Patents by Inventor Brad A. THOMAS

Brad 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).

  • Real time remote video collaboration
    Patent number: 10887633
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods that enable secure real time communication (“RTC”) sessions that may be used, for example, for editing and movie production. Client devices may interact with an RTC management system to obtain color calibration information so that the color presented on the different client devices is consistent with each other and corresponds to the intended color of the video for which collaboration is to be performed. In addition, on-going multifactor authentication may be performed for each client device of an RTC session during the RTC session. Still further, to improve the quality of the exchanged video information and to reduce transmission requirements, in response to detection of events, such as a pause event, a high resolution image of a paused video may be generated and sent for presentation on the display of each client device, instead of continuing to stream a paused video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Evercast, LLC
    Inventors: Damien Phelan Stolarz, Roger Patrick Barton, Brad Thomas Ahlf, Chad Andrew Furman, Steven Barry Cohen
  • IG Side Glare Shield
    Publication number: 20200264364
    Abstract: A luminaire configured to emit light in different directions. The luminaire may include a frame and optical waveguides disposed in the frame and positioned at different angles relative to one another to direct light outward in multiple different directions. At least one LED may be associated with each optical waveguide. A shield may be associated with the frame and configured to reduce the light from being directed in one or more of the different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Bernd R. Sieberth, Brad Thomas
  • Imaging system and method of creating images
    Patent number: 10649317
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a spherical window, a reflector, an image sensor, a housing and a snap ring. The reflector has a focus point located at a center of a sphere defined by an outer surface of the window. Light entering the window at an angle perpendicular to the outer surface of the window and traveling to the focus point is reflected onto the image sensor by the reflector. The window and housing have first and second grooves, respectively. In order to couple the window to the housing, the snap ring is placed in the second groove, the snap ring is compressed with the window and then the snap ring is allowed to expand so that the snap ring is located in both the first and second grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Batelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Brad A. Thomas, Matthew P. Rubal
  • IMPLANT EXCISION AID
    Publication number: 20200078035
    Abstract: An implant excision aid comprising a first plate comprising an external surface, an internal surface, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right side and a left side, wherein the bottom portion of the first plate is in communication with the patient's skin during use; a second plate comprising an external surface and an internal surface, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right side and a left side, wherein the bottom portion of the second plate is in communication with the patient's skin during use, wherein at least a portion of the bottom portion of the first or second plate or the internal surface of the first plate or second plate comprises a polymer or a metal, wherein the polymer or the metal generates enough friction so that the portion of the bottom of the first or second plate or the internal surface of the first plate or second plate is capable of moving the patient's skin during use; and a hinge wherein the hinge connects the top of the first plate to the top of the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Brad Thomas Britland
  • Hockey pucks with enhanced ability to slide on ice and non-ice surfaces
    Patent number: 10537778
    Abstract: This disclosure includes hockey pucks and methods of making hockey pucks. Some pucks include a shell having an upper shell member and a lower shell member coupled to the upper shell member to define a cavity and a ballast member disposed in the cavity such that at least a portion of the ballast member is translatable relative to the shell. Some pucks include a resilient material disposed in the cavity and configured to resist translation of the ballast member in at least one direction relative to the shell. Some pucks include a cylindrical outer housing surrounding the shell. Some pucks include first and third substantially cylindrical members, a second member, a first plurality of fasteners to couple the first member to the second member independently of the third member, and a second plurality of fasteners to couple the third member to the second member independently of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SMARTHOCKEY, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Mayer, II, Brad Thomas Mayer
  • LIGHTING FIXTURE WITH HIGH STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
    Publication number: 20200018464
