Patents by Inventor Thomas Anton

Thomas Anton 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).

  • Patent number: 12266018
    Abstract: The Use Determination Risk Coverage Datastructure for On-Demand and Increased Efficiency Coverage Detection and Rebalancing Apparatuses, Processes and Systems (“UDRCD”) transforms coverage enrollment request, event signal, ACGG request, search request, props ratios calculation request, encounters build request, episodes build request, price calculation request, price range generation request, price range lookup request inputs via UDRCD components into coverage enrollment response, add-in recommendation, ACGG response, search response, props ratios calculation response, encounters build response, episodes build response, price calculation response, price range generation resp., price range lookup resp. outputs. An episodes build request datastructure identifying an encounter type is obtained. An anchor encounter datastructure is selected. A set of other encounter datastructures for the anchor encounter datastructure is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Bind Benefits, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Miller, David Dickey, Henning Chiv, Matthew Chock, Glen Eiden, Trevor Fast, Shawn Wagoner, Matthew Wiandt, Jessica Zeaske, Nels Marcus Thygeson, Charley Hastings, Jason Haupt, Mark Peterson, Maxwell L. Peterson, Benjamin Kowitt, Thomas Anton Klun
  • Publication number: 20250074171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof module for a sensor, configured to be mounted on a roof of a vehicle. The roof module including a roof skin having an opening and defining an exterior side and an interior side of the roof module. Further including a sensor mounting location, arranged at the interior side, having a visor providing a field of view through the opening; a cover panel movable along a sliding path; and a kinematic mechanism for moving the cover panel along the sliding path between: a closed position wherein the cover panel covers the opening and blocks the field of view of the visor and a retracted position wherein the cover panel uncovers the opening and clears the field of view of the visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers, Marcel Johan Christiaan Nellen, Ruud Geurts, Marcel Klefisch
  • Patent number: 12226978
    Abstract: A transparent panel for use in a vehicle roof of a vehicle comprises a layered stack comprising a first and a second transparent pane and an electrically conductive assembly arranged between the second and the third main surface, wherein a through hole is provided in the second pane. The panel further comprises an electric apparatus mounted on a passenger compartment side covering the through hole. The electric apparatus is electrically coupled to the electrically conductive assembly through the through hole. The electrically conductive assembly electrically couples a first and a second terminal and is arranged between and adjacent to the first and the second terminals, wherein an optical transmissivity of the transparent panel is not visually deteriorated in an area of the electrically conductive assembly around the electric apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers, Sander De Bie, Gerrit Schwepper
  • Publication number: 20250030494
    Abstract: A system on a chip (SOC) is configured to support multiple time domains within a time-sensitive networking (TSN) environment. TSN extends Ethernet networks to support a deterministic and high-availability communication on Layer 2 (data link layer of open system interconnect “OSI” model) for time coordinated capabilities such as industrial automation and control applications. Processors in a system may have an application time domain separate from the communication time domain. In addition, each type time domain may also have multiple potential time masters to drive synchronization for fault tolerance. The SoC supports multiple time domains driven by different time masters and graceful time master switching. Timing masters may be switched at run-time in case of a failure in the system. Software drives the SoC to establish communication paths through a sync router to facilitate communication between time providers and time consumers. Multiple time sources are supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Chunhua HU, Venkateswar Reddy KOWKUTLA, Eric HANSEN, Denis BEAUDOIN, Thomas Anton LEYRER
  • Patent number: 12187106
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a frame and a panel capable of at least partly opening and closing an opening in a fixed roof. A drive motor in the vicinity of the rear edge of the opening and in the vicinity of a longitudinal center line of the opening comprises elongate drive members extending from its output shaft oppositely along the rear edge. An operating mechanism is movably connected between the frame near the rear edge and the rear edge of the panel. The operating mechanism includes two height-adjusting members on the frame, one on each lateral side of the drive motor and guided for a movement in lateral direction initiated by the drive members. Two height-adjustable members are immovably fixed to the panel and cooperate with the height-adjusting members which move along with the drive members so as to cause the height adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Suyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei, Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
  • Publication number: 20240336229
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vehicle roof module for a sensor. The module includes a wiper assembly with a wiper blade carried on a wiper arm, and a sensor housing with a visor, and a sensor having a field of view aligned with the visor, The roof module further includes a guide defining a wiping path and a parking path and a slide configured for sliding the wiper assembly over the guide along the wiping path and the parking path. When sliding the wiper assembly over the wiping path slides the wiper arm along the sensor housing such that the wiper blade wipes the visor and when sliding the wiper assembly over the parking path slides the wiper arm along the sensor housing while the wiper blade is lifted from the visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Bob Hubertus Marcus Maria Aarts, Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
  • Publication number: 20240336232
