Patents by Inventor David A. Thompson

David 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).

  • Patent number: 11827753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to reduce or prevent agglomeration of particles of halogenated rubbers in aqueous media by LCST compounds as well as highly pure halogenated rubbers. The invention further relates to halogenated elastomer products comprising the same or derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ARLANXEO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Gilles Joseph Arsenault, David Thompson, Clinton Lund
  • Patent number: 11827310
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a snowmobile including an engine mounted on the chassis, a drive track in contact with the chassis, and a drive train, operatively interconnecting the engine with the drive track for delivering propulsive power to the drive track. The drive train includes a driveshaft, comprising a tubular driveshaft including two or more interior channels, the channels positioned in a substantially longitudinal orientation, two or more sprocket driving features on an exterior surface of the tubular driveshaft, and one or more fitting components, positioned at one or more distal ends of the driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Arctic Cat Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin David Thompson, Gary O. Homme, Devin Joseph Danielson, Andrew Jon Ellsworth
  • Patent number: 11829999
    Abstract: A system and method for generating and provisioning payment credentials to a mobile device lacking a secure element includes receiving and storing by the mobile device a card profile from a remote system. The card profile may include payment credentials corresponding to a payment account and a profile identifier. The mobile device may receive a mobile personal identification number (PIN) input by a user of the mobile device and transmit a key request to the remote system. The mobile device may receive a single use key which may include an application transaction counter and a generating key from the remote system. The mobile device may generate a payment cryptogram valid for a single financial transaction based on the received single use key and the mobile PIN and transmit the payment credentials and the generated payment cryptogram to a point-of-sale terminal for use in a financial transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mehdi Collinge, Susan Thompson, Patrik Smets, David Anthony Roberts, Michael Christopher Ward
  • Patent number: 11826950
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a stage configured to hold a component. A radiant energy device is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image. An actuator is configured to change a relative position of the stage relative to the radiant energy device. A resin management system includes a material deposition assembly upstream configured to deposit a resin on a resin support. The material deposition assembly includes a reservoir configured to retain a first volume of the resin and define a thickness of the resin on the resin support as the resin support is translated in an X-axis direction. The material deposition assembly further includes a vessel positioned above the reservoir in a Z-axis direction and configured to store a second volume of the resin. In addition, the material deposition assembly includes a conduit configured to direct the resin from the vessel to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Trent William Muhlenkamp, Kevin Robert Dickson, Christopher David Barnhill, Brian Thomas Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230372455
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Peripheral Artery Diseases in a subject by administering an ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1) agent or an ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase-3 (ENPP3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: David Thompson, Frank Rutsch, Yvonne Nitschke
  • Patent number: 11820966
    Abstract: A perfusion manifold assembly is described that allows for perfusion of a microfluidic device, such as an organ on a chip microfluidic device comprising cells that mimic cells in an organ in the body, that is detachably linked with said assembly so that fluid enters ports of the microfluidic device from a fluid reservoir, optionally without tubing, at a controllable flow rate. A culture module is contemplated that allows the perfusion and optionally mechanical actuation of one or more microfluidic devices, such as organ-on-a-chip microfluidic devices comprising cells that mimic at least one function of an organ in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: EMULATE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher David Hinojosa, Guy Robert Thompson, II, Joshua Gomes, Jacob Freake, Doug Sabin
  • Patent number: 11821085
    Abstract: Methods of depositing a film selectively onto a first substrate surface relative to a second substrate surface are described. The methods include exposing the substrate surfaces to a blocking compound to selectively form a blocking layer on at least a portion of the first surface over the second surface. The substrate is sequentially exposed to a metal precursor with a kinetic diameter in excess of 21 angstroms and a reactant to selectively form a metal-containing layer on the second surface over the blocking layer or the first surface. The relatively larger metal precursors of some embodiments allow for the use of blocking layers with gaps or voids without the loss of selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, David Thompson, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn, Kurt Fredrickson, Thomas Knisley, Liqi Wu
