Patents by Inventor Nathan Thomas

Nathan 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: 11565012
    Abstract: Ultraviolet (UV) light emission devices and related methods of use. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein are particularly suited for use in disinfecting surfaces and air. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein can be provided in the form factor of a handheld device that is easily held and manipulated by a human user. The human user can manipulate the handheld UV light emission device to decontaminate surfaces, air, and other areas by orienting the handheld UV light emission device so that the UV light emitted from its light source is directed to the area of interest to be decontaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UV INNOVATORS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Grenon, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Scott Eric Liddle, Jeffery Michael Rosino, Nathan Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20230025900
    Abstract: A method for determining a temperature characteristic of an electrochemical cell assembly includes (1) sensing a first voltage via one or more thermistors electrically coupled to the electrochemical cell assembly while loading circuitry electrically coupled to the thermistors is deactivated, (2) sensing a second voltage via the one or more thermistors while the loading circuitry is activated, and (3) determining the temperature characteristic of the electrochemical cell assembly at least partially from the first and second voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Seth Marshall Kahn, Arnaud Devie, Corrado Cammi, Nathan Thomas Brinkerhoff
  • Patent number: 11518422
    Abstract: A control system and method determine an energy demand associated with delivery of cargo in a trip. The energy demand represents how much electric energy is needed to move cargo vehicles that carry the cargo through the trip. Locations of energy tenders and states of charge of the energy tenders are determined. A schedule for the cargo vehicles to deliver the cargo to a delivery location within a delivery time slot is determined. This schedule is determined based on the energy demand, the locations of the energy tenders, and the states of charge of the energy tenders. The system and method direct which of the energy tenders that the cargo vehicles are to couple with, be powered by, and move with for powering the cargo along routes to the delivery location of the trip within the designated time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, Robert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Nathan Thomas North, Milan Karunaratne
  • Publication number: 20220366468
    Abstract: A control system includes one or more processors that obtain event data associated with a vehicle. The processors also receive a statement including a designated chargeable usage of the vehicle, and access one or more rules dictating rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle. The processors may compare the event data with the one or more rules to determine the rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle based on the event data and to compare the rule-based chargeable usage with the designated chargeable usage to identify one or more discrepancies between the rule-based chargeable usage and the designated chargeable usage. Further, the processors may, responsive to identifying the one or more discrepancies, generate a reconciliation request for correcting the one or more discrepancies and communicate the reconciliation request to the entity that issued the statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North
  • Publication number: 20220340119
    Abstract: A control system is provided that may include a controller for a vehicle system. The controller may include one or more processors configured to obtain at least one first operating parameter related to an operating system of the vehicle system, and determine an operating condition of the operating system based at least in part on the first operating parameter. The one or more processors may also be configured to communicate with an off-board sensor to obtain at least one auxiliary operating parameter related to the operating condition, and verify the operating condition based at least in part on the auxiliary operating parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North, Anthony D. Paul
  • Publication number: 20220316425
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system comprising a thermal circuit. The thermal circuit includes a boiler and an expander fluidly coupled to the boiler. The thermal circuit further includes a power transfer system integrated to the expander. The power transfer system is configured to receive mechanical energy from the expander. The thermal circuit further includes an ejector fluidly coupled to the boiler and to the power transfer system. The ejector is configured to receive a motive flow of working fluid from the boiler. The ejector is further configured to receive a suction flow of working fluid from the power transfer system. The ejector is further configured to combine the motive flow of working fluid and the suction flow of working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Ernst, Jared Carpenter Delahanty, Nathan Thomas Honican
  • Patent number: 11421439
    Abstract: A tent apparatus and method of manufacture are described herein. The tent apparatus may comprise a tent body, a frame, and/or other components. The tent body may include a first portion configured to be substantially enclosed within the bed of the pickup truck in an as-used mode of the tent apparatus, and a second portion that extends from the first portion such that the second portion is exposed to an environment above a bed of a pickup truck in the as-used mode. The frame may be integrally coupled to the tent body, and configured to articulate between a closed position and an open position. The frame may comprise a central hub coupled to the tent body at a central coupling point; and support members that extend from the central hub to coupling points on the tent body to integrate the frame with the tent body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Weave Composites
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Sargent
  • Patent number: 11403724
    Abstract: A control system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain event data associated with a vehicle. The one or more processors are also configured to receive a statement including a designated chargeable usage of the vehicle, with the statement issued by an entity, and the one or more processors further configured to access one or more rules dictating rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to compare the event data with the one or more rules to determine the rule-based chargeable usage of the vehicle based on the event data and to compare the rule-based chargeable usage with the designated chargeable usage to identify one or more discrepancies between the rule-based chargeable usage and the designated chargeable usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Nanette Efird, Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North
  • Publication number: 20220207901
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and instructions for travel document validation, including receiving data for one or more travel documents, generating a set of features for artificial intelligence model training, validating, and testing, upon receiving data for a plurality of travel documents, data from a first subset of travel documents is used to train an artificial intelligence model, a second subset of travel documents is used to validate the artificial intelligence model, and a third subset of travel documents is used to test the artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Marcelo Motta, Nathan Thomas Carpenter, Enrique Segura
