Patents by Inventor Barry Thomas
Barry 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).
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Publication number: 20240110728Abstract: A fluid heating system including a burner unit is operated based on feedback control loops. The fluid heating system comprises a burner unit configured to heat a fluid, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the appliance, and a controller coupled to the burner unit and the sensor. The controller includes an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a first signal corresponding to the characteristic from the sensor, determine, based on the first signal, a first feedback loop control, control combustion of the burner unit based on the first feedback loop control, determine, based on the first feedback loop control, a second feedback loop control, and control combustion of the burner unit based on the second feedback loop control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Curtis George Gagne, Yonggon Lee, Brian Thomas Branecky, Barry Anthony Collins, Daniel Mitchell, Mohamed Mehdi Doura
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Publication number: 20230405438Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stoke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: PGA TOUR, INC.Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell
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Patent number: 11801049Abstract: A surgical stapler includes first and second elongate members, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The second elongate member is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The slider includes inner and outer engagement features. The actuator includes inner and outer engagement features. The inner engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage with the inner engagement feature of the slider at a first interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider. The outer engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage the outer engagement feature of the slider at a second interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Barry Thomas Jamison, Michael S. Cropper, Bradley A. Arnold
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Patent number: 11745084Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stoke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: PGA TOUR, INC.Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell
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Patent number: 11650168Abstract: A method of using a resonant cavity for measuring a complex permittivity ? and identifying of a sample (solid or liquid) of microliter volume size includes using a network analyzer to measure over a defined millimeter wave frequency range, a first resonance frequency at a cavity resonance mode, and calculating an unloaded quality factor of an enclosed resonant waveguide cavity of a defined internal dimensions, placing a sample on a surface of a bottom wall of the resonant waveguide cavity and measure a second resonance frequency and calculating a loaded quality factor; determining, a resonance frequency shift ?f=(fs?fo), determining a complex permittivity ? of the sample according to the resonance frequency shift ?f, the loaded quality factor, the unloaded quality factor and the defined internal dimensions; and identifying the sample using a database through the complex permittivity ?.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Duane Clifford Karns, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith, Zachary J. Landicini
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Patent number: 11607601Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stroke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: PGA TOUR, INC.Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell
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Patent number: 11464508Abstract: A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The first elongate member includes a distal portion that supports an anvil surface that includes a plurality of staple forming pockets. The second elongate member includes a distal portion that is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable from a first longitudinal position to a second longitudinal position to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator. The slider includes a first coupling feature. The actuator is configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The actuator includes a second coupling feature that is configured to generally surround the first coupling feature of the slider when the actuator moves relative to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Barry Thomas Jamison, Michael S. Cropper, Bradley A. Arnold
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Patent number: 11269071Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a measurement system for measuring a reflection coefficient of a test sample, including: a transceiver antenna configured to be coupled to a source of electromagnetic radiation; and a RAM positioned between the transceiver antenna and a measurement region of the transceiver antenna, wherein the RAM comprises an aperture substantially orthogonal to and substantially aligned with a transceiving axis of the transceiver antenna. A method for obtaining error correction of a measurement system and a method of measuring a reflection coefficient in a test sample are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith
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Publication number: 20220039794Abstract: A surgical stapler includes first and second elongate members, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The second elongate member is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The slider includes inner and outer engagement features. The actuator includes inner and outer engagement features. The inner engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage with the inner engagement feature of the slider at a first interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider. The outer engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage the outer engagement feature of the slider at a second interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Barry Thomas Jamison, Michael S. Cropper, Bradley A. Arnold
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Publication number: 20210405180Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a measurement system for measuring a reflection coefficient of a test sample, including: a transceiver antenna configured to be coupled to a source of electromagnetic radiation; and a RAM positioned between the transceiver antenna and a measurement region of the transceiver antenna, wherein the RAM comprises an aperture substantially orthogonal to and substantially aligned with a transceiving axis of the transceiver antenna. A method for obtaining error correction of a measurement system and a method of measuring a reflection coefficient in a test sample are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith
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Patent number: 11166715Abstract: A surgical stapler includes first and second elongate members, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The second elongate member is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The slider includes inner and outer engagement features. The actuator includes inner and outer engagement features. The inner engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage with the inner engagement feature of the slider at a first interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider. The outer engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage the outer engagement feature of the slider at a second interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Barry Thomas Jamison, Michael S. Cropper, Bradley A. Arnold
