Patents by Inventor Thomas Hallman

Thomas Hallman 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: 10328833
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a console assembly for a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a console structure and a movable structure that is supported for movement in and out from the console structure. Additionally, the console assembly includes a cup holder structure that is supported by the movable structure. The cup holder structure includes a cup holder that is supported for movement by the movable structure between a retracted position and an extended position. The cup holder is configured to remain substantially in the retracted position as the movable structure moves between a first position and a second position. The cup holder is configured to move between the retracted position and the extended position as the movable structure moves between the second position and a third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Gurnek Singh, Thomas Hallman, Scott J. Fast
  • Publication number: 20180297500
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a console assembly for a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a console structure and a movable structure that is supported for movement in and out from the console structure. Additionally, the console assembly includes a cup holder structure that is supported by the movable structure. The cup holder structure includes a cup holder that is supported for movement by the movable structure between a retracted position and an extended position. The cup holder is configured to remain substantially in the retracted position as the movable structure moves between a first position and a second position. The cup holder is configured to move between the retracted position and the extended position as the movable structure moves between the second position and a third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: GURNEK SINGH, THOMAS HALLMAN, SCOTT J. FAST
  • Patent number: 6014175
    Abstract: For preparation of sampled values represented as two's complements, a two's complement clipping of the least significant bits(LSB) occurs. In place of the removed bits (LSB), the synchronization information (s(k)) is added with an average value depending on the quantization step. No dominant spectral lines for frequencies f greater than zero are permitted to occur in the useful spectrum for this synchronization information. Errors which are caused by removal of the least significant bits and by addition of the synchronization information are largely compensated by these features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hallman, Heinz Goeckler, Klaus Hildebrand