Patents by Inventor Thomas Downey

Thomas Downey 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: 20240043994
    Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing systems may include a gas source coupled with a number of processing chambers. The gas source may include a controller. Each chamber may include an exhaust assembly having a foreline and a pump. The systems may include at least one abatement system coupled with each pump. The systems may include a plurality of exhaust lines that extend between each pump and the abatement system. The systems may include a dilution gas source coupled with each exhaust line. The systems may include a mass flow controller coupled between the dilution gas source and each exhaust line. The systems may include a temperature sensor coupled with each exhaust line between the pump and the abatement system. The temperature sensor may be communicatively coupled with the controller of the gas source, which may control flow of a gas to a chamber based on a measurement from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Daemian Raj Benjamin Raj, Liliya I. Krivulina, Bharath Kumar Hanchanoor Rathnakara Gowda, Collen Leng, Syed A. Alam, Uwe P. Haller, Robert Casanova, Ryan Thomas Downey, Peter Standish
  • Publication number: 20230403419
    Abstract: There is provided a method of sending a content stream, comprising retrieving a sender framework associated with the at least one attribute, wherein the sender framework defines an arrangement of the plurality of tracks to be included in an output content stream. The output content stream is defined according to the sender framework. There is also provided a method of outputting a content stream on a user device, comprising receiving a content stream as defined by a sender framework, retrieving a user framework associated with the user electronic device, wherein the user framework defines at least one predetermined setting or instruction to be applied to the content stream, and applying the user framework to the content stream to update the content stream. The method may also include providing viewer engagement information and updating the sender framework in response to the viewer engagement information received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew William WALKER, Richard Thomas DOWNEY, Martin Selby GEORGE, Alan Suganuma MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20220199380
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a particle collection trap for an abatement system for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. The particle collection trap includes a device for producing spiral gas flow in the particle collection trap. The spiral gas flow causes particles, which are heavier than the gas, to travel to the outside diameter of the flow path where the gas velocity is slower and to drop out of the gas stream. The device may be a spiral member coupled to a hollow tube or a rolled member having an inner portion coupled to a hollow tube. The particle collection trap increases the accumulation rate of particles in the gas stream without reducing the velocity of the gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: James L'HEUREUX, Ryan Thomas DOWNEY
  • Publication number: 20200139858
    Abstract: The vehicle seat includes an integral child carrier that deploys and unfolds for use as either a child seat or an infant cradle for safely transporting infants while being conveniently stowed when not in use. The child carrier includes a folding seat/cradle that in certain embodiments doubles as both an upright child seat and reclined infant cradle. The folding seat/cradle rides on its own carrier sub-frame that is mounted to the main seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame allows the seat/cradle movement between a stowed position where the folded seat/cradle lies flat within or against the seat back frame and a deployed position where the unfolded seat/cradle extends outward from the seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame includes one or more slide rails, slide blocks, a linkage member and a latch assembly. The seat/cradle includes a seat panel hinged to a back panel that unfold to form a secure seat or cradle from a flat stowed package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Stewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
  • Patent number: 8770213
    Abstract: A floating canopy shade is constructed from a standard fixed or pop-up canopy by adding a set of floats adapted to hold the canopy legs and to provide drag to resist drifting and lifting in a small breeze. A kit converts a standard canopy assembly to a floating one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey Downey, Thomas Downey
  • Publication number: 20120017956
    Abstract: A floating canopy shade is constructed from a standard fixed or pop-up canopy by adding a set of floats adapted to hold the canopy legs and to provide drag to resist drifting and lifting in a small breeze. A kit converts a standard canopy assembly to a floating one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Downey, Thomas Downey
  • Publication number: 20050206875
    Abstract: A device and method for verifying correct performance of an optical clinical assay system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: Beckman Coulter
    Inventors: Stephen Zweig, Benjamin Meyer, Thomas Downey
  • Patent number: D1024313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Janine Elizabeth Collins, Chris Onin Limpin Hipolito, Jonathan Mark Downey, Matthew Aaron Bradley, Priyanka Ferdinand Pao, Steve Thomas, Silas Sao Jin Siew