Patents by Inventor Thomas Carr

Thomas Carr 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: 8348950
    Abstract: An undercutting system for preparing a region between ilium and sacrum for sacroiliac fusion. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is operably attached to the insertion apparatus. The cutting assembly is movable with respect to the insertion apparatus between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Zyga Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Assell, Jeremy Thomas Carr, Eugene Arthur Dickhudt, Thomas Godfrey Berg, Brian P. Beaubien
  • Patent number: 8350721
    Abstract: A mobile device is associated with navigational information of a client vehicle and provides the navigational information of the client vehicle to an emergency vehicle notification service. The mobile also receives an emergency vehicle message from the emergency vehicle notification service, where the emergency vehicle message includes navigational information of an emergency responder vehicle. The mobile device determines updated navigational information of the client vehicle, and identifies a projected intersection between a path of the emergency responder vehicle and a path of the client vehicle based on the emergency vehicle message and the updated navigational information of the client vehicle. The mobile device generates an alert signal to a user of the mobile device based on the identification of the projected intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thomas Carr
  • Publication number: 20120323285
    Abstract: A bone screw including a main body portion having a proximal end and a distal end. An external threaded surface and an internal threaded surface are formed on the main body portion. The external threaded surface intersects the internal threaded surface proximate a lower surface of the external threaded surface and a lower surface of the internal threaded surface. A plurality of bone growth apertures is defined on the surface of the main body portion where the external threaded surface and the internal threaded surface are not located. The bone growth apertures comprise between about 10 percent and about 60 percent of the surface of the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Zyga Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Assell, Brian P. Beaubien, Jeremy Thomas Carr
  • Patent number: 8311786
    Abstract: Accurate methods to model the precipitation rate, water delivery spatial distribution, and distribution uniformity for irrigation systems for landscapes are described. A relatively small set of test data is fitted to empirical and physics-based formulas. This permits the extrapolation of test data for an irrigation system with sprinklers being used with any arbitrary specification of operational and environmental variables. The operational variables are the pressure at the sprinkler head, sprinkler model and nozzle choice, range of arc operation, throw adjustment, head tilt, run time, and spatial position. The environmental variables are the wind profile and three-dimensional terrain topology. The; invention predicts the surface distributions and the three-dimension spatial distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventors: Geza Kisch, Tim Francis Lindsey, Thomas Carr
  • Patent number: 8213962
    Abstract: A method is implemented by a mobile device associated with a short-range wireless network in a vehicle. The method includes identifying a paired device within the short-range wireless network, the paired device having access to a vehicle information system, and receiving, from the paired device, vehicle status information from the vehicle information system. The mobile device determines if the vehicle status information triggers a safety mode for the mobile device and disables particular features or components of the mobile device based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thomas Carr
  • Publication number: 20120011083
    Abstract: A software identification manager selects a unique software module that corresponds to a single knowledge base software product. Next, the software identification manager determines that one or more software modules included in a raw inventory corresponds to the unique software module and, in turn, the software identification manager includes the single knowledge base software product into a refined group of knowledge base software products. The software identification manager then matches one of the knowledge base software products included in the refined group of knowledge base software products to one of the related raw inventory software modules. Once the software identification manager identifies a match, the software identification manager stores a module identification entry in a storage area and associates the matched raw inventory software module to the matched knowledge base software product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Carr Storms, Steven R. Youchnow
  • Patent number: 8054932
    Abstract: A filter medium for strainers used in the emergency sump of a nuclear power plant ECCS. The filter medium is employed with double wall, concentric tube type strainer modules. The filter medium is preferably constructed of a woven or knitted stainless steel wire material and is shaped in a cylinder so that it can be inserted between two concentric strainer walls, concentric tube type strainer in such a manner that water that passes through the strainer must pass through and be filtered by the filter medium before the water can be pumped to the reactor core. The filter medium is inserted through the bottom of the strainer module and is held in place by an x-shaped retainer. The filter creates varied approach velocity of the fluid and results in non-uniform fibrous debris accumulation on the strainer, insuring acceptable strainer debris hydraulic head loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Enercon Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Aaron Smith, Atul Harihar Patel, Louis Thomas Carr, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8048319
