Patents by Inventor Keith THOMA

Keith 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: 20210033271
    Abstract: A device and apparatus to provide lighting and ventilation for horticultural applications. The invention relates to a device that combines lighting and ventilation into a single device that enables more efficient lighting and ventilation, and thereby greater control of the microclimate for high density indoor horticulture and controlled environment agriculture. The invention further relates to an apparatus comprised of an array of the devices and the networked control thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kappa Farms, LLC
    Inventors: Schuyler David Milton, Keith Thomas Born
  • Publication number: 20210016681
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a rail-mounted component. The rail-mounted component can be equipped with one or more restraints. A restraint monitoring system monitors the one or more restraints. The restraint monitoring system includes a restraint control module and a rail-mounted component control module. The rail-mounted component control module can include a restraint deployment loop and a restraint diagnostic loop for relaying restraint deployment signals and restraint diagnostic signals, respectively, between the restraint control module and the rail-mounted component control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: David James Tippy, James Martin Lawlis, Alan George Dry, Galen Keith Thomas, Johnathan Andrew Line
  • Publication number: 20200398776
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a rail-mounted component and a restraint monitoring system. The rail-mounted component can include one or more restraints. The restraint monitoring system includes a restraint control module, an encoder-decoder module, and a rail-mounted component control module. The rail-mounted component control module can include a restraint deployment loop and a restraint diagnostic loop. The restraint deployment loop can include a deployment signal amplifier. The restraint diagnostic loop can include a diagnostic signal amplifier. In examples that include both the deployment signal amplifier and the diagnostic signal amplifier, the deployment signal amplifier and the diagnostic signal amplifier may be wired in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: David James Tippy, Alan George Dry, Mark A. Cuddihy, Derek Board, Jimmy Moua, Galen Keith Thomas, Ajeya Gupta, Johnathan Andrew Line
  • Publication number: 20200393864
    Abstract: A device includes an energy unit coupled to an energy device and adapted to couple a pair of split DC rails. A controller senses the voltage on the DC rails and regulates its output current response by means of an autonomous current response that creates the aggregate effect of controlling the rail voltage in cooperation with other units coupled to the DC rails. A system includes multiple such devices coupled to split DC rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Kaufman, Benjamin Francis Polito, Keith Thomas Richtman
  • Patent number: 10827741
    Abstract: A simple effective avian deterrent device comprising swivels rotationally affixed to a sturdy form and having at least two differently sized panels, each panel having images on both surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Keith Thomas Markun
  • Patent number: 10794726
    Abstract: A method of calculating a climb-dive marker (CDM) that is visibly present on a display even as the aircraft approaches a roll angle of +/?90° is provided. An exemplary CDM method comprises obtaining, an X-axis velocity, a Y-axis velocity, and a Z-axis velocity in aircraft body coordinates of an aircraft; calculating a CDM elevation; and displaying, by the controller, the calculated CDM elevation. The method can further comprise obtaining an angle of attack (AoA) of the aircraft and a roll angle of the aircraft, wherein the AoA is set as the value of the CDM elevation when the roll angle is within a preset range. The CDM elevation may also be calculated using a combination of the AOA and the CDM formula when roll angle is within a second preset range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: John Timothy Pearson, Lawerance Ray Butler, Keith Thomas Grandin, Michael Allen Robb
  • Publication number: 20200302351
    Abstract: System and methods may facilitate user guidance to risk relationship documents for an enterprise. A risk relationship document data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a risk relationship document and including a document identifier and a set of document metadata values. A document navigation computer may receive information from a user associated with the enterprise, and, based on the information received from the user and document metadata values, dynamically create a sub-set of the documents in the risk relationship data document data store. An interactive user interface display computer may provide indications associated with the documents in the dynamically created sub-set to the user via an interactive user interface and receive a selected document of the dynamically created sub-set. The user interface display computer may then, responsive to the selection, deliver the selected document to a remote user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Thomas Clark, James A. Madison, Moon Nagar, Scott Mitchell Mackenthun
  • Publication number: 20200281079
