Patents by Inventor Thomas Jones

Thomas Jones 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: 20250247213
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method for content transmission using a cryptographic signature. The method includes: generating, by a neural network model employing a plurality of state parameters and implemented on one or more processors, an output content; generating a string of Hash values based on the output content; creating a cryptographic signature by encrypting the string of Hash values and one or more state parameters of the neural network model using a private key; embedding the cryptographic signature in the output content; and transmitting, via a communication interface, the output content embedded with the cryptographic signature to a destination server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Cain, Richard Perry Pack, III, Andrew Howe, Thomas Jones
  • Publication number: 20250237236
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly comprising multiple assemblies, which, can comprise multiple components. A quick connector can be provided for securing together the multiple assemblies and/or the multiple components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Rickey Thomas Jones
  • Patent number: 12350693
    Abstract: A nozzle and tank assembly includes a dump trailer that is attachable to a truck and a fluid tank mounted to the truck. A pump is disposed on the fluid reservoir for pumping a lubricant contained in the fluid tank. A spray bar is attached to the dump trailer and the spray bar has a plurality of spray nozzles each directed into the dump trailer. A supply line is fluidly attached to the pump such that the supply line receives the lubricant when the pump is turned on. The supply line is fluidly coupled to the spray bar such that the supply line delivers the lubricant to the spray bar thereby facilitating the spray nozzles on the spray bar to spray the lubricant into the dump trailer. In this way the lubricant inhibits cargo from sticking to the dump trailer when the dump trailer is actuated into a dumping condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12346338
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for searching a machining knowledge database that includes stored 3D models and associated stored part signatures. The stored part signatures each include a shape metric that corresponds to geometric attributes of the corresponding 3D model. Methods include receiving input from a user relating to an input part, determining an input part signature that includes a shape metric that corresponds to geometric attributes of the input part, searching the machining knowledge database for similar 3D models based at least in part on the input part signature, and providing the search result to the user. Methods may include associating the input in the machining knowledge database and/or utilizing the search result, for example visualizing a comparison of the input and the search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Machine Research Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Jones, Brian Dean McCabe, Christopher John Skubic
  • Patent number: 12331750
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a ceiling fan mount with a canopy. The canopy can be received by a mounting bracket to enclose the mounting hardware near the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones
  • Publication number: 20250122890
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a ceiling fan mount with a canopy. The canopy can be received by a mounting bracket to enclose the mounting hardware near the ceiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Publication number: 20250109752
    Abstract: A quick connect mounting assembly for a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly includes two releasably attachable mounts that are easily interconnected to mechanically couple elements of a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly can be used to mount at least two elements of the ceiling fan, such as any two of a mounting bracket, a canopy, a switch housing, a motor housing, a motor with a motor shaft, or a light fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Rickey Thomas Jones, James Caleb McMillen
  • Patent number: 12266938
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic management of energy usage in local grids are provided. An example method is performed by a load distribution controller coupled to a power source and an energy storage device configured to accumulate power. The method includes acquiring reference levels of using energy of the power source at time slots within a time period and cost values corresponding to the reference levels, dynamically determining, based on the reference levels and the cost values, a schedule indicating charge levels of the energy storage device at the time slots within the time period, and configuring the energy storage device to charge or discharge the power the power according to the schedule. The reference levels are obtained using the Viterbi algorithm based on costs of the energy of power source at past times slots of a past time period and rates of charging and discharging the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Rainforest Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Jones, Christopher Stanley James Tumpach, Md. Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto, Ivan Bajic, Stephen William Makonin
  • Patent number: 12264686
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly for mounting to a structure, the ceiling fan assembly comprising: a motor having a rotor assembly, which rotates about a rotational axis, and a stator assembly that is stationary relative to the rotational axis; at least one blade assembly having a root assembly; and a connector assembly comprising: a pocket carried by the rotor assembly, a tab carried by the at least one blade assembly and received within the pocket, and a tensioner to secure the tab within the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Patent number: 12260434
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for a scalable pricing engine. A scalable pricing engine is operable in a low-scale mode and a high-scale or scalable mode to process pricing data in response to pricing requests. The pricing engine operates in a first runtime environment in the low-scale mode in which it can service pricing requests up to a threshold number and in which the pricing data can be updated and tested. The pricing engine also operates in a second runtime environment which is a scalable runtime supporting pricing requests above the specified threshold. The scalable runtime and pricing engine rely on a scalable read-only data service which distributes a read-only copy of at least a portion of the pricing data from the primary database, a high-scale cache to reduce access latency, data processing and network resource allocations, and data reduction techniques when processing requests and responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Parth Vijay Vaishnav, Thomas Jones, Mitchell Christensen, Daniel May, Harpreet Singh, Jalaleldeen Aref
  • Publication number: 20250093408
