Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Hatton

Thomas E. Hatton 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: 20260117902
    Abstract: Couplers and adapters for vapor mitigation implementation and systems for mitigating vapor are described herein. An example adapter includes a body defining a first section and a second section. The first section defines a first aperture that fluidically couples the first section with a first vapor mitigation conduit. The second section is in fluid communication with the first section and defines a second aperture that fluidically couples the second section with a second vapor mitigation conduit. At least a portion of the first section defines a circular cross-sectional shape, and at least a portion of the second section defines a rectangular cross-sectional shape. At least a portion of the second section defines a trapezoidal shape that evenly transitions a substantially rectangular airstream to substantially circular airstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas E. HATTON, Douglas A. Brookes, JR., Matt KOCH
  • Publication number: 20260117910
    Abstract: Couplers and adaptors (e.g., connectors) for vapor mitigation implementation and systems for mitigating vapor are described herein. A vapor mitigation system may include a first vapor mitigation conduit proximate a substrate, a second vapor mitigation conduit, and a connector, where the connector includes a body comprising a first portion and a second portion, a first aperture proximate the first portion for operatively coupling with the first vapor mitigation conduit, and a second aperture proximate the second portion for operatively coupling with the second vapor mitigation conduit, where the second aperture is in fluid communication with the first aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas E. HATTON, Douglas A. Brookes, JR.
  • Patent number: 12031744
    Abstract: An upblast rain cap may have an inverted bottom cone joined to a top cap. The wall of the bottom cone is at an angle of less than 45 degrees with respect to a vertical axis. The joined cone and cap are held above a lower support coupler by a spar. The height of the bottom cone above the support coupler forms a side discharge area. The coupler attaches to the top of a vertical conveyance pipe through which exhaust air flows. A gutter is formed around the edge of the top cap. The gutter has a vertical opening that is aligned with the top of the spar. When rain falls, water flows over the top cap to the gutter, through the opening in the gutter, down the outside edge of the spar and down the outside of the support coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vapor Dynamics LLC
    Inventor: Thomas E. Hatton
  • Publication number: 20240060666
    Abstract: A vapor management system includes a monitoring service system configured to communicate one or more system parameters with at least one vapor mitigation system. The monitoring service system is further configured to generate a user interface. The user interface is configured to display and permit adjustment of the one or more system parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Patent number: 11739961
    Abstract: A vapor management system includes a monitoring service system configured to communicate one or more system parameters with at least one vapor mitigation system. The monitoring service system is further configured to generate a user interface. The user interface is configured to display and permit adjustment of the one or more system parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Vapor Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Publication number: 20200041150
    Abstract: A vapor management system includes a monitoring service system configured to communicate one or more system parameters with at least one vapor mitigation system. The monitoring service system is further configured to generate a user interface. The user interface is configured to display and permit adjustment of the one or more system parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Patent number: 10480803
    Abstract: A vapor management system includes a monitoring service system configured to communicate one or more system parameters with at least one vapor mitigation system. The monitoring service system is further configured to generate a user interface. The user interface is configured to display and permit adjustment of the one or more system parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Vapor Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Patent number: 9157651
    Abstract: A vapor mitigation system includes at least one vacuum pipe configured to collect vapors beneath a floor of a building, and a blower coupled to the at least one vacuum pipe. The blower is configured to create a vacuum under the floor of the building. The vapor mitigation system includes a controller configured to control a speed of the blower. The controller adjusts the speed of the blower in response to a level of vacuum created under the floor of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Vapor Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Patent number: 8939825
    Abstract: A vapor mitigation system includes at least one vacuum pipe constructed and arranged to collect vapors beneath the floor of a building and to vent the vapors and a blower coupled to the at least one vacuum pipe. The blower is constructed and arranged to create a vacuum under the floor of the building. The vapor mitigation system further includes a controller configured to dynamically control a level of power supplied to the blower. The controller adjusts the level of power supplied to the blower in response to one or more environmental measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Vapor Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Publication number: 20140252099
    Abstract: A vapor management system includes a monitoring service system configured to communicate one or more system parameters with at least one vapor mitigation system. The monitoring service system is further configured to generate a user interface. The user interface is configured to display and permit adjustment of the one or more system parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Publication number: 20140134938
    Abstract: A vapor mitigation system includes at least one vacuum pipe configured to collect vapors beneath a floor of a building, and a blower coupled to the at least one vacuum pipe. The blower is configured to create a vacuum under the floor of the building. The vapor mitigation system includes a controller configured to control a speed of the blower. The controller adjusts the speed of the blower in response to a level of vacuum created under the floor of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: VAPOR DYNAMICS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Publication number: 20120328378
    Abstract: A vapor mitigation system includes at least one vacuum pipe constructed and arranged to collect vapors beneath the floor of a building and to vent the vapors and a blower coupled to the at least one vacuum pipe. The blower is constructed and arranged to create a vacuum under the floor of the building. The vapor mitigation system further includes a controller configured to dynamically control a level of power supplied to the blower. The controller adjusts the level of power supplied to the blower in response to one or more environmental measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Michael D. Salcone
  • Publication number: 20030197428
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) provides DC output power and uses a plurality of relatively low power DC/DC converters which are of much higher efficiency and lower heat dissipation than inverters normally used in UPS devices to provide AC output power. Power is stored at high voltage in capacitors to provide output power when input power may be interrupted. Since the power dissipation is reduced and use of batteries can be avoided where redundant input power sources are available, the UPS made be made very compact and of light weight as is particularly suited to mobile machinery such as aircraft, water-borne vehicles and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hatton, Meade G. Bierly
  • Patent number: 5815059
    Abstract: A toroidal shaped transformer having two levels of structureborne noise isolation is disclosed. A 30-60 dB reduction in noise is achieved by isolation mounting the toroidal transformers coaxially on a central support rod which in turn is supported by an isolation mounted cradle. The isolation layers are made of compliant elastomeric foam rubber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: George Edward Dailey, Thomas E. Hatton, Rene D. Mock, Frederick Oswald Volles