  • Publication number: 20220202975
    Abstract: Ultraviolet (UV) light emission devices and related methods of use. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein are particularly suited for use in disinfecting surfaces and air. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein can be provided in the form factor of a handheld device that is easily held and manipulated by a human user. The human user can manipulate the handheld UV light emission device to decontaminate surfaces, air, and other areas by orienting the handheld UV light emission device so that the UV light emitted from its light source is directed to the area of interest to be decontaminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Grenon, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Scott Eric Liddle, Jeffery Michael Rosino, Nathan Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20220198632
    Abstract: A method includes receiving image data representative of an appearance of an equipment part prior to an inspection process and evaluating the image data with a machine learning model that defines baseline image data to determine whether the image data indicates the equipment part has been prepared for the inspection. The inspection process may be prevented when the evaluation indicates that the equipment part has not been prepared. A system includes a controller that receives image data representative of an appearance of an equipment part obtained prior to an inspection process. The controller uses a machine learning model to evaluate the image data with respect to baseline image data to determine whether the equipment part has been prepared for the inspection process. The controller prevents the performance of the inspection process based on the evaluation indicating that the equipment part has not been prepared for the inspection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North
  • Patent number: 11361855
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of storing, in a pharmacy database of a computer system, pharmacy account information, wherein the pharmacy account information comprises: a unique patient ID associated with a customer; a pharmaceutical drug record indicating a pharmaceutical drug prescribed to the customer; and an action record indicating triggering actions of the pharmaceutical drug; determining, by the computer system, that the customer is entering or has entered a retail store; after determining that the customer is entering or has entered a retail store: confirming, by the computer system, that the customer has at least one prescription fill order pending with a pharmacy of the retail store; prioritizing, by the computer system, the at least one prescription fill order to a top of a workflow of a pharmacist in the pharmacy of the retail store;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Toupin, Nathan Thomas Diepenbrock
  • Publication number: 20220096747
    Abstract: A drug delivery system includes a delivery container including a container body adapted to accommodate a drug therein, a supply line, and a flow rate monitor. The delivery container further includes inlet and outlet ports and is constructed from a resilient material that exerts an urging force on the drug to expel the drug from the outlet port. The supply line is operably coupled to the outlet port to deliver the drug to a user. The flow rate monitor is operably coupled to at least one of the delivery container or the supply line and includes a digital controller, a fluid valve operably coupled to the digital controller, and a diaphragm assembly in fluid communication with the fluid valve and operably coupled to the digital controller. The fluid valve, the diaphragm assembly, and the digital controller cooperate to regulate a flow rate of the drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Adam B. McCullough, Paul Daniel Faucher, Antonio S. Murcia, Nathan Thomas Balcom, William Wistar Rhoads, Nicholas D.M. Prsha
  • Patent number: 11269012
    Abstract: A method for determining a temperature characteristic of an electrochemical cell assembly includes (1) sensing a first voltage via one or more thermistors electrically coupled to the electrochemical cell assembly while loading circuitry electrically coupled to the thermistors is deactivated, (2) sensing a second voltage via the one or more thermistors while the loading circuitry is activated, and (3) determining the temperature characteristic of the electrochemical cell assembly at least partially from the first and second voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Element Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Marshall Kahn, Arnaud Devie, Corrado Cammi, Nathan Thomas Brinkerhoff
  • Publication number: 20220047808
    Abstract: Modular fluid path assemblies are provided that include conduit, coupling, and needle portions of a fluid path fluidly coupled to an outlet of a container. The modular fluid path assemblies further include a needle shield having a tip of the needle embedded therein. So configured, in embodiments, the modular fluid path assemblies can be sterilized, a medicament can be filled in the container, and a stopper inserted in the container so that the pre-sterilized and pre-filled modular fluid path assemblies can have a closed container integrity (CCI) seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Robert GIBSON, Sudeshna DUTTA RAY, Daniel Eduardo GROSZMANN, Mehran MOJARRAD, Nathan Thomas BALCOM, Alejandro CAMPILLO-AGUSTI, Alan D. PAYNE, Lawrence Scott RING
  • Publication number: 20220044494
    Abstract: A system (e.g., a maintenance system) includes a maintenance task input unit and one or more processors. The maintenance task input unit is configured to generate plural input data groups corresponding to a maintenance task. Each of the input data groups is in a corresponding one of plural formats. The one or more processors are coupled to the maintenance task input unit and configured to obtain the plural input data groups from the maintenance task input unit. The one or more processors are configured to identify a particular format of the formats for each input data group, and to prepare an intermediate representation of the input representation based on the particular format that is identified. Also the one or more processors are configured to modify the intermediate representation to provide a model input having a common format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas North
  • Patent number: 11231848
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a computing system with a memory resource, a processing resource, and associated with a screen reader providing an audio presentation based on assigning non-positive index values to input sources. In some examples, a first index value is assigned to a first input source of a first panel of a graphical user interface (GUI). Responsive to an action event being received corresponding to the first input source, a second panel is generated. Responsive to the second panel being generated, a second input source of the second panel is generated. A second index value is assigned to the first input source when the second panel is generated, the first index value being not equal to the second index value, and the second index value being a non-positive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Reimers, Michael J. Alff, Samuel Yuichi Ogami
  • Patent number: D957307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Weave Composites
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Sargent
  • Patent number: D961369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Weave Composites
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Sargent
  • Patent number: D974278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Weave Composites
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Sargent