Patents by Inventor Scott Thomas

Scott 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: 20250126640
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method that when executed on data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations including setting an initial transmission channel for a transmission radio between a station and an access point, setting an initial listen channel for a listen radio between the station and the access point, obtaining cleanliness data and free channel data, performing one of maintaining the initial transmission channel and the initial listen channel or switching transmission from the transmission radio to the listen radio based on the cleanliness data, and performing one of maintaining the initial transmission channel and the initial listen channel or changing the initial transmission channel to a different channel based on the free channel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Scott Thomas Droste, Baljeet Singh Gill
  • Publication number: 20250119714
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting a first wireless communication from a user device via an authorized first cellular network. The first wireless communication includes a current geographic location of the user device. The user device maintains a forbidden list identifying unauthorized cellular networks. Based on determining that the user device is approaching a geofence between a first network coverage area of the first cellular network and a second network coverage area of a second cellular network that is identified on the forbidden list, the method includes removing the second cellular network from the forbidden list. With the second cellular network removed from the forbidden list and based on the user device entering the second network coverage area, the method includes transmitting a second wireless communication from the user device via the second cellular network that includes an updated geographic location of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Tran, James Doherty, Russell A. Patenaude, Scott Thomas Droste
  • Publication number: 20250110877
    Abstract: The disclosed device includes a processor and an interconnect connecting the processor to a memory. The interconnect includes an interconnect agent that can forward memory requests from the processor to the memory and receive requested data returned by the memory. The requested data can include information for a next memory request such that the interconnect agent can send, to the memory, a speculative memory request using information for the next memory request that was received in response to the memory request. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Walker, Scott Thomas Bingham, Pongstorn Maidee, William E. Jones, Richard Carlson
  • Patent number: 12246901
    Abstract: A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the shipping and dispensing construct and including a front panel, a top panel, at least one central panel, and at least one side panel. The shipping and dispensing construct further includes dispensing features for removal of one or more of the product holding containers, the dispensing features including a plurality of dispensing portions comprising at least a portion of the at least one central panel, the dispensing portions for being removably attached to a respective container of the plurality of product holding containers and being separable from a remainder of the shipping and dispensing construct for allowing access to the respective container of the plurality of product holding containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Karen L. Mills, Mark Zammit, Scott Thomas Strand
  • Publication number: 20250073715
    Abstract: A method includes flowing a first fluid through a first channel of a microfluidic apparatus and flowing a second fluid through a second channel of the microfluidic apparatus. The first fluid comprises biological material and a matrix material and is immiscible with the second fluid. The first and second fluids are combined at a junction to form droplets of the first fluid dispersed in the second fluid in a third channel. Multiple exposures of a droplet in the third channel are captured in a single image, comprising: illuminating a region of the third channel with multiple successive illumination pulses during a single frame of the imaging device; identifying the droplet and determining a velocity or a size of the droplet based on an analysis of the captured exposures; and controlling the flow of the first fluid or second fluid to obtain droplets of a target size or velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Timothy A. Miller, David Stafford
  • Patent number: 12239874
    Abstract: An exercise device includes a resistance unit having a connecting gear. It further includes a cable. It further includes an arm that routes the cable to an actuator. The arm is rotatable relative to the resistance unit about the connecting gear, the arm having a central axis. The arm includes a control that mechanically disengages a locking mechanism from the connecting gear. The control is activated by an activation force substantially directed either toward the central axis of the arm, along a length of the arm, or about the central axis. The activation force is mechanically converted into linear force along the arm that disengages the locking mechanism from the connecting gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Peter McNally, Michael Valente, Anya Richardson Quenon, Patricia Holloway Howes, Scott Thomas Rider, Daniel Jordan Kayser, David Mallard, David Jonathan Zimmer, Maxwell Walter Davis