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Patent number: 11121757Abstract: A circular stapling instrument is provided. The circular stapling instrument includes a handle forming a cavity, a reciprocating drive shaft, a carrier cover, and a shaft assembly. The reciprocating drive shaft is detachably secured within the cavity of the handle. The carrier cover covers a portion of the reciprocating drive shaft within the cavity of the handle. The shaft assembly is detachably coupled with the handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Barry Thomas Jamison, Debasish Pradhan, David A. Deupree, Abdul Gani Sofi
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Patent number: 11054517Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a measurement system for measuring a reflection coefficient of a test sample, including: a transceiver antenna configured to be coupled to a source of electromagnetic radiation; and a RAM positioned between the transceiver antenna and a measurement region of the transceiver antenna, wherein the RAM comprises an aperture substantially orthogonal to and substantially aligned with a transceiving axis of the transceiver antenna. A method for obtaining error correction of a measurement system and a method of measuring a reflection coefficient in a test sample are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith
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Patent number: 11035949Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a measurement system for measuring a reflection coefficient of a test sample, including: a transceiver antenna configured to be coupled to a source of electromagnetic radiation; and a RAM positioned between the transceiver antenna and a measurement region of the transceiver antenna, wherein the RAM comprises an aperture substantially orthogonal to and substantially aligned with a transceiving axis of the transceiver antenna. A method for obtaining error correction of a measurement system and a method of measuring a reflection coefficient in a test sample are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith
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Patent number: 10973958Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an artificial skin having a radar absorbing layer and a conductive layer containing an electrically conductive material, wherein the artificial skin has a reflection coefficient substantially equal to a human skin reflection coefficient, the human skin reflection coefficient being determined at an electromagnetic radiation frequency ranging from 1-500 GHz. A human phantom composed of the artificial skin and methods of testing the contrast resolution sufficiency of and active millimeter wave imaging system using the human phantom are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Jeffrey Brian Barber, Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Barry Thomas Smith
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Publication number: 20210088457Abstract: A method, a resonant cavity and a system for measuring a complex permittivity a and identifying of a sample (solid or liquid) of microliter volume size is disclosed. The method including using a network analyzer to measure over a defined millimeter wave frequency range, a first resonance frequency at a cavity resonance mode, and calculating an unloaded quality factor of an enclosed resonant waveguide cavity of a defined internal dimensions, placing a sample on a surface of a bottom wall of the resonant waveguide cavity and measure a second resonance frequency and calculating a loaded quality factor; determining, a resonance frequency shift ?f=(fs?fo), determining a complex permittivity ? of the sample according to the resonance frequency shift ?f, the loaded quality factor, the unloaded quality factor and the defined internal dimensions; and identifying the sample using a database through the complex permittivity ?.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Duane Clifford Karns, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith, Zachary J. Landicini
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Publication number: 20200360015Abstract: A surgical stapler includes first and second elongate members, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The second elongate member is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The slider includes inner and outer engagement features. The actuator includes inner and outer engagement features. The inner engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage with the inner engagement feature of the slider at a first interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider. The outer engagement feature of the actuator is configured to engage the outer engagement feature of the slider at a second interface when the actuator moves relative to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Barry Thomas Jamison, Michael S. Cropper, Bradley A. Arnold
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Publication number: 20200360014Abstract: A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The first elongate member includes a distal portion that supports an anvil surface that includes a plurality of staple forming pockets. The second elongate member includes a distal portion that is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable from a first longitudinal position to a second longitudinal position to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator. The slider includes a first coupling feature. The actuator is configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The actuator includes a second coupling feature that is configured to generally surround the first coupling feature of the slider when the actuator moves relative to the slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Nicholas D. Courtwright, Barry Thomas Jamison, Michael S. Cropper, Bradley A. Arnold
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Publication number: 20200348410Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a measurement system for measuring a reflection coefficient of a test sample, including: a transceiver antenna configured to be coupled to a source of electromagnetic radiation; and a RAM positioned between the transceiver antenna and a measurement region of the transceiver antenna, wherein the RAM comprises an aperture substantially orthogonal to and substantially aligned with a transceiving axis of the transceiver antenna. A method for obtaining error correction of a measurement system and a method of measuring a reflection coefficient in a test sample are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Jeffrey Brian Barber, Barry Thomas Smith
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Publication number: 20190184066Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an artificial skin having a radar absorbing layer and a conductive layer containing an electrically conductive material, wherein the artificial skin has a reflection coefficient substantially equal to a human skin reflection coefficient, the human skin reflection coefficient being determined at an electromagnetic radiation frequency ranging from 1-500 GHz. A human phantom composed of the artificial skin and methods of testing the contrast resolution sufficiency of and active millimeter wave imaging system using the human phantom are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventors: Jeffrey Brian Barber, Peter Roland Smith, James Christopher Weatherall, Barry Thomas Smith