Patents by Inventor Thomas George

Thomas George 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).

  • Apparatus and method for LED light control
    Patent number: 8598804
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of LEDs and a control system connected to receive dimmer-modulated AC line voltage and control the LEDs. The control system is configured to operate in a plurality of different modes wherein changes in dimmer-modulated AC line voltage adjust various characteristic of the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Light-Based Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas George Foxall, Miroslaw Marek Grotkowski, Stephen Christian Wilson, Tom William Thornton, Brent York
  • Synchronous switching power supply
    Patent number: 8598737
    Abstract: A method for powering one or more loads from a varying input voltage comprises controlling a primary switch to selectively apply the input voltage to energize an inductor, controlling a load switch to selectively connect the inductor to the load, monitoring one or more load parameters to determine load conditions, and, when the load conditions meet a load requirement, disconnecting the load from the inductor and directing any remaining current in the inductor to a energy storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Light-Based Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas George Foxall, Gregory Bernard Sheehan
  • Screw lock accessory retaining device
    Patent number: 8596941
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for an accessory retaining device are described. According to various embodiments, a handle, shaft and flange are configured to provide a rotational interface. With the assistance of threading between the shaft and the handle or other components, rotation of the handle causes axial movement of the shaft and compression of a grommet located about the shaft or flange. Compression of the grommet results in radial expansion. In this way, the accessory retaining device is adapted to secure an accessory to a mounting aperture located on a vehicle or other device when the handle is in a closed position. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Concorde International
    Inventors: John Titus Marlow, Thomas George Marlow, Wade Randal Malcolm
  • ARTIFICIAL EYES AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130317609
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an artificial eye for fitting as a whole or partial replacement of a patient's original eye, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a digitally acquired image of an iris; and b) transferring the image to a substrate comprising at least the frontal region of an artificial eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Lewis Green, Thomas George Fripp, Lesley Elizabeth Gill
  • Method and machine for making foam cushions
    Patent number: 8586165
    Abstract: A machine for forming foam cushions comprises a web of film comprising a pair of film panels positioned face to face and having first and second lengthwise edges, and first and second foam dispensing assemblies positioned to dispense foam between the film panels, each foam dispensing assembly comprising first and second valves that dispense first and second foam components, respectively, the valves positioned so that respective foam component streams exiting the valves intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Storopack, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt William Allen, Raymond Cherfane, Jean-Marc Slovencik, Thomas George Eckel
  • Optical Fiber Track System and Method for Using Thereof
    Publication number: 20130266265
    Abstract: A track system comprises a track having a first end, a second end, and defining one or more first channels extending from the first to the second end of the track for accommodating one or more optical fibers therein. The track is attachable to a support and defines a first plane. The track system also comprises a ramp having a first end, a second end, and defining one or more second channels extending from the first end of the ramp to the second end of the ramp for accommodating the one or more optical fibers therein. The ramp is attachable to the support such that the first end of the ramp is adjacent to the second end of the track, the one or more first channels is aligned with the one or more second channels, and the second end of the ramp extends in a second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas George Macall
  • Synchronous switching power supply
    Patent number: 8546974
    Abstract: A method for powering one or more loads from a varying input voltage comprises controlling a primary switch to selectively apply the input voltage to energize an inductor, controlling a load switch to selectively connect the inductor to the load, monitoring one or more load parameters to determine load conditions, and, when the load conditions meet a load requirement, disconnecting the load from the inductor and directing any remaining current in the inductor to a energy storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Light-Based Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas George Foxall, Gregory Bernard Sheehan
  • PRODUCTION METHOD OF RARE EARTH MAGNET
    Publication number: 20130248754
    Abstract: The method of the present invention produces a rare earth magnet, which is represented by a neodymium magnet (Nd2Fe14B) and neodymium magnet films with applications in micro-systems, by using a heat treatment method capable of enhancing the magnetic characteristics, particularly the magnetic coercive force. A method for producing a rare earth magnet, comprising: (a) quenching a molten metal having a rare earth magnet composition to form quenched flakes of nanocrystalline structure; sintering the quenched flakes; subjecting the sintered body obtained to an orientation treatment; and applying a heat treatment with pressurization at a temperature sufficiently high to enable diffusion or fluidization of a grain boundary phase and at the same time, low enough to prevent coarsening of the crystal grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Noritsugu Sakuma, Hidefumi Kishimoto, Akira Kato, Tetsuya Shoji, Dominique Givord, Nora Dempsey, Thomas George Woodcock, Oliver Gutfleisch, Gino Hrkac, Thomas Schrefl
  • Animal shelter structures
    Patent number: 8490579
    Abstract: An at least partially open sided outdoor animal shelter structure, the structure including (a) a floor to support animals, the floor including apertures therethrough allowing animal waste matter to pass through the floor, (b) a basement below the floor for collecting the waste matter, (c) floor supports to support the floor above the basement, (d) side supports, (e) a water impervious canopy supported by the side supports, the canopy being supported above at least part of the floor, the canopy allowing at least some light to pass therethrough, (f) at least one air flow controller to control airflow in the area below the canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Herd Homes Limited
    Inventors: Thomas George Pow, Kathleen Ann Pow
