Patents by Inventor Thomas H. Heaton

Thomas H. Heaton 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).

  • NEW AUTONOMOUS ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM TO MONITOR IN REAL-TIME THE FULL SPATIAL MOTION (ROTATION AND DISPLACEMENT) OF CIVIL STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20190293518
    Abstract: An electro-optical device capable of identifying a target in the time series of the images so as to measure motion of a civil structure, such as a bridge, in response to forces (such as the weight of a vehicle traversing the bridge).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Shervin Larigani Taghavi, Thomas H. Heaton
  • Deployable structural units and systems
    Patent number: 8869460
    Abstract: Deployable units and systems made of deployable units are described. The units have a retractable brace transitioning from a retracted condition to a deployed condition through a gravity driven movement, a latching arrangement contacting the brace and keeping the brace in position when the brace is in the deployed condition, and a guiding arrangement to guide the movement of the brace. The systems comprise plural deployable units to be arranged in a building structure, each unit to be located in a respective bay per story space of the building structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Swaminathan Krishnan, Sergio Pellegrino, Thomas H. Heaton