Patents by Inventor John A. Thoma

John A. Thoma 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: 20220214031
    Abstract: A support accessory is provided for an LED lamp, and the support accessory includes a frame and a supporting leg. The frame is configured to be detachably coupled to the LED lamp, and the supporting leg is configured for supporting the frame on at least one certain support surface when the LED lamp is installed. Wherein, in a first state, the supporting leg is fixed to the frame, and in a second state, the supporting leg is slidably coupled to the frame and can slide relative to the frame to adjust length of the supporting leg between the frame and the at least one certain support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yong LI, Edward John THOMAS, Shuyi QIN, Min FANG, Honghao WU
  • Publication number: 20220213583
    Abstract: A coating method for a component with at least one aperture includes providing a component having at least one aperture formed in a surface thereof; additively manufacturing a hollow member on a portion of the surface to define a space above each aperture, the portion of the surface being adjacent to the aperture, the hollow member having an inner peripheral geometry complementary to a peripheral geometry at least one of aperture; applying at least one coating over the surface of the component and around hollow member to form an applied coating having an applied coating thickness; and removing at least a portion of the hollow member to make a top portion of the hollow member coplanar with the applied coating to expose the space through the applied coating; wherein a lower portion of the hollow member remains to define the space through the applied coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: David Allen Singletary, John Thomas Zanetti, Kassy Moy Hart, William Clifford Ross, Jose Troitino Lopez, Anderson Viaro Mattos, Fernando Jorge Casanova
  • Patent number: 11377722
    Abstract: A coating method for a component with at least one aperture includes providing a component having at least one aperture formed in a surface thereof; additively manufacturing a hollow member on a portion of the surface to define a space above each aperture, the portion of the surface being adjacent to the aperture, the hollow member having an inner peripheral geometry complementary to a peripheral geometry at least one of aperture; applying at least one coating over the surface of the component and around hollow member to form an applied coating having an applied coating thickness; and removing at least a portion of the hollow member to make a top portion of the hollow member coplanar with the applied coating to expose the space through the applied coating; wherein a lower portion of the hollow member remains to define the space through the applied coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Allen Singletary, John Thomas Zanetti, Kassy Moy Hart, William Clifford Ross, Jose Troitino Lopez, Anderson Viaro Mattos, Fernando Jorge Casanova
  • Publication number: 20220204650
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a bioelectronic device includes an electrode, target proteins, and attachment mechanisms that immobilize the target proteins on the electrode, the attachment mechanisms comprising linker proteins that interface with the target proteins and attach the target proteins to the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Houman Yaghoubi, Arash Takshi, John Thomas Beatty
  • Publication number: 20220205324
    Abstract: A pulsation dampening device includes a body having an upper connection end and a lower connection end, each connection end adapted to connect the body to connectors for a drill string pipe segment that are part of one of a top drive, a lower Kelly valve, a saver sub, drill string sub, a drill string pipe and a bottom hole assembly. Flow restriction is provided within an internal flow path extending axially through the body and is configured to reduce pumped fluid pressure pulses originating from an agitator within downhole tools. The flow restriction is provided by a combination of one or more orifice(s) restricting fluid flow within the internal flow path, optionally coupled with relief feature(s) gradually increasing or decreasing a cross-section of the internal flow path, or by an orifice device. Flow restriction operates unidirectionally or bidirectionally relative to predominant fluid flow in attenuating pressure pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: John Thomas Rogers, Cersten Jantzon
  • Publication number: 20220205575
    Abstract: Top repairable gas-charged pulsation dampener designs include one or both of a threaded cover for bladder replacement and a standardized bladder with a double convex, anti-extrusion bladder button. The threaded cover, which speeds up bladder replacement over bolt-on covers, preferably has a two-piece construction to reduce torsion on the bladder neck. The bladder design, which includes a double convex, anti-extrusion bladder button, facilitates use of the same bladder design in both top repairable and bottom repairable gas-charged pulsation dampeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: John Thomas Rogers, Cersten Jantzon
  • Publication number: 20220195373