  • Publication number: 20250050341
    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus includes a microfluidic chip for MicroOrganoSpheres (MOS) generation. A first channel is defined in a surface of the microfluidic chip and includes: a droplet generation portion including an inlet portion, a junction between the inlet portion and an emulsifying fluid channel, and a chamber downstream of the junction. A cross-sectional area of the chamber is larger than that of the inlet portion. The first channel includes a polymerization portion downstream of the droplet generation portion, the polymerization portion having a serpentine configuration. The apparatus includes a cartridge for MOS demulsification, including: a collection container; a substrate disposed on the collection container, and a membrane disposed between the collection container and the surface of the substrate. A second channel is defined in the surface of the substrate that faces the collection container and is fluidically connected to an output of the polymerization portion of the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Timothy A. Miller, Daniel Nelson, Raheel Samuel, George Robinson, Tyler Welder
  • 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: 20250041862
    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus includes a microfluidic chip for MicroOrganoSpheres (MOS) generation. A first channel is defined in a surface of the microfluidic chip and includes: a droplet generation portion including an inlet portion, a junction between the inlet portion and an emulsifying fluid channel, and a chamber downstream of the junction. A cross-sectional area of the chamber is larger than that of the inlet portion. The first channel includes a polymerization portion downstream of the droplet generation portion, the polymerization portion having a serpentine configuration. The apparatus includes a cartridge for MOS demulsification, including: a collection container; a substrate disposed on the collection container, and a membrane disposed between the collection container and the surface of the substrate. A second channel is defined in the surface of the substrate that faces the collection container and is fluidically connected to an output of the polymerization portion of the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Timothy A. Miller, Daniel Nelson, Raheel Samuel, George Robinson, Tyler Welder
  • Publication number: 20250038034
    Abstract: Electrostatic chuck (ESC) apparatuses and systems are provided. An ESC may have one or more chucking electrodes and a blocking electrode that surrounds the chucking electrodes. The blocking electrode may reduce non-uniformities in semiconductor processing operations performed with the ESC. In some implementations, the blocking electrode is positioned beneath the chucking electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Topping, Patrick G. Breiling, Sergey Georgiyevich Belostotskiy, Ramesh Chandrasekharan, Timothy Scott Thomas, Mahmoud Vahidi, Yukinori Sakiyama, David French, Meenakshi Mamunuru, Ashish Saurabh, Pramod Subramonium, Noah Elliot Baker
  • Publication number: 20250033826
    Abstract: A tray for holding one or more products includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the tray, the plurality of panels including at least one end panel, at least one bottom panel, and at least one side panel, a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, a sidewall including the at least one side panel, a bottom wall comprising the at least one bottom panel, at least one end wall including the at least one end panel, and denesting features including a denesting shoulder extending from the sidewall and positioned for engaging a lower tray in a stack of trays to form a denesting gap between stacked trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Sloat, Raymond S. Kastanek, Joseph C. Walsh, Scott Thomas Strand, Mark Woodward, Greg Gungner
  • Patent number: 12187445
    Abstract: Guide systems for installing aircraft structures are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first guide structured to be supported by a first hinge component of a first aircraft structure and a second guide structured to be supported by a second hinge component of a second aircraft structure. The first guide is to receive the second guide when the second structure is at an installation angle relative to the first structure. Engagement between the first guide and the second guide to enable rotational movement of the first hinge component and the second hinge component when the second aircraft structure moves to an installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Luke D. Torjesen, Reed Daniel Wilson, August W. McKenna, James R. Schnelz, Peter Albert Madakson, Richard Eugene Noble, Scott Thomas Olson, Daniel W. Stewart, Raymond Helgeson, Frederick Zimmer
  • Patent number: 12190660
    Abstract: Systems and methods for building a vehicle data repository (VDR) are provided. In some embodiments, the VDR is constructed by adding standardized build sheets to it. The standardized build sheets may be constructed by selecting data from various data sources (e.g., original equipment manufacturer (OEM) databases, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) databases, Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) databases, and/or Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) databases). Furthermore, a common ontology may be created and applied to the various data sources to aide in the selection of data between the data sources to construct the standardized build sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Jody Ann Thoele, Jaime Skaggs, Scott Thomas Christensen, Ashish Sawhney, Neill Broadstone, Angela Glusick, Gustufus Phillip Theofanis
