Patents by Inventor Charles B. Thompson

Charles B. 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: 20240118258
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first member having a housing that encloses a power source and a controller, a second member coupled to the first member that is seeded with a target product, and a sensing module coupled to the first member to allow power from the power source to be transmitted to the sensing module and sensor data from the sensing module to be transmitted to the controller. The sensing module including a sensor oriented toward at least a portion of the second member. The sensor configured to obtain sensor data associated with at least one characteristic of the target product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Running Tide Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca MASTRANGELO, William JOHNSON, Josh HILL, Timothy J. DYSON, Jacob F. HAGLER, Charles B.W. HALVORSON, Philipp Max WERMINGHAUSEN, Andrew Clyde THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20030221856
    Abstract: An electrical box for supporting sheathed electrical cables therein holds and supports electrical cables in a preferred arrangement. A cable clamp structure is used for clamping electrical cables to a surface of an electrical box. The cable clamp structure has an arched configuration and serrations on a cable contacting surface in order to more efficiently store electrical cables in an electrical box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles B. Thompson, Ioan L. Lupsa, Tomasz Bedkowski
  • Patent number: 6657125
    Abstract: An electrical box for supporting sheathed electrical cables therein holds and supports electrical cables in a preferred arrangement. A cable clamp structure is used for clamping electrical cables to a surface of an electrical box. The cable clamp structure has an arched configuration and serrations on a cable contacting surface in order to more efficiently store electrical cables in an electrical box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles B. Thompson, Ioan L. Lupsa, Tomasz Bedkowski
  • Patent number: 4963280
    Abstract: A method of improving the efficiency of a heat pump system comprising introducing into the system a polar compound which is liquid under said systems operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignees: Charles Henry Tully-Wilkins, Jr., Linda Ann Tully-Wilkins Frazier
    Inventors: Charles H. T. Wilkins, deceased, Jack Hammack, Charles B. Thompson