Patents by Inventor Neil Thomas

Neil 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: 20250136274
    Abstract: Embodiments of a payload attachment system secure a missile, a suicide drone, or other ordinance to a wing or fuselage of a combat drone (or another type of aircraft) using one or more vacuum mounting modules, wherein each vacuum mounting module comprises at least one vacuum pump controllably coupled to a microcontroller, a vacuum cup fluidly coupled to the at least one vacuum pump, and a transceiver that receives an instruction corresponding to one of a vacuum cup actuation signal or a vacuum cup release signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Neil Thomas Buttermore
  • Patent number: 12282010
    Abstract: A system includes a fluid conduit, a fluid chamber in communication with the fluid conduit, a rheology sensor in communication with the fluid chamber, and an electric temperature controller in communication with the fluid chamber. The fluid chamber is cooled in response to a first control signal from the electric temperature controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colin Stewart, Truls Fossdal, Ragnar Melz, Jerry Thomas Connaughton, Zakhar Chizhov, Neil McPherson, Rahul Sheladia
  • Patent number: 12263055
    Abstract: A dental curing light includes a thermally conductive device body that efficiently conducts heat away from a light emitting diode (LED) assembly. The thermally conductive device body extends between a proximal end and a light emitting distal end to which the LED assembly is thermally coupled. The thermally conductive device body includes a handle portion extending to the proximal end and that is sized and configured for a dental practitioner to hold and manipulate with the hand. The thermally conductive device body acts as a heat sink to efficiently conduct heat away from the LED assembly during use. An electronics assembly and a rechargeable battery are disposed within a cavity of the thermally conductive device body. A sleeve or collar can be attached to the proximal end of the thermally conductive device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Dee Jessop, Jared Wayne Sheetz, Neil Thomas Jessop
  • Publication number: 20250102490
    Abstract: A system includes a fluid conduit, a fluid chamber in communication with the fluid conduit, a rheology sensor in communication with the fluid chamber, and an electric temperature controller in communication with the fluid chamber. The fluid chamber is cooled or heated in response to a first control signal from the electric temperature controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Colin Stewart, Zakhar Chizhov, Jerry Thomas Connaughton, Neil McPherson, Truls Fossdal, Rahul Sheladia, Ragnar Melz
  • Publication number: 20250098912
    Abstract: A system comprises an intake, a turbine enclosed within an explosion-proof enclosure, an explosion-proof motor enclosed within the explosion-proof enclosure, the explosion-proof motor configured to drive the turbine to create a suction force through the intake to force debris through the intake, a housing configured to contain the intake and the explosion-proof enclosure including the turbine and the explosion-proof motor, a plurality of sensors disposed on the housing and configured to obtain directional data, obtain location data, and debris data, one or more wheels, and a controller configured to control the wheels to move the housing based on at least one of the directional data, the location data, and the debris data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Ante Tony Lausic, Adam Golembeski, Neil Patrick Doll, Dominick Michael Lentine, Ali Shabbir
  • Patent number: 12235716
    Abstract: A method for error management is provided. The method comprises receiving a message call request regarding an error event generated by a software application. The message call request comprises a message ID associated with an error type. In response to the call request a message cache is searched for the message ID. If the ID is in the cache, an error message associated with the ID is returned. The error message provides a description of the error and suggested remedial action. If the message ID is not in the cache, the error message is fetched from a message repository that contains error messages corresponding to respective message IDs. The fetched error message is loaded into the cache and returned. Message call request data is stored in a metrics repository. The message call request data comprises frequency metrics that describe how often the message ID is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ADP, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Muralidharan, Kingbert Thomas, Balasubramanian Paulraj, Venkateshkumar Muthu, Vidyavathi Vennapusa, Gareth Harries, Neil Hopkins, Subramaniam Ramalingasamy, Raja Ambigapathy Karuppasamy, James Reilly
  • Publication number: 20250057691
    Abstract: A temperature management system is configured to control a temperature of a patient's body using a heat exchange device. The temperature management system is configured to deliver temperature management treatment or therapy to a patient. A user interface of the system is configured to display operational data and patient data on the user interface in a configuration that allows a user to determine or review one or more periods of the performed temperature management treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Sean W. Yip, George L. Walls, Neil Jacobson, David M. Braunstein
  • Publication number: 20250062217
    Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The packaged semiconductor device includes a device die, a plurality of perimeter landings, connection lines, and molding compound. The device die has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The device die is arranged in a central region of the packaged semiconductor device. The first surface of the device die is arranged towards the bottom surface of the packaged semiconductor device, and the second surface of the device die is arranged towards the top surface of the packaged semiconductor device. The plurality of perimeter landings are exposed on the bottom surface of the packaged semiconductor device and are arranged at perimeter regions of the bottom surface surrounding the device die. The connection lines are connected to the second surface of the device die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: You Ge, Kuei-Kang Tzou, Chu-Chung Lee, Neil Thomas Tracht, Zhijie Wang, Yit Meng Lee
  • Publication number: 20250054500
