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).

  • Publication number: 20200316645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the unexpected discovery of novel methods of preparing nanodevices and/or microdevices with predetermined patterns. In one aspect, the methods of the invention allow for engineering structures and films with continuous thickness equal to or less than 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. GEORGE, Victor M. BRIGHT, Joseph J. BROWN, Jonas GERTSCH, Nathan Thomas EIGENFELD, George SKIDMORE
  • Patent number: 10762985
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media programmed to create a pharmacy account based on primary information collected from a new customer when a prescription for purchase of a prescription drug is delivered by the customer, create an on-line account for the new customer based on the pharmacy account for the new customer, and link the pharmacy account and the on-line account together for the new customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Toupin, Nathan Thomas Diepenbrock
  • Publication number: 20200271339
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling a central plant. In one aspect, the system obtains a control envelope for a device controlled by the controller. The control envelope comprises boundaries of a plurality of control regions in a multidimensional operating space for the device. Each control region is enclosed by a corresponding boundary. The system counts a number of times that a ray of the device crosses the boundary of a control region. The system determines whether an operating point of the device is within the control region based on the counted number. The system operates the device according to a predetermined control technique corresponding to the control region, in response to determining that the operating point of the device is within the control region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Tyler K. Paddock, Nathan Thomas Ostrye, Aron M. Seiler, Christopher R. Amundson
  • Patent number: 10748177
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for evaluating a product sampling event. The disclosed methods, systems and devices receive from a user a user identification specific to the user and compare the user identification to a user data set stored on a computer-readable medium. A sample is then delivered based on a predetermined condition, and a product value is changed after the step of causing delivery of the sample of the product. It can then be determined whether the user purchased the product after delivery of the sample of the product and, based on that determination, a sampling event value can be assigned. The user's preferences can also be used to provide a more custom sample with a user's order for example, with online or home delivery shopping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Freeosk, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Patrick Eichorn, Nathan Thomas Mirabito, Tony Lee Koenigsknecht
  • Patent number: 10746448
    Abstract: A system includes a refrigerant compressor, an electric motor and configured to drive the refrigerant compressor, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate the compressor in a liquid clearing start mode where electrical current through the motor is prevented from exceeding a predetermined current limit for a period of time not to exceed a predetermined period of time, and is configured to operate the compressor in a run mode in response to determining the motor exceeds a predetermined speed threshold at or before expiration of the predetermined period of time, wherein the run mode does not prevent electrical current through the motor from exceeding said predetermined current limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Sykora, Nathan Thomas West, David Marshall Foye, Dennis Myron Beekman, Korwin Jay Anderson, Robert Bakkestuen
  • Publication number: 20200254407
    Abstract: A portable microfluidic mixer system includes a blend application to issue blend instructions, and a microfluidic mixer device. The microfluidic mixer device includes a housing, microfluidic pumps and valves within the device housing, a microfluidic dispenser, a microfluidic mixer chip, and a mix controller. The microfluidic mixer chip receives and meters microfluidic amounts of one or more fluids. The mix controller electronically communicates with the blend application to receives blend application blend instructions. The microfluidic mixer device includes fluid pathways for fluid communication between one or more fluid canisters and the microfluidic mixer chip, and between the microfluidic mixer chip and the microfluidic dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: ALTOPA, INC.
    Inventors: Matt WILSON, Scott Eric LIDDLE, Keith GAUSMANN, Jaysun GIESLER, Nathan Thomas LUCK, Lonnie Brent POOLE, Jon WHALEN, Todd WILSON, Pete CRAWFORD, Nicole Kaylor WICKER, Jon COLLETTE
  • Patent number: 10711610
    Abstract: A bumper sized to fit a cylinder of a fastener driving tool includes a side profile of the bumper defined by a plurality of flat regions and a plurality of convex regions around an outer periphery of the bumper. Included in the bumper are an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The flat and convex regions are disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the bumper in an alternating pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Mina, James Louis Kuhnwald
  • Publication number: 20200139845
    Abstract: The present disclosure envisages an on-board battery state monitoring system for monitoring state of charge of a battery of an electric vehicle. The system comprises an onboard processor in data communication with a central server of a transit agency; at least one CAN network for monitoring different parameters of the electric vehicle; a recharge module configured to analyze Parameter Group Numbers (PGNs) in messages broadcasted by the at least one CAN network and filter out PGNs that provide state of charge of the battery, wherein the filtered out PGNs are transmitted to the on-board processor for the state of charge analysis of the battery to determine if an electric vehicle block can be completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Alan HENRICHS, Nathan Thomas REYNOLDS
  • Patent number: 10632432
    Abstract: A dispensing device, comprising a plurality of microfluidic pumps, microfluidic valves, and a microfluidic mixer chip, for receiving and mixing microfluidic amounts of a plurality of fluids having differing viscosities, is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of pathways for moving fluids from associated reservoirs to the microfluidic mixer chip. A mix controller controls the microfluidic pumps and valves so that the fluids, having different viscosities, can be accurately mixed at specified microfluidic amounts or volumes according to a specified microfluidic recipe, and the microfluidic mixture dispensed from the device. The device can be in communication with a software application implemented on a mobile compute device, such as a smartphone, and receive instructions for implementing the specified microfluidic recipe from the software application such that the operation of device components is at the direction of the software application executed on the mobile compute device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Altopa, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Wilson, Jon Whalen, Todd Wilson, Pete Crawford, Scott Eric Liddle, Keith Gausmann, Jaysun Giesler, Nathan Thomas Luck, Nicole Kaylor Wicker, Jon Collette
