Patents by Inventor Samuel Thomas Edwards

Samuel Thomas Edwards 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).

  • Vehicle storage and charging station
    Patent number: 10434888
    Abstract: A vehicle charging station comprising: a container comprising an upper portion having an air duct, and a lower portion comprising a support structure, a smoke detector, a fire-suppressant inlet, and a charging/communications junction, wherein the upper portion is configured to mate with the lower portion to form a weather-tight enclosure around a vehicle, and wherein removal of the upper portion allows for loading/unloading of the vehicle into/out of the lower portion; and a resource control unit (RCU) comprising a processor, an environmental control unit (ECU), a fire-suppressant control manifold, and a charger, wherein the ECU is operatively coupled to the air duct, the fire-suppressant control manifold is operatively coupled to the fire-suppressant inlet, the charger is electrically coupled to the charging/communications junction, and the processor is communicatively coupled to the smoke detector, the charging/communications junction, the ECU, the charger, and the fire-suppressant control manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ralph David Hooper, Jeffery Towns Gilchrist, William A. Chambers, Bradley Joseph Easterwood, Brett Paul Lassus, Paul Michael Collins, Samuel Thomas Edwards, Terry Lance Silas, Marc Ludwig Roth, Harry Lynn Barker, Steven Dustin Bennett
  • Vehicle Storage and Charging Station
    Publication number: 20180370373
    Abstract: A vehicle charging station comprising: a container comprising an upper portion having an air duct, and a lower portion comprising a support structure, a smoke detector, a fire-suppressant inlet, and a charging/communications junction, wherein the upper portion is configured to mate with the lower portion to form a weather-tight enclosure around a vehicle, and wherein removal of the upper portion allows for loading/unloading of the vehicle into/out of the lower portion; and a resource control unit (RCU) comprising a processor, an environmental control unit (ECU), a fire-suppressant control manifold, and a charger, wherein the ECU is operatively coupled to the air duct, the fire-suppressant control manifold is operatively coupled to the fire-suppressant inlet, the charger is electrically coupled to the charging/communications junction, and the processor is communicatively coupled to the smoke detector, the charging/communications junction, the ECU, the charger, and the fire-suppressant control manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ralph David Hooper, Jeffery Towns Gilchrist, William A. Chambers, Bradley Joseph Easterwood, Brett Paul Lassus, Paul Michael Collins, Samuel Thomas Edwards, Terry Lance Silas, Marc Ludwig Roth, Harry Lynn Barker, Steven Dustin Bennett