Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Bell

Thomas A. Bell 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: 20200099212
    Abstract: A stackable, low-PIM cable hanger includes a hybrid metal-and-polymeric construction including a metal cable block carrying a polymeric sleeve. The metal cable block forms the cable mounting section, while the polymeric sleeve insulates the metal sides of the cable block and provides non-metallic (low-PIM) snap-in legs for attaching the cable hanger to mounting structures and stacking the cable hangers together. The metal cable block supports the cable more securely than a polymeric mounting section, while the polymeric sleeve avoids loose metal-to-metal connections when the cable hangers are attached to metal mounting structures or stacked together. The metal cable block includes a metal sides that form cable clasps. The sleeve includes polymeric sides that cover the metal sides of the cable block to prevent metal-to-metal contact on the sides of the cable block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers
  • Publication number: 20200073490
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at each of at least four receivers of a stylus, a signal from an electrode line oriented along a first axis of a touch-sensing device and determining, by a processor of the stylus, a signal strength of the signal at each of the at least four receivers of the stylus. The received signal has a different signal strength at each of the at least four receivers. The method includes determining, by the processor of the stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on the determined signal strength at a plurality of the at least four receivers, and providing, by a transmitter of the stylus, a response signal to the touch-sensing device. The tilt direction includes a direction of the stylus along a second axis of the touch-sensing device and the second axis is oriented in a different direction than the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Publication number: 20200056176
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of ApoCIII mRNA and protein in an animal. Also provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for increasing HDL levels and/or improving the ratio of TG to HDL and reducing plasma lipids and plasma glucose in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate any one or more of cardiovascular disease or metabolic disorder, or a symptom thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Mullick, Rosanne M. Crooke, Mark J. Graham, Kenneth W. Dobie, Thomas A. Bell, III, Richard Lee
  • Patent number: 10545608
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing logic. The logic is configured to perform, when executed by the processor, operations including detecting, in response to driving a plurality of electrodes of a touch sensor with a first drive signal having a first polarity, a first sense signal. The first sense signal has a second polarity, the second polarity being an inverse of the first polarity. The logic is further configured to perform operations including driving, in response to detecting the first sense signal, the plurality of electrodes with a second drive signal having the second polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NeodrĂ³n Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Publication number: 20190390797
    Abstract: Low-PIM polymeric cable support brackets used to support cables feeding antennas and other types of equipment at cellular base stations (cell sites). A variety of polymeric mounting brackets, cable ties, cable support blocks, and stackable hangers are used to eliminate loose fitting metal-to-metal contact points that tend to create PIM. The mounting bracket body may include standoff features allowing the same bracket to securely attach to poles of different diameter, an external hex profile for receiving a wrench, and a fitted receptacle for receiving a bracket end fastener to facilitate installation. Polymeric cable ties fed through cable slots in the mounting bracket may be positioned to prevent the bracket end fastener from falling out of the fitted receptacle. The low-PIM cable support brackets are suitable for use within 1 carrier wavelength behind and around base station antennas where conventional cable brackets have been identified as problematic PIM interference sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Robert Kola, Steve Rogers
  • Publication number: 20190384424
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus includes a first sensor disposed proximate a first end of the stylus. The first sensor is adapted to receive a first receive signal via a first capacitive coupling with a touch sensor of a device. The first end of the stylus is at a tip-end of the stylus. The stylus also includes a second sensor disposed proximate the first end of the stylus. The second sensor is adapted to receive a second receive signal via a second capacitive coupling with the touch sensor of the device. A proximity of the first sensor to the first end of the stylus is greater than a proximity of the second sensor to the first end of the stylus. A widest portion of the first sensor has a greater width than at least a portion of the second sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: 10459541
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at each of at least four receivers of a stylus, a signal from an electrode line oriented along a first axis of a touch-sensing device and determining, by a processor of the stylus, a signal strength of the signal at each of the at least four receivers of the stylus. The received signal has a different signal strength at each of the at least four receivers. The method includes determining, by the processor of the stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on the determined signal strength at a plurality of the at least four receivers, and providing, by a transmitter of the stylus, a response signal to the touch-sensing device. The tilt direction includes a direction of the stylus along a second axis of the touch-sensing device and the second axis is oriented in a different direction than the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: WACOM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Publication number: 20190301261
