Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Timpf Jr.

Thomas J. Timpf Jr. 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).

  • Method of monitoring and controlling an onboard system and a monitor and control system
    Patent number: 11265811
    Abstract: A monitor and control system and a method of monitoring and controlling an onboard system of an assembly includes one or more of a plurality of sensors detects whether an event occurred in the onboard system. The sensors communicate with a master controller when the master controller is in a nominal mode in which the master controller is powered on to actively monitor the sensors, and includes a sleep mode in which the master controller is powered off and does not monitor the sensors when in the sleep mode. An agent controller monitors the sensors when the master controller is in the sleep mode. One or more of the sensors signal the agent controller that the event has occurred. The agent controller signals the master controller to awaken from the sleep mode in response to the one or more of the sensors signaling the agent controller of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Fiona E. Meyer-Teruel, Thomas J. Timpf, Jr., Tao Wang, Michael P. Barker, Charles A. Campbell
  • METHOD OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING AN ONBOARD SYSTEM AND A MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210127332
    Abstract: A monitor and control system and a method of monitoring and controlling an onboard system of an assembly includes one or more of a plurality of sensors detects whether an event occurred in the onboard system. The sensors communicate with a master controller when the master controller is in a nominal mode in which the master controller is powered on to actively monitor the sensors, and includes a sleep mode in which the master controller is powered off and does not monitor the sensors when in the sleep mode. An agent controller monitors the sensors when the master controller is in the sleep mode. One or more of the sensors signal the agent controller that the event has occurred. The agent controller signals the master controller to awaken from the sleep mode in response to the one or more of the sensors signaling the agent controller of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Fiona E. Meyer-Teruel, Thomas J. Timpf, JR., Tao Wang, Michael P. Barker, Charles A. Campbell
  • Game With Remotely Controlled Game Vehicles
    Publication number: 20080113800
    Abstract: A game has one or more remotely controlled game vehicles that are each controlled by an operator interface. The game includes a visually controlled computer that senses the remotely controlled game vehicle or vehicles visually and controls each remotely controlled game vehicle using visually sensed input and input from its operator interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: ROBOTIC AMUSEMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ciavaglia, Joseph M. Johnson, Maurice Tedder, Thomas J. Timpf Jr.