Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Edwards

Thomas M. Edwards 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: 20240137363
    Abstract: In some examples, a system receives information from electronic devices comprising network devices and computing devices in a computing environment that are subject to attestations of interfaces of the network devices and the computing devices. For each interface of a given computing device being attested, the system verifies that the interface of the given computing device is connected to an interface of a corresponding network device that is being attested. For each interface of a given network device being attested, the system verifies that the interface of the given network device is connected to an interface of a corresponding computing device that is being attested or an interface of another network device that is being attested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Nigel John Edwards, Thomas M. Laffey, Ludovic Emmanuel Paul Noel Jacquin, Sunil James
  • Publication number: 20240115449
    Abstract: An embodiment of a storage device for medical products includes a cabinet defining an enclosure having a plurality of compartments. In addition, the storage device includes a plurality of storage containers, each storage container configured to be inserted into a corresponding one of the plurality of compartments. Further, the storage device includes an actuation assembly including a plurality of arms that are configured to engage the plurality of storage containers so as to secure the plurality of storage containers in the plurality of compartments. Still further, the storage device includes a release mechanism that is configured to simultaneously actuate each of the plurality of arms to release the plurality of storage containers from the plurality of compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud, Mark D. Lockwood, Mark G. Loeffelholz, James R. Edwards
  • Patent number: 11936415
    Abstract: An air interface plane (AIP) of a radio frequency (RF) aperture includes: a circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and a matrix of tapered elements arranged on the first side of the circuit board and secured to the circuit board, the matrix of tapered elements cooperating to at least one of receive or transmit an over-the-air RF signal. Suitably, each tapered element of the matrix has: a central hub extending along a longitudinal axis from a hub base which is proximate to the first side of the circuit board to an apex of the tapered element which is distal from the first side of the first circuit board; and a plurality of arms extending from the central hub at the apex of the tapered element, each of the plurality of arms including a first portion that projects the arm radially away from the longitudinal axis and a second portion that projects the arm longitudinally toward the first side of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Raphael Joseph Welsh, Douglas A. Thornton, Mackenzie Jordan Hawkins, Micah John Meleski, Katherine M. Armitage, Daniel G. Loesch, Matthew E. Huntwork, David R. Chase, Erik W. Edwards, John Bartholomew, Thomas Lloyd Moffitt, Curt Hudberg
  • Publication number: 20080258514
    Abstract: A desk assembly and method of manufacturing the desk assembly. The desk assembly includes a frame supporting a top assembly. The frame includes two or more leg portions telescopically coupled to one another such that the top assembly is height adjustable. The top assembly is formed from a plastic molded base bonded to a high pressure laminate sheet to form a seamless panel. The seamless panel is straighted from a deformed state during the manufacturing process to a flat surface by adhering the panel to a substrate with adhesive and pressure. The top assembly may include an angled portion set off by a flowing arc to increase user comfort. The desk assembly may include a chair assembly integrally formed with the frame and one or more semi-transparent modesty panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Nichols, Errol Pearsons, Thomas M. Edwards, Leron Leist, Dale Allen Johnson, Bradley Keith Bransen, Joseph Robert Russell
  • Patent number: 5288045
    Abstract: A chair base is constructed by stamping straps (16) from low carbon sheet stock, securing pairs of straps to a central hub (10) in parallel relation to one another to radiate outwardly from the central hub, and coating the straps and hub with a polyvinyl chloride coating (50). A caster socket block (20) may be secured between the two straps of each pair at an outer end (18) thereof. The central hub (10) and the caster sockets (20) may be covered by plastic shells (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Edwards, Robert A. Nagelkirk
  • Patent number: 5249768
    Abstract: A chair base is constructed by stamping straps (16) from low carbon sheet stock, securing pairs of straps to a central hub (10) in parallel relation to one another to radiate outwardly from the central hub, and coating the straps and hub with a polyvinyl chloride coating (50). A caster socket block (20) may be secured between the two straps of each pair at an outer end (18) thereof. The central hub (10) and the caster sockets (20) may be covered by plastic shells (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Edwards, Robert A. Nagelkirk
  • Patent number: D438416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: David A. DeBlock, Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D487197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: First Source Furniture Group
    Inventors: Thomas M. Edwards, Errol Pearsons, Bruce Gezon
  • Patent number: D326372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D326380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D326577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D326788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D370167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D373438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Light Corporation
    Inventors: Kelly J. McCann-Compton, Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D384570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Herman Miller Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D384571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Herman Miller Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D411395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: United Chair Company Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Edwards
  • Patent number: D432816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems Limited
    Inventors: John Hellwig, Steven Verbeek, Thomas M. Edwards, Adam Luedke
  • Patent number: D433248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems Limited
    Inventors: John Hellwig, Steven Verbeek, Thomas M. Edwards, Errol Stafford Pearsons
  • Patent number: D435593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems Limited
    Inventors: John Hellwig, Steven Verbeek, Thomas M. Edwards, Errol Stafford Pearsons