Patents by Inventor Thomas Chambers

Thomas Chambers 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: 12350328
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods related to equine live-attenuated influenza vaccines. In one aspect, the invention relates to a composition comprising a multivalent equine live-attenuated influenza vaccine comprising a first live-attenuated influenza virus expressing one or more antigens of a clade 1 H3N8 equine influenza virus; and a second live-attenuated influenza virus expressing one or more antigens of a clade 2 H3N8 equine influenza virus, wherein the second live-attenuated influenza virus expresses HA, NA, or a combination thereof of A/equine/Lancashire/1/2016 H3N8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: University of Rochester, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Thomas Chambers, Kendall Wayne King
  • Publication number: 20250150744
    Abstract: Various implementations include open-ear headphones. In some cases, an open-ear headphone includes: an acoustic module for providing an audio output to an ear of a user; a battery housing; and a flexible arm physically and electrically coupling the acoustic module to the battery housing, the flexible arm including: a flexible printed circuit connecting the battery housing and the acoustic module, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit, where when worn, the acoustic module is located in a concha of the ear, the battery housing is located behind the ear, and the flexible arm passes over an outer side of at least one of at least one of an anti-helix, a helix, or a lobule of the ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Chambers, Caitlin Hanson
  • Patent number: 12225341
    Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Chambers, Caitlin Hanson
  • Patent number: 11856356
    Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Chambers, Caitlin Hanson
  • Publication number: 20230412966
    Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Chambers, Caitlin Hanson
  • Publication number: 20230247343
    Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm defines an original resting length and position between the acoustic module and the battery housing. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing, and a flexible material that encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit. The length of the flexible printed circuit within the flexible arm is greater than the original resting length of the flexible arm. The flexible printed circuit can thus better accommodate tension or compression on the flexible arm as the flexible arm is bent from its original resting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Chambers, Caitlin Hanson
  • Patent number: 11576963
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods related to equine live-attenuated influenza vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Thomas Chambers
  • Patent number: 11500227
    Abstract: A modular audio system which includes an acoustic module configured to be removably engaged with a head-worn peripheral device. In some examples, the head-worn peripheral device is a pair of eyeglass frames and the acoustic module is configured to removably secure to a socket arranged on the inside face of the temples of the eyeglasses. The acoustic module can slidingly, pivotably, and/or magnetically engage with the socket such that, when secured, the acoustic module is configured to generate acoustic energy in the form of audible sound proximate a user's ear while the user is wearing the head-worn peripheral device. In other examples, the temples of the head-worn peripheral device are configured to slidingly engage with a sleeve, where the sleeve includes a pocket configured to slidingly engage with the acoustic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: An Tran, Craig Curtis, Sarah Wolfe, Caitlin Hanson, Jeremy Heaston, Kyle DeCubellis, Zachary Provost, Thomas Chambers, Matthew James Storey, Bennett Alexander Nadeau
  • Publication number: 20220133877
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods related to equine live-attenuated influenza vaccines. In one aspect, the invention relates to a composition comprising a multivalent equine live-attenuated influenza vaccine comprising a first live-attenuated influenza virus expressing one or more antigens of a clade 1 H3N8 equine influenza virus; and a second live-attenuated influenza virus expressing one or more antigens of a clade 2 H3N8 equine influenza virus, wherein the second live-attenuated influenza virus expresses HA, NA, or a combination thereof of A/equine/Lancashire/1/2016 H3N8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Thomas Chambers, Kendall Wayne King
  • Publication number: 20210341762
    Abstract: A modular audio system which includes an acoustic module configured to be removably engaged with a head-worn peripheral device. In some examples, the head-worn peripheral device is a pair of eyeglass frames and the acoustic module is configured to removably secure to a socket arranged on the inside face of the temples of the eyeglasses. The acoustic module can slidingly, pivotably, and/or magnetically engage with the socket such that, when secured, the acoustic module is configured to generate acoustic energy in the form of audible sound proximate a user's ear while the user is wearing the head-worn peripheral device. In other examples, the temples of the head-worn peripheral device are configured to slidingly engage with a sleeve, where the sleeve includes a pocket configured to slidingly engage with the acoustic module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: An Tran, Craig Curtis, Sarah Wolfe, Caitlin Hanson, Jeremy Heaston, Kyle DeCubellis, Zachary Provost, Thomas Chambers, Matthew James Storey, Bennett Alexander Nadeau
  • Publication number: 20210109595
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a user input device is provided comprising a substrate configured to couple to a user, at least one sensing unit, the at least one sensing unit being coupled to the substrate and being configured to provide an output signal indicative of an amount of deformation of the substrate, and a controller coupled to the at least one sensing unit, the controller being configured to receive, from the at least one sensing unit, the output signal, and determine, based on the output signal, at least one gesture performed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Claude Bernard Landemaine, Mark B. Andersson, Thomas Chambers, Prateek Nath
  • Publication number: 20200405843
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods related to equine live-attenuated influenza vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Luis MARTINEZ-SOBRIDO, Thomas CHAMBERS
  • Patent number: 8137676
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated equine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated equine influenza viruses having modifications to an equine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, University of Kentucky
    Inventors: Peter Palese, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Thomas Chambers
  • Publication number: 20080254060
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated equine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated equine influenza viruses having modifications to an equine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Palese, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Thomas Chambers