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vehicle roof module for a sensor. The roof module including a wiper assembly with wiper blade carried on a wiper arm, a sensor housing with a visor having a view portion and park portion, a guide defining a wiping path and a parking path, and a slide configured for sliding the wiper assembly over the guide along the wiping path and the parking path. When sliding the wiper assembly over the wiping path the wiper arm slides along the sensor housing such that the wiper blade wipes the view portion of the visor. And when sliding the wiper assembly over the parking path the wiper arm slides along the sensor housing such that the wiper blade is moved over the park portion of the visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
  • Patent number: 12113612
    Abstract: A system on a chip (SOC) is configured to support multiple time domains within a time-sensitive networking (TSN) environment. TSN extends Ethernet networks to support a deterministic and high-availability communication on Layer 2 (data link layer of open system interconnect “OSI” model) for time coordinated capabilities such as industrial automation and control applications. Processors in a system may have an application time domain separate from the communication time domain. In addition, each type time domain may also have multiple potential time masters to drive synchronization for fault tolerance. The SoC supports multiple time domains driven by different time masters and graceful time master switching. Timing masters may be switched at run-time in case of a failure in the system. Software drives the SoC to establish communication paths through a sync router to facilitate communication between time providers and time consumers. Multiple time sources are supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Chunhua Hu, Venkateswar Reddy Kowkutla, Eric Hansen, Denis Beaudoin, Thomas Anton Leyrer
  • Patent number: 12086632
    Abstract: A task manager tightly coupled to a programmable real-time unit (PRU), the task manager configured to: detect a first event; assert, a request to the PRU during a first clock cycle that the PRU perform a second task; receive an acknowledgement of the request from the PRU during the first clock cycle; save a first address in a memory during the first clock cycle of the PRU, the first address corresponding to a first task of the PRU, the first address present in a current program counter of the PRU; load a second address of the memory into a second program counter during the first clock cycle, the second address corresponding to the second task; and load, during a second clock cycle, the second address into the current program counter, wherein the second clock cycle immediately follows the first clock cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Leyrer, William Cronin Wallace
  • Publication number: 20240264865
    Abstract: A hardware state machine connected to a processor, the hardware state machine configured to receive operational codes from the processor; a multiplexer connected to the processor, the hardware state machine and a checksum circuit, the multiplexer configured to receive data from the processor; and a transmit circuit connected to the multiplexer, the transmit circuit configured to receive data from the multiplexer for transmission to a far end device, wherein the hardware state machine is further configured to, responsive receiving one or more operational codes from the processor: cause the checksum circuit to alter a checksum value of a first data packet being transmitted by the transmit circuit; and cause the transmit circuit to preempt transmission of the first data packet and begin transmitting a second data packet once the checksum value so altered has been transmitted from the transmit circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Anton LEYRER, William Cronin WALLACE, David Alston LIDE
  • Patent number: 12040885
    Abstract: A real-time Ethernet (RTE) protocol includes start-up frames originated by a master device for network initialization including a preamble, destination address (DA), source address (SA), a type field, and a status field including state information that indicates a current protocol state that the Ethernet network is in for the slave devices to translate for dynamically switching to one of a plurality of provided frame forwarding modes. The start-up frames include device Discovery frames at power up, Parameterization frames that distribute network parameters, and Time Synchronization frames including the master's time and unique assigned communication time slots for each slave device. After the initialization at least one data exchange frame is transmitted exclusive of SA and DA including a preamble that comprises a header that differentiates between master and slave, a type field, a status field excluding the current protocol state, and a data payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Leyrer, Thomas Mauer
  • Patent number: 11966777
    Abstract: A hardware state machine connected to a processor, the hardware state machine configured to receive operational codes from the processor; a multiplexer connected to the processor, the hardware state machine and a checksum circuit, the multiplexer configured to receive data from the processor; and a transmit circuit connected to the multiplexer, the transmit circuit configured to receive data from the multiplexer for transmission to a far end device, wherein the hardware state machine is further configured to, responsive receiving one or more operational codes from the processor: cause the checksum circuit to alter a checksum value of a first data packet being transmitted by the transmit circuit; and cause the transmit circuit to preempt transmission of the first data packet and begin transmitting a second data packet once the checksum value so altered has been transmitted from the transmit circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Leyrer, William Cronin Wallace, David Alston Lide
  • Publication number: 20240038479
    Abstract: An x-ray tube includes a housing containing cooling oil and a vacuum envelope disposed within the housing and including a solid envelope wall. The oil is disposed between the housing and wall. An anode and cathode are arranged in a vacuum environment and surrounded by the wall. A rotor connected to the anode is arranged on bearings within the vacuum environment. Additionally, a stator assembly positioned within the oil surrounds the rotor to define an oil-filled annular gap. The stator assembly includes a stator core, stator teeth spaced apart by intervening stator slots, and stator windings disposed within the stator slots. Each stator tooth includes a tooth tip positioned adjacent to the boundary wall and set a distance apart from the stator windings to form an intra-slot cooling channel in fluid communication with the oil-filled annular gap such that the stator teeth inclusive of its tooth tips are immersed in oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Morris, Patrick Kevin Lewis
