Patents by Inventor Andrew Thomas

Andrew 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: 11883588
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein describe a drug delivery device and a method of use thereof. The device includes a medicament container, a compressed gas container, an outlet, and a double-sided needle located within the housing. When a user presses an actuation button, the compressed air container is moved towards the medicament container and towards a proximal end of the double-sided needle. The double-sided needle pierces both the compressed gas container and the medicament container, opening fluid flow communication between the two containers, and causing medicament to be expelled out of the medicament container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Sarah Louise Clark, Naser Ibrahim Hineiti, Matthew Glenn Kawiecki, Mehul Sanmukh Patel, Andrew Thomas Snow, Matthew Scott Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240023644
    Abstract: A flexible, thermally-insulating composite article includes: a base layer; a plurality of teeth extending from the base layer; and grooves extending between the teeth to enable the teeth to converge. The composite article may be in the form of a pad insertable into a pocket associated with a wetsuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Emil Paskalev Kartalov, ANDREW THOMAS VESEY WALDRON
  • Patent number: 11878154
    Abstract: A device for removing a protective shield such as a needle shield is disclosed. The device includes a cup shaped body with a sidewall, a distal bottom wall and a proximal opening. The protective shield is insertable into the cup shaped body through its proximal opening. Fingers are disposed opposite each other in openings in the sidewall. The fingers are flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of the finger and can be resiliently biased inwardly to engage the protective shield. Each finger includes at least one projection for engaging the protective shield. The fingers may also include a distal engagement surface for engaging a lip on the protective shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Mark Lafever, Andrew Thomas Snow
  • Publication number: 20240017823
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes a drive system, a main engine coupled to the drive system to provide first power, and a supplemental engine coupled to the drive system to provide second power additive to the first power. The aircraft also includes a control system to control the main engine and the supplemental engine to optimize usage of the supplemental engine. The control system is operable to maintain the supplemental engine in a reduced power state at least until a determination is made that supplemental power is needed to satisfy a total power demand of the drive system. The control system is also operable to determine that supplemental power is needed to satisfy the total power demand of the drive system. The control system is further operable to increase a power level of the supplemental engine in response to the determination that supplemental power is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Textron Innovations Inc., Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Dewey PARSONS, Charles Eric COVINGTON, Kent E. DONALDSON, Andrew Thomas CARTER
  • Patent number: 11873619
    Abstract: A guard for a radiator blower unit includes a body, a flange, and a lip. The body defines a first end, a second end, and a conduit extending from the first end to the second end. The flange is arranged at the first end to mount the body to a radiator frame such that the second end is directed towards the radiator blower unit. The flange defines a first aperture open to the conduit at the first end. The lip is arranged to least partially surround the body at the second end to define a second aperture open to the conduit at the second end. The first aperture, the second aperture, and the conduit combinedly define a passageway that at least in part encompasses a connection interface defined between the radiator blower unit and a motor. At least a portion of the lip extends outwardly and away from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Jennrich, Joseph Thomas Frystak
  • Publication number: 20240014694
    Abstract: A charging device is described. One example of a charging device described herein includes at least one coil contained in a housing, where the at least one coil wirelessly transfers energy to an implantable medical device. The charging device may further include a coil manipulator that adjusts a configuration of the at least one coil within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Fried, Robert J. Monson
  • Patent number: 11866571
    Abstract: A polycarbonate-polysiloxane includes specific amounts of first carbonate units having the structure wherein R1 is a C6-C16 divalent aromatic group, second carbonate units having the structure wherein R2 is a C17-C40 divalent aromatic group having the structure wherein Rf, Rg, Rh, Ri, Rj, Rk, Xb, j, m, n, x, and y are defined herein. The polycarbonate-polysiloxane is useful for forming thin extruded films, which in turn are useful for fabricating electrostatic film capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Pingitore, Matthew Frank Niemeyer, James Alan Mahood, Brandon Philippe Gindt
  • Patent number: 11871540
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product embodiments of heating a flow of liquid by transfer of heat with computing devices. Embodiments also include determining a dynamic cooling capacity index for each of the computing devices, and allocating processing workload among the first computing device and the second computing device based on the dynamic cooling capacity indexes of the computing devices. Embodiments further include allocating workload and/or regulating flow rate of the flow of liquid to maintain a predetermined value or range of values of temperature of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunjian Ni, Vinod Kamath, Jeffrey Scott Holland, Bejoy Jose Kochuparambil, Andrew Thomas Junkins, Paul Artman
  • Publication number: 20230413975
    Abstract: A shaving razor package assembly with a shaving razor package having a base with a perimeter wall defining a cavity. An upper surface of the perimeter wall has a flange and a recessed lip. The base defines a first opening. A handle having a first end is positioned within the first opening. An insert tray having a body is mounted to the base. The insert tray having a tab extending from the body. A bottom surface of the tab extends into the first opening and engages the first end of the handle. A lid is mounted over the insert tray and sealed to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Richard Holley, Andrew Thomas Claus, Richard Kevin Sennett
  • Publication number: 20230421579
    Abstract: Threat management devices and methods. The methods include receiving, at an interface of a threat management device, contextual data associated with a first endpoint device that is in operable connectivity with the threat management device, wherein the threat management device is configured to execute at least one subsystem to scan network traffic. The methods further include determining at least a first signature from a plurality of signatures to use in scanning the network traffic based on the received contextual data and instructing the at least one subsystem to scan network traffic using at least the first determined signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas, Craig Jones, Michael Shannon
  • Publication number: 20230416262
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Maynard, Erik Lee Meredith, Jeffrey Owen Saunders, Jian Lin, Jorge Garcia Fortanet
