Patents by Inventor Thomas Clancy

Thomas Clancy 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: 20240217745
    Abstract: A robotic picking system which does not require grid area to be reserved for picking stations and which enables efficient automated picking. There is provided a storage system including a first set of tracks extending in a first direction, a second set of tracks extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction, to form a grid comprising a plurality of grid cells, a framework structure on which the first set of tracks and the second set of tracks are received such that a stack of containers may be stored below the plurality of grid cells, a plurality of load-handling devices for lifting and moving containers stacked in stacks within the storage system, each of the load-handling devices being configured to move on the tracks above the stacks of containers at the top level of the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Cornelius, James Wigglesworth, Thomas Clancy
  • Patent number: 10888353
    Abstract: Expandable access sheaths and methods for use thereof are disclosed. The access sheath may have an expandable element and flexible membrane. The access sheath may be configured to move between a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The access sheath may be biased towards the non-expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Clancy, Mark Hera
  • Publication number: 20190069926
    Abstract: Expandable access sheaths and methods for use thereof are disclosed. The access sheath may have an expandable element and flexible membrane. The access sheath may be configured to move between a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The access sheath may be biased towards the non-expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Clancy, Mark Hera
  • Patent number: 10143491
    Abstract: Expandable access sheaths and methods for use thereof are disclosed. The access sheath may have an expandable element and flexible membrane. The access sheath may be configured to move between a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The access sheath may be biased towards the non-expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Clancy, Mark Hera
  • Publication number: 20180222583
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a booster aircraft system having a host aircraft and one or more booster UAVs coupled thereto. When necessary, such as during takeoff and climb of the host aircraft, the booster UAVs operate to boost the thrust of the host aircraft. The booster UAVs are configured to detach from the host aircraft when no longer needed (e.g., at cruising altitude/speed), thus removing their weight from the host aircraft. Each booster UAV includes wings, one or more propulsors, a control system, and landing gear, which enable the booster UAV to return autonomously to a predetermined location once detached from the host aircraft to be refueled and reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Robert W. Parks, Riley C. Griffin, Christopher Courtin, Amanda Kaufman, Thomas Clancy
  • Publication number: 20160095622
    Abstract: Expandable access sheaths and methods for use thereof are disclosed. The access sheath may have an expandable element and flexible membrane. The access sheath may be configured to move between a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The access sheath may be biased towards the non-expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas CLANCY, Mark HERA
  • Patent number: 9010683
    Abstract: The present invention's side-arm recovery system enables large Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) to operate from small vessels or from ground sites with a minimal footprint. The side-arm recovery system allows arresting an UAS independent of a runway. On the ground or on a ship, the system makes use of a specialized crane system that includes capture and energy absorption devices. A fuselage-mounted top hook snags a horizontal cable and the arresting forces act in the plane of symmetry through the central structure of the UAS. After the capture energy is absorbed, the recovery system safely lowers the aerial vehicle to a ground handling cart. The same system can be combined into a launcher and retriever system which further reduces the footprint by eliminating the need for a separate launcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: John Gundlach, Jean-Marie Bourven, Francesco Giannini, Steven Petullo, Thomas Clancy
  • Publication number: 20080126406
    Abstract: An object-based modeling system, method and computer apparatus models a real life process. They include model objects that represent resources used by the modeled process, and an agent link associated with each model object. Each agent link determines the status of one or more resources, and exercises control over them. A solution domain is defined in which one or more model objects is stored. A set of rules is associated with the model objects, and is applied to the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Aruna Endabetla, Thomas Clancy
  • Publication number: 20070245074
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides low latency, high capacity rings by combining a low latency memory with a higher latency memory. A small capacity, low latency memory, referred to as the ring buffer is used to store the head of the ring. If the ring buffer allocated to a given ring becomes full, data at the tail of the ring is spilled out to higher latency memory. When space becomes available in the ring buffer as a result of data being removed from the head of the ring, spilled data from the higher latency memory is refilled to low latency memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Rosenbluth, Thomas Clancy
  • Publication number: 20070168750
    Abstract: Described herein is a logic analysis system that allows a user to analyze waveforms using programs created or supplied by the user of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: William Wheeler, Thomas Clancy