    Abstract: A system for forming a conductive tape trace on a substrate includes a segment feeder arm configured to feed segments of conductive tape to the substrate and a segment placement armature configured to grasp and position the conductive tape segments in a predetermined pattern on the substrate. The conductive tape segments include a plurality of conductive tape bend segments and at least one conductive tape branch segment. The segment placement armature is configured to position and overlap the plurality of conductive tape bend segments on the substrate to form a conductive tape bend and position the at least one conductive tape branch segment in contact with and extending from the conductive tape bend. A roller can be included and be configured to apply a force onto the conductive tape segments positioned on the substrate. A welder that welds the conductive tape segments together can also be included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Galen Keith Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200271367
    Abstract: A modular water storage tank, for a refrigerator, includes a hollow storage body comprising a first body member having first and second open ends, the first open end comprising a first male extension having a first connection member on an outer surface thereof. A female end cap comprises a second connection member on an inner surface thereof that is configured to engage with the first connection member to secure the female end cap to the first open end. A male end cap comprises a second male extension having a third connection member on an outer surface thereof that is configured to engage with a fourth connection member disposed on an inner surface at the second open end of the first body member to secure the male end cap to the second open end of the first body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas McCollough, Keith Thomas Phelan
  • Publication number: 20200264212
    Abstract: An electronic device test system includes a contactor having probe pairs with first and second conductive probes to couple to a respective conductive feature of a packaged electronic device or wafer die region. The system also includes a test circuit having a voltage source to provide a common mode voltage signal; a first buffer with a first input coupled to an output of the voltage source, an output coupled to a first conductive probe of a first probe pair, and a second input coupled to a second conductive probe of the first probe pair; and a second buffer with a first input coupled to the output of the voltage source, an output coupled to a first conductive probe of a second probe pair, and a second input coupled to a second conductive probe of the second probe pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Gulas, Zebulan Keith Thomas
  • Patent number: 10731981
    Abstract: A combined altitude display apparatus for generating a combined altitude value is provided. The apparatus comprises a first altitude input interface, wherein the first altitude input interface receives a first altitude value; a second altitude input interface, wherein the second altitude input interface receives a second altitude value, wherein the second altitude value indicated by the second altitude input interface has a cyclical range; an altitude output interface, wherein the altitude output interface outputs a third altitude value; and a data fusion component coupled to the first altitude input interface and the second altitude input interface and configured to calculate the third altitude value based on the first altitude value and the second altitude value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Elbit Systems of America, LLC
    Inventors: John Timothy Pearson, Lawerance Ray Butler, Keith Thomas Grandin, Michael Allen Robb, Donald Grant Gwynne
  • Patent number: 10732659
    Abstract: A device includes an energy unit coupled to an energy device and adapted to couple a pair of split DC rails. A controller senses the voltage on the DC rails and regulates its output current response by means of an autonomous current response that creates the aggregate effect of controlling the rail voltage in cooperation with other units coupled to the DC rails. A system includes multiple such devices coupled to split DC rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Pika Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Kaufman, Benjamin Francis Polito, Keith Thomas Richtman
  • Publication number: 20200036191
    Abstract: A photovoltaic array system includes multiple strings of series coupled photovoltaic modules to provide current at a voltage dependent on the number of modules in each string and their operating efficiency. Each string is coupled to a DC-to-DC converter to convert the current from each string for output to a DC bus. An inverter is coupled to DC bus to convert the current from the strings of series coupled photovoltaic modules to AC current at a grid-compatible voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Kaufman, Benjamin Francis Polito, Keith Thomas Richtman
  • Publication number: 20190301411
    Abstract: A fluid supply system for a machine such as an internal combustion engine includes a shutoff valve having an electrical actuator that includes a solenoid subassembly, and a stabilizer for the electrical valve actuator. The stabilizer includes a fitting structured to couple the shutoff valve to adjacent hardware in the fluid supply system, and a strongarm extending between the fitting and the solenoid assembly and clamped to the solenoid subassembly. A vibration-damping reinforced grommet may be clamped between the solenoid subassembly and the clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Allen Lawrence, Brandyn Anthony Stack, Joseph John Stabnik, Keith Thomas Igoe, Eric Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10411477
