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).

  • Bonding washer
    Patent number: 11542978
    Abstract: A bonding washer for making electrical connection between two metal pieces that are to be mechanically fastened together. The washer, to be interposed between the two metal pieces, may be constructed so as to fasten to one of the pieces before the two pieces are joined. Teeth on the washer, positioned at right angles to the plane of the washer, are forced into each of the two metal pieces when the fastener is tightened, making electrical connection between the two metal pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Wiley, Palvin Chee Leong Chan
  • RECLAMATION SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20220410481
    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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Trent William Muhlenkamp, Christopher David Barnhill, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Carlos H. Bonilla, Brian Thomas Thompson, John Thomas Sterle
  • RECLAMATION SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20220410482
    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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, William Joseph Steele, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Ancestry painting
    Patent number: 11531445
    Abstract: Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • HUB-SHAFT BOLTED-JOINT CONNECTION OF A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20220397095
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a nacelle, a generator housed with the nacelle, a rotor having a rotatable hub with at least one rotor blade mounted thereto, at least one shaft rotatably coupled to the hub for driving the generator, and a rotor lock arranged with the shaft(s) for locking the shaft(s) in a locked position. The wind turbine also includes a bolted-joint connection at an interface between the hub and the shaft(s). The bolted-joint connection includes a first plurality of fasteners extending through the hub, the shaft(s), and the rotor lock. As such, a load transfer path from the hub to the shaft(s) travels through each of the hub, the shaft(s), and the rotor lock so as to increase a load capacity of the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jay F. Leonard, Brian Thomas Misavage, Michael Royce Johnson, Paul Howard Davidson, Gregory Clarence Thomas
  • ANCESTRY FINDER
    Publication number: 20220375547
    Abstract: Inferring a characteristic of an individual is disclosed. An indication that a first user and a second user have at least one shared chromosomal segment is received. Information about the second user is obtained. A characteristic of the first user is inferred based at least in part on the information about the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • ROBOTIC VISION
    Publication number: 20220371202
    Abstract: A method includes accessing RGB and depth image data representing a scene that includes at least a portion of a robotic limb. Using this data, a computing system may segment the image data to isolate and identify at least a portion of the robotic limb within the scene. The computing system can determine a current pose of the robotic limb within the scene based on the image data, joint data, or a 3D virtual model of the robotic limb. The computing system may then determine a desired goal pose, which may be based on the image data or the 3D virtual model. Based on the determined goal pose, the computing device determines the difference between the current pose and the goal pose of the robotic limb, and using this difference, provides a pose adjustment that for the robotic limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Schoessler, Thibault Neveu, Dane Mason, Kathleen Sofia Hajash, Brian Thomas Harms
  • Distributing a global counter value in a multi-socket system-on-chip complex
    Patent number: 11507130
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for distributing a global counter value in a multi-socket SoC complex. In exemplary aspects, an apparatus comprises a first system-on-a-chip (SoC) in a first socket and a second SoC in a second socket. The apparatus further comprises a reset circuit coupled to the first SoC and the second SoC, a reset synchronization circuit coupled to the reset circuit, the first SoC, and the second SoC, and a global counter clock signal coupled to the reset synchronization circuit, the first SoC, and the second SoC. The reset synchronization circuit is configured to generate a global counter reset signal in response to a reset signal received from the reset circuit and to distribute the global counter reset signal to the first SoC and the second SoC substantially simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ampere Computing LLC
    Inventors: Kha Hong Nguyen, Brian Thomas Chase, Sean Philip Mirkes, Phil Mitchell, Graham B. Whitted, III
  • Finding relatives in a database
    Patent number: 11508461
    Abstract: Determining relative relationships of people who share a common ancestor within at least a threshold number of generations includes: receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence information of a first user and recombinable DNA sequence information of a plurality of users; processing, using one or more computer processors, the recombinable DNA sequence information of the plurality of users in parallel; determining, based at least in part on a result of processing the recombinable DNA information of the plurality of users in parallel, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and a user among the plurality of users, the predicted degree of relative relationship corresponding to a number of generations within which the first user and the second user share a common ancestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Hon, Serge Saxonov, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey
  • FAULT DETECTION IN NEURAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20220365853
    Abstract: A method of performing fault detection during computations relating to a neural network comprising a first neural network layer and a second neural network layer in a data processing system, the method comprising: scheduling computations onto data processing resources for the execution of the first neural network layer and the second neural network layer, wherein the scheduling includes: for a given one of the first neural network layer and the second neural network layer, scheduling a respective given one of a first computation and a second computation as a non-duplicated computation, in which the given computation is at least initially scheduled to be performed only once during the execution of the given neural network layer; and for the other of the first and second neural network layers, scheduling the respective other of the first and second computations as a duplicated computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Thomas HOPKINS, Graeme Leslie INGRAM, Elliot Maurice Simon ROSEMARINE, Antonio PRIORE