    Abstract: A filter medium for strainers used in the emergency sump of a nuclear power plant ECCS. The filter medium is employed with double wall, concentric tube type strainer modules. The filter medium is preferably constructed of a woven or knitted stainless steel wire material and is shaped in a cylinder so that it can be inserted between two concentric strainer walls, concentric tube type strainer in such a manner that water that passes through the strainer must pass through and be filtered by the filter medium before the water can be pumped to the reactor core. The filter medium is inserted through the bottom of the strainer module and is held in place by an x-shaped retainer. The filter creates varied approach velocity of the fluid and results in non-uniform fibrous debris accumulation on the strainer, insuring acceptable strainer debris hydraulic head loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Enercon Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Aaron Smith, Atul Harihar Patel, Louis Thomas Carr, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110215059
    Abstract: A filter medium for strainers used in the emergency sump of a nuclear power plant ECCS. The filter medium is employed with double wall, concentric tube type strainer modules. The filter medium is preferably constructed of a woven or knitted stainless steel wire material and is shaped in a cylinder so that it can be inserted between two concentric strainer walls, concentric tube type strainer in such a manner that water that passes through the strainer must pass through and be filtered by the filter medium before the water can be pumped to the reactor core. The filter medium is inserted through the bottom of the strainer module and is held in place by an x-shaped retainer. The filter creates varied approach velocity of the fluid and results in non-uniform fibrous debris accumulation on the strainer, insuring acceptable strainer debris hydraulic head loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: James Aaron Smith, Atul Harihar Patel, Louis Thomas Carr, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110166575
    Abstract: An undercutting system for preparing a region between ilium and sacrum for sacroiliac fusion. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is operably attached to the insertion apparatus. The cutting assembly is movable with respect to the insertion apparatus between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ZYGA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Assell, Jeremy Thomas Carr, Eugene Arthur Dickhudt, Thomas Godfrey Berg, Brian P. Beaubien
  • Publication number: 20110161304
    Abstract: A system includes a first database configured to store agreement information corresponding to terms of an agreement between a service provider and a third party. A second database is configured to store records related to the agreement. A computing device is configured to compare the records to the agreement information to determine whether the service provider is in compliance with the terms of the agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Verizon North Inc. (SJ)
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Carr, Mohsin Karim, Awais Iqbal
  • Publication number: 20110021213
    Abstract: A method is implemented by a mobile device associated with a short-range wireless network in a vehicle. The method includes identifying a paired device within the short-range wireless network, the paired device having access to a vehicle information system, and receiving, from the paired device, vehicle status information from the vehicle information system. The mobile device determines if the vehicle status information triggers a safety mode for the mobile device and disables particular features or components of the mobile device based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thomas CARR
  • Publication number: 20110018736
    Abstract: A mobile device is associated with navigational information of a client vehicle and provides the navigational information of the client vehicle to an emergency vehicle notification service. The mobile also receives an emergency vehicle message from the emergency vehicle notification service, where the emergency vehicle message includes navigational information of an emergency responder vehicle. The mobile device determines updated navigational information of the client vehicle, and identifies a projected intersection between a path of the emergency responder vehicle and a path of the client vehicle based on the emergency vehicle message and the updated navigational information of the client vehicle. The mobile device generates an alert signal to a user of the mobile device based on the identification of the projected intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thomas CARR
  • Publication number: 20100088077
    Abstract: Accurate methods to model the precipitation rate, water delivery spatial distribution, and distribution uniformity for irrigation systems for landscapes are described. A relatively small set of test data is fitted to empirical and physics-based formulas. This permits the extrapolation of test data for an irrigation system with sprinklers being used with any arbitrary specification of operational and environmental variables. The environmental variables are the pressure at the sprinkler head, sprinkler model and nozzle choice, range of arc operation, throw adjustment, head tilt, run time, and spatial position. The environmental variables are the wind profile and three-dimensional terrain topology. The; invention predicts the surface distributions and the three dimension spatial distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: GEZA KISCH, TIM LINDSEY, THOMAS CARR
  • Publication number: 20100025315
    Abstract: A filter medium for strainers used in the emergency sump of a nuclear power plant ECCS. The filter medium is employed with double wall, concentric tube type strainer modules. The filter medium is preferably constructed of a woven or knitted stainless steel wire material and is shaped in a cylinder so that it can be inserted between two concentric strainer walls, concentric tube type strainer in such a manner that water that passes through the strainer must pass through and be filtered by the filter medium before the water can be pumped to the reactor core. The filter medium is inserted through the bottom of the strainer module and is held in place by an x-shaped retainer. The filter creates varied approach velocity of the fluid and results in non-uniform fibrous debris accumulation on the strainer, insuring acceptable strainer debris hydraulic head loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: James Aaron Smith, Atul Harihar Patel, Louis Thomas Carr, JR.
