Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Olson
Thomas A. Olson 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).
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Publication number: 20210293126Abstract: A plasma pulse device for producing fluid shock waves includes a shooting head having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and at least one emitter window, a metal conductor configured to be positioned into and ablated in the shooting head, and a feeder having a drive mechanism for supplying the metal conductor into the shooting head, the drive mechanism including two motors, the metal conductor being at least partially positioned in between the two motors. A method for generating shock waves includes feeding a metal conductor into a shooting head of a plasma pulse device using a drive mechanism including two motors, the metal conductor being at least partially positioned in between the two motors, contacting the metal conductor to a first electrode positioned in the shooting head, and delivering electricity to the metal conductor through the first electrode and causing the metal conductor to ablate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Pledge Petroleum Corp.Inventors: Trent Hunter, Thomas A. Olson
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Patent number: 10924811Abstract: A compensation device for maintaining a desired signal quality in transmitted signals includes a signal strength loss curve comparison component configured to compare a predetermined signal strength loss curve to a low band signal strength of a radio-frequency (RF) signal in an amplified forward path of a premise device. The compensation device also includes a gain curve adjustment component configured to output an adjusted gain curve across the RF signal in response to a comparison by the signal strength loss curve comparison component.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Publication number: 20190182555Abstract: A compensation device for maintaining a desired signal quality in transmitted signals includes a signal strength loss curve comparison component configured to compare a predetermined signal strength loss curve to a low band signal strength of a radio-frequency (RF) signal in an amplified forward path of a premise device. The compensation device also includes a gain curve adjustment component configured to output an adjusted gain curve across the RF signal in response to a comparison by the signal strength loss curve comparison component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 10264325Abstract: A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Publication number: 20170026710Abstract: A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 9271026Abstract: A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Publication number: 20140331270Abstract: A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 8832767Abstract: A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 8464301Abstract: An upstream bandwidth conditioning premise device for use as part of a CATV system and for placement on or near a user's premise to reduce noise created on the user's premise that would otherwise be injected into upstream transmission channels and passed into an RF main signal distribution system of the CATV system. The device includes a variable attenuation device, a signal measurement circuit, a memory circuit and an electronic circuit, which is configured to iteratively determine (i) whether an incremental amount of additional attenuation is to be applied and (ii) whether at least a portion of a previously applied incremental amount of attenuation is to be removed. The electronic circuit includes a counting circuit, a threshold comparison circuit configured to compare a peak signal strength to a predetermined threshold, and a peak comparison circuit configured to compare a contemporary peak signal strength to a previous peak signal strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Raymond Palinkas
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Patent number: 8181211Abstract: An apparatus can include a modem and a conditioning device can be provided and coupled at a signal transmission line of a CATV system at a premise of a user according to embodiments of the application. The apparatus can provide selected information (e.g., Table 1) upstream for use that can improve operations or increase capabilities at one or more users.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Noah Montena, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 8082570Abstract: Presented are method and apparatus embodiments to terminate an interruptible signal path when the interruptible signal path is unterminated. The apparatus can comprise a signal path from a supplier-side port thru a user-side port, a signal source arranged to provide a signal to the conductor; and a signal circuit arranged in the interruptible signal path. The apparatus can determine when the signal path is unterminated and, in that case, interrupt and terminate the signal path by putting a signal switching device in the appropriate state and/or sending signals from the signal path to a prescribed signal level connection point. When a user device is not connected or connected improperly, or the signals through the signal path are otherwise unterminated, the interruptible signal path can be interrupted and terminated. The method and apparatus embodiments can be used in various combinations with multiple signal paths having multiple signal branches.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Erdogan Alkan, David H. Jackson, Raymond W. Palinkas, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 8001579Abstract: A downstream bandwidth output level and/or output level tilt compensation device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on a premise of a user. The device includes a tuner that identifies low and high band signal channels, and a channel analyzer that determines a format of each of those channels. A signal measurement measures low and high band signal strengths. An offset circuit adds or subtracts an offset value to the low and/or high band channel signal strengths depending on whether the respective channel is analog or digital. A microprocessor compares the low and high band signal strengths, including any offset values, to a predetermined signal strength loss curve. A variable output level compensation device and a variable slope adjusting circuit are provided to amplify and adjust the gain slope of the downstream bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Raymond Palinkas