    Abstract: An incubator system includes an incubator unit including incubator chamber defined by chamber walls formed of a non-magnetic material; a control unit physically separated from the incubator unit and including operational controls for operation of the incubator system; and at least one duct coupling the incubator unit to the control unit, wherein the incubator system is configured so that the incubator chamber experiences a magnetic field variation of no more than 100 nT arising from the incubator system during incubation operation of the incubation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: John T. Butters, Lisa C. Butters, George Smilov, Jered L. Singleton, Philip J. Brock, John Thomas Sarlina, Ben Johannes Decock
  • Publication number: 20220186021
    Abstract: Described are polymer compositions that include a blend of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (rPET) and a copolyester based on monomers that include on terephthalic acid (TPA), ethylene glycol (EG) and 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD), wherein the blend has improved engineering properties compared to the rPET material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Katherine Augusta Hofmann, John Thomas Hofmann, Douglas Weldon Carico
  • Publication number: 20220185711
    Abstract: Glycine is an organic compound that can be used in the making of a synthetic acid that obviates all the drawbacks of strong acids such as hydrochloric acid. The new compound is made by dissolving glycine in water, in a weight ratio of approximately 1:1 to 1:1.5. The solution is mixed until the glycine is essentially fully dissolved in the water. Once dissolution is complete, hydrogen chloride gas is dissolved in the solution to produce the new compound, which can be referred to as hydrogen glycine. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting the pH of a fluid, the method comprising adding an effective amount of a solution to the fluid for adjusting the pH thereof to a desired level, wherein the solution is prepared by mixing glycine in water to form a glycine solution; and adding hydrogen chloride to the glycine solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: John T. MacDonald, II, John Thomas MacDonald, III
  • Publication number: 20220177784
    Abstract: Pitch production systems utilizing coal tar or decant oil for coal or petroleum based pitch are disclosed. Total pitch production yields are increased by heat treating distillate fractions from the pitch production process. A heat treatment system and process are disclosed in embodiments. The heaviest distillates having the highest molecular weights are subjected to heat treatment, though other embodiments contemplate heat treating a variety of combined distillate fractions. The heat treatment systems require heat soaking the distillate(s) at elevated temperatures of 459-535° C. at a near-constant temperature with near-uniform flow. A fraction of the heat-treated distillate may be reintroduced to the pitch production system as part of a continuous process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Koppers Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bech Malmqvist, Billy Jay Cairns, Carl Camille Mueller, John Thomas Baron, James T. Dietz
  • Patent number: 11351582
    Abstract: A manufactured composite comprising synthetic turf and impermeable geomembrane is used in a single-layer capping system as the single layer to provide permanent, impermeable and functional aesthetic cover for a job site. During installation of composite pieces at a job site, an edge portion of a tufted section of a second composite piece is overlaid onto an edge untufted section of the first composite piece already laid and anchored over foundation soil to form a reinforced overlapping seam, through which the two composite pieces are physically and permanently joined together. As composite pieces are joined together, the continuity of synthetic grass and the continuity of impermeability are extended and realized over the entire site to form permanent, impermeable and functional aesthetic cover for a job site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ACT GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Doyle Fleishman, John Thomas Baize
  • Patent number: 11352343
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of any one of Formulae (I)-(III), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided are particles (e.g., nanoparticles) comprising compounds of Formula (I)-(III) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are mucus penetrating. The invention also provides methods and kits for using the inventive compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with abnormal or pathological angiogenesis and/or aberrant signaling of a growth factor (e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)), such as proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers, benign neoplasms, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases) and ocular diseases (e.g., macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinoblastoma, edema, uveitis, dry eye, blepharitis, and post-surgical inflammation) in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston Zapanta Ong, Pawel Wojciech Nowak, John Thomas Feutrill, Jinsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11345403
    Abstract: An engine mounting system for a work vehicle includes an engine mount configured to support an engine on a frame of the work vehicle. The engine mount has an engine mounting portion and a frame connection portion, an extent of the frame connection portion along a lateral axis of the engine mount is greater than an extent of the engine mounting portion along the lateral axis, the engine mounting portion has an opening configured to receive a fastener configured to couple the engine to the engine mount, the frame connection portion has a substantially flat contact surface configured to engage a corresponding substantially flat contact surface of a frame member of the frame, and the engine mounting portion does not contact the frame member while the substantially flat contact surface of the frame connection portion is engaged with the corresponding substantially flat contact surface of the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Ralph Hertsgaard, John Thomas Rasset
