Patents by Inventor Paul R. Jones
Paul R. Jones 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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Publication number: 20240133946Abstract: Disclosed herein are thermal heads and corresponding test systems for independently controlling a one or more components while testing one or more devices under test. In some embodiments, a thermal head comprises a plurality of adapters, one or more heaters, and one or more thermal controllers for independently controlling temperatures of the components. The thermal controllers may control the temperatures of at least some of the components independently such that thermal control of one component does not affect the thermal control of the other component. In some embodiments, the thermal control is by way of one or more cold plates, and the thermal head comprises one or more cold plates. Embodiments of the disclosure further include independent control of one or more forces using one or more force mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Thomas P. JONES, Samer KABBANI, Chan SEE JEAN, Paul R. HOFFMAN
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Patent number: 11951658Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing a composite member. The system and methods are configured to move different types of composite plies from different supply stations. The composite plies are moved along a conveyance member and then with a transfer station to a forming tool. One or more forming members form the composite plies onto the forming tool.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Scott Edward Krajca, Darrell Darwin Jones, Paul Chace Wilcoxson, Kurtis S. Willden, Long Hoang Ly, Daniel R. Smith, Jr., Jeremy Justice
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Patent number: 11311106Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Whalen LLCInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20200000225Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Whalen LLCInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 10413061Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Whalen LLCInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 9518695Abstract: A flat screen television support device includes at least one vertical column extending upwardly from a piece of furniture and a cantilever support extending forwardly from the column and terminating in a free end. A vertical screen mount is connected to the free end of the cantilever support member. A flat screen television is connected to the flat screen television support device and has a rear wall spaced forward of the rear edge of the upper surface of the piece of furniture so that the flat screen television is supported over the piece of furniture between the front and rear edges of the upper surface of the piece of furniture. The piece of furniture may support the entire weight of the flat screen television if the support device is incorporated into a back structure of the furniture.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: LF CENTENNIAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenneth J. Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20160353886Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: LF Centennial LimitedInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 9420886Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: LF CENTENNIAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20160058184Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: LF CENTENNIAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 9215927Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: LF CENTENNIAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20150238010Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: LF Centennial LimitedInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 9055814Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: LF CENTENNIAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20140102995Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 8622005Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 8561551Abstract: A panel television support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, elevated console mount and wall mount. The elevated console mount incorporates a vertical spine to elevate the panel television above the console and an offset arm to support the television over an upper shelf of the console. A mounting structure is provided that can be attached to the spine or to a wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20120255919Abstract: A panel television mounting assembly includes a mounting frame, and a reversible shelf for supporting a television accessory either above or below the panel television. The mounting frame includes a back configured and arranged to be secured to a support structure such as a wall or a supporting spine structure on a console, and a front configured and arranged to receive and support a flat panel television. The reversible shelf can be assembled with the mounting frame in a first configuration wherein the shelf is adjacent the top of the mounting frame with for supporting a television accessory above a panel television, or in a second configuration wherein the shelf is adjacent the bottom of the mounting frame for supporting a television accessory below a panel television.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: WHALEN FURNITURE MANUFACTURING INC.Inventors: Paul R. Jones, Anna Martina Marietta, Jason Charles Woodrow
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Patent number: 8191485Abstract: A universal TV support and mounting kit allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, console mount and wall mount. The console mount incorporates a vertical spine and a cantilever arm to support the television over the console. A mounting frame is provided that can be attached to the cantilever arm or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the cantilever arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 8079311Abstract: A universal TV support and mounting kit that accommodates the principal varieties of TVs that have to be mounted or supported, namely CRT type and two panel types (plasma and LCD), in a single kit. The kit that allows the consumer to employ any of the three modes of support, namely stand mount, console mount and wall mount. The console mount incorporates a vertical spine and a gooseneck mount. A frame is provided that can be attached to the gooseneck mount or to a wall. Pivoting and tilting is accommodated by the gooseneck mount.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2007Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Publication number: 20090189029Abstract: A flat screen television support device includes at least one vertical column extending upwardly from a piece of furniture and a cantilever support extending forwardly from the column and terminating in a free end. A vertical screen mount is connected to the free end of the cantilever support member. A flat screen television is connected to the flat screen television support device and has a rear wall spaced forward of the rear edge of the upper surface of the piece of furniture so that the flat screen television is supported over the piece of furniture between the front and rear edges of the upper surface of the piece of furniture. The piece of furniture may support the entire weight of the flat screen television if the support device is incorporated into a back structure of the furniture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Kenneth J. Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 7530538Abstract: A device is provided for supporting a substantially flat television screen over a piece of furniture of the type having an upper surface with spaced apart front and rear edges, and a back. The device comprises a pedestal and an upper support. The pedestal includes a base for supporting the weight of the screen on a floor surface, a column extending vertically upwardly from the base, and a bracket for connecting the column to the back of the piece of furniture so that the column is held in position against the piece of furniture. The upper support includes a post that is connected to and vertically adjustable with respect to the column, a cantilever support arm extending forwardly from the vertically adjustable post, the support arm terminating in a free end, and a screen mounting member connected to the free end of the support arm for receiving the flat screen television.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Whalen Furniture Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth J. Whalen, Paul R. Jones