Patents by Inventor Nathan Thompson
Nathan 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).
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Patent number: 11962547Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving a plurality of content items; determining a first category of a first content item in the plurality of content items; selecting a first presentation arrangement from a plurality of presentation arrangements based on the first category determined for the first content item; and presenting the first content item to a user according to the selected first presentation arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11916187Abstract: Disclosed are electrochemical devices, such as lithium ion battery electrodes, lithium ion conducting solid-state electrolytes, and solid-state lithium ion batteries including these electrodes and solid-state electrolytes. Also disclosed are methods for making such electrochemical devices. Also disclosed are composite electrodes for solid state electrochemical devices. The composite electrodes include one or more separate phases within the electrode that provide electronic and ionic conduction pathways in the electrode active material phase.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Jeffrey Sakamoto, Travis Thompson, Nathan Taylor
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Publication number: 20240024789Abstract: A swing apparatus includes an inner compartment comprising an inner tube, a covering that is configured to cover the inner compartment, and at least two straps including a first strap and a second strap that are each secured to a bottom of the covering and which are configured to extend above the covering and inner compartment with at least two attachment couplings. A first end of the first strap is coupled to a first end of the second strap to form the first attachment coupling. A second end of the first strap is coupled to a second end of the second strap to form a second attachment coupling, wherein the first end of the first strap and the second end of the first strap extend from the covering on opposite sides of the covering.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Jimmy Morrison, Nathan Thompson
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Patent number: 11869025Abstract: A method for using idle computing power of an electric vehicle includes sending the computing tasks and the task rates for performing the computing tasks to a vehicle controller of the electric vehicle and receiving an acceptance signal from the vehicle controller. The acceptance signal is indicative that the vehicle controller accepted to perform the computing tasks. The method further includes commanding a charging infrastructure to supply electrical power the electric vehicle while the vehicle controller performs the computing tasks.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Aravind Gangumalla, Anil K. Sachdev, Anil Bika, Nathan Thompson, Ramesh Sethu
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Patent number: 11820206Abstract: A climate control device includes a radiant heater for radiating heat and a porous material attached to the radiant heater. The porous material desorbs a plurality of water molecules, in response to the porous material receiving heat from the radiant heater and raising a temperature of the water molecules in the porous material to a boiling temperature threshold. The porous material adsorbs the water molecules in response to the temperature of the water molecules falling below the boiling temperature threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Nicholas W. Pinto, Anne M. Dailly, Kuo-huey Chen, Nathan Thompson
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Publication number: 20230368235Abstract: A method for using idle computing power of an electric vehicle includes sending the computing tasks and the task rates for performing the computing tasks to a vehicle controller of the electric vehicle and receiving an acceptance signal from the vehicle controller. The acceptance signal is indicative that the vehicle controller accepted to perform the computing tasks. The method further includes commanding a charging infrastructure to supply electrical power the electric vehicle while the vehicle controller performs the computing tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Aravind Gangumalla, Anil K. Sachdev, Anil Bika, Nathan Thompson, Ramesh Sethu
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Publication number: 20230365019Abstract: A method for using idle computing power of an electric vehicle includes receiving computing tasks while the electric vehicle is electrically connected to a charging infrastructure, accepting to perform the computing tasks while the electric vehicle is electrically connected to the charging infrastructure, and in response to accepting to perform the computing tasks, performing the computing tasks while the electric vehicle is electrically connected to the charging infrastructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Aravind Gangumalla, Anil K. Sachdev, Anil Bika, Nathan Thompson, Ramesh Sethu
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Patent number: 11800684Abstract: A heat pipe is provided for cooling an electronic component of a printed circuit board. The heat pipe includes a tube having an inner diameter surface defining a bore, with the tube having first and second ends along the bore. The heat pipe further includes a sorbent material coated onto the inner diameter surface of the tube, a first liquid contained within the bore, and a second liquid adsorbed by the sorbent material. The second liquid has a second boiling temperature that is higher than a first boiling temperature of the first liquid. The first liquid vaporizes into a first vapor, in response to the tube receiving heat from the electronic component and the first liquid reaching the first boiling temperature. The second liquid is desorbed from the sorbent material and vaporizes into a second vapor in response to the second liquid reaching the second boiling temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Nicholas W. Pinto, Chih-hung Yen, Nathan Thompson, Anne M. Dailly
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Publication number: 20230303745Abstract: The disclosure provides a water-repellent treatment composition including a functionalised copolymer of a monomer including a di-carboxylic acid anhydride group and a monomer selected from vinyl monomers. The vinyl monomer and optionally the monomer include a di-carboxylic acid anhydride group and form a polymer backbone. At least a portion of the di-carboxylic acid anhydride groups are functionalised by a graft pendant group including two or more fatty aliphatic groups linked to the polymer backbone via an ester, amide or imide of the dicarboxylic acid anhydride.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Surya SUBIANTO, Nathan THOMPSON, Amol PATIL, Abhijeet BAPAT, Alessandra SUTTI, Zahra KOMEILY NIA, Marzieh PARHIZKAR, Dominic Andreas RENGGLI, Murray HEIGHT
