Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Brown

Thomas A. Brown 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: 20240133936
    Abstract: A system and method of automatically detecting electrical discharges in a gas insulated switchgear equipment and locating the electrical discharges in real-time is disclosed. The method includes sensing an ultra high frequency (UHF) signal generated from the electrical discharges at multiple channels simultaneously. The UHF signal sensed at multiple channels are reviewed simultaneously to determine whether they are of the same electrical discharge or not. The method also provides the sensed UHF signal at multiple channels to an artificial intelligence training model trained to determine the type of electrical discharge such as a partial discharge or an arc. The method provides a location of the electrical discharge based on an attenuation profile associated with the multiple channels and other information including amplitude information and distance information between adjacent channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Fraser COOK, Thomas LINN, Colin BROWN, Paul DONEGAN
  • Publication number: 20240124352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a coating for improving glass strength and fracture toughness comprising the hydrolytic polycondensation product of one or more alkoxysilane(s) with one or more metal oxide(s) and/or metal alkoxide(s) in the presence of water and a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: EXXERGY GMBH
    Inventors: John BROWN, Bulent YOLDAS, Thomas C. Sauer
  • Publication number: 20240122463
    Abstract: Various apparatuses are disclosed (e.g., system, device, method, or the like) for guiding the capture and assessing the quality of an image, including dental images. The apparatuses may use trained neural networks to examine images and provide users feedback regarding image quality. The neural networks may be trained based on images within image groups that have been ranked based on perceived image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Guotu LI, Chao SHI, Chad Clayton BROWN, Christopher E. CRAMER, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Adam SILL, Will NEVILLE, Ritvik BANSAL
  • Patent number: 11962892
    Abstract: A method of dental treatment may include receiving photos of a person's dentition, identifying a stage of a treatment plan administered to the person's dentition, gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model of the person's dentition corresponding to the stage of the treatment plan, projecting attributes of the 3D model of the person's dentition onto an image plane to get a projected representation of the person's dentition at the stage of the treatment plan, comparing the photos to the projected representation to derive an error image representing the comparison, and analyzing the error image for discrepancies, wherein the discrepancies represent one or more deviations of the person's dentition from the stage of the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cramer, Rajiv Venkata, Leela Parvathaneni, Phillip Thomas Harris, Sravani Gurijala, Svetozar Hubenov, Sebastien Hareng, Guotu Li, Yun Gao, Chad Clayton Brown
  • Patent number: 11957242
    Abstract: A height adjusting and leveling worksurface cantilever can comprise a leveling mechanism comprising a turnbuckle rod that can adjust an angle of a horizontal frame member relative to a vertical frame member. An assembler can adjust the angle of the horizontal frame member from a pivot point located on a proximal corner of the height adjusting and leveling worksurface cantilever. The height adjusting and leveling worksurface cantilever can also include a height adjusting mechanism comprising a threaded rod that can adjust a height of the height adjusting and leveling worksurface cantilever, relative to a hanger bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown, Geoff W. Gosling, Joseph A. Vulic
  • Patent number: 11952773
    Abstract: A pre-fabricated wall system can include a first thin wall module and a second thin wall module. The two thin wall modules have a depth defined by a distance from a front surface of each thin wall module to aback surface of each thin wall module. The pre-fabricated wall system can further include a vertical connection post that has a first connection interface on a first side configured to secure to the first thin wall module. The first connection interface can include a first channel. The vertical connection post can also include a second connection interface on a second side opposite the first side configured to secure to the second thin wall module. The second connection interface can include a second channel. The two thin wall modules can be parallel or co-planar to one another when the two thin wall modules are secured to the vertical connection post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Geoff W. Gosling, Thomas A. Brown, Colin V. Blehm, Taylor W. Merchant
  • Patent number: 11953429
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure include at least one building component detection sensor device configured to be deployed within (or proximate to) a building comprised of a plurality of building components. The at least one building component detection sensor device is configured to detect data relating to at least one building component of the plurality of building components. In addition, a building component property determination system includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in memory to determine one or more properties of the at least one building component based at least in part on the data detected by the at least one building component detection sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Gray, Daniel Christopher Bitsis, Jr., Qunying Kou, Robert Wiseman Simpson, Manfred Amann, Donnette Moncrief Brown, Eric David Schroeder, Meredith Beveridge, Michael J. Maciolek, Bobby Lawrence Mohs, Brian F. Shipley, Justin Dax Haslam, Ashley Raine Philbrick, Yevgeniy Viatcheslavovich Khmelev, Oscar Guerra, Jeffrey Neal Pollack, Janelle Denice Dziuk, Ryan Thomas Russell, David Patrick Dixon
