Patents by Inventor Lee Thomas

Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20250110804
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. A presentation service may receive an application programming interface (API) request to generate a first update to a content item for display at a client application. The presentation service may cause, based on receiving the API request, the first update to the content item to be displayed at the client application. The presentation service may synchronize the first update to the content item to a content management system. A service may transmit, to the content management system, a second update to the content item that is synchronized to the content management system. The presentation service may cause, based on transmitting the second update, the second update to the content item to be displayed at the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jason Lee Thomas, Nelson Coleman Edwards
  • Patent number: 12253264
    Abstract: A modular oven provides an outer cabinet receiving independently removable modules for steam cooking and having a self-contained water source and drain receptacle for plumbing-less installation, each module controlled by a common controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Douglas Burnett, Philip R. McKee, Lee Thomas VanLanen, Jeff Maddox
  • Patent number: 12200174
    Abstract: A sorter processes trading cards in an affordable, accurate, and easy-to-use manner. The sorter includes an input and output bin. A transport path moves cards between the bins and has two scan bars, one above and one below the path. The scan bars capture an image of a top and bottom surface of ones of the cards. A controller coordinates movement of the cards along the path and receives the image for processing. Users interact with the controller by way of an interface to influence the processing. The sorter also includes a coil to detect metal foil on the cards. Other embodiments are envisioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley Austin Hurst, Michael Charles Day, Daniel Lee Thomas, Michael Richard Turpyn, Casey Matthew Wesley, Darren Adam Keese, Jeremy Keith Payne
  • Publication number: 20240410530
    Abstract: A freezer system that uses liquid cryogen as a refrigerant for a freezer. The freezer includes an inner vessel defining a storage chamber and a vapor space, an outer shell that surrounds and is separated from the inner vessel to define an insulation space between the inner vessel and the outer shell, and an access opening extending between the outer shell and inner vessel to facilitate the insertion and removal of samples. An atomizing nozzle is positioned within the vapor space and is configured to receive a flow of liquid cryogen and to produce a flow of atomized liquid cryogen that vaporizes within the vapor space to thereby cool the vapor space. A controller is configured to control the flow of liquid cryogen to the freezer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Edward Lee Thomas, Christopher Warren Fortenberry
  • Publication number: 20240406512
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for modifying or updating a user interface. In some examples, systems, methods, and computer readable media include receiving, via an operator console on an operator system, one or more inputs for a template for a user interface, generating, based on the one or more inputs, the template for the user interface, and generating, based on the template, a plurality of designs for the user interface, wherein each design in the plurality of designs is associated with an interface profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: OpenTV, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Fishman, Gareth Lewis, Will Owen, Lee Thomas, Crx Chai, Laurent Demesmaeker, Ben Gidley, Ruchira Jain
  • Publication number: 20240321146
    Abstract: A flooring panel sample module and method of manufacturing the same. The module provides superior construction integrity without relying on the unpredictable performance of glue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: Adam Lee Thomas
  • Patent number: 12096087
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for modifying or updating a user interface. In some examples, systems, methods, and computer readable media include receiving, via an operator console on an operator system, one or more inputs for a template for a user interface, generating, based on the one or more inputs, the template for the user interface, and generating, based on the template, a plurality of designs for the user interface, wherein each design in the plurality of designs is associated with an interface profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: OPENTV, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Fishman, Gareth Lewis, Will Owen, Lee Thomas, Crx Chai, Laurent Demesmaeker, Ben Gidley, Jain Ruchira
  • Patent number: 12027077
    Abstract: A flooring panel sample module and method of manufacturing the same. The module provides superior construction integrity without relying on the unpredictable performance of glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Lee Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240164570
    Abstract: A group head (20) for an espresso machine (10), the group head (20) comprising: a group head bracket (36) for detachable engagement with a portafilter (30) holding a puck (22) of ground coffee in a filter basket (64) to dispense an espresso coffee; a conduit (34) for receiving a flow of water to the portafilter (30); and, a heater (32) mounted in the group head (20) to heat the flow of water to the portafilter (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Breville Pty Limited
    Inventors: Mark Lewis HOLLOWAY, Alper BENDER, Man Ho HAN, Chiu Keung Kenneth LEE, Con PSAROLOGOS, Xiang REN, Alexander Lee Thomas CHUDLEY
  • Patent number: 11947282
    Abstract: A system for an electrophotographic image forming device includes a toner container having a reservoir for storing toner and an impact member configured to selectively impart an impulse force on the toner container to cause vibration of the toner container. A sensor is configured to sense the vibration of the toner container upon the impact member imparting the impulse force on the toner container. Processing circuitry in communication with the sensor is configured to determine an estimate of an amount of toner in the reservoir based on the sensed vibration of the toner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Lloyd Chapman, Clare Cabahug Maxino, Neilson Gutay Navarrete, Michael Todd Phillips, Scott Daniel Reeves, Daniel Lee Thomas
  • Patent number: 11947279