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Patent number: 11738278Abstract: The system may be a process and a device that allows for safety in swinging on a swing at a park, playground or swing set. The process may include fixing a chain, hook/connector and an anchor into a single chain assembly. The chain assembly may be dipped or submerged in a polymer coating and allowed to dry, forming a continuous coating over the chain assembly. The chain assembly may be secured to a swing seat using brackets to engage the anchor portion of the chain assembly. The polymer coating may partially or entirely coat the chain assembly while still allowing manipulation and deformation of the chain assembly. The polymer coating may provide easier gripping and safer swinging.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Frustration Free Solutions, LLCInventors: Nathan Thompson, Jimmy Morrison
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Patent number: 11725337Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described that combine a sorbent containing a flame retardant with a substrate, which is capable of responding to temperature increases to prevent, suppress, delay the spread of, or otherwise mitigate a proximal thermal event. A flame retardant system has a flame retardant material that is incorporated into a matrical sorbent material, which is incorporated into a substrate. The matrical sorbent material is configured to release the flame retardant material upon exposure to an elevated temperature, e.g., a temperature that is greater than 300° C. in one embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Nicholas W. Pinto, Anne M. Dailly, Kuo-Huey Chen, Nathan Thompson
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Publication number: 20230150669Abstract: A mount configured to quickly attach to an aircraft, such as the MH-6 helicopter, for the use of quickly mounting and demounting a motorcycle without the use of tools. The mount attaches to the aircraft via support arms with ball-lock pins for a quick and toolless installation. The mount supports the motorcycle by supporting the body of the motorcycle by a first support and additionally stabilizes the motorcycle in place by use of a wheel brace, a wheel guide, a foot peg hook assembly, and a foot peg mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Michael Fellegy, Russell Mensch, David Dierks, Nathan Thompson
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Publication number: 20230147313Abstract: A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Nathan A. Thompson, Joshua J. Thompson, Jason S. Thompson
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Patent number: 11642600Abstract: A swing system may include a bucket-style swing seat, with a front support portion and a back support portion. A grip may be provided at the top edge of the outer face of the swing. The back support portion of the swing may have a height greater than the front support portion, and this high molded backing may also be provided with a top edge that curves outwardly. The high-molded backing may provide additional comfort for a child in the swing, as well as a grip for the caregiver pushing the swing.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: FRUSTRATION FREE SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Nathan Thompson, Jimmy Morrison
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Patent number: 11624730Abstract: A system for determining a trigger amplitude indicating a precursor to a material fracture in a specimen under test includes a microphone converting acoustic emission emitted by the specimen under test into electrical signals. A load is exerted upon the specimen under test and the acoustic emission are emitted when the load causes the specimen under test to undergo deformation prior to the material fracture. A control module is in electrical communication with the microphone and executes instructions to monitor the electrical signals generated by the microphone and filter the electrical signals generated by the microphone. The control module converts the electrical signals generated by the microphone into individual frequency components based on a fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The individual frequency components each include a peak intensity. The control module determines the trigger amplitude based on the peak intensity of the individual frequency components of the FFT.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Bradley Allen Newcomb, Nathan Thompson
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Patent number: 11612823Abstract: This waterslide system or assembly that may allow for easy expansion of waterslides and more particularly an assembly and method for fixing a waterslide to a planar surface, or ground. The assembly may include reinforced portions of the waterslide which include apertures are allow for piercing of the reinforced portions to create apertures. The system may include a first sheet of material and subsequent sheets of material that may be the same or separate materials. A plurality of anchors may pass through the reinforced portions including the first sheet and subsequent sheets and fix the sheet(s) to the planar surface. The reinforced portions may be fixed to the sheet(s) through adhesion, sewing, weaving, welding, or other means. The reinforced portions may further include a flap that may comprise the same material as the reinforced portion itself.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Frustration Free Solutions, LLCInventors: Nathan Thompson, Jimmy Morrison
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Patent number: 11602077Abstract: A heat dissipation device for an electronics cooling system having an electronic component includes a housing that defines a chamber. The device further includes a first liquid, which is contained within the chamber and has a first boiling temperature. The device further includes a sorbent material immersed within the first liquid. The device further includes a second liquid, which is adsorbed by the sorbent material and has a second boiling temperature that is above the first boiling temperature. The first liquid vaporizes into a first vapor, in response to the first liquid reaching the first boiling temperature. The second liquid is desorbed from the sorbent material, in response to the second liquid and the sorbent material reaching a desorption temperature that is below the second boiling temperature. The second liquid vaporizes into a second vapor, in response to the second liquid reaching the second boiling temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Chih-hung Yen, Nicholas W. Pinto, Anne M. Dailly, Nathan Thompson
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Patent number: 11571106Abstract: A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Thompson Brothers & Company LLCInventors: Nathan A. Thompson, Joshua J. Thompson, Jason S. Thompson
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Patent number: D986522Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Thompson Brothers & Company LLCInventors: Jason S. Thompson, Andrew N. Stadick, Nathan A. Thompson
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Patent number: D987414Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Frustration Free Solutions, LLCInventors: Nathan Thompson, Jimmy Morrison