  • Publication number: 20220166673
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media analyzing memory usage in a network node. A network assurance appliance may be configured to determine a hit count for a concrete level rule implemented on a node and identify one or more components of a logical model, wherein each of the one or more components are associated with the concrete level rule. The network assurance appliance may attribute the hit count for the concrete level rule to each of the components of the logical model, determine a number of hardware level entries associated with the each of the one or more components, and generate a report comprising the one or more components of the logical model, the hit count attributed to each of the one or more components of the logical model, and the number of hardware level entries associated with the one or more components of the logical model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ramana Rao Kompella, Chandra Nagarajan, John Thomas Monk, Purna Mani Kumar Ghantasala
  • Publication number: 20220167178
    Abstract: A method of managing wireless access to a network performed by an access point includes storing a programmable response time for defining a zone of operation around the access point, receiving from a client device a request to associate with the access point, transmitting a probe to the client device, when a response to the probe is received, measuring a round trip time between transmission of the probe and receipt of the response, determining whether the client device's request to associate with the access point should be granted or denied by comparing the round trip time to the programmable response time, granting the request to associate in response to determining that the round trip time is less than the programmable response time, and denying the request to associate with the access point in response to determining that the round trip time is longer than the programmable response time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: John Thomas Welch, Gary L. Smith, Michael David Drews, Wael R. Midani
  • Publication number: 20220151040
    Abstract: A color correction device includes a computation engine including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The computation engine is configured to receive reference color data. A software application stored in the memory and configured to compute adjustment values needed to achieve the reference color data from a target color. An output configured to output color corrected signals to light emitting diodes (LEDs) to achieve a reference color associated with the reference color data from the target color of the LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Zarcone, Karl Edward Keppeler, John Thomas Boccio, Michael Boyd
  • Publication number: 20220137797
    Abstract: A method of operating a device, which includes providing a user interface with a display artifact; in response to an indication a user selected to copy the display artifact, storing multiple levels of detail of the display artifact; allowing the user to paste a selected level of detail by steps of: in response to an indication a user selected an input field and a paste command, displaying a plurality of paste options for pasting the display artifact into the input field, wherein the plurality of paste options each have a unique level of detail for representing the display artifact; allowing the user to select from the plurality of paste options; and in response to an indication a user selected a paste option from the plurality of paste options, pasting the display artifact with a level of detail associated with the selected paste option into the input filed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jared BROWN, John Thomas KIMBELL, Patrick Evan LITTLE, Marianna LEVANT, Rory Akira Malcolm FAIRWEATHER, Lisa Marie WRIGHT, Gurpreet VIRDI, Grigoriy V LYUKSHIN, David Chege GITAU
  • Publication number: 20220136059
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing the likelihood of recurrence of clear cell renal cell carcinoma is provided. The method involves a) detecting the gene expression signatures of mitochondrial electron transport chain subunits, mitochondrial ribosomal proteins, major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) proteins or combinations thereof in a kidney tumor tissue sample; and b) determining that the subject has an elevated risk of recurrence of clear cell renal cell carcinoma if the gene expression signatures include certain sequences. In another embodiment, the method uses copper levels to diagnose the likelihood of recurrence of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Maria Franciszka Czyzyk-Krzeska, Julio Alberto Landero Figueroa, Jarek Meller, David Plas, Shuchi Gulati, Bhargav Vemuri, John Thomas Cunningham, IV
  • Patent number: D950984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TUFT & NEEDLE, LLC
    Inventors: John Thomas Marino, Aaron Whitney, Gene Bunger, Michael Fretto
  • Patent number: D952416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SYNDICATE CHEMISTRY, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Michael Castiglia, Jr., John Thomas Waldheim, III