Patents by Inventor Steven M. Tom

Steven M. Tom 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).

  • Solar powered apparatus having a thermally decoupled solar panel for tracking a portable asset
    Patent number: 8902590
    Abstract: An apparatus for tracking a portable asset includes a solar panel, an electronics assembly integrated into an enclosure, and a heat spreading assembly adjacent the solar panel, the heat spreading assembly located to form an air gap separating the heat spreading assembly from the electronics assembly such that heat generated by the solar panel is dissipated in the air gap before reaching the electronics assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Omnitracs, LLC
    Inventors: Steven M. Tom, John P. Oeth, Clayton G. Dumstorff
  • SOLAR POWERED APPARATUS HAVING A THERMALLY DECOUPLED SOLAR PANEL FOR TRACKING A PORTABLE ASSET
    Publication number: 20130208423
    Abstract: An apparatus for tracking a portable asset includes a solar panel, an electronics assembly integrated into an enclosure, and a heat spreading assembly adjacent the solar panel, the heat spreading assembly located to form an air gap separating the heat spreading assembly from the electronics assembly such that heat generated by the solar panel is dissipated in the air gap before reaching the electronics assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven M. Tom, John P. Oeth, Clayton G. Dumstorff