    Abstract: Tenon-mounted lighting fixtures with high structural integrity are provided. In one embodiment, the lighting fixture has a housing that has an integrally formed tenon cradle, which is configured to receive a tenon of a light pole. A light source is also mounted on a bottom side of the housing. The tenon cradle is between a first bolt boss and a second bolt boss, and is in communication with a rear opening of the housing. The first and second bolt bosses may be integrally formed in the housing. The tenon cradle includes multiple ribs. An arcuate cross rib resides in a first plane in which a first bolt shaft of the first bolt boss and a second bolt shaft of the second bolt shaft reside. An axial rib intersects the arcuate cross rib and runs perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Fisher, Jeremy Sorenson, Brad Thomas, Kurt S. Wilcox, John Roberts
  • Rebound bar adapted for being supported between a child safety seat and a backrest of a car seat and child safety assembly therewith
    Patent number: 10479237
    Abstract: A rebound bar adapted for being supported between a child safety seat and a backrest of a car seat is disclosed. The rebound bar includes a main body and at least one shock absorbing portion. The main body is connected to one of a seat portion and a base portion of the child safety seat. The at least one shock absorbing portion combined with the main body for absorbing an impact from the backrest. The at least one shock absorbing portion can produce deformation when the rebound bar receives the impact from the backrest. Therefore, it can effectively reduce risk of injury to a child. Furthermore, a child safety seat assembly having the aforementioned rebound bar is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Esther R. Saint, Steven Glenn Gerhart, Brad Thomas Bickley
  • Lighting fixture with high structural integrity
    Patent number: 10473308
    Abstract: Tenon-mounted lighting fixtures with high structural integrity are provided. In one embodiment, the lighting fixture has a housing that has an integrally formed tenon cradle, which is configured to receive a tenon of a light pole. A light source is also mounted on a bottom side of the housing. The tenon cradle is between a first bolt boss and a second bolt boss, and is in communication with a rear opening of the housing. The first and second bolt bosses may be integrally formed in the housing. The tenon cradle includes multiple ribs. An arcuate cross rib resides in a first plane in which a first bolt shaft of the first bolt boss and a second bolt shaft of the second bolt shaft reside. An axial rib intersects the arcuate cross rib and runs perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Scott Fisher, Jeremy Sorenson, Brad Thomas, Kurt S. Wilcox, John Roberts
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE ORIENTATION IN A VEHICLE CONSIST
    Publication number: 20190263430
    Abstract: A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene Smith, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Sameh Fahmy, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffret James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Suresh Govindappa, Manibabu Pippalla, Sethu Madhavan, Jared Klineman Cooper, Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick, Brad Thomas Costa, James D. Brooks, Micahel Scott Miner, Harry Kirk Matthews, JR., Bradford Wayne Miller, Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, Shawn Arthur McClintic
  • LOCOMOTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190176862
    Abstract: System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Suresh Govindappa, Manibabu Pippalla, Sethu Madhavan, Arunachala Karthik Sridharan, Prabhu Marimuthu, Jared Klineman Cooper, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Paul Kenneth Houpt, David Lowell McKay
  • LOW PROFILE COMPACT TOOL CARRIERS
    Publication number: 20190169006
    Abstract: Mainframes for a self-propelled machine are disclosed. The mainframe includes first and second pockets that extend from the front end to the rear end of the mainframe. A hydraulic reservoir housing extends from the first side to the second side of the mainframe. The hydraulic reservoir housing is disposed between the front end of the mainframe and first and second drive openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Brad Thomas, Louis Hartke, Greg Langenfeld, Matt Hutchinson
  • LOCOMOTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190106135
    Abstract: A locomotive control system includes a mobile platform that moves under remote and/or autonomous control, a sensor package supported by the mobile platform that obtains information relating to a component of a railroad, and one or more processors that receive the sensor information and analyze the information in combination with other information that is not obtained from the sensor package. The processors also generate an output that displays information relating to one or more of a status, a condition, and/or a state of health of the component of the railroad; initiates an action to change an operational state of the component; identifies a hazard to one or more locomotives traveling within the railroad; and/or collects the information relating to the component. Optionally, the component is not communicatively coupled to an information network and the mobile platform provides the information obtained by the sensor package to the information network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Sameh Fahmy, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico
