Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Thomas

Matthew A. 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).

  • METHODS OF CONFIGURING ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20230105996
    Abstract: A method of configuring an additive-manufacturing machine comprises a chamber , a platform, movable inside the chamber and comprising a build-plane surface, and a laser, having a laser focal plane within the chamber. The method comprising steps of flowing a gas within the chamber in accordance with a first set of process parameters and identifying a value of a flow characteristic of the gas at a predetermined point in the laser focal plane while flowing the gas within the chamber in accordance with the first set of process parameters. The method also comprises additively manufacturing a test coupon using the laser while flowing the gas within the chamber in accordance with the first set of process parameters , wherein the test coupon has a test-coupon peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eric M. Chapman, Cory C. Cunningham, Troy A. Haworth, Dana Alexander Henshaw, Matthew Thomas Hollinger, Ashley Marie Jones, Kevin Michael Mejia, Christopher Perez, Russell William Waymire
  • High carbon steel track bushing
    Patent number: 11618516
    Abstract: An example bushing has three portions along its radial direction including an inner portion most proximal to a central hole of the bushing, an outer portion most distal from the center hole, and a core portion between the inner portion and the outer portion. The core portion has a hardness that is less than the hardness of the inner portion or the outer portion of the bushing. The bushing may be formed using high carbon steel, which in some cases may be spheroidal cementite crystal structure. A rough bushing may be formed using the high carbon steel, followed by a direct hardening process, and an induction hardening process on the inner surface most proximal to the central hole of the bushing. The induction hardening on the inner surface may harden the outer portion while tempering the core portion of the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Chandrasen Rameshlal Rathod, Roger Lee Recker, Robert Jason Pickerill, Scott E. Keele, Matthew Thomas Kiser
  • Dynamic resizable media item player
    Patent number: 11614859
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for managing media item playback. A method includes presenting a media player in a first portion of a user interface (UI) provided by a first application on a screen of a user device, the media player to provide playback of a first media item from a first post of a plurality of posts of the first application. The method also includes relocating the media player to a second portion of the UI while continuing to provide playback of the first media item by the relocated media player, and receiving a user gesture to scroll through the plurality of posts of the first application on the screen of the user device, the plurality of posts comprising a second post having a second media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Darby, Clifford Curry, Bryce Gibson Reid, Andrey Doronichev, Andrew Janich, Alan Joyce, Taeho Ko, Justin Lewis, Kevin Greene
  • Mobile device case system
    Patent number: 11616525
    Abstract: One variation of a device case includes a device case body: configured to accept and retain a mobile device; defining a strap receptacle; and including a first set of magnetic features arranged across a base surface of the strap receptacle. The device case further includes a strap: coupled to the device case body; configured to seat within the strap receptacle in a retracted position; configured to accept a finger of a user in a deployed position; and including a second set of magnetic features configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic features to drive the strap from the deployed position to the retracted position and to retain the strap within the strap receptacle in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Peak Design
    Inventors: Joseph Cunningham, Robb Jankura, Matthew Thomas James, Peter Dering, Peter Lockett, Arthur Viger, Andrew Wheeler Gans, Kiran Malladi, Max A. Maloney, Dane Jones, Colin Maginnis, Rachel Roberts, Jaimee Erickson, Adrienne Rowell
  • Electric field touchscreen
    Patent number: 11604538
    Abstract: An electric field (e-field) touchscreen is described. A continuous stream of digital signal data that represents e-field signal deviations is received from multiple receive electrodes. The stream of digital signal data is processed using a machine learning model to determine a touch event and a location on a display screen of the touchscreen. The touch event is processed. The e-field touchscreen may determine whether a non-normal event may be occurring causing noise in the digital signal data. If so, the received stream of digital signal data is processed through a low-pass filter and processed through an absolute value average baseline filter. A difference between the filtered data is determined to generate a filtered stream of digital signal data and is processed using the machine learning model determine a touch event and a location on a display screen of the touch event. The touch event is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHARGEPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Hungerford, Robert M. Khamashta
  • WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230076757
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a waste heat recovery system is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath, the exhaust section including a primary exhaust flowpath and a waste heat recovery flowpath parallel to the primary exhaust flowpath; and the waste heat recovery system includes a heat source exchanger positioned in thermal communication with a first portion of the waste heat recovery flowpath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Brandon Wayne Miller, William Joseph Bowden, Matthew Thomas Beyer, Michael John Simonetti
  • QUICK ACCESS COVER FOR CABLE TRAY
    Publication number: 20230067243
