Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Thompson

Matthew A. 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: 12173988
    Abstract: Disclosed is an extended range multi-caliber in-bore laser boresight system for sighting in a firearm. The device includes one or more hollow cartridge cases that resemble a standard firearm case lacking a bullet, a laser module, and an external electronic package. The laser module fits within the hollow cartridge case and is positioned within a firearm chamber. The laser exits the hollow cartridge through the firearm barrel to aid with zeroing a firearm sighting system. The laser diode is powerful enough to be visible at extended ranges in bright sunlight. The inventive boresight system can be used for zeroing any desired caliber, such as from 5.56 NATO to .50 BMG at extended range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brandon W Rudolph, Matthew A Thompson, Daniel S Spoor
  • Patent number: 12092484
    Abstract: A probe assembly for a tank includes a probe having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end, and further includes an enlarged head at the distal end. A seal is formed from a plastic material and is mounted about the shaft adjacent the enlarged head. The seal has a hollow cylindrical body with a distal end and a proximal end, and further has a flange extending radially outward at the proximal end of the hollow cylindrical body spaced from the enlarged head. The cylindrical body has a uniform wall thickness extending from the proximal end to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Peak Plastics, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240280192
    Abstract: A conduit seal assembly for a wall opening in a wall includes a seal with an annular body. The annular body has a first end and a second opposed end, with the first end forming a conduit receiving end, and the second opposed end forming a seal insertion end. The seal insertion end has an outer diameter sized approximately equal to the wall opening in the wall into which the seal is to be inserted. The annular body further includes an outer lip between the conduit receiving end and the seal insertion end and additionally includes a tapered inner diameter that tapers to a smaller diameter at the seal insertion end so that when a conduit is inserted into the seal the conduit will cause the seal insertion end to expand to trap the seal in the wall at the wall opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230324142
    Abstract: Disclosed is an extended range multi-caliber in-bore laser boresight system for sighting in a firearm. The device includes one or more hollow cartridge cases that resemble a standard firearm case lacking a bullet, a laser module, and an external electronic package. The laser module fits within the hollow cartridge case and is positioned within a firearm chamber. The laser exits the hollow cartridge through the firearm barrel to aid with zeroing a firearm sighting system. The laser diode is powerful enough to be visible at extended ranges in bright sunlight. The inventive boresight system can be used for zeroing any desired caliber, such as from 5.56 NATO to .50 BMG at extended range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brandon W. Rudolph, Matthew A. Thompson, Daniel S. Spoor
  • Patent number: 9229051
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a degradation monitoring circuit. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a comparison circuit having a delay element including an input coupled to a data node of a timing path and having an output to provide a delayed signal of a data signal of the data node. The comparison circuit includes a logic comparator that provides a logic comparison between a data signal of the data node and the output of the delay element. The monitoring circuit includes a sampling circuit that provides a sampled signal of the output of the logic comparator that is a sampled with respect to a clock signal of the clock signal line. The monitoring circuit includes a hold circuit that provides a signal indicative of a data signal of the data node transitioning within a predetermined time of an edge transition of a clock signal of the clock signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Puneet Sharma, Matthew A. Thompson, Willard E. Conley
  • Publication number: 20140132315
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a degradation monitoring circuit. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a comparison circuit having a delay element including an input coupled to a data node of a timing path and having an output to provide a delayed signal of a data signal of the data node. The comparison circuit includes a logic comparator that provides a logic comparison between a data signal of the data node and the output of the delay element. The monitoring circuit includes a sampling circuit that provides a sampled signal of the output of the logic comparator that is a sampled with respect to a clock signal of the clock signal line. The monitoring circuit includes a hold circuit that provides a signal indicative of a data signal of the data node transitioning within a predetermined time of an edge transition of a clock signal of the clock signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Puneet Sharma, Matthew A. Thompson, Willard E. Conley
  • Patent number: 8661393
    Abstract: A disclosed method for evaluating placement context sensitivity in the design of an integrated circuit includes accessing a standard cell library comprising a database of standard cells and determining generating boundary data for each of the standard cells. The boundary data for a standard cell indicates the layout of features located within boundary regions of the standard cell. The method includes merging or consolidating boundary data for any two standard cells if their boundary data is the same to determine a canonical or minimal set of boundary regions. The disclosed method further includes enumerating and evaluating all combinations of pairs of the canonical boundary regions and, responsive to identifying of a proximity-based sensitivity or exception, modifying, notating, or otherwise remediating the applicable one or more standard cells that correspond to the boundary region combination that raised the exception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Boone, Puneet Sharma, Matthew A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140007029
    Abstract: A disclosed method for evaluating placement context sensitivity in the design of an integrated circuit includes accessing a standard cell library comprising a database of standard cells and determining generating boundary data for each of the standard cells. The boundary data for a standard cell indicates the layout of features located within boundary regions of the standard cell. The method includes merging or consolidating boundary data for any two standard cells if their boundary data is the same to determine a canonical or minimal set of boundary regions. The disclosed method further includes enumerating and evaluating all combinations of pairs of the canonical boundary regions and, responsive to identifying of a proximity-based sensitivity or exception, modifying, notating, or otherwise remediating the applicable one or more standard cells that correspond to the boundary region combination that raised the exception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Boone, Puneet Sharma, Matthew A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7566220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular propane gas log burner for use in fireplaces that were originally designed as wood burning fireplaces. The present burner is designed for clean burning of propane fuel and is modular so that more than one burner can be used in combination in order to create a burner configuration for wider single-sided gas log sets, for deeper single-sided gas log sets, and for two-sided or see-through gas log sets. The burner is provided with means for adjusting the fuel-to-air ratio and for adjusting the position of the flames to allow the user to achieve realistic and clean burning flames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hargrove Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7553437