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed. Audio input comprising the mixed audio signals is received by one or more client devices. The audio input is converted into a plurality of discrete tokens. A plurality of sound sources, each corresponding to a subset of discrete tokens of a plurality of subsets of discrete tokens, is determined using a trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hakan Erdogan, Scott Thomas Wisdom, John Hershey, Zalán Borsos, Marco Tagliasacchi, Neil Zeghidour, Xuankai Chang
  • Publication number: 20250036263
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling window arrangements for tabbed user interface elements. An example method includes displaying a plurality of application windows including at least one application window for a web browser application having multiple open tabs, the multiple open tabs including at least one active tab and multiple inactive tabs, receiving an input to invoke a snap assist mode; in response to the input, display a snap assist user interface to reconfigure the display of one or more the plurality of the application windows, the snap assist user interface including tab representations and an application-window representation. In response to receiving a selection of a tab representation, a web browser application window is displayed with the corresponding tab as the active tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leo Tian Yue, Kenneth Martin Tubbs, JR., Stacy Diane Carson, Peter Josef Kreiseder, Bret Paul Anderson, Sailesh Dahal, Neil Agarwal, Gregory Thomas Mattox, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240311841
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive, from a user device, a support request to setup a support session via a first communication modality. The system may determine an intent associated with the support session. The system may provide, to the user device, information to enable a second communication modality for the support session based on the intent associated with the support session. The system may receive, from the user device, an indication of one or more user interactions during the support session via at least one of the first communication modality or the second communication modality. The system may determine an intent associated with the one or more user interactions. The system may provide, to the user device, one or more responses, based on the intent associated with the one or more user interactions, via the first communication modality and the second communication modality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Pradeep Bharthur SHANTHRAJ, Prasanna Rajagopal, Charles J. Forsythe, Sankar Shanmugam, Neil Thomas Razzano, Rahul Vijaya Rao, Ravneet Singh, Michael Brimshan, Vipul Jha, Lakshmi Ramanathan
  • Publication number: 20240234222
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a first cavity at a first major surface of a first encapsulant. A first semiconductor die is affixed on the first major surface of the first encapsulant and a second semiconductor die is affixed on a bottom surface of the first cavity. A second encapsulant encapsulates the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and at least exposed portions of the first major surface of the first encapsulant. A package substrate is formed on a first major surface of the second encapsulant. The package substrate includes conductive traces interconnected to the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kuan-Hsiang Mao, Zhiwei Gong, Neil Thomas Tracht
  • Publication number: 20240228911
    Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 80% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and wherein from about 10% or less of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages, 1,2 glycosidic linkages, and/or 1,4 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through a linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least about 5; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of linkage moiety of from about 0.20 to about 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Neil Thomas FAIRWEATHER, Gang SI, David GOOD, Zheng-Zheng HUANG, Helen LU, Douglas ADELMAN
  • Publication number: 20240198917
    Abstract: Embodiments of active cargo carrier mounting system secure a cargo carrier to a top surface of a vehicle using at least one vacuum pump fluidly coupled to a plurality of vacuum cups configured to secure the active cargo carrier mounting system to a surface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventor: Neil Thomas Buttermore
  • Publication number: 20240136238
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a first cavity at a first major surface of a first encapsulant. A first semiconductor die is affixed on the first major surface of the first encapsulant and a second semiconductor die is affixed on a bottom surface of the first cavity. A second encapsulant encapsulates the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and at least exposed portions of the first major surface of the first encapsulant. A package substrate is formed on a first major surface of the second encapsulant. The package substrate includes conductive traces interconnected to the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kuan-Hsiang Mao, Zhiwei Gong, Neil Thomas Tracht
  • Patent number: 11965147
    Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and wherein from 0% to less than 30% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through a linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; and wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Neil Thomas Fairweather, Gang Si, David Good, Zheng-Zheng Huang, Helen Lu, Douglas Adelman
  • Patent number: 11926288
    Abstract: Embodiments of active cargo carrier mounting system secure a cargo carrier to a top surface of a vehicle using an outer seal secured to the rooftop of a vehicle, at least one vacuum pump controllably coupled to a microcontroller, a vacuum line fluidly coupled to the at least one vacuum pump, and a plurality of vacuum cups configured to secure the active cargo carrier mounting system to the rooftop of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Neil Thomas Buttermore
  • Publication number: 20230332073
    Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units; and (ii) at least one hydrophobic organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through an ether (—O—) linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of ether linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00; wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative is substantially free from hydrophilic substitution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Robert SIVIK, Kristine Lynn FLITER, Neil Thomas FAIRWEATHER, Gang SI, David GOOD, Helen LU, Weiming QIU
  • Patent number: D1025364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Dee Jessop, Jared Wayne Sheetz, Neil Thomas Jessop
  • Patent number: D1032840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Jessop, Lynn William Peaslee