  • Patent number: 11822356
    Abstract: A control input apparatus for operating an aerial lift system includes a control lever assembly that has at least one control lever and at least one position sensor. The at least one position sensor may indicate a position and/or a movement of the at least one control lever. The control input apparatus additionally incudes a control input element actuatable over a movement range from a non-actuated position to a fully-actuated position, and at least one interlock sensor that releases an interlock corresponding to the control lever assembly upon the control input element being actuated at least to an actuation threshold position located between the non-actuated position and the fully-actuated position. Upon the control input element being actuated at least to the actuation threshold position, the control input apparatus provides control inputs corresponding to the position and/or the movement of the control lever indicated by the at least one position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron B. Beck, Andrew W. Featherstone, David Fuller, Jesse Thompson
  • Patent number: 11823893
    Abstract: Methods of forming SiCON films comprising sequential exposure to a silicon precursor and a mixture of alkanolamine and amine reactants and an optional plasma are described. Methods of forming a silicon-containing film comprising sequential exposure to a silicon precursor and an epoxide with an optional plasma exposure are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Saly, David Thompson, Thomas Knisley, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan
  • Patent number: 11823132
    Abstract: The issue-discovery services described herein may access data from the messaging platform and/or the issue-tracking platform to automatically determine issue attributes for creating a new issue in the issue-tracking platform based on activity in the messaging platform. The issue-discovery service may provide or otherwise be associated with a user input element presented on a client device (e.g., presented in the chat user interface), which allows a user of the client device to provide a user input to create a new issue in the issue-tracking platform based on activity in the chat channel. The user input may identify content associated with the chat channel (e.g., one or more messages displayed in the chat user interface) for use in creating the new issue in the issue-tracking platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: David Michelson, Vitalii Saienko, Trevor Thompson, Fletcher Richman, Tristan Rubadeau
  • Publication number: 20230366850
    Abstract: There is provided a chloride selective membrane including an epoxide-based matrix reacted with a stoichiometric amount of an amino compound and an activator such that the epoxide-based matrix comprises a number of quaternary ammonium groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Peng, David Thompson
  • Patent number: 11807072
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for heat sanitizing a vehicle. In one example, a method may include, while receiving power from an external power source and responsive to receiving a request for cleaning an interior of a vehicle, operating an electric heater of a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to heat the interior above an upper threshold temperature for a first threshold duration using the power received from the external power source. In this way, the HVAC system may be advantageously used to expose the vehicle interior to temperatures that kill or inactive microbes while vehicle battery power and fuel are conserved by using power supplied from the external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Gutowski, Curtis Jones, Fred Koberstein, Stephen White, Peter Mitchell Lyon, John Rollinger, Scott Thompson, M. Scott Christensen, David Hancock, Adam Richards, Steve Skikun, Frank Fusco
  • Publication number: 20230330307
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in a subject that does not have a deficiency of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1) resulting in a pathological disease of calcification or ossification by administering an ENPP1 agent or an ENPP3 agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Rutsch, David Thompson, Yvonne Nitschke, Robert Terkeltaub
  • Publication number: 20230330924
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a support plate and a foil supporting an uncured layer of a resin. A stage is configured to hold a component of one or more cured layers of the resin. One or more actuators is operable to move the stage away from the support plate in a Z-axis direction. A radiant energy device is positioned opposite the stage such that the support plate is positioned between the radiant energy device and the stage. A foil interaction device includes a first pneumatic actuation zone and a second pneumatic actuation zone. Each of the first and second pneumatic actuation zones is configured to apply a force on a surface of the foil. The first and second pneumatic actuation zones are fluidly separable and configured to apply varied pressures relative to one another to the surface of the foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, Lawrence William Nurre, Trent William Muhlenkamp, Mary Kathryn Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230331089
    Abstract: A circuit breaker for an electric load includes first and second terminals; a number of first separable contacts each electrically connected between one of the first terminals and one of the second terminals; a first mechanism to open, close or trip open the first contacts; a number of second separable contacts each electrically connected in series with a corresponding one of the first contacts; a second mechanism to open or close the second contacts; a processor to cause the second mechanism to open or close the second contacts, annunciate through one of the second terminals a power circuit electrical parameter for the electric load, receive from a number of the second terminals a confirmation from or on behalf of the electric load to cause the second mechanism to close the second contacts, and determine a fault state operatively associated with current flowing through the second contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: RONALD L. THOMPSON, JASON-DAVID NITZBERG, DAVID AUSTIN ELDRIDGE, BRANDON J. ROGERS
  • Patent number: 11779528
    Abstract: Disclosed are water-based personal cleansing compositions having an isotropic surfactant phase, the compositions containing (a) cationic surfactant that includes a quaternary ammonium compound and/or an amidoamine, (b) cleansing surfactant and (c) water, the cleansing surfactant containing 85 to 100% by weight of a combination of betaine surfactant and taurate surfactant in particular ratios; also disclosed are methods of thickening such compositions by the addition of electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Trentini, Helen Diane Thompson, Christopher David Bentley, Lynsey Joanne Coan
  • Publication number: 20230311380
    Abstract: A method for overmolding a tubular structure including inserting a core pin into the tubular structure so that at least a portion of a main body of the core pin extends at least partially out of the tubular structure. The method further includes clamping the tubular structure to a mold cavity structure in an Z-direction using a retaining structure, in which the retaining structure includes an inclined portion and the flexible portion extends out of the mold cavity structure. The method also includes injecting a thermoplastic material into a mold cavity of the mold cavity structure to overmold at least a portion of the tubular structure, in which the injecting of the thermoplastic material includes the thermoplastic material contacting the portion of the core pin extended from the tubular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: David Schroeder, Michael A. Thompson, Alain Crosfield, Douglas Wenell
  • Patent number: 11772535
    Abstract: A system and method for determining whether a passenger is seated in a seating area and, based at least in part on detecting the passenger, engaging or disengaging a flap in a headrest. Such a headrest may span multiple seats so that a single headrest is used by multiple passengers. Each of one or more flaps in the single headrest may then be configured by the passenger to provide each passenger with their own privacy and comfort. By actively controlling the state of the flap, a uniform passenger experience may be created so that the flap is in the same state upon a passenger entering the vehicle. Further, examples of the headrest are designed and configured to couple directly, or indirectly, to a vehicle body, such that the headrest does not couple directly to a seat or passenger seating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Anke Christine Bodack, Felix Jacob Lorsignol, Andrew Frank Raczkowski, Herman Francisco Delos Santos, Christopher John Stoffel, Bryan Scot Thompson, Timothy David Kentley-Klay
  • Patent number: 11774760
    Abstract: The present application discloses examples of various apparatuses and systems that can be utilized for augmented reality. According to one example, a wearable device that can optionally comprise: a frame configured for wearing by a user; one or more optical elements mounted on the frame; an array having a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the one or more optical elements, wherein the one or more optical elements and the array are mounted within a field of view of the user when the frame is worn by the user; and additional onboard electronic components carried by the frame including at least a battery that is configured to provide for electrically powered operation of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Matthew Bates, Ilteris Canberk, Brandon Carrillo, David G. Fliszar, Adam Douglas Greengard, Kenneth Kubala, David Meisenholder, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Amit Singh, Samuel Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230302728
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a resin support configured to support a first resin and a second resin. A support plate includes a window. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of the resin to form a component positioned opposite the support plate. A radiant energy device is positioned on an opposite side of the resin support from the stage and is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a patterned image through the window. An actuator assembly is configured to move the stage in a Z-axis direction and in a Y-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Xi Yang, William Joseph Steele, Christopher David Barnhill, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Trent William Muhlenkamp, Mary Kathryn Thompson