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cover assembly for a cable tray having a cover and at least one panel. The cover for a cable tray has at least one access opening. The panel aligns with at least one access opening to allow access to the cable tray upon removal of the panel. The panel is selectively secured to the cover using fasteners placed through aligned cover fastener holes and panel fastener holes. The panel has a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges. The top edge of the panel comprises an upward facing lip. The bottom edge of the panel includes a tongue that has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is generally directed in a downward angle, and the second portion is generally directed in an upward angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Bret Eilerman, Matthew Thomas Combes
  • MOBILE DEVICE MOUNTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230054404
    Abstract: A mobile device mounting system includes a device case and a mount. The device case includes: an insert including a rectangular bore and defining a set of undercut sections about the rectangular bore; and a first set of magnetic elements arranged in a first pattern about the rectangular bore. The mount includes: a body; a polygonal boss extending from the body and configured to insert into the rectangular bore; a set of locking jaws arranged on the polygonal boss configured to transiently mate with the set of undercut sections to constrain the polygonal boss within the rectangular bore; and a second set of magnetic elements arranged in a second pattern about the polygonal boss and configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic elements to transiently retain the mount against the device case and to drive the set of locking jaws toward the set of undercut sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Robb Jankura, Matthew Thomas James, Peter Dering, Peter Lockett, Arthur Viger, Andrew Wheeler Gans, Kiran Malladi, Adrienne Rowell, Jaimee Erickson, Max A. Maloney, Joseph Cunningham, Dane Jones, Colin Maginnis, Rachel Roberts
  • FLUID PUMP HAVING SELF-CLEANING AIR INLET STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20230053955
    Abstract: A pneumatically driven fluid pump apparatus is disclosed which includes a pump casing having an inner wall, a pump cap secured at a first end of the pump casing, and a liquid discharge tube in communication with the pump cap and extending at least partially within an interior area of the pump casing toward a second end of the pump casing, and where fluid is admitted into the pump casing at the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: John F. Schaupp, Donald Lee Schultz, Matthew Thomas McKeown
  • Mobile device mounting system
    Patent number: 11585485
    Abstract: A mobile device mounting system includes a device case and a mount. The device case includes: an insert including a rectangular bore and defining a set of undercut sections about the rectangular bore; and a first set of magnetic elements arranged in a first pattern about the rectangular bore. The mount includes: a body; a polygonal boss extending from the body and configured to insert into the rectangular bore; a set of locking jaws arranged on the polygonal boss configured to transiently mate with the set of undercut sections to constrain the polygonal boss within the rectangular bore; and a second set of magnetic elements arranged in a second pattern about the polygonal boss and configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic elements to transiently retain the mount against the device case and to drive the set of locking jaws toward the set of undercut sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PEAK DESIGN
    Inventors: Robb Jankura, Matthew Thomas James, Peter Dering, Peter Lockett, Arthur Viger, Andrew Wheeler Gans, Kiran Malladi, Adrienne Rowell, Jaimee Erickson, Max A. Maloney, Joseph Cunningham, Dane Jones, Colin Maginnis, Rachel Roberts
  • Apparatus and method for everting catheter for IUD delivery and placement in the uterine cavity
    Patent number: 11583436
    Abstract: An everting balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the placement of an IUD within the uterine cavity of a female patient. The everting balloon system with IUD can be used to access a uterine cavity at specific locations in the fundus. A one-handed IUD delivery system for placement with an everting catheter is disclosed. An IUD loading system for placement within an everting catheter is disclosed. The everting catheter with an IUD can simplify the process of IUD placement within the uterine cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CrossBay Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Bacich, Matthew Thomas Yurek, Jack Greelis, Piush Vidyarthi
  • Merchandise display hook including anti-sweep mechanism
    Patent number: 11571076
    Abstract: A merchandise display hook and method for dispensing one or more items of merchandise from a merchandise display hook and/or for loading one or more items of merchandise onto the display hook are provided. The display hook may include at least one rod configured to be mounted to a display fixture and to receive one or more items of merchandise thereon. The display hook may also include a helix disposed about the rod and extending at least partially along a length of the rod. The helix is configured to rotate in a dispensing direction for dispensing the one or more items of merchandise from the rod and/or an opposite loading direction for loading the one or more items of merchandise onto the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Berglund, Erik L. van Bergen, Christopher J. Fawcett, Jeffrey A. Hendren, A. Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Matthew Thomas Kerley
  • CLOSE-PACK, HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO CAMERA TRIPOD
    Publication number: 20230035539
    Abstract: A tripod includes: a hub defining a set of leg mounts; a set of legs configured to telescopically extend from the hub and couple to the set of leg mounts; a center column including a spherical end; and a head pivotably coupled to the spherical end. The head further includes: a base section; a camera platform arranged over the base section; a set of flanges extending below the base section and extending around the spherical end; a hat arranged over the spherical end; a pivot control ring arranged about the base section, configured to drive the hat into the spherical end to fix the head on the spherical end responsive to rotation in a first direction about the base section, and configured to retract the hat from the spherical end to unlock the head from the spherical end responsive to rotation in a second direction about the base section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robb Jankura, Matthew Thomas James, Peter Dering, Peter Lockett, Arthur Viger, Andrew Wheeler Gans, Kiran Malladi