    Abstract: A system for sensing material within a container includes a container having a reservoir for storing material and an impact member configured to selectively impart an impulse force on the container to cause vibration of the container. A sensor is configured to sense the vibration of the container upon the impact member imparting the impulse force on the container. Processing circuitry in communication with the sensor is configured to determine an estimate of an amount of the material in the container based on the sensed vibration of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Lloyd Chapman, Clare Cabahug Maxino, Neilson Gutay Navarrete, Michael Todd Phillips, Scott Daniel Reeves, Daniel Lee Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240076971
    Abstract: An improved pump device and control system for removal of liquid, such as viscous leachate, from a bore. A pump device includes a casing with an inlet check valve on a lower portion thereof and a discharge check valve on an upper portion thereof positioned within the casing. A fill cavity within the casing is connectable to a source of pressurized gas. As liquid/viscous leachate accumulates within the bore it enters the fill cavity through the inlet check valve. As pressurized gas is introduced to the fill cavity it displaces liquid/leachate from the fill cavity into and through a discharge tube and upward through the discharge check valve to remove the liquid/leachate from the fill cavity. The pump does not comprise a float. Control systems and devices provide for improved automated, semi-automated, and manual monitoring and control of pump device operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Lee Shannon, Lee Thomas Jacobsen, Jeffrey Johnston
  • Publication number: 20230401982
    Abstract: A flooring panel sample module and method of manufacturing the same. The module provides superior construction integrity without relying on the unpredictable performance of glue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Adam Lee Thomas
  • Patent number: 11782823
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method to automatically capture weather data during testing. The method includes receiving a selected test to run, wherein the test is associated with a Test Case Execution Record (TCER). The method further includes running the test. The method also includes determining, in response to starting the test, a set of weather data. The method includes storing the set of weather data in a first database, wherein the stored weather data is unalterable. The method further includes receiving a set of results for the test. The method also includes storing the set of results in a second database. Further aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and computer program products containing functionality consistent with the method described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Thomas, James H. Tammaro
  • Patent number: 11771836
    Abstract: An assembly (47) for a medication delivery device (1) has a body (2), a dose setting part (8) configured to be operated by a user for selecting a size of a dose, a piston rod (13) configured to be moved axially without rotating for dispensing a medication, and a drive member (12) being directly coupled to the piston rod (13) for driving the piston rod (13) in a dose dispensing operation, wherein the drive member (12) moves in a proximal direction in a dose setting operation. The medication delivery device (1) into which the assembly is incorporated may be a single-shot, variable-dose injection device, e.g., a syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James Smith, Dale Marc Comley, Lee Thomas Smith
  • Publication number: 20230305432
    Abstract: A system for sensing material within a container includes a container having a reservoir for storing material and an impact member configured to selectively impart an impulse force on the container to cause vibration of the container. A sensor is configured to sense the vibration of the container upon the impact member imparting the impulse force on the container. Processing circuitry in communication with the sensor is configured to determine an estimate of an amount of the material in the container based on the sensed vibration of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: ALEXANDER LLOYD CHAPMAN, CLARE CABAHUG MAXINO, NEILSON GUTAY NAVARRETE, MICHAEL TODD PHILLIPS, SCOTT DANIEL REEVES, DANIEL LEE THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20230305434
    Abstract: A system for an electrophotographic image forming device includes a toner container having a reservoir for storing toner and an impact member configured to selectively impart an impulse force on the toner container to cause vibration of the toner container. A sensor is configured to sense the vibration of the toner container upon the impact member imparting the impulse force on the toner container. Processing circuitry in communication with the sensor is configured to determine an estimate of an amount of toner in the reservoir based on the sensed vibration of the toner container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: ALEXANDER LLOYD CHAPMAN, CLARE CABAHUG MAXINO, NEILSON GUTAY NAVARRETE, MICHAEL TODD PHILLIPS, SCOTT DANIEL REEVES, DANIEL LEE THOMAS
  • Patent number: 11754294
    Abstract: A multi-zone, proximate-air oven using air delivered from the shelves provides a compact height through the use of low profile shelves. Intercavity heat leakage is managed by active insulation techniques making use of the oven feedback temperature control and controlled cavity loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Alto-Shaam, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. McKee, Lee Thomas VanLanen, Todd Coleman, Aaron Choate
  • Patent number: 11707418
    Abstract: A connector for rotatably coupling an enteral feeding solution supply tube to a circular port of a gastrostomy device wherein the connector comprises a fluid conduit having a first end configured for connection with an orifice defined in the circular port to supply the enteral feeding solution to the gastrostomy device, and a second end configured for connection to the enteral feeding solution supply tube, a pair of arms circumferentially arranged around an outer wall of the first end of the fluid conduit, each arm including a first free end and a second free end, wherein the second free end includes a catch configured to releasably engage with a circumferential rim on the circular port, and a flexible bridge connecting each arm to the first end of the fluid conduit and about which the first and second ends of each arm can be pivoted, wherein the connector is couplable to and decouplable from the circular port by pivoting the first and second ends of each arm at the flexible bridge such that the catch on the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Metis Design BV
    Inventors: Mark David Heynes, Phil Anthony Sampey, William Charles Morris, Lee Thomas Smith
  • Patent number: D979052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GBUK Group Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Heynes, Phil Anthony Sampey, William Charles Morris, Lee Thomas Smith