Patents by Inventor Michael A. Thomas

Michael 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).

  • Patent number: 11829084
    Abstract: An electrophotographic printing system for printing with a set of toners including a white toner. A plurality of printing modules are configured to print respective toner patterns, each including a toner image printed onto a receiver medium being transported on a transparent transport web and a corresponding registration mark positioned outside a border of the receiver medium. A first registration mark sensing system is positioned to detect the registration marks printed with a first subset of the toners that doesn't include the white toner. A second registration mark sensing system is positioned to detect the registration marks printed with a second subset of the toners that includes the white toner. The registration mark sensing systems each include a reflector plate positioned behind the transport web. The reflector plate for the first registration mark sensing system is white, and the reflector plate for the second registration mark sensing system is black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Karlheinz Peter, Hans-Guenter Staack, Michael Thomas Dobbertin
  • Patent number: 11826822
    Abstract: In various embodiments, three-dimensional layered metallic parts are substantially free of gaps between successive layers, are substantially free of cracks, and have densities no less than 97% of the theoretical density of the metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: H.C. Starck Solutions Coldwater LLC
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Stawovy
  • Publication number: 20230378650
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11824279
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11824280
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Patent number: 11822582
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and computer program products for improving query processing of a database. An example method can include: storing table data for a table in a plurality of micro-partitions, each micro-partition comprising a portion of the table data for the table; for each micro-partition of the plurality of micro-partitions, storing metadata for the micro-partition in at least one of a plurality of expression properties; and selecting, by a processing device, a subset of the plurality of expression properties to be grouped into a grouping expression property based at least partially on the metadata of the subset of the plurality of the expression properties. The grouping expression property may include cumulative metadata associated with the metadata of the subset of the plurality of expression properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Fang, Varun Ganesh, Xinglian Liu, Ryan Michael Thomas Shelly, Jiaqi Yan, Yizhi Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230363459
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device comprises a first chassis and an aerosol generating assembly. The aerosol generating assembly includes a heater assembly for receiving an aerosol generating material. The heater assembly comprises a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The aerosol generating assembly also has a second chassis extending around the susceptor; and an inductor coil extending around the second chassis, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field. The second chassis comprises a locating arrangement configured to locate the aerosol generating assembly on the first chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jai TAANK, Michael THOMAS, Matthew HOLDEN, Conor MCGRATH
  • Publication number: 20230367896
    Abstract: Techniques described herein can allow users to share cached results of an original query with other users while protecting sensitive information. The techniques described herein can check whether the other users have access to the underlying data queried before allowing those users to see the stored query results. That is, the system may perform privilege checks on the shared users before giving them access to the stored query results but without having to re-run the original query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Subramanian Muralidhar, Nicola Dan Onose, Ryan Michael Thomas Shelly, Brian Smith, Jaeyun Noh
  • Publication number: 20230363458
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device has a heater assembly configured to receive aerosol generating material. The heater assembly has a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. An inductor coil extends at least partially around the susceptor and generates the varying magnetic field. A support member extends between the susceptor and the inductor coil. An insulating layer extends between the susceptor and the inductor coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael THOMAS, Conor MCGRATH, Luke WARREN, David BUREAU, Jonathan BURGESS
  • Publication number: 20230363457
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device includes at least one inductor coil and a heater assembly arranged to receive aerosol generating material. The heater assembly has a first portion defining a heating chamber for receiving aerosol generating material and having a first internal cross section. The first portion is heatable by the at least one inductor coil. The heater assembly also has a second portion adjacent the first portion forming a passage having a second internal cross-section. The second internal cross-section is less than the first internal cross-section. A sealed fluid path is formed between the first and second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael THOMAS, Conor MCGRATH, Luke WARREN, David BUREAU, Jonathan BURGESS
  • Publication number: 20230371145
