Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Crabb

Thomas M. Crabb 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).

  • Marine LED lighting system and method
    Patent number: 8858012
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • MARINE LED LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130239475
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Orbital Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Marrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Marine LED lighting system and method
    Patent number: 8388163
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • MARINE LED LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110280011
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Marine LED lighting system and method
    Patent number: 7878674
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Marine LED lighting system and method
    Patent number: 7845814
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • LED LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANIMAL HABITAT
    Publication number: 20100276410
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting system for providing ultraviolet (UV) light for use in an animal habitat that includes a light fixture housing that includes a plurality of LEDs, wherein one or more of the LEDs emit UVB light and wherein one or more of the LEDs emit UVA light, and where the LEDs are clustered together. The light fixture housing also includes a controller for setting and changing an amount of light provided by the LEDs that emit UVA light and the amount of light provided by the LEDs that emit UVB light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew S. Hudson, Thomas R. Lutz, Phillip C. Bartoszek, Christopher Michael Bourget, Thomas M. Crabb
  • Marine LED Lighting System and Method
    Publication number: 20090309515
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Rober C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Marine LED Lighting System and Method
    Publication number: 20090140668
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • MARINE LED LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090116224
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Marine LED lighting system and method
    Patent number: 7473008
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Marine LED lighting system and method
    Patent number: 7220018
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Morrow, Jeffrey C. Emmerich, Marty Gustafson
  • Limb load monitor
    Patent number: 6174294
    Abstract: A lower limb load monitor for providing feedback to a patient or user when a preselected force load is met or exceeded on a patient's or user's foot. The device includes one or more thin film force sensing elements positioned beneath the user's foot and connected with control means for providing a signal when a predetermined threshold force is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Richter, Anthony J. Kelhcut
  • Reflected light rotation sensor
    Patent number: 5983720
    Abstract: A rotation sensor utilizing light reflection and/or refraction techniques including a light source, a light reflecting surface and a reflected light receiving member in which the elements are positioned so that the intensity of light reflected by the reflecting surface and received by the receiving member is unique for each rotational position being measured. The invention also relates to a method utilizing the above sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Richter
  • Rotation sensor
    Patent number: 5815269
    Abstract: A rotation sensor for measuring relative rotation or angular orientation between first and second members utilizing polarized light techniques. The present invention also relates to a method for measuring angular orientation using light polarization techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventors: Thomas M. Crabb, Robert C. Richter, William L. Phillips