Patents by Inventor Kevin Thomas

Kevin 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).

  • Patent number: 9010818
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a single handle post hole digger. The single handle of the post hole digger includes an outer elongated vertical handle and an inner elongated vertical shaft that is located within the outer handle. The post hole digger includes two blades used to cut into the ground and to loosen soil when open and then used to capture and remove soil when closed. The single handle configuration allows for deeper holes as the holes do not have to accommodate the opening action of the handles as in traditional diggers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventors: Nathan A. Scolari, Kevin Thomas Dubis, Charles Stanley Dubis
  • Patent number: 9002569
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a plurality of control module structures. A first control module structure is configured for determining a current motive mode of the vehicle. A second control module structure is configured for determining information indicating that a driver of the vehicle has left the vehicle unattended while the vehicle is in a motive-enabled mode. A third control module structure is configured for causing a secure idle mode to be implemented as a function of determining the information indicating that the driver of the vehicle has left the vehicle unattended while the vehicle is in the motive-enabled mode. Implementing the secure idle mode can include inhibiting the vehicle from being driveable until a driver access code is successfully received and authenticated by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Filip Tomik, Kirk Pebley, William David Treharne, Kevin Thomas Hille, Daniel M King
  • Patent number: 8980426
    Abstract: A peel-and-set tile system is disclosed for being installed onto a substrate, along with a corresponding method of manufacture and installation. The system provides, in an exemplary embodiment, a tile body. An underside surface of the tile body provides a contact adhesive array for securing the tile body to the substrate, the contact adhesive array being positioned and configured for forming a perimeter gasket continuously about a perimeter of the underside surface of the tile body when it is secured to the substrate. A peel-away release liner is applied over the contact adhesive array and configured to be removed therefrom when the tile body is to be installed onto the substrate. When the tile body is secured to the substrate, the perimeter gasket forms a bond that substantially prevents liquid or contaminants from getting between the underside surface of the tile body and the substrate or compromising the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventors: David J. Farrage, Jr., Alan Keith Bowden, Kevin Thomas Broderick
  • Patent number: 8968382
    Abstract: A device comprising a single closed loop of elastic filament configurable between (i) a first configuration for movement along a blood vessel; and (ii) a second configuration for lodging within a blood vessel, the second configuration providing a single flow-restricting face sized and configured to cover the mouth of the aneurysm and obstruct blood flow to the aneurysm while permitting substantially normal blood flow through the blood vessel, with the degree of obstruction at the mouth of the aneurysm being such that the aneurysm thromboses when the face is positioned over the aneurysm, the flow-restricting face comprising a plurality of lengths of the closed loop of filament disposed in close proximity to one another in a switchback configuration, and at least one leg for holding the flow-restricting face adjacent the mouth of the aneurysm, the leg configured so as to maintain substantially normal blood flow through the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Darren Schneider, Christopher Dillon, Gabriel Greeley, Rainuka Gupta, Jeremy Van Hill, Leslie Johnston, Matthew DeNardo, Rahul Sathe
  • Patent number: 8969353
    Abstract: Aminoalcohol lipidoids are prepared by reacting an amine with an epoxide-terminated compound are described. Methods of preparing aminoalcohol lipidoids from commercially available starting materials are also provided. Aminoalcohol lipidoids may be prepared from racemic or stereochemically pure epoxides. Aminoalcohol lipidoids or salts forms thereof are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the amino moiety of these aminoalcohol lipidoid compounds, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Complexes, micelles, liposomes or particles containing the inventive lipidoids and polynucleotide have been prepared. The inventive lipidoids may also be used in preparing microparticles for drug delivery. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kerry Peter Mahon, Kevin Thomas Love, Christopher G. Levins, Kathryn Ann Whitehead, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson
  • Patent number: 8959177
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for automatically selecting a content provider for delivery of content for consumption by a user. Various selection data such as cost, historical delivery bitrate, and so forth are gathered and a weighting profile is applied to generate a total weight by content provider. The total weight by content provider may be used to select one content provider from another for delivery of a particular piece of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr., Parag Kumar Garg, Charles Guest Tritschler, Vincent G. Uttley, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, James Allan Poore, Andrew Scott Brenner, Cody Bryce Meyer, Quais Taraki
  • Publication number: 20150032145
    Abstract: An expandable substantially spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame formed out of a closed loop of filament and configured to assume (i) a collapsed configuration in the form of a substantially two-dimensional elongated loop structure so as to facilitate insertion into the blood vessel or other body lumen, and (ii) an expanded configuration in the form of a three-dimensional substantially spherical structure so as to facilitate retention at a site in the blood vessel or other body lumen; and a flow-restricting face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the flow-restricting face is configured so as to restrict flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8943247
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for identifying which input of a sink device a source device is coupled to. The source devices provide content and are coupled to the sink devices which present at least a portion of the content. The source device provides a predetermined reference signal to the sink device. Selection of a plurality of inputs on the sink device is initiated until an emitted signal from the sink device which is based on the reference signal is detected by a sensor coupled to the source device. Once detected, the selected input may be associated with the source device. The source device may then use the associated input for automatic configuration of the sink device during future presentation of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Parag Kumar Garg, Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150008051
