Patents by Inventor Brian Thomas

Brian 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: 11965479
    Abstract: A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor lock assembly has at least one relocatable rotor lock. The relocatable rotor lock has a housing, a bushing element, a pin shaft position within the bushing element, and a locking mechanism. The housing includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brian William Manikas, Paul Howard Davidson, Michael Frederick Sander, Jacob Thomas Hoyt, Jason James Welsh, Kevin L Holmes
  • Patent number: 11966786
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system and method for managing energy consumption of one or more processor cores in a multicore processing device. The method includes establishing a temporal interval that includes a plurality of temporal periods and an interval energy target for one or more processor cores. The method also includes determining for each temporal period a period energy target for the processor cores and determining a processor core throttling state for the processor cores. The method further includes adjusting the respective period energy target and the respective processor core throttling state at the beginning of each successive temporal period. The method also includes converging, subject to the adjusting, as each respective temporal period of the plurality of temporal periods is concluded, a total period energy consumption of the processor cores with the interval energy target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Vanderpool, Gregory Scott Still, Juan Medina, Michael Stephen Floyd, Matthew A. Cooke
  • Patent number: 11965531
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are hydraulic actuators and methods for the operation of actuators having variable relative pressure ratios. Further disclosed are methods for designing and/or operating a hydraulic actuator such that the actuator exhibits a variable relative pressure ratio. In certain embodiments, the relative pressure ratio of the hydraulic actuator may be dependent on one or more characteristics (such as, for example, frequency or rate of change) of an oscillating input to the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ClearMotion, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Belter, Graham A. Dowie, Marco Giovanardi, Brian Alexander Selden
  • Patent number: 11958250
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus can include a stage configured to hold one or more cured layers of resin that form a component. A radiant energy device can be operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator can be configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A reclamation system can be downstream of the stage and can be configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a resin support. The reclamation system can include a first collection structure configured to accept a resin support therethrough along a resin support movement direction. A first scraper is positioned within the first collection structure. The first scraper has an elongation axis that is offset from the resin support movement direction by an offset angle that is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, William Joseph Steele, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Patent number: 11961104
    Abstract: A payment card benefit assessment system and method includes a computing device accepting payment card benefit catalog information from a payment card issuer and payment card transaction data from a payment card processing network. The payment card transaction data is analyzed to group cardholders into one demographic clusters and to determine an estimated benefit value for each of the demographic clusters. Individualized payment card benefit options are presented to an individual cardholder based on the individual cardholder's payment card transactions and the determined estimated benefit value for a corresponding one of the plurality of demographic clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brian Woodrick, Travis Michael Carpenter, Robert Thomas Grothe
  • Patent number: 11958249
    Abstract: A reclamation system for an additive manufacturing apparatus can include a collection structure configured to remove at least a portion of the resin from a foil. A containment vessel can be configured to retain the resin removed from the foil. A drain can direct the resin from the containment vessel to a reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trent William Muhlenkamp, Christopher David Barnhill, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Carlos H. Bonilla, Brian Thomas Thompson, John Thomas Sterle
  • Publication number: 20240115211
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating graphical displays of analyte data and/or health information. In some implementations, the graphical displays are generating based on a self-referential dataset that are modifiable based on identified portions of the data. The modified graphical displays can indicate features in the analyte data of a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Esteban CABRERA, JR., Lauren Danielle ARMENTA, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Jennifer BLACKWELL, Leif N. BOWMAN, Rian DRAEGER, Arturo GARCIA, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, John Michael GRAY, Andrea Jean JACKSON, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Paul KRAMER, Aditya Sagar MANDAPAKA, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Sumitaka MIKAMI, Gary A. MORRIS, Hemant Mahendra NIRMAL, Paul NOBLE-CAMPBELL, Philip Thomas PUPA, Eli REIHMAN, Peter C. SIMPSON, Brian Christopher SMITH, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Publication number: 20240117136
    Abstract: Components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment including a foam are provided. The foam portion of the components and articles include a composition which includes a thermoplastic copolyester, the composition having a foam structure. A polymer layer is provided on at least on surface of the foam portion. The polymer layer can control or reduce the water uptake of the foam portion. Methods of making the compositions, foams, and components are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by injection molding, or injection molding followed by compression molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hossein A. Baghdadi, Jay Constantinou, Joseph Thomas Muth, Brian G. Prevo, Bradley C. Tutmark
  • Publication number: 20240120023
    Abstract: Methods for identifying biosynthetic gene clusters that include genes for producing compounds that interact with specific target proteins are disclosed. Some methods relate to bioinformatics methods for identifying and/or prioritizing biosynthetic gene clusters. Related systems, components, and tools for the identification and expression of such gene clusters are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Naughton, Colin Harvey, Ulrich Schlecht, Maureen Elizabeth Hillenmeyer, Joe Horecka
  • Publication number: 20240117330
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for endonuclease enzymes having distinguishing domain features, as well as methods of using such enzymes or variants thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Christopher BROWN, Rose KANTOR, Audra DEVOTO, Cristina BUTTERFIELD, Lisa ALEXANDER, Daniela S.A. GOLTSMAN, Jason LIU
  • Publication number: 20240118948
