Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Joseph

Thomas A. Joseph 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: 20240375776
    Abstract: An aircraft monument for use in a cabin of an aircraft includes a monument assembly and a seat assembly. The monument assembly includes a frame having a plurality of walls defining a compartment. The plurality of walls include a first end wall having a forward section at a forward plane of the frame. The compartment is defined rearward of the forward section. The seat assembly is forward of the frame. The seat assembly has a shell configured to at least partially surround a passenger seat. The shell has a rear rearward of the forward plane of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Moran
  • Publication number: 20240379218
    Abstract: A caregiver assistance system helps caregivers manage the care of patients and the beds that support the patients. The system monitors tasks associated with the patients, such as caregiver rounding tasks, bed sore assessments, and/or fall risk assessments, and forwards completed tasks to an EMR server. The system also monitors the state of the beds and determines compliance with one or more healthcare facility protocols. Over time, the system gathers data from multiple beds regarding how often the beds are in compliance with the healthcare facility protocols and produces reports of the compliance levels to assist administrators in managing their healthcare facilities. The system may further monitor how quickly caregivers responds to one or more alert conditions relating to the beds and/or patients, and generate reports for the administrators regarding such response times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Durlach, Ross Michael Nave
  • Patent number: 12142445
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for releasing welded-shut contactors of a contactor system. An exemplary contactor system may include a contactor and a controller. The controller may be programmed to command a vibration across portions of the contactor as part of a weld release control strategy when the contactor is welded closed. The vibration may be achieved by repeatedly alternating between energizing and de-energizing a coil of the contactor in order to mechanically shock/vibrate a welded contact of the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Wand
  • Publication number: 20240359427
    Abstract: Thermoplastic films are disclosed that are suitable for use as auto wraps. The films include a thermoplastic polyurethane layer comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer and a patterned adhesive layer. The thermoplastic films, when tested by a 25% Heat Relaxation Test at a thickness of about 0.006 inches, exhibit a final load from about 0.02 to about 0.3 pounds force; and when tested by a 25% Elastic Recovery test, exhibit a residual strain at one minute of 2% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: ROBERT ERIK YOUNG, SANMITRA A. BHAT, KEVIN MICHAEL CABLE, WENJIE CHEN, GARY STUART HAWKINS, SPENCER ERICH HOCHSTETLER, YAN JIN, THOMAS JOSEPH PECORINI, WAYNE KEN SHIH
  • Publication number: 20240359426
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polyurethane compositions are disclosed, comprising: a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer or polymer blend comprising the reaction product of: an aliphatic diisocyanate, an aliphatic polyol, and a chain extending agent, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane composition: when tested by a 25% Heat Relaxation Test at a thickness of about 0.006 inches, exhibits a final load from about 0.02 to about 0.3 pounds force; and when tested by a 25% Elastic Recovery test, exhibits a residual strain at one minute of 2% or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: ROBERT ERIK YOUNG, SANMITRA A. BHAT, KEVIN MICHAEL CABLE, WENJIE CHEN, GARY STUART HAWKINS, SPENCER ERICH HOCHSTETLER, YAN JIN, THOMAS JOSEPH PECORINI, WAYNE KEN SHIH
  • Patent number: 12131900
    Abstract: Methods of enhancing selective deposition are described. In some embodiments, a blocking layer is deposited on a metal surface before deposition of a dielectric. In some embodiments, a metal surface is functionalized to enhance or decrease its reactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Lakmal C. Kalutarage, Thomas Joseph Knisley
  • Publication number: 20240351320
    Abstract: Thermoplastic films are disclosed that are suitable for use as paint protection films. The films include a thermoplastic polymer layer comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer and a polyvinyl acetal polymer. The films further comprise an adhesive layer. The thermoplastic films, when tested by ASTM D-412, exhibit a stress at 5% strain of no greater than 200 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: ROBERT ERIK YOUNG, SANMITRA A. BHAT, WENJIE CHEN, SPENCER ERICH HOCHSTETLER, YAN JIN, THOMAS JOSEPH PECORINI
  • Publication number: 20240346541
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable storage media for facilitating payments for consumer transactions and redemption of deal offerings. In providing such functionality, the system can be configured to, for example, receive payment for one or more products, determine a deal voucher's current value and cause the redemption of the deal voucher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Ben KIM, Joshua PUCKETT, Andrey ZAYTSEV, Gene ALSTON, Richard PARK, Thomas Joseph MCCONNELL
  • Publication number: 20240343127
    Abstract: A through-the-road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introducing hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Healy, Eric F. Weber
  • Publication number: 20240341632
    Abstract: A caregiver assistance system is disclosed for helping caregivers manage the care of existing bed sores and/or reduce the risk of a patient developing bed sores. The system may also help the caregiver to perform rounding tasks and/or to reduce the likelihood of patient falls. The system comprises a server application in communication with the patient's bed and one or more mobile electronic devices (e.g. smart phones). The mobile devices receive individual assessments of a plurality of bed sore risk factors and forward them to the server. The server generates bed sore risk scores from the answers and forward them to an EMR server. The server may also determine one or more risk reduction steps, display them on the mobile electronic device, and/or forward them to the patients' beds for implementation thereon. Additional bed sore information may be captured and sent to the EMR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Durlach, Ross Michael Nave
  • Patent number: 12119550