    Abstract: A stand-alone active thermal interposer device for use in testing an unpackaged integrated circuit device under test (DUT), the active thermal interposer device includes a body layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is operable to be disposed adjacent to a cold plate, and a plurality of heating zones defined across a second surface of the body layer, the plurality of heating zones operable to be controlled by a thermal controller to selectively heat and maintain respective temperatures thereof, the plurality of heating zones operable to heat a plurality of areas of the DUT when the second surface of the body layer is disposed adjacent to an interface surface of the DUT during testing of the DUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Samer Kabbani, Paul Ferrari, Ikeda Hiroki, Kiyokawa Toshiyuki, Gregory Cruzan, Karthik Ranganathan, Todd Berk, Ian Williams, Mohammad Ghazvini, Thomas Jones
  • Patent number: 12252053
    Abstract: A deck system for cargo compartment may including one or more of the following features: a first deck; a second deck, where at least one of the first deck and the second deck divide the cargo compartment into an upper sub-compartment and a lower sub-compartment; and an actuator that is mechanically coupled to the second deck, where operation of the actuator causes at least a portion of the second deck to move vertically relative to the first deck within the cargo compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Ancra International LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Alan Kauffman, Jerome Thomas Jones, Matthew James Rommel
  • Patent number: 12253099
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a ceiling fan mount with a canopy. The canopy can be received by a mounting bracket to enclose the mounting hardware near the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Patent number: 12234833
    Abstract: A ceiling fan assembly having a motor housing with at least one blade iron. At least one blade extending from a root to a tip, and having a set of multiple, spaced, through openings at the root. A snap-fit connector securing the at least one blade to the blade iron and comprising a first element and a second element, spaced from the first element to define an insertion path for the root of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Rickey Thomas Jones, Douglas Troy Mason
  • Patent number: 12228147
    Abstract: A quick connect mounting assembly for a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly includes two releasably attachable mounts that are easily interconnected to mechanically couple elements of a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly can be used to mount at least two elements of the ceiling fan, including a ceiling fan switch housing to a ceiling fan motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Rickey Thomas Jones, James Caleb McMillen
  • Patent number: 12218700
    Abstract: A portable worksite monitoring and communication device, including a weatherproof sealed container, further comprising, a container portion having an internal cavity, a removable cover arranged to lockably seal the internal cavity, and a heat sink opening, a heat sink apparatus sealably secured within the heat sink opening, a plurality of electronic connectors, a computing device in communication with a cellular modem, the cellular modem in communication with a cloud network, the computing device in communication with the plurality of electronic connectors, a display in communication with the computing device, and, a plurality of communication configurations in communication with the computing device, wherein the heat sink apparatus is arranged to programmably activate or automatically activate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventors: David Stewart, Joseph Thomas Jones Stewart, II
  • Patent number: 12216154
    Abstract: A stand-alone active thermal interposer device for use in testing an unpackaged integrated circuit device under test (DUT), the active thermal interposer device includes a body layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is operable to be disposed adjacent to a cold plate, and a plurality of heating zones defined across a second surface of the body layer, the plurality of heating zones operable to be controlled by a thermal controller to selectively heat and maintain respective temperatures thereof, the plurality of heating zones operable to heat a plurality of areas of the DUT when the second surface of the body layer is disposed adjacent to an interface surface of the DUT during testing of the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Advantest Test Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Samer Kabbani, Paul Ferrari, Ikeda Hiroki, Kiyokawa Toshiyuki, Gregory Cruzan, Karthik Ranganathan, Todd Berk, Ian Williams, Mohammad Ghazvini, Thomas Jones
  • Patent number: 12171424
    Abstract: A suture assembly includes a translation assembly that is axially translatable within a working channel of an endoscope and is adapted to releasably secure and/or release a needle and a distal end cap that is securable to an end of the endoscope and is adapted to releasably secure and/or release the needle in order to pass the needle back and forth between the translation assembly and the distal cap. An attachment mechanism configured to releasably secure the distal endcap to an end of the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Windheuser, Shaun D. Comee, Christopher R. Deuel, Stan Gilbert, Thomas Jones, Briana J. Moretti, Ashrita Raghuram
  • Publication number: 20240396332
    Abstract: Systems and methods for interval energy disaggregation utilizing machine learning are provided. An example method includes obtaining and cleaning weather data and customer data, and based on the customer data, determining whether a structure utilizes solar energy. If the structure utilizes solar energy, the overall aggregate data is disaggregated by using and training a first machine learning model, to ultimately produce a predicted solar production. The predicted solar production is extracted from an overall aggregate data of the structure. Then, the method continues with disaggregating the non-solar aggregate data by utilizing at least a second ML model, to produce disaggregated data relating to at least one of AC energy consumption and EV (electric vehicle) consumption. The disaggregated data is provided to the customer or utility. The disaggregated data comprises at least one of the predicted solar production, the AC energy consumption, and the EV consumption of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Jones, Christopher Stanley James Tumpach
  • Patent number: 12137802
    Abstract: An exemplary storage system generally includes a least one back channel mountable along a support surface (e.g., a back wall of a closet, etc.). At least one wall or panel of the storage system is mountable (e.g., via a connector, etc.) along the back channel. The storage system may also generally include one or more of a hang rod, side bracket, shelf trim, end cup, support bracket, and/or shelf. The shelf may be supportable by the back channel, a pair of side brackets, and at least one support bracket. The side brackets may be mountable along sidewalls of the closet and/or to the at least one wall or the storage system that is mountable along the back channel. The hang rod may supportable beneath the shelf when first and second end portions of the hang rod are supported by respective first and second end cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Clairson, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Beuses, Thomas Jones, Ryan Bishop