  • Patent number: 12179050
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a frame, a deflector member, a sealing assembly, and a releasing mechanism for a controlled actuation. The releasing mechanism includes a hook member, a strut member, a load member, a link member, and an actuator. The link member surrounds or frames the strut and hook members and holds the members in a static relationship of an unactuated configuration. A preferred link member includes a single central slot through which each of the hook member and the strut member extend. The actuator is arranged with respect to the link member to separate the hook and strut members and break the link member upon operation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventor: Scott Thomas Macomber
  • Patent number: 12173655
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for improving flame propagation in a combustor, particularly in a combustor for use in a power production system and method. At least one stream being passed into the combustor (e.g., a fuel, an oxidant, a diluent, a coolant, a working fluid, water, or steam) can be independently heated to a temperature that is about the autoignition temperature of the fuel or greater. Further, flame stabilization, including promoting ignition, can be improved as described herein through controlled addition of one or more NOx species into the combustor or combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Eron Fetvedt, Brock Alan Forrest, Scott Thomas Martin, Xijia Lu
  • Publication number: 20240399371
    Abstract: A system includes a device configured to facilitate an interaction between a first fluid flow and a second fluid flow within a flow path of the device; an optical sensor configured to obtain one or more images representing the flow path; an image analysis module configured to: process the images to identify at least one droplet generated in a flow path of the device by the interaction between the first fluid flow and the second fluid flow, and estimate a size of the at least one droplet; and a control system configured to: determine that the size of the at least one droplet satisfies a threshold condition, and responsive to determining that the size of the at least one droplet satisfies the threshold condition, generate a signal that causes an adjustment to a flow rate of at least one of the first fluid flow or the second fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: David Luther Alan Stafford, Bradley Scott Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240389521
    Abstract: A seed cartridge configured for indoor growing appliances. The seed cartridge may be a self-contained apparatus having a structure that contain one or more seeds suspended in one or more layers of substrate. The structure of the seed cartridge may include a removable top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The side surface may be substantially coned shaped to provide a larger top surface when compared with the bottom surface and include one or more openings, holes, or slits along the exterior side surface to allow water to be delivered from the indoor growing appliances to the seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Massey, Ivan Lee Ball
  • Patent number: 12139236
    Abstract: A foil displacement system includes one or more foils that can be deployed and stowed. When deployed, each foil can exert downforce or uplift depending on its orientation. For example, each foil may be positioned to have an angle of attack that creates a downward force effectively transmitted to the hull to pull the hull deeper within the water to, for example, create a larger wake. Use of the foil displacement system can enhance or replace the use of a ballast tank system, can be integrated into a new boat or retrofitted to existing boats, can be electronically or manually positioned, can enhance activities such as wake surfing, wake boarding, water skiing or other similar or related water sports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Malibu Boats, LLC
    Inventors: Cory Wade Dugger, Rachael Marie Green, Jeffrey Lee Predmore, Scott Thomas Ward, Matthew Welton
  • Patent number: 12128410
    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus includes a microfluidic chip for MicroOrganoSpheres (MOS) generation. A first channel is defined in a surface of the microfluidic chip and includes: a droplet generation portion including an inlet portion, a junction between the inlet portion and an emulsifying fluid channel, and a chamber downstream of the junction. A cross-sectional area of the chamber is larger than that of the inlet portion. The first channel includes a polymerization portion downstream of the droplet generation portion, the polymerization portion having a serpentine configuration. The apparatus includes a cartridge for MOS demulsification, including: a collection container; a substrate disposed on the collection container, and a membrane disposed between the collection container and the surface of the substrate. A second channel is defined in the surface of the substrate that faces the collection container and is fluidically connected to an output of the polymerization portion of the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Xilis, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Thomas, Timothy A. Miller, Daniel Nelson, Raheel Samuel, George Robinson, Tyler Welder
  • Patent number: D1055687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Karen L. Mills, Mark Zammit, Scott Thomas Strand