Patents by Inventor Jim Thomas
Jim 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).
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Patent number: 11918770Abstract: Provided herein is an implant for delivering a hydrophobic active agent to a target tissue. The implant may include a scaffold defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the scaffold is substantially impermeable to a hydrophobic active agent, and a silicone tubing having a wall permeable to the active agent, wherein a first length of the silicone tubing is affixed to the first surface of the scaffold, wherein the two ends of the silicone tubing extend from the first surface, and wherein a path outlined by a second length of the tubing within the first length is circuitous. Also provided is a method of using the implant to locally deliver a hydrophobic active agent to a target tissue, and kits that find use in performing the present method.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Pamela Munster, Jim Kiriakis, Hani Sbitany, Scott Thomas
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Patent number: 11915377Abstract: Extended reality (XR) software application programs establish remote collaboration sessions in which a host device and one or more remote devices can interact. When initiating a remote collaboration session, an XR application in a host device determines a collaboration area. The collaboration area corresponds to a portion of a real-world environment that is shared by the host device with the one or more remote devices. In some embodiments, the collaboration area can be determined automatically and/or based on user input. The XR application causes sensors associated with the host device to scan the collaboration area. Then, the XR application transmits, to the one or more remote devices, a three-dimensional representation of the collaboration area for rendering in one or more remote XR environments.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SPLUNK INC.Inventors: Devin Bhushan, Caelin Thomas Jackson-King, Stanislav Yazhenskikh, Jim Jiaming Zhu
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Patent number: 11413944Abstract: A cargo management system for a vehicle cargo box includes a utility rail and a utility track cover. The utility rail is configured to be installed to the cargo box. The utility track cover is configured to be removably disposed over the utility rail. The utility track cover has a base, a guide rail and a stopper. The guide rail extends along a longitudinal length of the base. The stopper is defined by the guide rail. The stopper is integrally connected to the base at a first contact point and a second contact point between the stopper and the base. The first and second contact points are spaced from one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Jim Thomas, III, Scott Dearing
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Publication number: 20210323392Abstract: A cargo management system for a vehicle cargo box includes a utility rail and a utility track cover. The utility rail is configured to be installed to the cargo box. The utility track cover is configured to be removably disposed over the utility rail. The utility track cover has a base, a guide rail and a stopper. The guide rail extends along a longitudinal length of the base. The stopper is defined by the guide rail. The stopper is integrally connected to the base at a first contact point and a second contact point between the stopper and the base. The first and second contact points are spaced from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Jim THOMAS, III, Scott DEARING
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Publication number: 20160319888Abstract: A torque limiter assembly includes a drive disc, a driven disc, a pressure plate, an offset plate, a bladder, a first clutch lining, and a second clutch lining. At least a portion of the bladder contacts the offset plate. The pressure plate is separated from the offset plate via a plurality of offset members and the first clutch lining is disposed between the drive disc and the driven disc. The second clutch lining is disposed between the drive disc and the pressure plate. The bladder is pressurized to set a threshold torque at which the clutch of the assembly begins to slip. The assembly further includes a central hub. The central hub has bolts which extend radially therefrom and which secure the central hub to a shaft. The bolts are positioned between the pressure plate and the offset plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: TEROG MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Joe Thomas Rogus, Jim Thomas Rogus
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Patent number: 8485107Abstract: A device and system for controlling travel of a railcar along a set of rails is provided. In one example, a railcar stop is coupled to the set of rails and is selectively movable between a first position wherein the railcar is free to travel along the set of rails and a second position wherein the railcar stop engages the treads of the wheels to thereby prevent travel of the railcar in at least one direction along the rails.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: AAA Sales & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Heyden, Gregory P. Reitz, John A. Hooper, Lowell B. Ziese, Jim Thomas
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Patent number: 8388594Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes three layers of spunbond fibers and two layers of meltblown fibers. The side of the nonwoven web that includes two layers of spunbond fibers is attached to the elastomeric material.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Patent number: 8231595Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes two layers of spunbond multi-component fibers and one layer of meltblown fibers. The multi-component fibers include a first polymer and a second polymer having different melt temperatures. Thermo-bonds are formed at least partially through the nonwoven web. Some of the thermo-bonds can be elongated in the cross-machine direction of the nonwoven web.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Patent number: 8226626Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes two layers of spunbond fibers and one layer of meltblown fibers. Some of the meltblown fibers are present in the interstices formed by the spunbond fibers of one of the layers. As a result of activation of the stretchable laminate, the nonwoven web has a Residual Maximum Peak Force of at least 0.3 N/cm.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Patent number: 8226625Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes two layers of spunbond fibers and one layer of meltblown fibers. Some of the meltblown fibers are present in the interstices formed by the spunbond fibers of one of the layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Publication number: 20120055368Abstract: A device and system for controlling travel of a railcar along a set of rails is provided. In one example, a railcar stop is coupled to the set of rails and is selectively movable between a first position wherein the railcar is free to travel along the set of rails and a second position wherein the railcar stop engages the treads of the wheels to thereby prevent travel of the railcar in at least one direction along the rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: AAA Sales & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Heyden, Gregory P. Reitz, John A. Hooper, Lowell B. Ziese, Jim Thomas
