Patents by Inventor John Wayne Thompson

John Wayne Thompson 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: 20250389758
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Jon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20250244366
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20250240601
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first data indicative of an emergency alert being issued by a first device worn by a user, determining a first responder, and a second responder associated with the user, receiving, via a second device of the first responder, a first location of the first responder, receiving, via a third device of the second responder, a second location of the second responder, determining that the first location is more proximate to the user than the second location, generating second data associated with the emergency alert, where the second data indicating at least a third location of the user, an identifier of the user, or a type of the emergency alert, and sending the second data to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Louis Graham, Samuel Charles Schaffer, Tucker Lee Shannon
  • Patent number: 12241918
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 12241917
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20230353975
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first data indicative of an emergency alert being issued by a first device worn by a user, determining a first responder, and a second responder associated with the user, receiving, via a second device of the first responder, a first location of the first responder, receiving, via a third device of the second responder, a second location of the second responder, determining that the first location is more proximate to the user than the second location, generating second data associated with the emergency alert, where the second data indicating at least a third location of the user, an identifier of the user, or a type of the emergency alert, and sending the second data to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Louis Graham, Samuel Charles Schaffer, Tucker Lee Shannon
  • Publication number: 20230353974
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first data indicative of an emergency alert being issued by a first device worn by a user, determining a first responder, and a second responder associated with the user, receiving, via a second device of the first responder, a first location of the first responder, receiving, via a third device of the second responder, a second location of the second responder, determining that the first location is more proximate to the user than the second location, generating second data associated with the emergency alert, where the second data indicating at least a third location of the user, an identifier of the user, or a type of the emergency alert, and sending the second data to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Louis Graham, Samuel Charles Schaffer, Tucker Lee Shannon
  • Publication number: 20230341443
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11579174
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11450191
    Abstract: A grounding cable warning device includes a housing affixable to a grounding cable. An electrical current transformer is disposed within the housing. An energy storage component is disposed within the housing. A first sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect an electrical current in the grounding cable. A second sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect a voltage of the grounding cable. One or more electronic indication components are arranged with the housing and configured to alert a user of an unsafe condition. A microcontroller is disposed within the housing and receives input from the first sensor and the sensor and actuates the one or more electronic indication components, in response to receipt of the input, to alert the user of the unsafe condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Brady Hansen
  • Publication number: 20220276288
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20210270873
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11009532
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Jon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20210035427
    Abstract: A grounding cable warning device includes a housing affixable to a grounding cable. An electrical current transformer is disposed within the housing. An energy storage component is disposed within the housing. A first sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect an electrical current in the grounding cable. A second sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect a voltage of the grounding cable. One or more electronic indication components are arranged with the housing and configured to alert a user of an unsafe condition. A microcontroller is disposed within the housing and receives input from the first sensor and the sensor and actuates the one or more electronic indication components, in response to receipt of the input, to alert the user of the unsafe condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Brady Hansen
  • Publication number: 20180164350
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Jon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: D1087118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Tucker Lee Shannon