  • Channeling gas flow tube
    Patent number: 8479878
    Abstract: A tube for moving gas between an entry end into which gas is introduced and an exit end through which gas exits the tube, the tube comprising a plurality of adjoining adjacent? guides, each guide comprising an outer half of a smoothly-curved, modified torus, and an outer rigid tube wall. Each guide forms an internal cavity with a cavity mouth opening into an inner portion of the tube, the cavities shaped such that a vortex forms within each of the cavities as gas passes through the tube, and the flow of fluid in the tube is unidirectional and axial from the entry end to the exit end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Parallaxial Innovation LLC
    Inventor: Thomas George Schlosser
  • PIPE DRIVE SEALING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130168105
    Abstract: Present embodiments are directed to a gripping device configured to cooperate with a pipe drive system or top drive to provide a sealed engagement with drillpipe elements. The gripping device includes a housing configured to extend over and at least partially around a distal end of the drillpipe element. Further, the gripping device includes a seal area positioned along an inner perimeter of the housing such that, when a seal is inserted in the seal area, the seal is arranged to engage with a face of the distal end of the drillpipe element and a face of the gripping device. Further, the gripping device includes engagement features configured to extend inwardly from the inner perimeter to facilitate coupling of the gripping device with an outer circumferential area of the drillpipe element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: TESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Everett Leman, Thomas George Roesner
  • Accessory retaining device
    Patent number: 8475098
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for an accessory retaining device are described. According to various embodiments, a handle, shaft and fastener are configured to provide a rotational interface. With the assistance of a cam bushing, threading between the shaft and the fastener or other components, rotation of the handle causes axial movement of the shaft or fastener and compression of a grommet located about the shaft or fastener. Compression of the grommet results in radial expansion. In this way, the accessory retaining device is adapted to secure an accessory to a mounting aperture located on a vehicle or other device when the handle is in a closed position. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Concorde International
    Inventors: John Titus Marlow, Thomas George Marlow, Wade Randal Malcolm
  • Mode synthesizing atomic force microscopy and mode-synthesizing sensing
    Patent number: 8448261
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a sample that includes applying a first set of energies at a first set of frequencies to a sample and applying, simultaneously with the applying the first set of energies, a second set of energies at a second set of frequencies, wherein the first set of energies and the second set of energies form a multi-mode coupling. The method further includes detecting an effect of the multi-mode coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: University of Tennessee Research Foundation, UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Passian, Thomas George Thundat, Laurene Tetard
  • Apparatus and method for LED light control
    Patent number: 8441202
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of LEDs and a control system connected to receive dimmer-modulated AC line voltage and control the LEDs. The control system is configured to operate in a plurality of different modes wherein changes in dimmer-modulated AC line voltage adjust various characteristic of the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Light-Based Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Christian Wilson, Tom William Thornton, Thomas George Foxall, Miroslaw Marek Grotkowski
  • Method and apparatus for establishing a position of a phantom in an image quality test
    Patent number: 8442291
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for establishing the position of one or more constituent elements of a phantom in an image quality test for a medical imaging apparatus, an image of the phantom is obtained, and a landmark pixel or region of the image determined. Values of a given variable at pixels or regions at a predetermined distance from the landmark pixel or region are determined. The landmark pixel or region and the values of the variable are then used to establish the position of one or more of the constituent elements of the phantom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew David Kelly, Thomas George Wright
  • VENTILATOR REPORT GENERATION
    Publication number: 20130110530
    Abstract: A method for ventilator report generation includes accessing data from a plurality of ventilators in operation, analyzing an aggregate of the data, and generating a ventilator report of a ventilator of the plurality of ventilators based on the analyzed aggregated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Steinhauer, Timothy Riddle, Thomas George, Mark Rogers, Glen Gee
  • SUGGESTING VENTILATOR PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20130104891
    Abstract: A method for suggesting ventilator protocols includes accessing data from a plurality of ventilators in operation, analyzing an aggregate of the data, and suggesting a protocol for a ventilator of the plurality of ventilators based on the analyzed aggregated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Steinhauer, Timothy Riddle, Thomas George, Mark Rogers, Glen Gee
  • VENTILATOR AVOIDANCE REPORT
    Publication number: 20130110529
    Abstract: A method for generating a ventilator avoidance report. The method includes accessing data from a ventilator in operation, comparing the data from the ventilator in operation with associated historical data of another ventilator, and generating a ventilator avoidance report of the ventilator based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Steinhauer, Timothy Riddle, Thomas George, Mark Rogers, Glen Gee
  • VENTILATION HARM INDEX
    Publication number: 20130104892
    Abstract: A method for generating a ventilation harm index. The method includes accessing data from a plurality of ventilators in operation, analyzing an aggregate of the data, and generating the ventilation harm index based on the analyzed aggregated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Steinhauer, Timothy Riddle, Thomas George, Mark Rogers, Glen Gee
  • ANALYZING MEDICAL DEVICE DATA
    Publication number: 20130104890
    Abstract: A method for analyzing medical device data. The method includes accessing data from a plurality of ventilators in operation; analyzing an aggregate of the data; and determining a ventilator operation trend of a ventilator of the plurality of the ventilators based on the analyzed aggregated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Tom Steinhauer, Timothy Riddle, Thomas George, Mark Rogers, Glen Gee