  • Publication number: 20200094861
    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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, rRobert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Nathan Thomas North, Milan Karunaratne
  • Patent number: 10598551
    Abstract: Temperature value determination of at least one variable frequency drive component is provided. In one form, a method includes providing a variable frequency drive that includes a first component in thermal communication with a second component in thermal communication with a switching device. A temperature value of the second component is determined using a temperature value of the first component, a power loss characteristic of the drive, and a first characteristic of heat transfer between the first and second components. The method further includes sensing a temperature value of the second component and determining a temperature value for the switching device using the power loss characteristic, a second characteristic of heat transfer between the second component and the switching device, and the greater of the sensed and determined temperature values of the second component. Further embodiments, forms, features, and aspects shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Trane International Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Sykora, Nathan Thomas West
  • Patent number: 10592925
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of determining a prospective product for a user to add to an cart, identifying a prospective cart merchant group that includes prospective merchants that offer the prospective product, determining a prospectively-unlocked product group that includes a plurality of products offered by the prospective merchants that are discounted if the prospective product is added to the electronic cart, determining a savings score for the prospectively-unlocked product group, and coordinating displaying to the user on the website of the online retailer (1) the prospective product and (2) the savings score of the prospectively-unlocked product group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: JET.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary Dennett, Nathan Thomas Faust, Michael Thomas Hanrahan, Marc Eric Lore
  • Publication number: 20200082924
    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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Toupin, Nathan Thomas Diepenbrock
  • Patent number: 10587331
    Abstract: A radio frequency repeater device includes a receive antenna that receives a receive signal having a first frequency. A transmit antenna transmits a repeat signal at the first frequency, the repeat signal being an amplified version of the receive signal. A signal filter communicates with the receive antenna and transmit antenna, the signal filter being operable to amplify quadrature and non-quadrature components of an input signal associated with the repeat signal to produce a filtered repeat signal. A coupler combines the receive signal with the filtered repeat signal in such a way that the filtered repeat signal cancels interference from the transmitted repeat signal in the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Resonant Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Randall T Clark, Nathan Thomas Kornbau, Jeremy Micah North
  • Patent number: 10586423
    Abstract: A system and method for selecting a remote device based on event outcomes includes a network associated with at least a server configured to receive event data of a particular event, classify components of the event data, and allocate components of the event data to tables including assignable coordinates. During the particular event, users within the network are able to provide user outcome entries to the assignable coordinates based on a prediction of which assignable coordinate will reflect the occurrence of an outcome of the particular event. Upon conclusion of the particular event, a determination of optimal user outcome entries provided to assignable coordinates associated with the outcome of the particular event is made, and a token is transmitted to a remote device associated with the user that provided the optimal user outcome entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200074575
    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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Nanette Efird, Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North
  • Publication number: 20200027303
    Abstract: A system and method for selecting a remote device based on event outcomes includes a network associated with at least a server configured to receive event data of a particular event, classify components of the event data, and allocate components of the event data to tables including assignable coordinates. During the particular event, users within the network are able to provide user outcome entries to the assignable coordinates based on a prediction of which assignable coordinate will reflect the occurrence of an outcome of the particular event. Upon conclusion of the particular event, a determination of optimal user outcome entries provided to assignable coordinates associated with the outcome of the particular event is made, and a token is transmitted to a remote device associated with the user that provided the optimal user outcome entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas
  • Patent number: 10532755
    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: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, Robert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Nathan Thomas North, Milan Karunaratne
  • Publication number: 20200004398
    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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Reimers, Michael J. Alff, Samuel Yuichi Ogami
  • Patent number: 10513019
    Abstract: A piston assembly for a nailer is provided, and includes a piston body with an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral edge. A peripheral gland is located between the upper and lower surfaces, the gland having an inner closed end and defining an annular space. An annular piston seal is disposed in the gland, and a plurality of spaced air ports are disposed adjacent the peripheral edge, the ports each being in fluid communication with the gland. The gland and the seal are dimensioned so that during a power cycle of the nailer, pressurized air generated during a fastener driving stroke enters the ports and radially expands the seal for enhancing friction between the seal and a surrounding cylinder. During a return stroke, the seal is radially retracted within the gland to reduce friction between the seal and the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Mina