  • Patent number: 11945366
    Abstract: A vehicle control system may include one or more processors and a memory comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising detecting a signal to activate vehicle lamps in a delivery lighting pattern. In some embodiments, the processors may be further operable to execute the instructions to perform operations including activating the vehicle lamps in the delivery lighting pattern, wherein a flashing frequency of the delivery lighting pattern differs from a flashing frequency of a hazard lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Baker, Vijay Jayaraman, Nicholas Paul Tokarz, Srikanth Amruthur, Emily Wilson, Thomas French, Stuart Brown
  • Publication number: 20240103622
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Benjamin PELIS, Preston Douglas BROWN, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'HARA, Robert Michael LOHSE, Andrew Carl HEISEY
  • Patent number: 11940580
    Abstract: A system for near-surface geophysical subsurface imaging for detecting and characterizing subsurface heterogeneities comprises an instrument that outputs probing electromagnetic signals through a ground surface that interact and are affected by scattered signals of acoustic waves that travel through the ground surface and further senses vibrational modes of a subsurface below the ground surface; an imaging device that dynamically generates a time sequence of images of properties of the acoustic waves and maps elastic wave fields of the acoustic waves; and a processor that analyzes dynamic multi-wave data of the images to quantify spatial variations in the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of the subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Thomas Szabo, Daniel R. Burns, Michael Fehler
  • Publication number: 20240076520
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder comprising an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen functional groups, and a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; a solubilized bismuth catalyst; and a guanidine; wherein the electrodepositable coating composition has a weight ratio of bismuth metal from the solubilized bismuth catalyst to guanidine of from 1.00:0.071 to 1.0:2.1 and/or a molar ratio of bismuth metal to guanidine of from 1.0:0.25 to 1.0:3.0. Also disclosed are methods of treating electrodepositable coating compositions, methods for making electrodepositable coating compositions, systems for coating a metal substrate, coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Lee Brent Steely, Richard F. Syput, Corey James Dedomenic, Christopher Andrew Dacko, Egle Puodziukynaite, Kevin Thomas Sylvester, Benjamin Kabagambe, Katie Marie Cumpston, David Alfred Stone
  • Publication number: 20240063136
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device comprises an array comprising rows and columns of conductive interconnect pads. At least one optical alignment fiducial region is distinct from the array and comprises a fiducial pattern, wherein the fiducial pattern comprises a first group of pads contiguous to a second group of pads, and wherein a width of a space between nearest pads of the first and second groups is wider than the spaces between pads within each group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Haris Khan Niazi, Yi Shi, Adel Elsherbini, Xavier Brun, Georgios Dogiamis, Thomas Brown, Omkar Karhade
  • Patent number: 11891847
    Abstract: A sliding door includes a door panel that has a first face, a second face that is opposite to the first face, and a top edge that defines first and second raised portions of the door panel and an open space that extends between the first and second raised portions. The sliding door includes a plurality of rollers affixed to the door panel by first and second mounting assemblies. Each of the plurality of rollers has an axis of rotation that is normal to the first face of the door panel. The sliding door includes a soft-close assembly secured to the first and second mounting assemblies at opposing ends thereof, such that the soft-close assembly is positioned within the open space between the first raised portion of the door panel and the second raised portion of the door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Danielle L. Racicot, Colin V. Blehm, Thomas A. Brown, Adam J. Stosky
  • Patent number: 11844377
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing and vending apparatus comprises filling module(s), user container holder(s), positioning mechanism(s) and controller module(s). The filling module(s) comprise: machine container(s) configured to hold liquid(s), nozzle(s) configured to dispense liquid(s) to user container(s), and measuring pump module(s) configured to pump a measured amount of liquid(s) from machine container(s) to nozzle(s). The user container holder(s) are configured to hold user container(s). Positioning mechanism(s) align user container holder(s) with filing module(s). Controller module(s) execute production instructions causing liquid formulations to be dispensed into user container(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Artesa Corp.
