Patents by Inventor André Thompson

André 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: 11130053
    Abstract: An interactive game can include a first target object comprising a first body, a first controller, and a first sensor coupled to the first controller, where the first sensor measures a parameter that indicates when the first body is contacted. The interactive game can also include an initiating object, and a first player positioned a distance from the first target object, where the first player propels the initiating object toward the first target object. The first controller, based on the first parameter measured by the first sensor, can determine when the initiating object contacts the first target object and awards a point to the first player for contacting the first target object. The first controller can communicate a score of the first player to the first player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Rhenae Andre Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200061462
    Abstract: An interactive game can include a first target object comprising a first body, a first controller, and a first sensor coupled to the first controller, where the first sensor measures a parameter that indicates when the first body is contacted. The interactive game can also include an initiating object, and a first player positioned a distance from the first target object, where the first player propels the initiating object toward the first target object. The first controller, based on the first parameter measured by the first sensor, can determine when the initiating object contacts the first target object and awards a point to the first player for contacting the first target object. The first controller can communicate a score of the first player to the first player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Rhenae Andre Thompson-Davis, William Kenneth Davis
  • Publication number: 20160272255
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle has an underbody that includes a floor panel, a pair of laterally spaced side members affixed to opposing lateral side portions of the floor panel, a plurality of cross members affixed to and spanning the pair of side members, a longitudinal member affixed to and spanning two adjacent cross members, and a mounting element affixed to the longitudinal member. The longitudinal member is configured to transfer a load from the mounting element to the adjacent cross members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tofiqul ISLAM, Behrooz SHAHIDI, Lawrence WALCZAK, Andre THOMPSON, John Michael MCGUCKIN
  • Patent number: 9434420
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle has an underbody that includes a floor panel, a pair of laterally spaced side members affixed to opposing lateral side portions of the floor panel, a plurality of cross members affixed to and spanning the pair of side members, a longitudinal member affixed to and spanning two adjacent cross members, and a mounting element affixed to the longitudinal member. The longitudinal member is configured to transfer a load from the mounting element to the adjacent cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tofiqul Islam, Behrooz Shahidi, Lawrence Walczak, Andre Thompson, John Michael McGuckin
  • Patent number: 8534748
    Abstract: A cross-brace structure for a police interceptor SUV includes a front member and a rear member, coupled through a connecting element. The front member has its two ends mounted over the rear floor of the vehicle, and the rear member has a first end and a second end, mounted on the left side rail and the right side rail of the vehicle, respectively. During an impact from the rear side, the crash load gets transferred to the non-impacted rear side through the rear bumper of the vehicle, and eventually, through the left and right rear side rails, towards the rear member of the cross-brace structure. The rear member transfers the crash load towards the front member, and further, towards the front portions of the vehicle, through the front sections of the left side rail and the right side rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Peyman Aghssa, John Michael McGuckin, Naeem Ahmed Ghias, Andre Thompson, Neil R. Kauppila
  • Patent number: D549392
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: André Thompson