  • THERMALLY STABLE MULTILAYER POLYMER EXTRUSION
    Publication number: 20230022038
    Abstract: A combination of materials that may be formed through an extrusion process. The resulting product has at least two layers. By coextruding multiple layers of at least two types of materials together, the final product may have improved mechanical, thermal, electrical, and other properties as compared to the original materials used. Additionally, by using an additive, filler, or doping material in at least one layer of the final product during the extrusion process, the mechanical, thermal, electrical, or other properties of the final product may be further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Vickram DHANAPAL, Brian Davis, Matthew Thomas Fenneman, Michael Kenneth Davis
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE CRYPTOGRAPHIC TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20230029193
    Abstract: A composite cryptographic data structure is described, and corresponding methods, systems, and computer readable media. The composite cryptographic data structure is instantiated based on an underlying set of cryptographic tokens (e.g., blockchain/distributed ledger tokens) that, in some embodiments, are transferrable through on-chain transactions established on one or more distributed ledger networks. Identity validation, in some embodiments, may occur at one of composite cryptographic data structure instantiation or composite cryptographic data structure redemption, or both, through the use of a whitelist or a blacklist data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Karim Talal HAMASNI, Stefan MUELLER, Atilla Murat FIRAT, Matthew Thomas PESKETT
  • Real time application protection system risk identification and mitigation
    Patent number: 11558415
    Abstract: Techniques are described for improving real-time application protection (RTAP) systems (e.g., web application firewalls (WAFs), runtime application self-protection (RASP) systems). In particular, a device within a trusted network may be configured to identify risks of the RTAP systems. For example, the device may compare a plurality of attack signatures, from configuration settings of an application protection system to a plurality of defects from a defect data store; determine that at least one configuration setting of the application protection system corresponding to an application does not include protections for at least one defect of the plurality of defects; and in response to determine that the at least one configuration setting of the application protection system does not include protections for the at least one defect, generate an alert corresponding to the at least one defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas McDonald, Jeremy W. Long, Mitch Moon, Isaiah Adonu
  • Snow plow and mount assembly
    Patent number: 11555282
    Abstract: A snow plow and mount frame assembly permits an operator to attach and detach a snow plow to and from a mount frame secured to a vehicle, without the operator exiting a cab of the vehicle. The assembly comprises a mount frame, a snow plow frame, a plow blade, a first actuator for pivoting the A-frame relative to the lift frame, a latch mechanism, and a second actuator to either latch or unlatch the latch mechanism. When the vehicle is driven toward the snow plow the snow plow frame mates with the mount frame and an electrical connection is made between the vehicle electrical system and at least the first actuator without manual manipulation. The second actuator is energized to either latch the latch mechanism thereby securing the snow plow frame to the mount frame or unlatch the latch mechanism thereby freeing the snow plow frame from the mount frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Douglas Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Thomas Barker, David N. Bloxdorf, Matthew Thoma Curran, Gerald L. Depies, Christopher Aaron Horn, Bob Iverson, Matthew Terran Kaminecki, Leonard D. Morris
  • Host system with AC charging inlet and method for identifying an electrical device connected thereto
    Patent number: 11548402
    Abstract: A controller of a host system executes a method for detecting an external AC electrical device. While an AC charging inlet of the host system is electrically connected to the device via different vehicle-to-live (V2L) and jump-charge connections, the controller detects a control pilot voltage and a proximity voltage. When the control pilot voltage is 0V, the controller determines whether entry conditions are satisfied indicative of a desire to offload power from the host system to the device. When the entry conditions are satisfied, the proximity or control pilot voltage are modulated to generate a modulated voltage signal, which the controller compares to an expected voltage indicative of the device. Power is offloaded to the device when the modulated voltage signal matches the expected voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Douglas S. Cesiel, Jacob A. St George, Brandon R. Jones, Aniket P. Kothari, Patricia M. Laskowsky, Bryan M. Ludwig, Bryan T. Sauter, Giovanni Spoleti, Jack M. Williams, Bo Xie, Matthew A. Thomas
  • Mobile device mounting system
    Patent number: 11548451
    Abstract: A mobile device mounting system includes a device case and a mount. The device case includes: an insert including a rectangular bore and defining a set of undercut sections about the rectangular bore; and a first set of magnetic elements arranged in a first pattern about the rectangular bore. The mount includes: a body; a polygonal boss extending from the body and configured to insert into the rectangular bore; a set of locking jaws arranged on the polygonal boss configured to transiently mate with the set of undercut sections to constrain the polygonal boss within the rectangular bore; and a second set of magnetic elements arranged in a second pattern about the polygonal boss and configured to transiently couple to the first set of magnetic elements to transiently retain the mount against the device case and to drive the set of locking jaws toward the set of undercut sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Peak Design
    Inventors: Robb Jankura, Matthew Thomas James, Peter Dering, Peter Lockett, Arthur Viger, Andrew Wheeler Gans, Kiran Malladi, Adrienne Rowell, Jaimee Erickson, Max A. Maloney, Joseph Cunningham, Dane Jones
  • Bicycle transport and storage stabilizer
    Patent number: D977404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Carroll Wiseman, Matthew Thomas Heirigs