Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Beard

Thomas A. Beard 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: 20230088359
    Abstract: A remote set tool arrangement including a tool, a primary trigger operatively connected to the tool, and a contingency trigger operatively connected to the tool. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and the remote setting tool arrangement disposed within or as a part of the string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Vissotski, Rafael Ramirez, Thomas Beard, Agustin Velasco Suarez, Edward Kossa
  • Patent number: 10611939
    Abstract: An abrasive article (100) comprising a backing (102); a make resin (112) contacting the backing (102); abrasive particles (114) contacting the make resin (112); and a size resin (116) contacting both the abrasive particles (114) and the make resin (112), wherein the make resin (112) includes an alkyl quaternary ammonium clay, which can take the form of Garamite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Philip S. Hill, Polly H. R. Keen, James R. Smith, Thomas A. Beard
  • Publication number: 20180320038
    Abstract: An abrasive article (100) comprising a backing (102); a make resin (112) contacting the backing (102); abrasive particles (114) contacting the make resin (112); and a size resin (116) contacting both the abrasive particles (114) and the make resin (112), wherein the make resin (112) includes an alkyl quaternary ammonium clay, which can take the form of Garamite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Philip S. Hill, Polly H.R. Keen, James R. Smith, Thomas A. Beard
  • Publication number: 20070042746
    Abstract: A cellular telephone housing with a retractable microphone or earpiece component. The cellular telephone housing lends itself to styling in the shape of a guitar body, while the retractable microphone or earpiece is shaped like a guitar neck. The retractable assembly assumes a position coplanar to the functional face of the cellular phone when in use in the fully extended position, and folds away into a channel in the back of the cellular telephone housing body when fully retracted. The combination of features provides the user with a small profile cellular telephone with a distinctive style.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Beard
  • Publication number: 20060272224
    Abstract: A tool (10) for rapidly and accurately aligning corner molding (50) on an external corner (51) of a wall (52A, 52B). In one embodiment, the tool has a mainstay (11) having first and second longitudinal sections (12A, 12B) joined along a corner (13), and first and second positioning members (16A, 16B) attached to the first and second longitudinal sections, respectively. Each positioning member has a bottom surface (17A, 17B) attached to a respective longitudinal section of the mainstay, an internal side surface (18A, 18B), a top surface (19A, 19B), and preferably an angled face (20A, 20B) between the top surface and the internal side surface. When the installer pushes on the tool the tool forces the corner molding into alignment with the corner of the wall. An optional handle (23) may also be provided. The positioning members and/or the optional handle may be unitary with the mainstay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Beard
  • Publication number: 20050021443
    Abstract: The invention provides a trading data visualisation system comprising a transaction database stored in computer memory of transaction data representing transactions in relation to one or more tradable items, the transaction data comprising one or more data sets, one or more of the data sets comprising an item identifier, a transaction identifier and an item volume value. The system also includes a retrieval component configured to retrieve transaction data from the transaction database and a display configured to display one or more graphical representations of some or all of the transaction data, the size of one or more of the graphical representations proportional to the volume of tradable items represented by the transaction data. The invention also provides related methods of visualising trading data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Beard, Paul Cardno