    Abstract: A mold assembly for making a molded foam article generally includes a housing having an internal cavity and an opening into the cavity, a movable support member movable between an inner position and an outer position, an object supported by the support member and having a three-dimensional shape, and a closure. A method for making a molded foam article generally includes moving the support member to the outer position, positioning a film web over the object to form a substantially convex envelopment, moving the support member to the inner position while maintaining the film web in contact with the object to reconfigure the substantially convex film envelopment into a partially concave film envelopment, and dispensing a predetermined amount of a foamable composition into the hollow space provided by the concave envelopment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Matthew A. Thompson, Timothy T. Oberle, John J. Corrigan, III, Robert D. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20090108305
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active semiconductor material. A transistor gate overlies a first portion of the active semiconductor material. A second portion intersects the first portion at a corner which is distorted during manufacture resulting in rounding of the corner. The active semiconductor material extends into the corner to create a concave corner. To reduce the corner rounding, a compensation feature extends from a first edge of the first portion by an amount less than needed to provide an electrical contact structure on the compensation feature. The feature is positioned laterally further away from the corner than the overlying transistor gate. The compensation feature is positioned from the corner by a dimension that is within 0.4 to 0.6 of the wavelength of light used to image features of the semiconductor device. Due to optical distortion the compensation feature itself has a nonlinear shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Lionel J. Riviere-Cazaux, Matthew A. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080277816
    Abstract: A mold assembly for making a molded foam article generally includes a housing having an internal cavity and an opening into the cavity, a movable support member movable between an inner position and an outer position, an object supported by the support member and having a three-dimensional shape, and a closure. A method for making a molded foam article generally includes moving the support member to the outer position, positioning a film web over the object to form a substantially convex envelopment, moving the support member to the inner position while maintaining the film web in contact with the object to reconfigure the substantially convex film envelopment into a partially concave film envelopment, and dispensing a predetermined amount of a foamable composition into the hollow space provided by the concave envelopment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew A. Thompson, Timothy T. Oberle, John J. Corrigan, III, Robert D. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20040107361
    Abstract: A network intrusion detection system for detection of an intrusion through the analysis of data units on a network connection is described herein. The network intrusion detection system provides enhanced memory performance through an interrupt handling routine that minimises calls to the operating system, and mitigates the performance overhead of copying data units from one memory location to another. Data units received from an external network are placed into a ring buffer for in place analysis to reduce data transfer overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Michael C. Redan, Matthew A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6352803
    Abstract: A process for creating a mask substrate involving depositing: 1) a coating on one or both sides of a low thermal expansion material EUVL mask substrate to improve defect inspection, surface finishing, and defect levels; and 2) a high dielectric coating, on the backside to facilitate electrostatic chucking and to correct for any bowing caused by the stress imbalance imparted by either other deposited coatings or the multilayer coating of the mask substrate. An film, such as TaSi, may be deposited on the front side and/or back of the low thermal expansion material before the material coating to balance the stress. The low thermal expansion material with a silicon overlayer and a silicon and/or other conductive underlayer enables improved defect inspection and stress balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: William Man-Wai Tong, John S. Taylor, Scott D. Hector, Pawitter J. S. Mangat, Alan R. Stivers, Patrick G. Kofron, Matthew A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 5885856
    Abstract: A pattern of dummy structures (20) is added to the layout pattern of an integrated circuit (10) to equilibrate the polishing rate across the surface of a semiconductor substrate (11). The location of each dummy structure (20) is predetermined so that it does not intersect a well boundary (17) or an active region (21,27), and does not fall under a conductive material such as a layer of polysilicon (22,28) or an interconnect structure (23,29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Percy V. Gilbert, Subramoney Iyer, Bradley P. Smith, Matthew A. Thompson, Kevin Kemp, Rajive Dhar
  • Patent number: 5552247
    Abstract: A method of patterning an X-ray master mask (21) is described by using reduction projection. An X-ray mask (21) is provided with a photoactive material coating a plating base layer (24). The X-ray mask (21) is positioned under the reduction projection tool. The photoactive material on the X-ray mask (21) is exposed from a pattern (13) in the reduction projection tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola
    Inventors: Whitson G. Waldo, III, Matthew A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 5268951
    Abstract: A x-ray scanning method involves the stops of directing an x-ray beam at a collimating first mirror having the capability of altering the source to mirror location and/or grazing angle of incidence. The beam is then reflected from a flat second mirror capable of a scanning motion by linear translation with an optional accompanying angular change in the grazing angle of incidence of the beam on the second mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander L. Flamholz, Robert P. Rippstein, Jerome P. Silverman, Matthew A. Thompson