    Abstract: A mobility device includes at least two drive wheels mounted on a shaft; a drive controller drivingly coupled to the shaft; a seat mounted to a tilt mechanism such that the seat is able to tilt in a forward, backward, left and right directions as a result of the user shifting their body weight in either of those directions; a weight displacement sensor connectable to the tilt mechanism and the drive controller such that upon sensing a weight displacement of a user in a particular direction the weight displacement sensor causes the drive controller to impart drive to the drive wheels to move the mobility device in the direction of the sensed displaced weight of the user so that the mobility device is able to be driven in a forward and backward direction and steered in a left or right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Kevin Thomas HALSALL
  • Patent number: 8904278
    Abstract: A tag management system can implement a combined synchronous and asynchronous tag-loading scheme. In an embodiment of this scheme, a synchronous tag may be included at the top of or near the top of a content page. This synchronous tag can hide one or more page elements that are to be modified by a subsequent asynchronous personalization tag. Subsequently, the asynchronous personalization tag can update the page element and then cause the page element to be displayed. As a result, flicker between the old and new page elements can be reduced or avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tealium Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anderson, Tyron Gavin, Colin Douglas Sulin, Fiann James Curry-Towneley-O'Hagan, Kevin Thomas Faurholt
  • Publication number: 20140350825
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a plurality of control module structures. A first control module structure is configured for determining a current motive mode of the vehicle. A second control module structure is configured for determining information indicating that a driver of the vehicle has left the vehicle unattended while the vehicle is in a motive-enabled mode. A third control module structure is configured for causing a secure idle mode to be implemented as a function of determining the information indicating that the driver of the vehicle has left the vehicle unattended while the vehicle is in the motive-enabled mode. Implementing the secure idle mode can include inhibiting the vehicle from being driveable until a driver access code is successfully received and authenticated by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Filip Tomik, Kirk Pebley, William David Treharne, Kevin Thomas Hille, Daniel M. King
  • Publication number: 20140341720
    Abstract: Systems and devices configured to seal interfaces/gaps between stationary components of turbines and manipulate a flow of coolant about portions of the turbine during turbine operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a seal element includes: a first surface shaped to be oriented toward a pressurized cavity of the turbine; a second surface oriented substantially opposite the first surface and shaped to sealingly engage a contact surface of the static components; and a first set of angular features disposed in the second surface, the first set of angular features fluidly connecting the pressurized cavity and the flowpath of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dipankar Pal, Robert Walter Coign, Gary Michael Itzel, Kevin Thomas McGovern, Christopher Donald Porter
  • Publication number: 20140331036
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to data relay by a server. In one example implementation, a master server may load a temporary operating system and a slave server may load a temporary operating system. The master server may then receive a command from a user via a user interface of a computing device. The master server may relay the command received from the user to the slave server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Donald Kevin Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140320260
    Abstract: A system may include at least one antenna and a controller in communication with the antenna. The controller may be configured to establish a pattern for transmitting low frequency challenges; and instruct the first antenna to transmit the low frequency challenges based on the established pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Kevin Thomas Hille
  • Publication number: 20140317868
    Abstract: A mopping device includes a mopping portion, a fluid release device for releasing fluid to at least one of a surface to be mopped and the mopping portion, a handle configured to be gripped by a user to control the mopping portion, and a reservoir for storing fluid. The reservoir can include an expandable bladder. The reservoir also can be configured such that air need not be evacuated from the reservoir during tilling of the reservoir. The mopping device also can be part of a mopping system, in which a refill reservoir is provided to refill the reservoir of the mopping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Fitzpatrick, Thomas Perelli, Grant Matthew Mason
  • Patent number: 8874622
    Abstract: A method includes connecting an integration process to a first set of inputs. The first set of inputs may include one or more inputs. The integration process includes one or more data transformation operations using the inputs. The method further includes receiving metadata about one or more of the inputs in the first set of inputs. The metadata about one or more of the inputs in the first set of inputs is cached. The integration process is then connected to a second set of inputs based on the cached metadata about one or more of the inputs in the first set of inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Edward McGuire, Sergio Silveira Clemente Filho, Matthew Carroll, Cimarron S Ryan
  • Publication number: 20140280920
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for remotely monitoring devices and Internet connectivity on a computer network. The method uses and the system includes at least two units, i.e., a monitoring station, which is a client device local to the network being monitored, and a centralized server which receives status updates and configuration requests from the monitoring station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Vector Unlimited, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Foley, William Scott Fuelling, Jesse James Johns, Daniel Paul Lapoint
  • Publication number: 20140272583
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cathode of a lithium-ion battery having a conductive substrate, a first layer covering at least a portion of the conductive substrate comprising a pretreatment composition comprising a Group IIIB and/or Group IV metal, and a second layer covering at least a portion of the conductive substrate and first layer, the second layer comprising a coating composition comprising a lithium-containing compound. Also disclosed is method for treating a battery cathode and a battery having the treated cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Hellring, Randy E. Daughenbaugh, Richard F. Karabin, Edward F. Rakiewicz, Kevin Thomas Sylvester, Nathan J. Silvernail
  • Patent number: 8835011
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a display device, such as a three-dimensional liquid crystal (3-D LCD) display. The cover assembly includes an aluminosilicate glass substrate that is substantially free of retardance-induced visual defects and has a thickness of less than 2 mm, a retardance of less than or equal to 5 nm over an area of at least 170 in2 (20 in diagonal), a 4-point bend strength of greater than 150 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Raymond G Greene, Katherine Rose Rossington
  • Patent number: D718416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Twothirds Water Inc
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Reilly, Bradley Scott Pierik