Patents by Inventor Jacob J. Thomas

Jacob J. 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).

  • Determining material volume and density based on sensor data
    Patent number: 11961253
    Abstract: A controller may receive information identifying an area of interest from a plurality of candidate areas of interest including locations on the machine and external to the machine. The controller may obtain, using the one or more first sensor devices, data identifying material located at the area of interest; and generate a graphical representation based on the data. The controller may determine, using the one or more second sensor devices, at least one of a position or an orientation of one or more portions of the machine; and identify a portion of the graphical representation based on the at least one of the position or the orientation of the one or more portions. The portion may correspond to the material located at the area of interest. The controller may determine, using one or more computational models, a volume of the material based on the portion of the graphical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Philip J. Thomas, Jacob C. Maley
  • Load shed control module for use with electrical generator
    Patent number: 9088180
    Abstract: A load management apparatus for use with an electrical system being powered by an electrical generator selectively adds and sheds loads on the electrical generator to prevent overloading of the electrical generator. The load management apparatus learns the load profile for each load during a learning mode and executes one or more load shed processes to control which electrical loads are loading the electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Generac Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis X. Wedel, Jacob J. Thomas, Steven J. Wilcox, Greg Wischstadt, Carmine Forte
  • Load Shed Control Module For Use With Electrical Generator
    Publication number: 20130270908
    Abstract: A load management apparatus for use with an electrical system being powered by an electrical generator selectively adds and sheds loads on the electrical generator to prevent overloading of the electrical generator. The load management apparatus learns the load profile for each load during a learning mode and executes one or more load shed processes to control which electrical loads are loading the electrical generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Francis X. Wedel, Jacob J. Thomas, Steven J. Wilcox, Greg Wischstadt, Carmine Forte
  • Transparent/translucent edible ice cream cones and processes
    Publication number: 20040180121
    Abstract: An edible ice cream cone having a top that is open and a bottom that is closed, and formed from a composition that is a transparent and/or translucent edible glass. The edible glass can be formed from a high-boiled sucrose and glucose syrup, a high-boiled maltitol syrup, a high-boiled isomalt, or a high-boiled modified isomalt. The ice cream cones can be formed from the high-boiled composition by molding or rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Jacob J. Thomas, Sean G. Westcott