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, there is disclosed a method of controlling at least one illumination apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources operable to emit a plurality of different spectral distributions of light, each light source of the plurality of light sources operable to emit a respective one of the plurality of different spectral distributions of light, the method comprising compensating for a degradation of at least one of the plurality of light sources emitting one of the plurality of different spectral distributions of light, wherein compensating for the degradation of the at least one of the plurality of light sources comprises: increasing an electric power supplied to the at least one of the plurality of light sources; and reducing a difference between an overall spectral distribution of light emitted by the plurality of light sources and a desired overall spectral distribution of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Thomas TASCHUK, Ryan Thomas TUCKER
  • Patent number: 11816239
    Abstract: Techniques described herein can allow users to share cached results of an original query with other users while protecting sensitive information. The techniques described herein can check whether the other users have access to the underlying data queried before allowing those users to see the stored query results. That is, the system may perform privilege checks on the shared users before giving them access to the stored query results but without having to re-run the original query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Subramanian Muralidhar, Nicola Dan Onose, Ryan Michael Thomas Shelly, Brian Smith, Jaeyun Noh
  • Patent number: 11817636
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BlueHalo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20230354900
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. The device comprises an aerosol generating assembly, an electrical component, which may be a printed circuit board (PCB) and a chassis holding the electrical component and the aerosol generating assembly. The aerosol generating assembly has: a heater assembly to receive aerosol generating material. The heater assembly has a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field; and an inductor coil extending around the heater assembly. The inductor coil generates the varying magnetic field. The inductor coil has a coil wire end engaged with the electrical component. The chassis has a coil end positioning arrangement to hold and align the coil wire end with the electrical component. The chassis itself is also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael THOMAS, Matthew HOLDEN, Conor MCGRATH, Jonathan BURGESS
  • Publication number: 20230361471
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20230354903
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device is described. One such device includes a heater assembly for receiving an aerosol generating material. The heater assembly includes a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The device also has a coil support extending around the susceptor; and an inductor coil extending around the coil support, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field. The coil support includes an alignment feature configured to align the inductor coil on the coil support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael THOMAS, Conor MCGRATH, Luke WARREN, David BUREAU, Jonathan BURGESS
  • Publication number: 20230347121
    Abstract: An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator. The present technology provides an expandable sheath with a step feature inside its distal opening, and a dilator with an interlock that includes a catch surface configured to engage with the step feature and resist further relative movement so that the body of the dilator is prevented from exiting the distal end of the expandable sheath. This interlocking engagement may allow the dilator to be used to extend and maintain tension on the expandable sheath during insertion into a patient, and then to be retracted from the expandable sheath by pulling the dilator in the opposite direction. The present technology also provides a dilator hub with a spring mechanism configured to achieve and maintain a desired tension on the expandable sheath and to prevent overextension of the expandable sheath when the dilator is being inserted into the expandable sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: ABIOMED, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher N. Korkuch, Robert Fishman, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Charles DeLorenzo, Andrew Gentile, Anne Gabrielle McLoughlin, Robert Swierczek, Matthew D'Agostino, Jonathan Barry
  • Publication number: 20230352836
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Pace, David Gregory Baur, Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy, William Kennedy, Jeffrey Gerard Micono, William Louis Walker, Garrett James Newell
  • Publication number: 20230349128
    Abstract: A ladder motor pump system comprises a hydraulic fluid tank that holds hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic pump that draws and pressurizes the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic fluid tank, a one-way electric motor that drives the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic ladder actuator that actuates a ladder in first and second patterns, a hydraulic fluid circuit that routes the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic ladder actuator to the hydraulic fluid tank, and a regulator that routes the pressurized hydraulic fluid from an outlet of the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic fluid tank when a pressure of the pressurized hydraulic fluid exceeds a preselected threshold pressure, mixing the pressurized hydraulic fluid with the unpressurized hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic fluid tank and reducing temperature of the pressurized hydraulic fluid. The electric motor and the pump include bosses providing increased ground connections to the electrical ground, thereby reducing electrical resistance and heat generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Bassili Gerges, Michael Thomas Jackson
  • Patent number: D1004126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Hendrikx