Patents by Inventor Darrel L. Thompson

Darrel L. 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).

  • WIRELESS SYNCHRONOUS TIME SYSTEM WITH SOLAR POWERED TRANSCEIVER
    Publication number: 20080159080
    Abstract: A primary device for a synchronous event system. In one construction, the primary device includes a solar panel operable to convert light into electricity; a receiver operable to receive a global positioning system time signal; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to process the global positioning system time signal to produce a processed time component; an internal clock coupled to the processor and operable to store the processed time component and to increment relative to the processed time component thereafter to produce an internal time; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and operable to transmit the internal time to a secondary device for wireless reception by the secondary device and synchronization of the secondary device relative to the primary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Mark A. Abbott, Jerald M. Cayo, Darrel L. Thompson, Derek J. Brykowski, Terrence J. O'Neill, James F. Stoffer
  • Wireless synchronous time system with solar powered transceiver
    Patent number: 7369462
    Abstract: A primary device for a synchronous event system. In one construction, the primary device includes a solar panel operable to convert light into electricity; a receiver operable to receive a global positioning system time signal; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to process the global positioning system time signal to produce a processed time component; a internal clock coupled to the processor and operable to store the processed time component and to increment relative to the processed time component thereafter to produce an internal time; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and operable to transmit the internal time to a secondary device for wireless reception by the secondary device and synchronization of the secondary device relative to the primary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Quartex, Division of Primex, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Abbott, Jerald M. Cayo, Jr., Darrel L. Thompson, Derek J. Brykowski, Terrence J. O'Neill, James F. Stoffer
  • Method for accelerating the drying rate of road marking compositions
    Publication number: 20040057793
    Abstract: A method for accelerating the drying rate of a ceramic bead-containing thermosetting road marking composition admixture when deposited onto a road surface is described. The method comprising heating ceramic beads to a temperature from about 100° to about 500° F. The heated ceramic beads are then admixed with a liquid thermosetting road marking composition to form a substantially homogeneous admixture. This substantially homogeneous admixture is then deposited onto the road surface where it drys at an accelerated rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Vincent R. Gurzo, Darrell L. Thompson, Zhongming Wang