors is each in data communication with the control unit. Each of the plurality of sensors includes: an electric shock sensor; a water level sensor that senses a distance to the water from a predetermined location of the dock; and a theft detection circuit. A communication chipset is in data communication with the control unit. The control unit includes a processor that is programmed to transmit to the remote device via the communication chipset an indication of the following: a shock likelihood sensed by the electric shock sensor; a level detected by the water level sensor; and an alert when the theft detection circuit detects a likelihood of theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, JR., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas
  • Patent number: 10794026
    Abstract: An apparatus manages a dock, a portion of which is disposed over a body of water, from a remote device. A control unit is disposed on the dock. A plurality of sensors is each in data communication with the control unit. Each of the plurality of sensors includes: an electric shock sensor; a water level sensor that senses a distance to the water from a predetermined location of the dock; and a theft detection circuit. A communication chipset is in data communication with the control unit. The control unit includes a processor that is programmed to transmit to the remote device via the communication chipset an indication of the following: a shock likelihood sensed by the electric shock sensor; a level detected by the water level sensor; and an alert when the theft detection circuit detects a likelihood of theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DockIQ, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, Jr., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas
  • Publication number: 20190284774
    Abstract: An apparatus manages a dock, a portion of which is disposed over a body of water, from a remote device. A control unit is disposed on the dock. A plurality of sensors is each in data communication with the control unit. Each of the plurality of sensors includes: an electric shock sensor; a water level sensor that senses a distance to the water from a predetermined location of the dock; and a theft detection circuit. A communication chipset is in data communication with the control unit. The control unit includes a processor that is programmed to transmit to the remote device via the communication chipset an indication of the following: a shock likelihood sensed by the electric shock sensor; a level detected by the water level sensor; and an alert when the theft detection circuit detects a likelihood of theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, JR., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas