Patents by Inventor David John Thornton

David John Thornton 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).

  • Vehicle having a storage compartment with a deployable shelf
    Patent number: 11970137
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, George Abram Thornton, Michael John Harmon
  • VEHICLE HAVING A STORAGE COMPARTMENT WITH A DEPLOYABLE SHELF
    Publication number: 20240075883
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, George Abram Thornton, Michael John Harmon
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEALTHCARE THERAPY RECOMMENDATIONS
    Publication number: 20190108315
    Abstract: A method of improving healthcare therapy recommendations, the method including establishing a healthcare dataset including at least one set of predetermined medical criteria associated with the at least one identifiable healthcare therapy, identifying by a processor a plurality of healthcare providers who treated at least one patient meeting the predetermined medical criteria and at least one patient meeting the set of predetermined medical criteria, and storing at least one of the plurality of healthcare providers and the at least one patient meeting the set of predetermined medical criteria on a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Healthcare Sales Enablement, Inc.
    Inventors: David John Thornton, Anatoly Valentin Geyfman, Daniel Joseph Imfeld