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).

  • 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: 12263643
    Abstract: A method includes flowing gas within a chamber for first process parameters at a predetermined point in a laser focal plane and simulating the step of flowing gas within the chamber based on the value of the flow characteristic of the gas at the predetermined point in the laser focal plane so that a value of a simulated-flow characteristic of the gas at a predetermined point away from the laser focal plane is identified. The method comprises comparing the value of the simulated-flow characteristic of gas at the predetermined point away from the laser focal plane to a desired value of the simulated-flow characteristic and flowing gas within the chamber for second differing process parameters, when the value of the simulated-flow characteristic of the gas at the predetermined point away from the laser focal plane differs from the desired value of the simulated-flow characteristic is outside a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eric M. Chapman, Cory C. Cunningham, Troy A. Haworth, Dana Alexander Henshaw, Matthew Thomas Hollinger, Ashley Marie Jones, Kevin Michael Mejia, Christopher Perez, Russell William Waymire
  • Publication number: 20250101679
    Abstract: System and methods that enables fabric to be metalized and dyed to reach final colors that were previously unobtainable. The systems and methods relate to processes for controlling the color of metalized fabrics. Specifically, for some embodiments, the systems and methods relate to methods of making metalized fabrics that are lighter in color than prior metalized fabrics. Such fabrics may be printed on or dyed using lighter colors than would be possible when using prior metalized fabrics. The systems and methods herein may include dye baths and wash baths that are hotter than prior art processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Bennett Fisher, Carl Jones, Jodi Wallis, Dino Aimino, Thomas Dougal, Greg Gianforcaro, David Curry
  • Patent number: 12261270
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluoride ion batteries and structures of metal based electrode materials for various fluoride ion batteries. The structures of the metal based electrode materials comprise one or more shells or interfaces, enabling the electrodes to operate at room temperature with a liquid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Qingmin Xu, Christopher J. Brooks, Kaoru Omichi, Ryan K. McKenney, Simon Jones, Victoria Davis, Stephen Munoz, Jeongmin Kim, Keith Billings, Thomas Miller, III, Robert H. Grubbs, William Wolf, Nam Hawn Chou
  • 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: 20250092823
    Abstract: An aircraft comprises a machine body which encloses a turbofan gas turbine engine. The turbofan gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger module, fan assembly, compressor module, turbine module, and exhaust module. The heat exchanger module communicates with the fan assembly by an inlet duct. The heat exchanger module includes first heat transfer elements that transfer heat energy from a first fluid within the transfer elements to an airflow passing over a surface of the transfer elements before entry of the airflow into a fan assembly inlet. The first fluid contained within transfer elements has a temperature, and the airflow passing over the transfer element surface has a temperature. The turbofan gas turbine engine further includes at least one second heat transfer element, with the or each second heat transfer element transfers heat energy from the first fluid to a second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Natalie C. WONG, Thomas S. BINNINGTON, David A. JONES, Daniel BLACKER
  • Publication number: 20250094935
    Abstract: A control panel comprising a display configured to display a quick response (QR) code, and a processing circuit having a processor and a memory having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by the processor cause the processing circuit to perform operations. The operations comprise receiving, from a plurality of systems associated with a building, building data, and encoding the QR code based on the building data such that the QR code changes responsive to changes in the building data, wherein the changes in the QR cause the QR code to provide different interfaces or applications when scanned by a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Robert A. Jones, Jennifer M. Taranto, Paul T. Hume, Grant S. Bowald, Bobby Pidgeon, Kristopher M. Jackson, Thomas J. Bullen, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250092882
    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: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: CHARLES WILLIAM BOTKIN, RICKEY THOMAS JONES, DOUGLAS TROY MASON
  • 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: 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: 12250947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and G are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Alan Joseph Hennessy, Elizabeth Pearl Jones, Suzanna Jane Dale, Alexander William Gregory, Ian Thomas Tinmouth Houlsby, Yunas Bhonoah, Julia Comas-Barcelo
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20250073373
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to injectable shear-thinning compositions that comprise (a) one or more types of fibrous proteins, (b) one or more types of silicate microparticles, (c) one or more types of radiopaque additives, (d) one or more types of cryoprotectants, and (e) water. Other aspects of the present disclosure pertain to kits that contains such compositions and medical procedures that comprise administering such compositions to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Ball-Jones, Samuel Michael Hanson, Paul Vincent Grosso, Karen Dubbin, Gary Thomas Ohrt
  • Patent number: 12239918
    Abstract: A swinging playground device includes a swing platform. The swinging playground device also includes a skirt coupled to the swinging platform and fills an area below the swinging platform as the swinging platform moves in a swinging motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Darryl T. Wrolson, Matthew A. Tschann, Thomas L. Keller, Kent D. Wuchterl
  • Publication number: 20250071144
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting and identifying malicious sites using machine learning. A computing platform may receive image data of a graphical rendering of a resource available at a uniform resource locator (URL). The computing platform may compute a computer vision vector representation of the image data. The computing platform may compare the computer vision vector representation of the image data to stored numeric vectors representing page elements, resulting in a feature indicating whether the computer vision vector representation of the image data is visually similar to a known page element, and may input the feature to a classifier. The computing platform may receive, from the classifier, a phish classification score indicating a likelihood that the URL is malicious. In response to determining that the phish classification score exceeds a first phish classification threshold, the computing platform may cause a cybersecurity server to perform a first action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Sanford Jones, Zachary Mitchell Abzug, Jeremy Thomas Jordan, Giorgi Kvernadze, Dallan Quass
  • Publication number: 20250064728
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a system for forming a hydrogel composition that comprises (a) a first reservoir containing a reactive polymer that comprises a plurality of first reactive groups; (b) a second reservoir containing a multifunctional compound that comprises a plurality of second reactive groups, the second reactive groups reacting with the first reactive groups to form covalent bonds at a pH greater than 7.4; and (c) a third reservoir containing a biologically innocuous buffer having a pH in a range of 8 to 12. Other aspects of the present disclosure pertain methods of treatment using such systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Ball-Jones, Joseph Thomas Delaney, JR., Yen-Hao Hsu, Cristian Parisi
  • Publication number: 20250064448
    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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: KEVIN WINDHEUSER, SHAUN D. COMEE, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, STAN GILBERT, THOMAS JONES, BRIANA J. MORETTI, ASHRITA RAGHURAM
  • 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: D1064130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Coulter Ventures, LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas Brown, William Henniger, Ahmik Jones, Martin Pritchett, Charlie Tighe