    Inventors: Joshua Thomas Brown, Thomas Robert Young, Robert Czarnek
  • Publication number: 20230298295
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present specification describes methods for displaying a three-dimensional image of an isolated threat object or region of interest with a single touch or click and providing spatial and contextual information relative to the object, while also executing a view dependent virtual cut-away or rendering occluding portions of the reconstructed image data as transparent. In some embodiments, the method includes allowing operators to associate audio comments with a scan image of an object. In some embodiments, the method also includes highlighting a plurality of voxels, which are indicative of at least one potential threat item, in a mask having a plurality of variable color intensities, where the intensities may be varied based on the potential threat items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mala Sivakumar, Thomas Brown, Karthik Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20230249265
    Abstract: A system and a method include a fixture template configured to be secured to a component. The fixture template includes a plurality of insert holes. A plurality of guide inserts have channels. Each of the channels has an orientation. The orientation of at least two of the plurality of guide inserts differs. Each of the plurality of guide inserts is removably secured within a respective one of the plurality of inserts holes to position and orient the channels in relation to a pattern of openings to be formed in relation to the component. Each of the channels is configured to receive an operative member of a tool that is configured to form the pattern of openings in relation to the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Craig Martin Farniok, Todd Jeremy Roffo, Thomas A. Brown
  • Patent number: 11718418
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, three-dimensional (3D) scan data representative of an in-service structure that is captured by a scanning device is accessed by a processor circuit. Based on the 3D scan data, in-service computer-aided design (CAD) data representative of an in-service surface corresponding to the in-service structure is generated by the processor circuit. Based on the in-service CAD data representative of the in-service surface, at least one of a serviceability level or remaining life estimate of the in-service structure is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown, Craig Martin Farniok, Todd Roffo, Nicholas E. Smith, Jacob Paul Thilges
  • Publication number: 20230241445
    Abstract: A barbell includes a central section having opposed ends, a mounting structure including first and second tubular members located at the ends of the central section and engaged with the first tubular member, and a second barbell section engaged with the second tubular member. The first barbell section includes a first bar portion having a first sleeve mounted thereon, and the first bar portion has a first proximal end received in the first central passage and connected to the first tubular member to connect the first barbell section to one end of the central section. The second barbell section includes a second bar portion having a second sleeve rotatably mounted thereon, and the second bar portion has a second proximal end received in the second central passage and connected to the second tubular member to connect the second barbell section to the other end of the central section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolas Garcia, William Henniger, Ahmik Jones, Martin Pritchett, Charlie Tighe, Thomas Brown
  • Patent number: 11701058
    Abstract: A personal impact monitoring system is described herein comprising a monitoring station that receives impact events sent from personal impact monitors using a monitoring station receiver. The impact events which specify impact parameters associated with the impact events are stored in a data storage location associated with the monitoring station. Software operating on the operating station is configured to receive the impact events from the data storage location and to perform calculations based on the impact events to identify notable impact events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: i1 SENSORTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence V. Calcano, David Thomas Brown, Christopher C. Genau, David Ernest Snyder, James M. Stearns, Brian Michael Ronald, Jesse David Harper, John F. Harris
  • Patent number: D1001410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Geoff W. Gosling, Thomas A. Brown, Colin V. Blehm