Patents by Inventor Thomas McDaniel

Thomas McDaniel 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: 12489152
    Abstract: A battery capacity testing interface (BCTI) module may be configured to test a capacity of a battery unit, such as an individual battery or a string of batteries. The BCTI module may instruct a battery unit under test to release a controlled electrical discharge that is measured by the BCTI module. Once determined, battery capacity can provide insight into the battery life of the battery, as well as the ability of the battery to deliver a specified amount of current at a constant rate to a specified end voltage for a specified time. The BCTI module may operate with various types of battery monitors and may be employed to test various types of batteries, including lead-acid batteries and lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Vertiv IT Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas McDaniel, Marc Radzikowski, James Jones
  • Publication number: 20250256380
    Abstract: Bicycle steering alignment systems and methods are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventor: Thomas McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20240021891
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a battery capacity testing interface (BCTI) module. The BCTI module may be configured to test capacity of a battery unit, such as an individual battery or string of batteries. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the BCTI module may instruct a battery unit under test to release a controlled electrical discharge that is measured by the BCTI module. Once determined, battery capacity can provide insight into the battery life of the battery, as well as the ability of the battery to deliver a specified amount of current at a constant rate to a specified end voltage for a specified time. Advantageously, the BCTI module may operate with various types of battery monitors and may be employed to test various types of batteries, including lead-acid batteries and lithium-ion batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas McDaniel, Marc Radzikowski, James Jones
  • Publication number: 20210391141
    Abstract: A substrate processing tool capable of detecting a gap and/or shifting of a substrate clamped to a clamping surface in a processing chamber based on observed behavior of RF power delivered to the processing chamber during processing. The behavior of the RF power is observed by comparing a voltage-current phase angle difference and/or impedance magnitude change between a real RF power component and a reactive RF power component of the RF power delivered to the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Noah Elliot BAKER, Thomas MCDANIEL
  • Patent number: 9689218
    Abstract: A drill cuttings diverter system for distributing downhole drill cuttings inside a cuttings box, where the drill cuttings diverter system is equipped with a diverter conduit having a bottom that is concaved toward a side opening. The diverter conduit is rotatably inserted through an opening in the cuttings box so that the operator can rotate the side opening at the bottom of the diverter conduit to change the direction of the drill cuttings being fed into the cuttings box, and thereby prevent the drill cuttings from accumulating in a single pile inside the cuttings box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20110053307
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method of forming a composite solar cell structure that includes preparing a device substrate, wherein the device substrate includes a glass substrate, a transparent conductive layer deposited over the glass substrate, one or more silicon layers deposited over the transparent conductive layer, a back contact layer deposited over the one or more silicon layers, and one or more internal electrical connections disposed on the back contact layer. The method also includes forming a mating pattern on a bonding material to match a topography of an exposed surface of the device substrate, the exposed surface comprising the back contact layer and the one or more internal electrical connections. The method also includes positioning the bonding material over the exposed surface, disposing a back glass substrate over the bonding material to form a composite structure, and compressing the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: THOMAS MCDANIEL, Ilyoung Hong
  • Patent number: D511910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Coley, Thomas McDaniel