Patents by Inventor Mark C. Thompson

Mark C. 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).

  • Patent number: 9374938
    Abstract: A soil spreading scraper device comprises a cutting blade for cutting a top layer of soil from the ground, a kicker for throwing the cut soil rearward from the cutting blade, and an impeller member rotatable within a plane of rotation extending upward and rearward from the cutting blade for capturing the soil thrown by the kicker and spreading the cut soil generally radially outward relative to an axis of rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: DYNAMIC DITCHERS INC.
    Inventor: Mark C. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20150305223
    Abstract: A soil spreading scraper device comprises a cutting blade for cutting a top layer of soil from the ground, a kicker for throwing the cut soil rearward from the cutting blade, and an impeller member rotatable within a plane of rotation extending upward and rearward from the cutting blade for capturing the soil thrown by the kicker and spreading the cut soil generally radially outward relative to an axis of rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Mark C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7924346
    Abstract: An improved display screen flicker detection and correction system. The system includes a flicker detection component. A test pattern is placed on a display screen to be tested and corrected. The flicker detection component is placed on or near the display screen. The flicker detection component senses the change in light level that results from the flickering screen. The display system is then adjusted to minimize flicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Johanas L. Starr, Mark C. Thompson, Brian J. Clair, Harold W. Tiedemann
  • Publication number: 20100045859
    Abstract: An improved display screen flicker detection and correction system. The system includes a flicker detection component. A test pattern is placed on a display screen to be tested and corrected. The flicker detection component is placed on or near the display screen. The flicker detection component senses the change in light level that results from the flickering screen. The display system is then adjusted to minimize flicker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: Johanas L. Starr, Mark C. Thompson, Brian J. Clair, Harold W. Tiedemann
  • Patent number: 7633550
    Abstract: An improved display screen flicker detection and correction system. The system includes a flicker detection component. A test pattern is placed on a display screen to be tested and corrected. The flicker detection component is placed on or near the display screen. The flicker detection component senses the change in light level that results from the flickering screen. The display system is then adjusted to minimize flicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Johanas L. Starr, Mark C. Thompson, Brian J. Clair, Harold W. Tiedemann
  • Patent number: 4753585
    Abstract: A prime mover for transforming energy from the pressure form to the mechanical form. The prime mover comprises a pair of toothed rotors which engage one another so as to be self-timing. Each rotor has a first portion of relatively large diameter and a second portion of relatively small diameter, each of the portions extending approximately 180.degree.. The rotors are enclosed in respective intersecting cylindrical chambers in a housing, with the tips of the teeth of the small diameter portion of each rotor being displaced radially inwardly from the peripheral surface of the corresponding chamber, and with the tips of the teeth of the large diameter portion of each rotor being directly adjacent to the inner surface of the corresponding chamber. First and second sealing members are mounted in the housing, and these engage the tips of successively passing teeth of the large diameter portion of each rotor, as the rotors turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Inventor: Mark C. Thompson