Patents by Inventor David A. Thomas

David A. 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).

  • Publication number: 20230326943
    Abstract: An image capture device includes a first housing, a second housing, a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA), and a second ISLA. The second housing is coupled to the first housing to form an internal compartment. The first ISLA includes a first image sensor coupled to a first lens in fixed alignment. The second ISLA includes a second image sensor coupled to a second lens in fixed alignment. The first ISLA is positively statically connected to the first housing, and the second ISLA is coupled to the first housing indirectly via the first ISLA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Vitale, Michael Brookmire, Matthew David Thomas, Jesse Patterson, John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Heman Au
  • Patent number: 11779893
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system is disclosed that includes a container assembly configured to store two liquids (e.g., liquor and a mixer) that is couplable to a head assembly. The head assembly includes one or more pumps configured to draw the different liquids from the assembly, to mix variable ratios of the two liquids together, and to dispense the drink. In some configurations, the drink may be dispensed from the beverage dispenser into a glass or directly to the mouth of an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Pnu Corp.
    Inventors: Tyler Logan Fox, David Thomas Melin, Robert Eugeniusz Regent, Addie Elizabeth White, Brennar Thomas Schindel
  • Publication number: 20230313015
    Abstract: A renewable paraffinic composition is disclosed that contains at least 80 wt-% paraffins in a C16-C19 range for direct single phase immersion cooling. A direct single phase immersion cooling system and a method for direct single phase immersion cooling are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Neste Oyj
    Inventors: Jukka HARTIKAINEN, David THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20230308801
    Abstract: A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Lloyd SCHMIDT, David Thomas ROACH, Michael Z. LAND, Richard D. HERR
  • Publication number: 20230305365
    Abstract: An underwater system is disclosed for use with a digital image capturing device (DICD) in underwater environments. The underwater system includes a center band having first and second support bands; a first housing fixedly connected to the first support band and including an optically clear material; a second housing fixedly connected to the second support band and including an optically clear material; a cradle connected to the first support band and configured to receive the DICD; and a latching mechanism positioned between the cradle and the first support band. The second support band is pivotally connected to the first support band such that the underwater system is repositionable between an open position and a closed position, and the latching mechanism is repositionable between a locked position, in which the latching mechanism securely engages the DICD, and an unlocked position, in which the latching mechanism is disengaged from the DICD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Heman Au, Daniel J. Coster, Matthew David Thomas, Jesse Patterson
  • Publication number: 20230307321
    Abstract: Structures for a through-silicon via and methods of forming a structure for a through-silicon via. The structure includes a substrate having a trench and surfaces that border the trench. The structure further includes a through-silicon via having a layer inside the trench. The layer is in direct contact with the surfaces of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: David Thomas, Cody Soule, John G. Twombly, Michael Brigham, Bruce Porth, Vivekanand Kalaparthi
  • Patent number: 11767128
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide for lightning protection in aircrafts constructed with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP). In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) panel, a second CFRP panel that overlaps with the first CFRP panel in a vertical direction, and a fastener to join the first CFRP panel with the second CFRP panel, the fastener extending in the vertical direction in an area where the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel overlap. The apparatus further includes a plurality of electrically conductive pins in each of the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel, wherein the pins extend in the vertical direction proximate to the fastener to electrically connect the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel in the area where the first CFRP panel and the second CFRP panel overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: Derek R. Tuck, Philipp A. Boettcher, Carson Alexander Smith, David Thomas Misciagna
  • Patent number: 11759467
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in treating or preventing a disease or condition selected from cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, mild pulmonary disease, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, idiopathic bronchiectasis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, sinusitis, rhinosinusitis, CFTR-related metabolic syndrome (CRMS), pancreatitis, idiopathic chronic pancreatitis and Sjörgren's syndrome, or for use in preventing male infertility caused by congenital absence of the vas deferens, in a patient by modulating CFTR activity, which compound is 9,10-dimethoxy-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenylimino)-3-(N-carbamoyl-2-aminoethyl)-3,4,6,7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-4-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: VERONA PHARMA PLC
    Inventors: Katharine Abbott-Banner, John Hanrahan, David Thomas
  • Patent number: 11752532
    Abstract: A metal substrate provided with surface textures wherein different texture patterns are provided over predefined surface areas of the metal substrate and wherein the different texture patterns are tailored to predefined surface properties of a product which is to be made out of the metal substrate as well as to a method for applying such surface textures on the metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Baart, Jan Bottema, David Thomas Allan Matthews
  • Publication number: 20230283868