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Patent number: 8079309Abstract: A device and system for controlling travel of a railcar along a set of rails is provided. In one example, a railcar stop is coupled to the set of rails and is selectively movable between a first position wherein the railcar is free to travel along the set of rails and a second position wherein the railcar stop engages the treads of the wheels to thereby prevent travel of the railcar in at least one direction along the rails.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: AAA Sales & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Heyden, Gregory P. Reitz, John A. Hooper, Lowell B. Ziese, Jim Thomas
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Publication number: 20100320725Abstract: A trailer to transport golf equipment and other cargo in an enclosure towed behind a motorcycle or other properly-equipped vehicle includes a trailer frame and a cargo container mounted thereon and carried thereby. The trailer frame includes a tongue member extending therefrom and having a free end adapted to be releasably coupled to a trailer hitch and at least two wheels mounted to opposing sides of the trailer frame. The cargo container generally includes a container wall defining an enclosed cargo space and an access panel into the cargo space, and is about three times taller than it is wide so that it travels in a substantially vertical orientation. The interior of the cargo container is equipped to securely hold a golf bag containing golf clubs, and may also be adapted (e.g., with hooks, rods, and secondary storage compartments) to hold and other cargo.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2009Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventor: Jim Thomas Thorpe, SR.
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Publication number: 20100262107Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes two layers of spunbond fibers and one layer of meltblown fibers. Some of the meltblown fibers are present in the interstices formed by the spunbond fibers of one of the layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Publication number: 20100262105Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes two layers of spunbond multi-component fibers and one layer of meltblown fibers. The multi-component fibers include a first polymer and a second polymer having different melt temperatures. Thermo-bonds are formed at least partially through the nonwoven web. Some of the thermo-bonds can be elongated in the cross-machine direction of the nonwoven web.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Publication number: 20100262102Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes three layers of spunbond fibers and two layers of meltblown fibers. The side of the nonwoven web that includes two layers of spunbond fibers is attached to the elastomeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Publication number: 20100262103Abstract: A stretchable laminate, a process of making a stretchable laminate and a disposable absorbent article that includes a stretchable laminate are disclosed. The stretchable laminate includes a nonwoven web and a web of elastomeric material. The nonwoven web includes two layers of spunbond fibers and one layer of meltblown fibers. Some of the meltblown fibers are present in the interstices formed by the spunbond fibers of one of the layers. As a result of activation of the stretchable laminate, the nonwoven web has a Residual Maximum Peak Force of at least 0.3 N/cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Donald Zgoda, Walter Douglas Daniels, Jim Thomas Bader, Erika Fabiola Galvis
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Publication number: 20100083865Abstract: A device and system for controlling travel of a railcar along a set of rails is provided. In one example, a railcar stop is coupled to the set of rails and is selectively movable between a first position wherein the railcar is free to travel along the set of rails and a second position wherein the railcar stop engages the treads of the wheels to thereby prevent travel of the railcar in at least one direction along the rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: AAA Sales & Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Heyden, Gregory P. Reitz, John A. Hooper, Lowell B. Ziese, Jim Thomas
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Patent number: 7330823Abstract: Sociometric analysis of a group of individuals is performed using a single software application on a digital computer. The software creates a sociometric questionnaire in response to questions selected by a user. The questionnaire comprises at least one sociometric question, and typically several such questions. Each question includes a plurality of potential nominations corresponding to the individuals in the group, and solicits at least one nomination from the plurality. The software facilitates the inputting of responses to the sociometric questionnaire by displaying a replica of the questionnaire. The responses are accepted and analyzed, and each individual is classified into one of a plurality of sociometric classifications. Probability and strength scores related to the classification are calculated and reported. Reciprocal nominations and self-nominations are reported.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Inventors: Melissa E. DeRosier, Jim Thomas
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Patent number: 6711577Abstract: Disclosed are association rule identification and visualization methods, systems, and apparatus. An association rule in data mining is an implication of the form X→Y where X is a set of antecedent items and Y is the consequent item. A unique visualization technique that provides multiple antecedent, consequent, confidence, and support information is disclosed to facilitate better presentation of large quantities of complex association rules.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Pak Chung Wong, Paul Whitney, Jim Thomas