Patents by Inventor Chad A. Thompson

Chad A. Thompson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240076574
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Eric D. MORRISON, Chad A. THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11814824
    Abstract: An integrated access box for providing surface access to a curb box or other structure, and tracer wires in a single unit. The integrated access box generally includes a body having a first end and a second end and a first chamber (e.g., a curb box chamber or cleanout chamber) extending into the first end toward the second end of the body. The body may be substantially cylindrical in shape, and may include a first opening near the first end of the body and a first chamber access opening in the first chamber near the top of the body, and a tracer wire chamber extending into the body. The tracer wire chamber includes a second opening near the first end of the body. The integrated access box may further include a tracer wire access opening in the tracer wire chamber near the top of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Innovative Tops, LLC
    Inventor: Chad Thompson
  • Patent number: 11788028
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230104034
    Abstract: An integrated access box for providing surface access to a curb box or other structure, and tracer wires in a single unit. The integrated access box generally includes a body having a first end and a second end and a first chamber (e.g., a curb box chamber or cleanout chamber) extending into the first end toward the second end of the body. The body may be substantially cylindrical in shape, and may include a first opening near the first end of the body and a first chamber access opening in the first chamber near the top of the body, and a tracer wire chamber extending into the body. The tracer wire chamber includes a second opening near the first end of the body. The integrated access box may further include a tracer wire access opening in the tracer wire chamber near the top of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Chad Thompson
  • Patent number: 11525248
    Abstract: An integrated access box for providing surface access to a curb box or other structure, and tracer wires in a single unit. The integrated access box generally includes a body having a first end and a second end and a first chamber (e.g., a curb box chamber or cleanout chamber) extending into the first end toward the second end of the body. The body may be substantially cylindrical in shape, and may include a first opening near the first end of the body and a first chamber access opening in the first chamber near the top of the body, and a tracer wire chamber extending into the body. The tracer wire chamber includes a second opening near the first end of the body. The integrated access box may further include a tracer wire access opening in the tracer wire chamber near the top of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Innovative Tops, LLC
    Inventor: Chad Thompson
  • Publication number: 20220213405
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Eric D. MORRISON, Chad A. THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11312919
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20210317641
    Abstract: An integrated access box for providing surface access to a curb box or other structure, and tracer wires in a single unit. The integrated access box generally includes a body having a first end and a second end and a first chamber (e.g., a curb box chamber or cleanout chamber) extending into the first end toward the second end of the body. The body may be substantially cylindrical in shape, and may include a first opening near the first end of the body and a first chamber access opening in the first chamber near the top of the body, and a tracer wire chamber extending into the body. The tracer wire chamber includes a second opening near the first end of the body. The integrated access box may further include a tracer wire access opening in the tracer wire chamber near the top of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Chad Thompson
  • Patent number: 11047116
    Abstract: An integrated access box for providing surface access to a curb box or other structure, and tracer wires in a single unit. The integrated access box generally includes a body having a first end and a second end and a first chamber (e.g., a curb box chamber or cleanout chamber) extending into the first end toward the second end of the body. The body may be substantially cylindrical in shape, and may include a first opening near the first end of the body and a first chamber access opening in the first chamber near the top of the body, and a tracer wire chamber extending into the body. The tracer wire chamber includes a second opening near the first end of the body. The integrated access box may further include a tracer wire access opening in the tracer wire chamber near the top of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Innovative Tops, LLC
    Inventor: Chad Thompson
  • Publication number: 20210095223
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20210087775
    Abstract: An integrated access box for providing surface access to a curb box or other structure, and tracer wires in a single unit. The integrated access box generally includes a body having a first end and a second end and a first chamber (e.g., a curb box chamber or cleanout chamber) extending into the first end toward the second end of the body. The body may be substantially cylindrical in shape, and may include a first opening near the first end of the body and a first chamber access opening in the first chamber near the top of the body, and a tracer wire chamber extending into the body. The tracer wire chamber includes a second opening near the first end of the body. The integrated access box may further include a tracer wire access opening in the tracer wire chamber near the top of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Chad Thompson
  • Patent number: 10844314
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200302952
    Abstract: A wearable device with a microphone acquires audio data of a wearer's speech. The audio data is processed to determine sentiment data indicative of perceived emotional content of the speech. For example, the sentiment data may include values for one or more of valence that is based on a particular change in pitch over time, activation that is based on speech pace, dominance that is based on pitch rise and fall patterns, and so forth. A simplified user interface provides the wearer with information about the emotional content of their speech based on the sentiment data. The wearer may use this information to assess their state of mind, facilitate interactions with others, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: ALEXANDER JONATHAN PINKUS, DOUGLAS GRADT, SAMUEL ELBERT MCGOWAN, CHAD THOMPSON, CHAO WANG, VIKTOR ROZGIC
  • Publication number: 20200002642
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10316267
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10093008
    Abstract: An adapter for a ball stud separator tool may include a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body may include a threaded end and a mating end oppositely facing the threaded end. A plurality of adapter threads may be recessed into the cylindrical body proximate the threaded end and may be configured to threadably receive a plurality of ball stud threads of a ball stud. A flared cylindrical wall may be recessed into the cylindrical body proximate the mating end. The flared cylindrical wall may terminate at a curved seat disposed in the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Derus, Scott Sells, Chad Thompson, Brian Todd Potter, Karl F. Reith
  • Publication number: 20180133874
    Abstract: An adapter for a ball stud separator tool may include a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body may include a threaded end and a mating end oppositely facing the threaded end. A plurality of adapter threads may be recessed into the cylindrical body proximate the threaded end and may be configured to threadably receive a plurality of ball stud threads of a ball stud. A flared cylindrical wall may be recessed into the cylindrical body proximate the mating end. The flared cylindrical wall may terminate at a curved seat disposed in the cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Nick Derus, Scott Sells, Chad Thompson, Brian Todd Potter, Karl F. Reith
  • Patent number: 9973169
    Abstract: Embodiments of a Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) device, or filter, and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, the SAW filter comprises a piezoelectric substrate and an Interdigitated Transducer (IDT) on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The IDT includes multiple fingers, each comprising a metal stack. The SAW filter further includes a cap layer on a surface of the IDT opposite the piezoelectric substrate and on areas of the surface of the piezoelectric substrate exposed by the IDT. The cap layer has a thickness in a range of and including 10 to 500 Angstroms and a high electrical resistivity (and thus a low electrical conductivity). For instance, in some embodiments, the electrical resistivity of the cap layer is greater than 10 kilo-ohm meters (K?·m). The SAW filter further includes an oxide overcoat layer on a surface of the cap layer opposite the IDT and the piezoelectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt G. Steiner, Curtiss Hella, Benjamin P. Abbott, Daniel Chesire, Chad Thompson, Alan S. Chen
  • Publication number: 20180127678
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9873853
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Eric D. Morrison, Chad A. Thompson