Patents by Inventor Thomas Butt

Thomas Butt 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: 20150339737
    Abstract: A computer program, method, and system for facilitating fundraising. The method comprises the initial step of receiving a digital image. An additional step includes receiving fundraising data, with the fundraising data comprising a total amount of funds to be raised for a fundraising campaign. An additional step includes partitioning the digital image into a plurality of tiles, with a number of tiles in the plurality being based on the fundraising data. A further step includes presenting on a graphic display the partitioned digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Butt
  • Publication number: 20060102785
    Abstract: A method for increasing airline revenue with an improved passenger seating arrangement for passenger jets. A sufficient number of aisles are used such that the number of contiguous seats in each row does not exceed two. The seats and aisles can be arranged in multiple configurations. In the preferred embodiment there is only one class of seating and the ticket prices for a given origin-destination flight are increased over what is charged for a seat on an airplane having conventional seating arrangement for the same origin-destination flight. In the preferred embodiment, each row of a narrow-body jet has five seats and two aisles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Butt
  • Patent number: 5625940
    Abstract: A compliance device for robot assemblies is provided which permits the automation of tooling operations that generate significant reaction loads, such as automatic riveting and the like. The compliance device includes a compliance control assembly and a tool isolation assembly. The compliance control assembly is an air cylinder having a tubular piston rod. An elongated shaft extends through the tubular piston rod and an axial bore in the piston of the air cylinder. The shaft is affixed to an end plate of the cylinder and includes a position locator cone affixed to its free end. The position locator cone is housed in the tool isolation assembly which is a cylindrical housing having a tool support end and a position locator end. Equally spaced-apart, radially-oriented rollers are affixed to an inside surface of the locator end of the tool isolation assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Budd Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Butt, Jim Herring