  • Low profile compact tool carriers
    Patent number: 10202266
    Abstract: Compact tool carriers having a loader mounted to a low-profile mainframe are disclosed. In some embodiments, the pivot points of the mainframe about which the loader is pivoted are low relative to the mainframe to reduce the mainframe size and to lower the center of gravity to improve the stability of the compact tool carrier during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brad Thomas, Louis Hartke, Greg Langenfeld, Matt Hutchinson
  • LIGHTING FIXTURE WITH HIGH STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
    Publication number: 20180283629
    Abstract: Tenon-mounted lighting fixtures with high structural integrity are provided. In one embodiment, the lighting fixture has a housing that has an integrally formed tenon cradle, which is configured to receive a tenon of a light pole. A light source is also mounted on a bottom side of the housing. The tenon cradle is between a first bolt boss and a second bolt boss, and is in communication with a rear opening of the housing. The first and second bolt bosses may be integrally formed in the housing. The tenon cradle includes multiple ribs. An arcuate cross rib resides in a first plane in which a first bolt shaft of the first bolt boss and a second bolt shaft of the second bolt shaft reside. An axial rib intersects the arcuate cross rib and runs perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Fisher, Jeremy Sorenson, Brad Thomas, Kurt S. Wilcox, John Roberts
  • DEVICE IDENTIFICATION ENCRYPTION
    Publication number: 20180219839
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system may comprise a a combination engine to combine an encrypted device identification and a routing indicator resulting in a combined device identification. The system may also include an encryption engine to encrypt the combined device identification and a transmission engine to transmit the encrypted combined device identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Mathew M. Kaippallimalil, David C. Williamson, Brad Thomas Kenyon, Lu Tian
  • REBOUND BAR ADAPTED FOR BEING SUPPORTED BETWEEN A CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND A BACKREST OF A CAR SEAT AND CHILD SAFETY SEAT ASSEMBLY THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20180154803
    Abstract: A rebound bar adapted for being supported between a child safety seat and a backrest of a car seat is disclosed. The rebound bar includes a main body and at least one shock absorbing portion. The main body is connected to one of a seat portion and a base portion of the child safety seat. The at least one shock absorbing portion combined with the main body for absorbing an impact from the backrest. The at least one shock absorbing portion can produce deformation when the rebound bar receives the impact from the backrest. Therefore, it can effectively reduce risk of injury to a child. Furthermore, a child safety seat assembly having the aforementioned rebound bar is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Esther R. Saint, Steven Glenn Gerhart, Brad Thomas Bickley
  • Low profile compact tool carriers
    Patent number: 9975750
    Abstract: Compact tool carriers having a loader mounted to a low-profile mainframe are disclosed. In some embodiments, the pivot points of the mainframe about which the loader is pivoted are low relative to the mainframe to reduce the mainframe size and to lower the center of gravity to improve the stability of the compact tool carrier during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Brad Thomas, Louis Hartke, Greg Langenfeld, Matt Hutchinson
  • Aerial camera system and method for determining size parameters of vehicle systems
    Patent number: 9919723
    Abstract: An aerial system and method use a distance sensor to measure spatial distances between the distance sensor and plural vehicles in a vehicle system formed from the vehicles operably coupled with each other during relative movement between the distance sensor and the vehicle system. The spatial distances measured by the distance sensor are used to determine a size parameter of the vehicle system based on the spatial distances that are measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aadeesh Shivkant Bhagwatkar, Sharon DSouza, Krishna Chaitanya Narra, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico
  • Imaging System and Method of Creating Images
    Publication number: 20180067380
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a spherical window, a reflector, an image sensor, a housing and a snap ring. The reflector has a focus point located at a center of a sphere defined by an outer surface of the window. Light entering the window at an angle perpendicular to the outer surface of the window and traveling to the focus point is reflected onto the image sensor by the reflector. The window and housing have first and second grooves, respectively. In order to couple the window to the housing, the snap ring is placed in the second groove, the snap ring is compressed with the window and then the snap ring is allowed to expand so that the snap ring is located in both the first and second grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Brad A. THOMAS, Matthew P. RUBAL
  • Adjustable height barbell plate
    Patent number: D844719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Brad Thomas Longazel