  • Fuel tank assembly and method for manufacture of the fuel tank assembly
    Patent number: 11491867
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacture of the system are provided. In one example, the system comprises a first component, a second component securing the first component to a portion of the system, and a flexible strip with an abrasion resistant coating including a copolymer. The first component or the second component includes a corrosion coating on an exterior surface and the flexible strip is interposed between a surface of the first or second component and the corrosion coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Cragel, Brian Thomas Aitken
  • FLUID HEATING SYSTEM WITH COMBUSTION TRIM LEARNING
    Publication number: 20220349622
    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: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Curtis George Gagne, Yonggon Lee, Brian Thomas Branecky, Barry Anthony Collins, Daniel Mitchell, Mohamed Mehdi Doura
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20220339859
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate defining a window and a resin support configured to support an uncured layer of resin. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component positioned opposite a support plate. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image through the window. The stage is configured to move simultaneously with the resin support from a first position to a second position in an X-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: William Joseph Steele, Christopher David Barnhill, Brian Thomas Thompson, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Xi Yang
  • Ancestry finder
    Patent number: 11468971
    Abstract: Inferring a characteristic of an individual is disclosed. An indication that a first user and a second user have at least one shared chromosomal segment is received. Information about the second user is obtained. A characteristic of the first user is inferred based at least in part on the information about the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • ENZYMES WITH RUVC DOMAINS
    Publication number: 20220298494
    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: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Brian THOMAS, Christopher BROWN, Rose KANTOR, Audra DEVOTO, Cristina BUTTERFIELD, Lisa ALEXANDER, Daniela S.A. GOLTSMAN, Jason LIU
  • Robotic vision
    Patent number: 11433545
    Abstract: A method includes accessing RGB and depth image data representing a scene that includes at least a portion of a robotic limb. Using this data, a computing system may segment the image data to isolate and identify at least a portion of the robotic limb within the scene. The computing system can determine a current pose of the robotic limb within the scene based on the image data, joint data, or a 3D virtual model of the robotic limb. The computing system may then determine a desired goal pose, which may be based on the image data or the 3D virtual model. Based on the determined goal pose, the computing device determines the difference between the current pose and the goal pose of the robotic limb, and using this difference, provides a pose adjustment that for the robotic limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Philipp Schoessler, Thibault Neveu, Dane Mason, Kathleen Sofia Hajash, Brian Thomas Harms
  • Systems and methods for dynamic pricing
    Patent number: 11429992
    Abstract: Systems and methods can include one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of: estimating demand for one or more items in an electronic basket of items using one or more different demand models; estimating elasticity for the one or more items in the electronic basket of items using a multi-armed bandit model; determining a price using the demand and the elasticity; and facilitating display of the price on a video screen of a device. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Ravi Sastry Ganti Mahapatruni, Matyas Attila Sustik, Quoc Tan Tran, Brian Thomas Seaman
  • Transistor having resistive field plate
    Patent number: 11424356
    Abstract: A transistor having: a semiconductor; a first electrode in contact with the semiconductor; a second electrode in contact with the semiconductor; and a control electrode, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, for controlling a flow of carriers in a channel in the semiconductor between the first electrode and the second electrode. A first electric field is produced in the channel in response to an electrical voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. A field plate, comprising a resistive material, is disposed over the channel. A voltage source is connected across portions of the resistive field plate material for producing second electric field across such portions of the resistor, such second electric field being coupled into the channel to modify one or more peaks of the first electric field in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Appleton, Jr., Casey Alan Howsare
  • Standardization of Taggant Signatures Using Transfer Images
    Publication number: 20220258521
    Abstract: The present invention allows spectral codes to be accurately and consistently deployed for a wide range of labels and substrates or products. Spectral codes provided by one or more taggants are incorporated into transferable images so that these images can be prepared separately under accurate, controlled conditions and then transferred onto labels or other substrates. The transferable images that include one or more taggants further include a metal foil layer that is both highly opaque and thin so that the foil is highly compatible with image transfer techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Brian John Brogger, Joseph Thomas Ippoliti, Blake Maxwell Roeglin, Brian Thomas Bustrom
  • DISTRIBUTING A GLOBAL COUNTER VALUE IN A MULTI-SOCKET SYSTEM-ON-CHIP COMPLEX
    Publication number: 20220244756
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for distributing a global counter value in a multi-socket SoC complex. In exemplary aspects, an apparatus comprises a first system-on-a-chip (SoC) in a first socket and a second SoC in a second socket. The apparatus further comprises a reset circuit coupled to the first SoC and the second SoC, a reset synchronization circuit coupled to the reset circuit, the first SoC, and the second SoC, and a global counter clock signal coupled to the reset synchronization circuit, the first SoC, and the second SoC. The reset synchronization circuit is configured to generate a global counter reset signal in response to a reset signal received from the reset circuit and to distribute the global counter reset signal to the first SoC and the second SoC substantially simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kha Hong Nguyen, Brian Thomas Chase, Sean Philip Mirkes, Phil Mitchell, Graham B. Whitted, III