  • Patent number: 7289530
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for coding a frame in a packet communications system using a G.709 Digital Wrapper Frame format. The method comprises: accepting digital information; outer encoding the digital information with a Reed Solomon (RS) encoding scheme; interleaving the outer encoded information; inner encoding the interleaved information using a BCH encoding scheme; and, forming a G.709 Digital Wrapper frame including payload and parity bytes. More specifically, a standard DW superframe is formed with 122,368 bits of payload and 8192 bits of parity. The outer encoding process uses an RS(1023,1007) parent code. In one aspect, 15 groups of RS(781,765) and 1 group of RS(778,762) codewords are formed per superframe. The inner encoding process uses a BCH(2047,1959) parent code. In one aspect, 64 groups of BCH(2040,1952) codewords are formed per superframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
    Inventors: Warm Shaw Yuan, Daniel M. Castagnozzi, Alan Michael Sorgi, John Thomas Carr
  • Patent number: 7277434
    Abstract: A wireless electronic device includes a first application to output a first packet through a first virtual interface as a wireless electronic device moves from a home subnetwork to a foreign subnetwork. The wireless electronic device also includes a second application utilizing the Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile IP protocol) to output a second packet through a second interface as the wireless electronic device moves from the home subnetwork to the foreign subnetwork. A common physical interface is tied to the first virtual interface and the second interface of the wireless electronic device, wherein the physical interface of the wireless electronic device receives the first packet and the second packet, and outputs the first packet and the second packet from the wireless electronic device after the wireless electronic device has moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Astarabadi, Shinichi Baba, Joseph Meilak, C. Thomas Carr
  • Publication number: 20070061179
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated method and system for managing human resources. Specifically, the method and system integrates several processes (e.g., a process for developing a strategy and particularly for developing a set of rules on how human resources will be managed and sourced, a process for developing a long-term strategic plan for sourcing human resources to satisfy demands, a process for developing a near-term operational plan recommending individual human resources be used to satisfy selected demands, a process for selecting and assigning individual resources to specific engagements, etc.). Thus, the method operates through a spectrum of time horizons from the strategic to real time, providing a coherent and cohesive system for matching supply to demand based on the priorities of the business as represented through the set of rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Henderson, Thomas Carr, Brian Eck, Philip Garofolo, Mark Weber
  • Publication number: 20060262291
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of dynamic reference plane compensation, comprises impinging radiation from a first radiation source onto a surface of an object; generating an uncompensated measurement signal from radiation reflected from a first location on the surface and a second location; generating a compensation signal from radiation reflected from a third location and a fourth location on the surface; and generating a compensated measurement signal using the uncompensated measurement signal and the compensation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Harald Hess, Thomas Carr, Romain Sappey
  • Publication number: 20040095932
    Abstract: A wireless electronic device includes a first application to output a first packet through a first virtual interface as a wireless electronic device moves from a home subnetwork to a foreign subnetwork. The wireless electronic device also includes a second application utilizing the Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile IP protocol) to output a second packet through a second interface as the wireless electronic device moves from the home subnetwork to the foreign subnetwork. A common physical interface is tied to the first virtual interface and the second interface of the wireless electronic device, wherein the physical interface of the wireless electronic device receives the first packet and the second packet, and outputs the first packet and the second packet from the wireless electronic device after the wireless electronic device has moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Shaun Astarabadi, Shinichi Baba, Joseph Meilak, C. Thomas Carr