  • Publication number: 20230418797
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing a kNN computation using a hardware accelerator. One of the methods includes obtaining a set of one or more query vectors; obtaining a set of database vectors; and performing, on a hardware accelerator and for each query vector in the set, a search for the k most similar database vectors to the query vector, comprising: computing, by circuitry of the hardware accelerator and for each query vector, a respective similarity value between the query vector and each database vector; and for each query vector, identifying, by the hardware accelerator and for each bin, (i) an index of the most similar database vector within the bin and (ii) the respective similarity value for the most similar database vector within the bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Felix Ren-Chyan Chern, Blake Alan Hechtman, Andrew Thomas Davis, Ruiqi Guo, Sanjiv Kumar, David Alexander Majnemer
  • Publication number: 20230410036
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inventory system, wherein the inventory system includes at least one Internet of Things (IOT) inventory device having at least one pressure sensor and a radio field antenna, wherein a weighing surface is located on a top side of the at least IOT inventory device, and wherein the radio field antenna is positioned beneath the weighing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Alan CONRAD, Andrew Thomas YEE
  • Patent number: 11846273
    Abstract: A rocket configured to employ superheated water as a propellant, includes a photon reactor including a photon generator configured to generate UV light to superheat water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: VENUS AEROSPACE CORP
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Duggleby, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Nicholas D. Cardwell, Christian Bailey
  • Publication number: 20230398762
    Abstract: A composite panel comprises a first skin and a second skin. A core is arranged between and attached to the first skin and the second skin. The core includes Z zones that are 3D printed using a thermoplastic material. Each of the Z zones abuts and is connected to another one of the Z zones. Each of the Z zones has one of D densities and at least one of the Z zones had a different density that another one of the Z zones. Z and D are integers greater than one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan GERGELY, Gary Alan LATHAM, Andrew Thomas CUNNINGHAM, David A. OKONSKI
  • Patent number: 11840020
    Abstract: Methods for forming a function-infused feed material for a three-dimensional printing technique, methods for manufacturing an additive-infused three-dimensional printed object, and vehicles including additive manufactured components are provided. An exemplary method for forming a function-infused feed material for a three-dimensional printing technique includes solubilizing a functional additive into a medium. Further, the method includes contacting a three-dimensional printing feed material with the medium to infuse the functional additive into the three-dimensional printing feed material to form the function-infused feed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: James Joseph Deininger, Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Madhu Anand, Rolf Schlake
  • Patent number: 11835755
    Abstract: An optical fibre assembly comprises a hollow core optical waveguide comprising a hollow core surrounded by a structured arrangement of longitudinally extending capillaries providing an inner cladding surrounded by an outer cladding; a diagnostic solid core optical waveguide comprising a solid core surrounded by a cladding, and extending substantially parallel to the hollow core optical waveguide; and a jacket surrounding both the hollow core optical waveguide and the solid core optical waveguide and forming a common mechanical environment for the hollow core optical waveguide and the solid core optical waveguide. The optical fibre assembly may be or may comprise or be included in an optical fibre cable, and may be used in a method for testing hollow core optical waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Harker, Andrew Paul Appleyard, Raymond John Horley, Ian Dewi Lang
  • Publication number: 20230383711
    Abstract: A rocket engine system having a heating system configured to heat an oxidizer; a combustion section having a flow path from an upstream inlet section through a restricted throat section to a downstream outlet section, the combustion section configured to accelerate the heated oxidizer as an oxidizer stream within the flow path in response to flow dynamics to supersonic speed; and a fuel system configured to introduce a fuel into the flow path to mix supersonically with the heated oxidizer to define a combined fuel and oxidizer stream at a first supersonic speed. The combined fuel and oxidizer stream undergoes a deflagration to denotation transition in the combustion section defined by an oblique shock wave and a normal shock wave that interact to achieve a standing detonation wave generally at an upstream portion of the restricted throat section configured such that combustion exits the downstream outlet section to provide thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Thomas DUGGLEBY
  • Patent number: 11825156
    Abstract: To perform evidentiary analysis on media files generated by a video surveillance system, a media file is analyzed to determine the format of the media file. Information about that format is used to decode media files from that video surveillance system into separate streams of media data. A computer system assists a person in defining logical parameters that can be used to parse and decode a media file of a particular type and outputs corresponding format data. The format data includes data that instructs a decoder how to decode media files of that type. A second computer system that provides analysis tools includes the decoder, which receives one or more media files of a particular type and corresponding format data for that type. The second computer system can access and process each of the separate streams individually for playback or other image or media processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Thomas Fredericks
  • Patent number: 11825605
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides an interconnect between a stretchable electronic element and a circuit on a rigid or flexible printed circuit board (PCB Circuit), the stretchable electronic element is operable to be mechanically coupled to a substrate which deforms, and the stretchable electronic element will deform with the substrate and may or may not change an electrical characteristic as a result, the stretchable electronic element comprising one or more electrical pathways; the PCB Circuit configured to communicate electronically with the stretchable electronic element and comprising at least one circuit board extending from the stretchable electronic element to an electrical circuit on the PCB Circuit; wherein the interconnect comprises an electrical coupling between the electrical pathways of the stretchable electronic element and the PCB Circuit; and wherein the interconnect simultaneously prevents the connection between the stretchable electronic element from failing when the stretchable substra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sensor Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Todd Alan Gisby, Llewellyn Adair Sims Johns, Andrew Thomas Wong, Felix Qing-Song Lun, Paul Malcolm Guininbert, Jeremy Labrado, Lewis Freeth Harpham, Elodie Lyath Bouzbib