Patents by Inventor Gilbert Thomas

Gilbert 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: 20160278274
    Abstract: The instant invention is a machine/implement used for soil preparation and seeding intended for farming and gardening that mounts on a standard three point hitch and is powered by the tractor's power-take-off (PTO). The implement integrates the processes of ground breaking, tilling, fertilizing and planting in one adjustable unit. The adjustments include the spacing and depth of the ground cutting and tilling blades and the openings of the fertilizing ports to prepare the ground for planting in defined strips leaving the majority of ground only lightly disturbed. To achieve these goals, the apparatus is comprised of two frames, a lower one that contains the blades that break the ground crust ahead of the tiller tines that grind the soil into finer particles for planting. The lower frame also has a rear flap that levels and marks the tilled soil and also supports seed boxes with a mechanism that allows the seeder/seeders to set seed at a constant depth on uneven ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Gilbert Thomas Lopez
  • Patent number: 8616310
    Abstract: The instant invention is an electric machine/tractor particularly intended for farming, gardening and landscaping and is nonpolluting and self charging. The tractor accommodates standard farm implements and can supply electrical power to remote areas. To achieve these goals, the machine is comprised of a frame and wheels which are driven independently by hydraulic motors powered by a variable volume, hydrostatic pump that is driven in line, by an electric motor that also drives a hydraulic lift pump and a power-take-off shaft through belts. The hydrostatic pump is controlled by the operator for forward and reverse motion. The electric motor is powered by batteries and the batteries can be recharged by an on-board photoelectric panel. A combination charger/inverter is located aboard the tractor to charge the batteries from any 110V A.C. power outlet or generate 110V A.C. electrical power from the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: Gilbert Thomas Lopez
  • Publication number: 20120209875
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are: systems capable of searching, receiving and conglomerating the data from real estate databases of varying formats, and translating that received into a common format; execution of pre-defined translation rules referencing data tags used within the system or the originating databases; rules constructed in a simple, hierarchical or a class-based structure whereby one rule depends upon the output of another rule for its input; data sources prioritized or merged where the same property-related information is presented in more than one source; map definitions containing rule sets crafted for a particular use, such as for a particular consumer or user; such systems used in the course of real estate appraisals, in property search reports, extending across databases of differing formats. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Scott Hintze, Joseph Krause, Brad Peterson, Gilbert Thomas, Daniel Stamey
  • Publication number: 20120181095
    Abstract: The instant invention is an electric machine/tractor particularly intended for farming, gardening and landscaping and is nonpolluting and self charging. The tractor accommodates standard farm implements and can supply electrical power to remote areas. To achieve these goals, the machine is comprised of a frame and wheels which are driven independently by hydraulic motors powered by a variable volume, hydrostatic pump that is driven in line, by an electric motor that also drives a hydraulic lift pump and a power-take-off shaft through belts. The hydrostatic pump is controlled by the operator for forward and reverse motion. The electric motor is powered by batteries and the batteries can be recharged by an on-board photoelectric panel. A combination charger/inverter is located aboard the tractor to charge the batteries from any 110V A.C. power outlet or generate 110V A.C. electrical power from the tractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Gilbert Thomas Lopez
  • Patent number: 6832845
    Abstract: Disclosed are a contour light projector including an optical bench for mounting optical components, a mounting assembly that includes a dual pivot system for increased versatility in directing a light projector mounted thereon, improved masking devices for the light projector, and lighting system housings for a variety of installations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kretzschmar, Gilbert Thomas Pistole
  • Patent number: 6114327
    Abstract: The present application provides a series of benzimidazole compounds of formula I: ##STR1## which inhibit the growth of picornaviruses, such as rhinoviruses (bovine and human), enteroviruses such as polioviruses, coxsackieviruses of the A and B groups, or echo virus, cardioviruses such as encephalomyocarditis (EMC), apthoviruses such as foot and mouth disease virus, and flaviviruses such as hepatitis C virus and bovine viral diarrhea virus.Such compounds are also useful as intermediates for preparing additional benzimidazole antiviral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Steven Eugene Dunlap, Louis Nickolaus Jungheim, Mark Joseph Tebbe, Gilbert Thomas Voy, John Arnold Werner
  • Patent number: 4135137
    Abstract: A magnetic detection device for detecting the position of a movable member which is associated with a piece of magnetic material, the movable member being displaceable in a non-magnetic tube. A detection unit fixed outside the tube and including a permanent magnet with pole pieces directed towards the tube and extended portions extending away from the tube. The extended portions may be either in a plane parallel to or perpendicular to the axis of the tube. A dry reed relay is fixed relative to the pole piece with its ends facing the extended portions remote from the magnet. The extended portions may extend from opposite sides of the tube in which case the extended portions are perpendicular to the axis of the tube and the axis of the reed relay has a normal parallel to the axis of the tube. Alternatively, the reed relay is disposed parallel to the axis of the tube in which case the pole pieces are disposed on the same side of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Petrole Service
    Inventor: Gilbert Thomas
  • Patent number: 4087086
    Abstract: A tension clamp includes, in combination, a main jaw co-extensive with an elongated adjusting arm, a movable jaw co-extensive with a hollow housing through which the adjusting arm is adapted to pass freely, a tension lever pivotally attached to and between two side cheeks of the housing, a secondary level pivotally fastened at one end thereof to the tension lever, the other end of the secondary lever being constrained with respect to the housing by means of a pin in sliding relationship with respect to a pair of registering travelling slots, each formed within a respective one of the side cheeks of the housing, the pin being adapted to engage selectively one of a number of semicircular notches formed within an edge of the adjusting arm remote from the main jaw, and the pair of travelling slots being adapted to guide sliding movement of the pin therealong from a first position wherein the pin is free of engagement with the notches to a second position wherein the pin engages one of the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Inventors: Lindsay Thomas McGrath, Gilbert Thomas McGrath