    Abstract: An image capture device includes electronic components and a body. The electronic components include an image sensor and a processing apparatus. The body defines an internal compartment containing the electronic components. The body includes a rear housing and a chassis. The rear housing extends around a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side of the body. The chassis includes an upright portion and a lateral portion extending rearward from the upright portion. The rear housing and the chassis are coupled to each other to cooperatively form the internal compartment with the upright portion of the chassis being coupled to a front end of the rear housing and the lateral portion being positioned outside of and below the internal compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kielan C. Crow, Nicholas Vitale, Marco Marroquin, Matthew David Thomas, Jordan Zook Todd, John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Huy Phuong Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20230267764
    Abstract: Systems and methods for diversity auditing are described. The systems and methods include identifying a plurality of images; detecting a face in each of the plurality of images using a face detection network; classifying the face in each of the plurality of images based on a sensitive attribute using an image classification network; generating a distribution of the sensitive attribute in the plurality of images based on the classification; and computing a diversity score for the plurality of images based on the distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Md Mehrab Tanjim, Ritwik Sinha, Moumita Sinha, David Thomas Arbour, Sridhar Mahadevan
  • Publication number: 20230264158
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system is disclosed that includes a container assembly configured to store two liquids (e.g., liquor and a mixer) that is couplable to a head assembly. The head assembly includes one or more pumps configured to draw the different liquids from the assembly, to mix variable ratios of the two liquids together, and to dispense the drink. In some configurations, the drink may be dispensed from the beverage dispenser into a glass or directly to the mouth of an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler Logan Fox, David Thomas Melin, Robert Eugeniusz Regent, Addie Elizabeth White, Brennar Thomas Schindel
  • Patent number: 11733833
    Abstract: Computer systems and corresponding methods are provided for computer assisted research in a network are provided that generate interface screens that include a map view of a plurality of selectable objects disposed in a nuclear arrangement in segmented rings about a first level object. The computing device is configured to receive selections of the displayed objects and expand the display to include additional segmented levels all surrounding the first level object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
    Inventors: David Thomas Paterson, Erica Gann Kitaev, Michael Eng Poh Clark, Megan Anne Sramek, Deacon Ales, Emily Colbert
  • Publication number: 20230257009
    Abstract: Examples relate to digital context aware (DCA) data collection. In some examples, a DCA start location component is positioned at a first location along a travel route, and a DCA end location component is positioned at a second location along the travel route. In response to using a wireless interface to detect the DCA start location component, data collection of measurements by a sensor are initiated. In response to using the wireless interface to detect the DCA end location component, the data collection by the sensor is halted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: ENT. SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LP
    Inventors: Jonathan GIBSON, Clifford Allan WILKE, Paul David THOMAS, Ben REES
  • Patent number: 11722812
    Abstract: A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lloyd Schmidt, David Thomas Roach, Michael Z. Land, Richard D. Herr
  • Patent number: 11721712
    Abstract: An image capture device includes a first housing, a second housing, a first integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA), and a second ISLA. The second housing is coupled to the first housing to form an internal compartment. The first ISLA includes a first image sensor coupled to a first lens in fixed alignment. The second ISLA includes a second image sensor coupled to a second lens in fixed alignment. The first ISLA is positively statically connected to the first housing, and the second ISLA is coupled to the first housing indirectly via the first ISLA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Vitale, Michael Brookmire, Matthew David Thomas, Jesse Patterson, John George Muhlenkamp, IV, Heman Au
  • Patent number: 11721330
    Abstract: Techniques for intelligently selecting a component to execute with respect to a natural language user input are described. A natural language processing (NLP) system may receive first data representing a natural language input. The NLP system may determine first and second scores representing first and second confidences that first and second components are to be invoked to perform actions responsive to the natural language input, respectively. Based on the first and second scores, the NLP system may determine further information is needed to determine which of the first or second component is to be invoked. The NLP system may query a user for the further information. Based on the further information, the NLP system may determine third and fourth scores representing third and fourth confidences that the first and second components are to be invoked to perform actions responsive to the natural language input, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Julia Kennedy Nemer, David Thomas, Isaac Joseph Madwed, Rashmi Tonge
  • Publication number: 20230236479
    Abstract: A camera mount, comprising: a body, one or more magnets, and one or more pins. The one or more magnets located within the body and configured to connect to a magnetic portion or a ferromagnetic portion of a camera. The one or more pins that extend axially outward from the body above the one or more magnets and are configured to extend into recesses within the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Griggs, David Thomas Platner
  • Patent number: 11701058
    Abstract: A personal impact monitoring system is described herein comprising a monitoring station that receives impact events sent from personal impact monitors using a monitoring station receiver. The impact events which specify impact parameters associated with the impact events are stored in a data storage location associated with the monitoring station. Software operating on the operating station is configured to receive the impact events from the data storage location and to perform calculations based on the impact events to identify notable impact events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: i1 SENSORTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence V. Calcano, David Thomas Brown, Christopher C. Genau, David Ernest Snyder, James M. Stearns, Brian Michael Ronald, Jesse David Harper, John F. Harris
  • Patent number: D992437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: David Thomas Engquist, Heather J. Vermilyea, Karl A. Rinder, Michael J. Mende, Tony Lee Tarr