Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas Johnson

Daniel Thomas Johnson 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).

  • Sensor pod assembly
    Patent number: 11953623
    Abstract: A sensor pod system includes one or more sensor pods with a plurality of sensors configured to collect data from an environment. A sensor pod may have an effective field of view created by individual sensors with overlapping fields of view. The sensor pod system may include sensors of different types and modalities. Sensor pods of the sensor pod system may be modularly installed on a vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle and collect and provide data of the environment during operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Ryan McMichael, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros, Anubhav Thakur, Joseph Patrick Warga, Austin In-Jei Yi
  • Method and apparatus to measure and transfer liquefied refrigerant in a refrigeration system
    Patent number: 7086237
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for transferring a measured level of liquefied refrigerant to a refrigeration system includes the steps of purging a calibration container; filling the calibration container with liquefied refrigerant from a liquefied refrigerant supply to a desired level; and charging a system with the liquefied refrigerant from the calibration container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Inventors: Yakov Arshansky, Paul Thomas Wickberg, Daniel Thomas Johnson