    Abstract: A composite antenna mount includes a polymer matrix, a plurality of particles dispersed through the polymer matrix, at least some of the particles including a ferromagnetic coating, and a plurality of electrically conductive filaments electrically connecting the ferromagnetic coatings of the particles. The ferromagnetic coating each coated particle is configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in a specified frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Steven C. Pintar, Tye Arthur Winkel, Thomas Joseph Hermann, Katherine Howard-Cone, Jeffrey Scott Mayville
  • Patent number: 12108723
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line HID3768, IID5385, KFX5360, KID7244, LFF6371, LFF7869, or MIJ7209, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Ford, Azzeddine Douiyssi, William H. Goodwin, Russel Pinnisch, Jason Cromley, Thomas Joseph Prest
  • Publication number: 20240333532
    Abstract: An apparatus operating as a certificate authority (CA) is described. The apparatus can perform operations including receiving, from a plurality of requesting devices, a request to join a group. The request can include identification information for the group and attestation evidence for the plurality of requesting devices. Responsive to receiving the request, the apparatus can provide a group certificate for the group to the plurality of requesting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Bhushan Girishkumar Parikh, Hari K. Tadepalli, Stephen T. Palermo, Thomas Joseph O'Dwyer, Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel, Ned M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240330569
    Abstract: Provided is a method for review of an XBRL document. An XBRL document is received followed by a request to create an XBRL review for the XBRL document. A selection of an XBRL fact included in the XBRL document is received and a first review status, of a plurality of review statuses, is applied to the selected XBRL fact. The selected XBRL fact is monitored to detect a change to the XBRL fact, and in response to detecting a change to the XBRL fact, the first review status of the XBRL fact is updated to a second review status of the plurality of review statuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: David Baker Winn, III, Thomas Joseph Wacha, Dana Andrew Oredson, Taylor Wertzberger, Kevin Fox, Shaun Brockhoff, Christopher Flores, Kirsten Baxter-Tjaden, Edward Joseph Cupps, Jason Carl Jones
  • Publication number: 20240322840
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, components, devices and systems for low-density parity check (LDPC) coding. Some aspects more specifically relate to extending LDPC codewords to produce longer codewords. In some examples, a first wireless device may generate a baseline LDPC code by performing a first lifting on a base matrix, which may produce an LDPC code used for a current Wi-Fi implementation. The first wireless device may then perform a second lifting or a re-lifting (such as a cyclic lifting, a product lifting, a swapping lifting, or a combination thereof) to generate an extended lifted code. This extended lifted code may be an extension of the first LDPC code such that the first LDPC code may be preserved as part of the extended code. Then first wireless device may then transmit the extended LDPC code as an extended or lifted codeword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Richardson, Kanke Wu, Bin Tian, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee
  • Publication number: 20240322073
    Abstract: Method for cleaning and encapsulating microLED features are disclosed. Some embodiments provide for a wet clean process and a dry clean process to remove contaminants from the microLED feature. Some embodiments provide for the encapsulation of a clean microLED feature. Some embodiments provide improved crystallinity of the microLED feature and the capping layer. Some embodiments provide improved EQE of microLED devices formed from the disclosed microLED features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Knisley, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Mingwei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240301549
    Abstract: Metal complexes with nitrile ligands of the type MO2X2L2, where M is molybdenum or tungsten, X is a halogen, each L is independently an organonitrile ligand with the general formula NCR, where each R is independently a C2-C18 group. Metal complexes with dinitrile bidentate ligands of the type MO2X2L?, where L? is a dintrile ligand, and dinitrile bridging ligands of the type (MO2X2)2L?, where L? is a dinitrile bridging ligand connecting the two metal atoms. Methods of making and using the metal complexes are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: Applied Materials, Inc., Wayne State University
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Knisley, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Shalini Tripathi, Charles H. Winter, Zachary J. Devereaux
  • Patent number: 12070885
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a film includes forming a blend containing a renewable content starch, a renewable content mineral, and polyethylene, operating a mass flow hopper to maintain a consistent mass flow rate of the blend to a feed throat of an extruder, and operating the extruder with a screw speed and melt temperature based on the amount by weight of the starch and mineral within the blend. The melt is passed through a screen pack with a mesh rating based on the amount by weight of the starch and mineral within the blend, is passed through a die, and is cooled into a film. The film is nipped to a gauge such that the film can be formed into a bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Schweiss, Douglas Duane Bonke
  • Publication number: 20240282632
    Abstract: A method includes selectively forming at least one passivation layer on at least one first conductive layer disposed in a first interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer, selectively forming at least one catalyst layer on the at least one passivation layer, wherein the at least one passivation layer prevents formation of the at least one catalyst layer on the first conductive layer, and selectively forming at least one supplemental dielectric layer using the at least one catalyst layer. The at least one catalyst layer induces formation of the at least one supplemental dielectric layer, and the at least one supplemental dielectric layer includes a dielectric material having a dielectric constant of less than or equal to about 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Zachary J. Devereaux, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Thomas Joseph Knisley, Zeqing Shen, Susmit Singha Roy, Mark J. Saly, Abhijit Basu Mallick
  • Patent number: D1045550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Durbin