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to copy and paste for dashboard user interfaces. A dashboard that displays a plurality of zones and a plurality of user interface objects may be provided. If a user input corresponding to copying one or more zones is provided, user interface objects associated with the one or more zones may be determined based on a dashboard model that may correspond to the dashboard and placed in a container that may be stored in a system clipboard. In response to receiving a second user input corresponding to a paste command: generating new zones and new user interface objects for the target dashboard based on the copied zones and the copied user interface objects. The new zones and the new user interface objects may be integrated into the target dashboard and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Carver, Brian Scott Rushton
  • Patent number: 11951878
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body defining a cabin interior, a plurality of seats located within the cabin interior, each seat having an adjustable seat base and an adjustable seat back, a monitoring system for detecting and monitoring a pet within the cabin interior, and a controller processing signals generated by the monitoring system and determining a location of the pet based on the monitored signals, the controller further controlling at least one of the adjustable seat base and adjustable seat back of a seat based on the determined location of the pet so that the seat is configured to accommodate the pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein H. Berry, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, David Brian Glickman, Gregory Paul Thomas, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 11953429
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure include at least one building component detection sensor device configured to be deployed within (or proximate to) a building comprised of a plurality of building components. The at least one building component detection sensor device is configured to detect data relating to at least one building component of the plurality of building components. In addition, a building component property determination system includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in memory to determine one or more properties of the at least one building component based at least in part on the data detected by the at least one building component detection sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr., Qunying Kou, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Manfred Amann, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Eric David Schroeder, Meredith Beveridge, Michael J. Maciolek, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Brian F. Shipley, Justin Dax Haslam, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Oscar Guerra, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Ryan Thomas Russell, David Patrick Dixon
  • Publication number: 20240113984
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for generating, sending, and receiving messages in a networked environment using autonomous (or semi-autonomous) agents. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method of controlling message flow in a computer network comprising a plurality of agents, agent data consumers, and an agent message bridge configured to send messages by receiving a set of messages, at least some of the messages including a message type, queuing the set of messages in a spooler that includes an indication of the respective message type for each of the messages, receive an indication that sending some of the messages queued in the spooler should be delayed for one or more indicated message types, and sending at least one of the messages to a selected one or more of the agent data consumers, the sent messages not being of the indicated message types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gwendolyn Meredith Hunt, Benjamin J. Jansen, Eric L. Delaney, Ryan Larson, Mitch Thomas, Brian McFeely
  • Publication number: 20240110728
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Curtis George Gagne, Yonggon Lee, Brian Thomas Branecky, Barry Anthony Collins, Daniel Mitchell, Mohamed Mehdi Doura
  • Publication number: 20240112758
    Abstract: Displaying a comparison of genetic data is disclosed, including receiving an indication of a first individual, receiving an indication of a second individual, retrieving the genotypic information for the first individual and the second individual, comparing the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual, displaying an indication of the comparison of the genotypic information of the first individual and the second individual graphically. A first graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are identical. A second graphical symbol is used to display an indication of the genome regions for which the first individual and the second individual are half identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Linda Avey, Oleksiy Khomenko, Brian Thomas Naughton, Serge Saxonov, Anne Wojcicki, Alexander Wong
  • Patent number: 11948474
    Abstract: A system includes a display device, one or more processors, and one or more computer-readable storage media communicably connected to the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that cause the one or more processors to: display a question on the display device, the question corresponding to a first category from among a plurality of categories; receive an input in response to the question from an input device associated with the display device; analyze the input to determine a quantifiable outcome based on the input; calculate a probabilistic value for the first category based on the quantifiable outcome; select a subsequent question based on the probabilistic value; and display the subsequent question on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Speed of You Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas, Brian Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11944367
    Abstract: A tool assembly for use with an electrosurgical device for cutting tissue includes a base portion, an electrical insulator extending distally from the base portion, a return lead adapted to be electrically coupled to a return terminal, and an active lead adapted to be electrically coupled to an active terminal. The return lead is movably supported on the electrical insulator. The active lead is fixed to the electrical insulator. The return lead is rotatable about a pivot and translatable along a longitudinal axis relative to the electrical insulator and the active lead. Upon activation, electrosurgical energy is transmitted from the active lead through tissue to the return lead to cut tissue in contact with the active lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jacob C. Baril, Matthew A. Dinino, Justin Thomas, Roy J. Pilletere, Saumya Banerjee, Thomas A Zammataro, Scott J. Prior, Brian J. Creston
  • Patent number: 11946039
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for endonuclease enzymes as well as methods of using such enzymes or variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Metagenomi, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Thomas, Christopher Brown, Audra Devoto, Cristina Butterfield, Lisa Alexander, Daniela S. A. Goltsman
  • Publication number: 20240101533
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I: or a co-crystal, solvate, salt or combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin McCormack Allan, Amanda Lynn Vandehey, Gediminas Brizgys, Sachin Dhar, Ian James Doxsee, Alex Goldberg, Lars V. Heumann, Zilin Huang, Nathaniel Thomas Kadunce, Shahrokh Kazerani, Willard Lew, Vinh Xuan Ngo, Brian Michael O`Keefe, Trevor James Rainey, Benjamin James Roberts, Bing Shi, Dietrich P. Steinhuebel, Winston C. Tse, Anna Michelle Wagner, Xianghong Wang, Scott Alan Wolckenhauer, Chloe Yuyi Wong, Jennifer R. Zhang