    Abstract: A ball launcher and method for actuating wellsite equipment at a wellsite is disclosed. The wellsite has wellhead equipment positioned at an inlet of a wellbore. The ball launcher includes a housing, a ball release, and a housing extension. The housing has a passage for receiving balls. The ball is release positionable about the housing. The ball release includes a feeder to selectively and sequentially release the balls from the housing. The housing extension includes a hopper tube and a feed tube. The hopper tube has an inlet to receive the balls from the housing, the feed tube extending at an angle from the hopper tube. The feed tube has an exit a distance above the wellhead equipment to release the balls therethrough whereby the balls are dropped into and activates the wellsite equipment in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: James William Anthony, Marion M. Ringo, David Chesney, Roma Montifar, Thomas Bell, Tyler Chaney, Joel Henry, Craig Ronald Smith, Steven Robert Olsen
  • Patent number: 10409428
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes determining a position of a touch input in a touch-sensitive area of a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first number of electrodes having a first orientation and a second number of electrodes having a second orientation. The second orientation being different from the first orientation. The method also includes selecting a first set of the first number of electrodes corresponding to at least a portion of an area of the touch input within the touch-sensitive area; and applying a first pre-determined voltage to the selected first set of the first number of electrodes based at least in part on the area of the touch input being larger than a pre-determined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: 10409429
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes selecting, for a touch sensor including a first number of electrodes and a second number of electrodes, a first set of the first number of electrodes and a second set of the second number of electrodes. The first number of electrodes has a first orientation and the second number of electrodes has a second orientation. The second orientation being different from the first orientation. An overlap area is formed by an overlap of the first set and second set. The method also includes applying, during a first time period, a signal including a first pre-determined voltage to the first set and the second set such that, during the first time period, the overlap area has a first signal state; and applying, during a second time period, the signal to the first set and a second pre-determined voltage to the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: 10394392
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes determining a position of an input within a touch-sensitive area of a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first number of electrodes having a first orientation and a second number of electrodes having a second orientation. The second orientation is different from the first orientation. The method also includes selecting a first set of the first number of electrodes and a first set of the second number of electrodes such that the determined position of the input is within an overlap of the first set of the first number of electrodes with the first set of the second number of electrodes. An area of the overlap is smaller than the touch-sensitive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: 10394348
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus includes a first sensor disposed proximate a first end of the stylus. The first sensor is adapted to receive a first receive signal via a first capacitive coupling with a touch sensor of a device. The first end of the stylus is at a tip-end of the stylus. The stylus also includes a second sensor disposed proximate the first end of the stylus. The second sensor is adapted to receive a second receive signal via a second capacitive coupling with the touch sensor of the device. A proximity of the first sensor to the first end of the stylus is greater than a proximity of the second sensor to the first end of the stylus. A widest portion of the first sensor has a greater width than at least a portion of the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Publication number: 20190087026
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at each of at least four receivers of a stylus, a signal from an electrode line oriented along a first axis of a touch-sensing device and determining, by a processor of the stylus, a signal strength of the signal at each of the at least four receivers of the stylus. The received signal has a different signal strength at each of the at least four receivers. The method includes determining, by the processor of the stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on the determined signal strength at a plurality of the at least four receivers, and providing, by a transmitter of the stylus, a response signal to the touch-sensing device. The tilt direction includes a direction of the stylus along a second axis of the touch-sensing device and the second axis is oriented in a different direction than the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: D839819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: John Matthew Robinson, Shawn Thomas Bell, Michael Jackson, Joseph John Roscetti, Sr., Geoffrey Harold Klein
  • Patent number: D857491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: CPC Engineering Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Ronald Thomas Bell, Brad Michael John Lloyd, Graham Trevor Warner
  • Patent number: D879782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady
  • Patent number: D879783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady
  • Patent number: D879784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady
  • Patent number: D879785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady
  • Patent number: D879786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ConcealFab Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bell, Steve Rogers, Jacob Lovelady