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Publication number: 20100244980Abstract: Presented are method and apparatus embodiments to terminate an interruptible signal path when the interruptible signal path is unterminated. The apparatus can comprise a signal path from a supplier-side port thru a user-side port, a signal source arranged to provide a signal to the conductor; and a signal circuit arranged in the interruptible signal path. The apparatus can determine when the signal path is unterminated and, in that case, interrupt and terminate the signal path by putting a signal switching device in the appropriate state and/or sending signals from the signal path to a prescribed signal level connection point. When a user device is not connected or connected improperly, or the signals through the signal path are otherwise unterminated, the interruptible signal path can be interrupted and terminated. The method and apparatus embodiments can be used in various combinations with multiple signal paths having multiple signal branches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Erdogan Alkan, David H. Jackson, Raymond W. Palinkas, Steven K. Shafer
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Publication number: 20100251314Abstract: An apparatus can include a modem and a conditioning device can be provided and coupled at a signal transmission line of a CATV system at a premise of a user according to embodiments of the application. The apparatus can provide selected information (e.g., Table 1) upstream for use that can improve operations or increase capabilities at one or more users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Noah Montena, Steven K. Shafer
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Publication number: 20100100922Abstract: A downstream bandwidth output level and/or output level tilt compensation device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on a premise of a user. The device includes a tuner that identifies low and high band signal channels, and a channel analyzer that determines a format of each of those channels. A signal measurement measures low and high band signal strengths. An offset circuit adds or subtracts an offset value to the low and/or high band channel signal strengths depending on whether the respective channel is analog or digital. A microprocessor compares the low and high band signal strengths, including any offset values, to a predetermined signal strength loss curve. A variable output level compensation device and a variable slope adjusting circuit are provided to amplify and adjust the gain slope of the downstream bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Raymond Palinkas
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Publication number: 20100100912Abstract: An upstream bandwidth conditioning premise device for use as part of a CATV system and for placement on or near a user's premise to reduce noise created on the user's premise that would otherwise be injected into upstream transmission channels and passed into an RF main signal distribution system of the CATV system. The device includes a variable attenuation device, a signal measurement circuit, a memory circuit and an electronic circuit, which is configured to iteratively determine (i) whether an incremental amount of additional attenuation is to be applied and (ii) whether at least a portion of a previously applied incremental amount of attenuation is to be removed. The electronic circuit includes a counting circuit, a threshold comparison circuit configured to compare a peak signal strength to a predetermined threshold, and a peak comparison circuit configured to compare a contemporary peak signal strength to a previous peak signal strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Raymond Palinkas
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Publication number: 20100100921Abstract: A frequency band selection device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system on the premise of a user includes at least two signal path sets between a tap side and a premise side. Each signal path set includes two discrete signal paths, a high frequency signal path for a downstream bandwidth and a low frequency signal path for an upstream bandwidth. The high frequency signal path and the low frequency signal path are separated by a cut-off transition frequency that is different for each signal path set. The device further includes a switch controller having at least two discrete switch positions. The switch controller chooses one of the switch positions as a result of an information signal. Each of the switch positions corresponds to a respective one of the signal path sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.Inventors: Thomas A. Olson, David Kelma, Joseph Lai, Steven K. Shafer
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Patent number: 6776108Abstract: A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Richard J. Crabb, Guntis Ozers, David N. Slowinski, Chad M. Johnson, Donald Johnson, Lisle J. Dunham, John F. Stufflebeam, Thomas A. Olson, Stephen D. Berry, Thomas Brown, Gerald J. Tiedt
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Patent number: 6742465Abstract: A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Richard J. Crabb, Guntis Ozers, David N. Slowinski, Chad M. Johnson, Donald Johnson, Lisle J. Dunham, John F. Stufflebeam, Thomas A. Olson, Stephen D. Berry, Thomas Brown, Gerald J. Tiedt
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Patent number: 6739272Abstract: A planter apparatus includes a seed meter including a housing assembly with a cover releasably connected to a shell. The housing assembly includes at least one opening formed therein adjacent a seed discharge area to promote the release of seeds from a disc rotatably attached to the housing assembly. The disc divides an interior of the housing assembly to include a vacuum chamber and a seed chamber. The disc including a plurality of openings formed adjacent a periphery of the disc. The planter apparatus may also include a singulator assembly having rotatably spools, a rotatable chute door, a disc having clusters of openings for simultaneous release, and a one-piece baffle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Richard J. Crabb, Guntis Ozers, David N. Slowinski, Chad M. Johnson, Donald Johnson, Lisle J. Dunham, John F. Stufflebeam, Thomas A. Olson, Stephen D. Berry, Thomas Brown, Gerald J. Tiedt