    Abstract: A photovoltaic array system includes multiple strings of series coupled photovoltaic modules to provide current at a voltage dependent on the number of modules in each string and their operating efficiency. Each string is coupled to a DC-to-DC converter to convert the current from each string for output to a DC bus. An inverter is coupled to DC bus to convert the current from the strings of series coupled photovoltaic modules to AC current at a grid-compatible voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Pika Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Kaufman, Benjamin Francis Polito, Keith Thomas Richtman
  • Patent number: 10388179
    Abstract: An analytics platform may generate one or more user interfaces based on the set of testing parameters. The analytics platform may provide the one or more user interfaces. The analytics platform may receive first test information corresponding to first respondents. The analytics platform may identify, based on the first test information and based on information identifying particular respondents of the first respondents, characteristic attributes of the particular respondents. The analytics platform may train, based on the values of the characteristic attributes and performance information associated with the first respondents, a predictive model. The analytics platform may obtain the second test information corresponding to the one or more second respondents. The analytics platform may determine the predicted performance information associated with the one or more second respondents using the predictive model. The analytics platform may perform an action based on the predicted performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Mosher, Keith Thomas McInerney, Richard J. Bakosh, Tanushree Guha, Samuel R. Tepper
  • Patent number: 10326189
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, through a vertical polarization port of an orthogonal-mode transducer (OMT), a vertical polarized signal from a vertical polarization diplexer, and receiving, through a horizontal polarization port of the OMT, a horizontal polarized signal from a horizontal polarization diplexer. The method also includes receiving, through a common port of the OMT, a circular polarized signal comprising the vertical and horizontal polarized signals. The common waveguide includes a septum polarizer configured to split or combine between the circular polarized signal, and the vertical polarized signal and the horizontal polarized signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Toktam Nezakati, Farbod Tabatabai, Siyuan Xin, Benjamin K. Yaffe, Keith Thomas Williams, Eduardo Tinoco, Jose Alex Rivas
  • Publication number: 20190025054
    Abstract: A combined altitude display apparatus for generating a combined altitude value is provided. The apparatus comprises a first altitude input interface, wherein the first altitude input interface receives a first altitude value; a second altitude input interface, wherein the second altitude input interface receives a second altitude value, wherein the second altitude value indicated by the second altitude input interface has a cyclical range; an altitude output interface, wherein the altitude output interface outputs a third altitude value; and a data fusion component coupled to the first altitude input interface and the second altitude input interface and configured to calculate the third altitude value based on the first altitude value and the second altitude value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: John Timothy PEARSON, Lawerance Ray BUTLER, Keith Thomas GRANDIN, Michael Allen ROBB, Donald Grant GWYNNE
  • Publication number: 20190025077
    Abstract: A method of calculating a climb-dive marker (CDM) that is visibly present on a display even as the aircraft approaches a roll angle of +/?90° is provided. An exemplary CDM method comprises obtaining, an X-axis velocity, a Y-axis velocity, and a Z-axis velocity in aircraft body coordinates of an aircraft; calculating a CDM elevation; and displaying, by the controller, the calculated CDM elevation. The method can further comprise obtaining an angle of attack (AoA) of the aircraft and a roll angle of the aircraft, wherein the AoA is set as the value of the CDM elevation when the roll angle is within a preset range. The CDM elevation may also be calculated using a combination of the AOA and the CDM formula when roll angle is within a second preset range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: John Timothy PEARSON, Lawerance Ray BUTLER, Keith Thomas GRANDIN, Michael Allen ROBB
  • Publication number: 20180309180
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, through a vertical polarization port of an orthogonal-mode transducer (OMT), a vertical polarized signal from a vertical polarization diplexer, and receiving, through a horizontal polarization port of the OMT, a horizontal polarized signal from a horizontal polarization diplexer. The method also includes receiving, through a common port of the OMT, a circular polarized signal comprising the vertical and horizontal polarized signals. The common waveguide includes a septum polarizer configured to split or combine between the circular polarized signal, and the vertical polarized signal and the horizontal polarized signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Toktam Nezakati, Farbod Tabatabai, Siyuan Xin, Benjamin K. Yaffe, Keith Thomas Williams, Eduardo Tinoco, Jose Alex Rivas