Patents by Inventor Thomas Edmunds

Thomas Edmunds 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: 20110077753
    Abstract: Loads on an electric power system are configured with under frequency relays in which the frequency setpoints and delay times for reclosure are uniformly distributed. If demand exceeds supply in the system, frequency will decrease. The decrease in frequency will actuate relays and reduce load to the point where demand will meet the available supply. After its engineered delay time, each relay will attempt to close contact and reestablish the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas A Edmunds
  • Patent number: 6953412
    Abstract: A reversible one-way clutch (90) is positioned in parallel with a friction pack (62, 72) to drive a planetary transmission (10) in low gear and reverse. The clutch (90) has a biasing plate (96) secured to its surface to bias the clutch (90) in a direction so that the transmission (10) operates in either low gear or reverse gear. The biasing plate (96) is hydraulically actuated to bias the clutch (90) between low gear, neutral, and reverse gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Edmund Braford, Daniel P. Costin
  • Patent number: 6935678
    Abstract: A reinforced payload container may include a panel forming at least one of a floor, a sidewall, and a front wall. A first plurality of ribs may be attached to the panel and may include a first free edge and a first panel edge. A second plurality of ribs may also be attached to the panel and may intersect with the first plurality of ribs. The second plurality of ribs may include a second free edge and a second panel edge. The first plurality of ribs may include first rib slots along the first free edge, and the second plurality of ribs may include second rib slots along the second panel edge. The first rib slots and the second rib slots may be aligned so that the first rib slots receive the second ribs and the second rib slots receive the first ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Laban, Kristofor Lee Dahl, Terry Allen Coins, Edward Patrick Ormiston, Clifford Eugene Miller, Christopher Charles Cusack, Timothy James Bromenshenkel, Thomas Edmund Fennell, Stephan Bushong, Howard Roy Franklin
  • Patent number: 6049278
    Abstract: A monitor tag having a radio frequency transmitter and a patch antenna. The antenna is in communication with the transmitter and has a first conductive patch and a second conductive patch substantially parallel to each other, and separated from each other by a dielectric material in contact with both patches and having a thickness sufficient to create a gap between the patches wherein the radiation resistance will be controlled during operation of the antenna. The first conductive patch has a dimension of one-quarter or one-half wavelength, depending upon available space and desired pattern. Because the electric field is launched from the gap between the patches and is highly concentrated, bringing the monitor tag close to a metal object or attaching it thereto will have minimal impact on the impedance of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Warren E. Guthrie, Thomas Edmund Szmurlo
  • Patent number: 4003867
    Abstract: A new coating composition, coated article and method are disclosed herein dealing with the preparation of coated surfaces which are useful, for example, in glass molding wherein a relatively lubricious, abrasion resistant surface is desired under conditions of high operating temperatures. The coating composition in its most basic aspect involves a dispersion of an aluminum phosphate and a very fine particle size pigment material together with other materials including novel dispersion stabilizing ingredients and a special water dispersible resinous film-modifying agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Acheson Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur William Cooper, Thomas Edmund Rupp