Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Kennedy

Thomas E. Kennedy 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: 5584143
    Abstract: An edge seal gasket assembly for use in a multi-glazed window or door. The edge seal gasket assembly having a flange gasket fitted into the inset spacer between the separated panes of glass and embedded by a sealant compound on either side of the flange gasket. The flange gasket extending outward from between the panes to provide an edge seal gasket for sealing engagement with the sides of the insulated casing or another edge gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Tyler Refrigeration Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas E. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 5538212
    Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a camera has a frame having an upper side, hooks on the upper side of the frame for hanging the frame on an object, a plate affixed to the upper side of the frame for supporting a camera, a vertical sleeve on the plate, and adjustable post in the sleeve adapted to receive the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Inventor: Thomas E. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 5513420
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a hinge assembly for pivotably interconnecting a frame and a glass door of a refrigerated display case. The hinge assembly is pivotable about a horizontal axis and includes a hinge movable between a first position and a second position. The hinge includes a spring biasing device for biasing the hinge to the first position or second position. A clamp is connected to the hinge and holds the glass door using only frictional force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Tyler Refrigeration Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas E. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 5331552
    Abstract: A computer program for manipulating diagnostic images obtained with computed tomography or magnetic resonance systems spatially compresses acquired non-isotropic data to isotropic coordinates as stored in computer memory. A view axis along which a projected image is to be displayed is adjusted to reflect this distortion. After projecting the voxel data to pixels of an image, the data is decompressed to remove any distortion. The decompression operates over the limited number of pixels rather than the entire set of voxels providing faster image generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert F. Lloyd, Thomas E. Kennedy, Christopher J. Wilbricht
  • Patent number: 5280428
    Abstract: A computer program for manipulating diagnostic images obtained with computed tomography or magnetic resonance systems stores acquired voxel data in addresses in an electronic memory related to the spatial location of the voxels. Sample lines are identified in the space of the voxels and interpolated values are determined for points along these sample lines by accessing the volume data in the electronic memory as a "tube" which includes voxel data having spatial coordinates which vary only in the dimension of the sample line. The tube of data may be more easily accessed from the electronic memory than would a series of random accesses and also allows the sharing of interpolation calculations for the interpolated points along the sample lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shang Y. Wu, Philip M. Allen, Thomas E. Kennedy, Robert F. Lloyd, Christopher J. Wilbricht
  • Patent number: 5204625
    Abstract: A three dimensional image of a human brain or other body structure is constructed using a single flow sensitive data array and a flow insensitive data array to generate the contrasts necessary to differentiate among stationary tissues and also between stationary tissues and flowing blood. A plurality of data points from this combined image data are identified to tissue types and used to segregate the remaining data by using a nearest neighbor process in which each data value takes the tissue type of its nearest neighbor data point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harvey E. Cline, Steven P. Souza, William E. Lorensen, Thomas E. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 4161868
    Abstract: A refrigerator case for supporting items for display having a front wall access to expose a well portion of the case for loading and unloading the items for display. More specifically, the refrigerator case includes a front panel hingedly secured to a front wall of the case. The panel pivots from a closed position where access is not available through the front wall to an open position where the well portion of the case is exposed through the front wall for loading and unloading items. When in the open position the inner surface of the panel is coplanar with the bottom surface of the well portion. The panel is supported in the open position by flexible cable connected to struts in the front wall. In this manner, baskets containing the items for display may be slid over the inner surface of the panel and into the well portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: Tyler Refrigeration Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kennedy, Thomas H. Thompson
  • Patent number: 4124996
    Abstract: A combined refrigerated display case and walk-in cooler wherein an improved refrigeration system combines a single air circulation means and two distinct refrigeration units, a first refrigeration unit dispersing refrigerated air for a plurality of air curtains travelling across an access opening provided at the front of the display case portion of the combination, a second refrigeration unit dispersing refrigerated air rearwardly to the walk-in cooler portion of the combination. The front access opening provides unimpeded access to the refrigerated space of the display case. Support means are provided between the walk-in cooler portion and display case portion extending between a lower surface of the refrigeration system and the floor for carrying shelves associated with the refrigerated display case portion of the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: Tyler Refrigeration Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kennedy, Earl E. Butts, Melvin W. Steelman
  • Patent number: 4023378
    Abstract: A combined refrigerated display case and walk-in cooler wherein an improved refrigeration system combines a single air circulation means and two distinct refrigeration units, a first refrigeration unit dispersing refrigerated air for a plurality of air curtains travelling across an access opening provided at the front of the display case portion of the combination, a second refrigeration unit dispersing refrigerated air rearwardly to the walk-in cooler portion of the combination. The front access opening provides unimpeded access to the refrigerated space of the display case. Support means are provided between the walk-in cooler portion and display case portion extending between a lower surface of the refrigeration system and the floor for carrying shelves associated with the refrigerated display case portion of the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Tyler Refrigeration Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kennedy, Earl E. Butts, Melvin W. Steelman
  • Patent number: 3980331
    Abstract: A door check having a slidable arm mounted on a multi-stepped shoulder fastener has means for pivotally mounting the arm on the door of a refrigerator display case or like apparatus at one end thereof and has an elongated slot extending from the mid portion of the arm to an opposite end thereof which receives the shoulder fastener. A restriction is provided in the slot near the outer end thereof. The fastener is mounted on the display case and engages the outer end of the slot when the door of the display case is swung to the full open position. The hold the door open the arm can be moved upwardly so that the restriction in the slot bears against an enlarged shoulder of the multi-stepped fastener to retain the door in the open position. Pressure on the door toward the closed position spreads the restriction in the slot apart to drop the arm and permit travel of the door to the closed position without damage to the door stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Tyler Refrigeration Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kennedy, James F. Kinney