Patents by Inventor Samuel C. Thompson

Samuel C. 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).

  • Patent number: 10401222
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for imaging an object obscured by a distorted medium. The embodiments include an object emitting electromagnetic energy due to rapid heating. The electromagnetic energy for the object passes through the distorted medium. Embodiments combine an adaptive optics system, an adaptive holographic plates/filters system, an optical based multi-wavelength sensor system, and a phase diversity processor system to provide a corrected image of the object obscured by the distorted medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represente by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Phillip P. Land, Samuel C. Thompson, Kaleep R. Williams, Robert P. Hartwell
  • Patent number: 6659194
    Abstract: A blade angle adjustment system for adjusting the angle of the blade with respect to the body of a bulldozer. The blade angle adjustment system includes a pair of sleeve assemblies each being designed for being slidably coupled to one of a pair of lifting arms of the bulldozer. Each of the sleeve assemblies comprises a mounting member coupled to a main portion of an associated one of the sleeve assemblies whereby the mounting member is designed for pivotally receiving one of a pair of pivot arms each of the sleeve assemblies is designed for being coupled to one of a pair of extending rams of the bulldozer whereby lengthening of one of the extending rams slides the associated one of the sleeve assemblies along the associated one of the lifting arms for changing angle the blade with respect to a body of the bulldozer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventor: Samuel C. Thompson