Patents by Inventor Gregory E. Thoman

Gregory E. Thoman 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: 7280934
    Abstract: A method for testing an electronic component. The method includes connecting the electronic component to a test machine; specifying search range limits, low-to-high transition edge and high-to-low transition edge found criterion, and number of outcomes in a trial including multiple tests specified as proof of low-to-high transition or as high-to-low transition; computing values for initial trial parameters; if low-to-high transition edge not found: executing a low-to-high trial and adjusting trial parameter values based on results of step executing low-to-high trial; if high-to-low transition edge not found: executing high-to-low trial; and if either low-to-high or high-to-low transition edge not found: adjusting trial parameter values based on results of step executing high-to-low trial and repeating above steps beginning with the step having the condition if low-to-high transition edge has not been found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Gregory E. Thoman
  • Patent number: 5487300
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the quantity of a liquid, such as crude oil, transferred to or from a storage tank with all measurements being taken through an opening near the bottom of the tank. A water detecting probe is extendable through the opening a selected distance below the opening in order to detect the presence of water at a selected level below the opening and generate a detection signal. A sampling device is connectable to the opening for taking samples of the liquid transferred to or from the tank. A pressure sensor is connected to the opening for generating a pressure signal indicative of the pressure of the liquid in the tank. A computer is provided for using the pressure signal to generate a level signal indicative of the level of the liquid in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: W. L. Walker Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Anne W. Brackett, Marcus O. Durham, Lynn K. Perkins, Gregory E. Thoman
  • Patent number: 5333498
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring the quantity of a liquid, such as crude oil, transferred to or from a storage tank with all measurements being taken through an opening near the bottom of the tank. A water detecting probe is extendable through the opening a selected distance below the opening in order to detect the presence of water at a selected level below the opening and generate a detection signal. A sampling device is connectable to the opening for taking samples of the liquid transferred to or from the tank. A pressure sensor is connected to the opening for generating a pressure signal indicative of the pressure of the liquid in the tank. A computer is provided for using the pressure signal to generate a level signal indicative of the level of the liquid in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: W. L. Walker Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Anne W. Brackett, Marcus O. Durham, Lynn K. Perkins, Gregory E. Thoman