Patents by Inventor Jon R. Thompson

Jon R. 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).

  • ACOUSTEOMIC SENSING AND MONITORING USING A HUMAN-CENTRIC INTELLIGENT ACOUSTEOMIC ARRAY
    Publication number: 20240065568
    Abstract: An appliance for monitoring blood flow is provided. The appliance includes a plurality of spatially separated acousteomic sensors for auscultation detection of a patient; a hardware processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a trained computer model for modeling a function of a healthy heart for analyzing the acousteomic signals; and a transmitter that transmits the acousteomic signals from the plurality of acousteomic sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andreas G. ANDREOU, Rajat MITTAL, Christos SAPSANIS, Jung Hee SEO, W. Reid THOMPSON, Jon R. RESAR
  • Rotary switch
    Patent number: 9805885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary switch. In particular, the rotary switch includes a main contactor having a main contact carrier and a main cam, a shaft rotatably journaled in the main contactor and extending axially through the main contactor, and an auxiliary contactor. When the switch is rotated from the ON position to the OFF position, the shaft rotates to break open auxiliary contacts before main contacts break open upon further rotation of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: REDARC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Roderick M. Francis, Jon R. Thompson
  • ROTARY SWITCH
    Publication number: 20160181031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary switch. In particular, the rotary switch includes a main contactor having a main contact carrier and a main cam, a shaft rotatably journaled in the main contactor and extending axially through the main contactor, and an auxiliary contactor. When the switch is rotated from the ON position to the OFF position, the shaft rotates to break open auxiliary contacts before main contacts break open upon further rotation of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Roderick M. Francis, Jon R. Thompson