  • Patent number: 11875183
    Abstract: A spinlock circuit connected to one or more first processors through one or more broadside interfaces. The spinlock circuit is configured to receive a plurality of requests for use of a computing resource from one or more first processors, and reply to each of the plurality of requests within a single clock cycle of the one or more first processors. The spinlock circuit can reply to each of the plurality of requests within a single clock cycle of the one or more first processors by alternately assigning the computing resource to a requesting processor from among the one or more first processors or indicating to the requesting processor from among the one or more first processors that the computing resource is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Leyrer, William Cronin Wallace
  • Patent number: 11840129
    Abstract: A roof system for a vehicle comprises a wind deflector member including a wind deflector body which extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle that is movable between a retracted position below a fixed roof and an extended position at least partly above the fixed roof. Wind deflector arms at the lateral ends of the wind deflector body extend substantially in a rearward direction and are at least rotatably connected to a stationary part. A sealing arrangement comprises a first seal is positioned between the wind deflector body and a panel that seals a gap between an the wind deflector body and the panel in its closed position. The first seal is configured to close a gap between the wind deflector arms and the panel. A second seal is closes a gap between the wind deflector member and the stationary part when the panel is in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Suyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei, Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
  • Patent number: 11807088
    Abstract: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises at least a movable lever to which, by means of a pin-like member, a slide shoe is connected that, for defining a movement of the movable lever, cooperates with and moves longitudinally along a guide. The pin-like member at a first end is connected to said lever and at a second end is connected to said slide shoe and the guide and slide shoe are provided with at least one pair of cooperating guide part and slide shoe part. The pin-like member at its second end is provided with an enlarged head configured to engage the slide shoe at a side thereof facing away from the lever. The dimensions of the enlarged head are such that, as seen in a direction from the enlarged head towards the lever, at least part of said enlarged head overlaps at least one guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers, Eduardus Christianus Henricus van Boxtel
  • Patent number: 11704154
    Abstract: A real-time computational device includes a programmable real-time processor, a communications input port which is connected to the programmable real-time processor through a first broadside interface, and a communications output port which is connected to the programmable real-time processor through a second broadside interface. Both broadside interfaces enable 1024 bits of data to be transferred across each of the broadside interfaces in a single clock cycle of the programmable real-time processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Leyrer, William Cronin Wallace, Pratheesh Gangadhar Thalakkal Kottilaveedu, David Alston Lide
  • Patent number: 11673513
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof construction comprising at least one semi-transparent panel fitted in an opening in the fixed roof of the vehicle. The panel is connected to a stationary frame. A headliner on the interior side of the fixed roof is provided for hiding the fixed roof and stationary frame from view. At least one display device is capable of showing images from its display screen to occupants in the vehicle. A drive system is provided for moving the display screen at least into a storage position and into an operational position in which the display screen is visible for occupants in an interior space of the vehicle. The display screen, in its storage position, is moved into a cavity above the headliner and is thus hidden from view and protected by the headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V
    Inventors: Sergej Sergeevic Lojko, Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers, Suyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei
  • Patent number: 11654754
    Abstract: A panel for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a substantially rectangular panel main body made of transparent material, and at least one elongated reinforcing bracket positioned at least partly in the vicinity of an edge of said panel main body and firmly connected thereto. The panel bracket is made of a material which is thinner than that of the material of the panel main body and includes a structure to fix the reinforcing bracket to an operating mechanism configured to support the panel and control movements thereof. The edge of the panel main body comprises at least an inward recess and the reinforcing bracket comprises at least an upward step into the recess. The upward step extends along at least a portion of the recess and is dimensioned to accommodate a part of the operating mechanism under it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers
  • Patent number: 11579877
    Abstract: A computational system includes one or more processors. Each processor has multiple registers, as well attached memory to hold instructions. The processor is coupled to one or more broadside interfaces. A broadside interface allows the processor to load or store an entire widget state in a single clock cycle of the processor. The broadside interface also allows the processor to move and store 32 bytes of information into RAM in less than four to five clock cycles of the processor while the processor concurrently performs one or more mathematical operations on the information while the move and store operation is taking place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Anton Leyrer, William Cronin Wallace, David Alston Lide, Pratheesh Gangadhar Thalakkal Kottilaveedu