Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Daniel

Thomas A. Daniel 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: 20260118410
    Abstract: Techniques for electrical characterization of a logical cell. A system can include a plurality of probes, control circuitry, bias circuitry, and machine-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations including landing the probes on a surface of an integrated circuit, including a plurality of electrically coupled transistors, the logical cell having been electrically isolated from one or more conductive structures of the integrated circuit. The operations can include applying one or more bias voltages to the logical cell via one or more of the probes, performing an operational test of the logical cell using the probes, and generating output data describing one or more logical states of the logical cell over at least a portion of the operational test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Weston Hearne, Thomas A. Daniel
  • Publication number: 20260038721
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide devices, systems, and techniques for generating a magnetic field pattern that includes a plurality of magnetic poles. In specific embodiments, a magnetic device is disclosed which generates a magnetic field pattern including two magnetic poles of the same polarity on both ends, or sides of the magnetic device, and a third magnetic pole of a different polarity from the other two magnetic poles, wherein the third magnetic pole is located inside the magnetic device and between the other two magnetic poles. Moreover, the magnetic device is configured with two openings located at the two transition boundaries/interfaces of the three-pole magnetic field. As such, the two transition boundaries become accessible to objects. In particular, when another magnet is inserted at an interface between two magnetic poles, the magnet will “register” right at the interface and hover over or be suspended at the opening of the magnetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas A. DANIEL, Larry STAMBAUGH
  • Patent number: 12437908
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide devices, systems, and techniques for generating a magnetic field pattern that includes a plurality of magnetic poles. In specific embodiments, a magnetic device is disclosed which generates a magnetic field pattern including two magnetic poles of the same polarity on both ends, or sides of the magnetic device, and a third magnetic pole of a different polarity from the other two magnetic poles, wherein the third magnetic pole is located inside the magnetic device and between the other two magnetic poles. Moreover, the magnetic device is configured with two openings located at the two transition boundaries/interfaces of the three-pole magnetic field. As such, the two transition boundaries become accessible to objects. In particular, when another magnet is inserted at an interface between two magnetic poles, the magnet will “register” right at the interface and hover over or be suspended at the opening of the magnetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: PARANETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Daniel, Larry Stambaugh
  • Patent number: 12354794
    Abstract: A propulsion system, comprising: a fan blade housing; a plurality of fan blades within the fan blade housing; one or more rows of permanent magnets, affixed to the outside of the fan blade housing; one or more fan blade bearings; one or more magnetic field generators affixed to the one or more fan blade bearings and corresponding to the one or more rows of permanent magnets, the magnetic field generators configured to cause the permanent magnets to be propelled forward in the same direction, thereby causing the fan blade housing to which they are attached, and the fan blades within, to spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: PARANETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Daniel, Larry G. Stambaugh
  • Publication number: 20230005650
    Abstract: A propulsion system, comprising: a fan blade housing; a plurality of fan blades within the fan blade housing; one or more rows of permanent magnets, affixed to the outside of the fan blade housing; one or more fan blade bearings; one or more magnetic field generators affixed to the one or more fan blade bearings and corresponding to the one or more rows of permanent magnets, the magnetic field generators configured to cause the permanent magnets to be propelled forward in the same direction, thereby causing the fan blade housing to which they are attached, and the fan blades within, to spin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas A. DANIEL, Larry G. STAMBAUGH
  • Patent number: 11476026
    Abstract: A propulsion system, comprising: a fan blade housing; a plurality of fan blades within the fan blade housing; one or more rows of permanent magnets, affixed to the outside of the fan blade housing; one or more fan blade bearings; one or more magnetic field generators affixed to the one or more fan blade bearings and corresponding to the one or more rows of permanent magnets, the magnetic field generators configured to cause the permanent magnets to be propelled forward in the same direction, thereby causing the fan blade housing to which they are attached, and the fan blades within, to spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PARANETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Daniel, Larry G. Stambaugh
  • Publication number: 20210193357
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide devices, systems, and techniques for generating a magnetic field pattern that includes a plurality of magnetic poles. In specific embodiments, a magnetic device is disclosed which generates a magnetic field pattern including two magnetic poles of the same polarity on both ends, or sides of the magnetic device, and a third magnetic pole of a different polarity from the other two magnetic poles, wherein the third magnetic pole is located inside the magnetic device and between the other two magnetic poles. Moreover, the magnetic device is configured with two openings located at the two transition boundaries/interfaces of the three-pole magnetic field. As such, the two transition boundaries become accessible to objects. In particular, when another magnet is inserted at an interface between two magnetic poles, the magnet will “register” right at the interface and hover over or be suspended at the opening of the magnetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas A. DANIEL, Larry STAMBAUGH
  • Patent number: 10937582
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide devices, systems, and techniques for generating a magnetic field pattern that includes a plurality of magnetic poles. In specific embodiments, a magnetic device is disclosed which generates a magnetic field pattern including two magnetic poles of the same polarity on both ends, or sides of the magnetic device, and a third magnetic pole of a different polarity from the other two magnetic poles, wherein the third magnetic pole is located inside the magnetic device and between the other two magnetic poles. Moreover, the magnetic device is configured with two openings located at the two transition boundaries/interfaces of the three-pole magnetic field. As such, the two transition boundaries become accessible to objects. In particular, when another magnet is inserted at an interface between two magnetic poles, the magnet will “register” right at the interface and hover over or be suspended at the opening of the magnetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PARANETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Daniel, Larry Stambaugh
  • Publication number: 20200265983
    Abstract: A propulsion system, comprising: a fan blade housing; a plurality of fan blades within the fan blade housing; one or more rows of permanent magnets, affixed to the outside of the fan blade housing; one or more fan blade bearings; one or more magnetic field generators affixed to the one or more fan blade bearings and corresponding to the one or more rows of permanent magnets, the magnetic field generators configured to cause the permanent magnets to be propelled forward in the same direction, thereby causing the fan blade housing to which they are attached, and the fan blades within, to spin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas A. DANIEL, Larry G. STAMBAUGH
  • Publication number: 20170263362
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide devices, systems, and techniques for generating a magnetic field pattern that includes a plurality of magnetic poles. In specific embodiments, a magnetic device is disclosed which generates a magnetic field pattern including two magnetic poles of the same polarity on both ends, or sides of the magnetic device, and a third magnetic pole of a different polarity from the other two magnetic poles, wherein the third magnetic pole is located inside the magnetic device and between the other two magnetic poles. Moreover, the magnetic device is configured with two openings located at the two transition boundaries/interfaces of the three-pole magnetic field. As such, the two transition boundaries become accessible to objects. In particular, when another magnet is inserted at an interface between two magnetic poles, the magnet will “register” right at the interface and hover over or be suspended at the opening of the magnetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas A. DANIEL, Larry STAMBAUGH
  • Publication number: 20170204905
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide devices, systems, and techniques for generating a magnetic field pattern that includes a plurality of magnetic poles. In specific embodiments, a magnetic device is disclosed which generates a magnetic field pattern including two magnetic poles of the same polarity on both ends, or sides of the magnetic device, and a third magnetic pole of a different polarity from the other two magnetic poles, wherein the third magnetic pole is located inside the magnetic device and between the other two magnetic poles. Moreover, the magnetic device is configured with two openings located at the two transition boundaries/interfaces of the three-pole magnetic field. As such, the two transition boundaries become accessible to objects. In particular, when another magnet is inserted at an interface between two magnetic poles, the magnet will “register” right at the interface and hover over or be suspended at the opening of the magnetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas A. Daniel, Larry Stambaugh