Patents by Inventor Thomas Mills

Thomas Mills 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: 20240150320
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I or II. Compounds of Formula I or II may be used in pharmaceutical formulations, and may be used for modulating glucocorticoid receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Lorna DUFFY, Ian STRUTT, Morgan JOUANNEAU, Thomas HORNSBY, Mark MILLS, Andrew William PHILLIPS, Jon-Paul WARD
  • Publication number: 20240067326
    Abstract: An aircraft wing is disclosed having a main fixed wing portion and a wing tip device at a tip thereof. The wing tip device is configurable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. A hinge arrangement connects the main fixed wing portion and the wing tip device and enables the wing tip device to rotate between the ground configuration and the flight configuration. The hinge arrangement protrudes beyond an outer surface of the main fixed wing portion and wing tip device. A fairing covers at least part of the hinge arrangement on at least a suction side of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver FAMILY, Robert MILLS, Christopher GRAY, Thomas WILSON
  • Patent number: 11292091
    Abstract: A dowel basket assembly apparatus includes a jig table rotationally supported on a bearing assembly, which supports a table top assembly having arms extending radially outwardly and supporting first, second and third jig table bases. The bases move through first, second and third stations by rotating the assembly. First jig table is positioned at first station, second jig table at second station, and third jig table at third station. Rods are located in receptacles on first jig table base at first station. Simultaneously, rods are welded to form a dowel basket on second jig table base at second station. Simultaneously, a welded dowel basket is unloaded from third jig table base at third station. After completion of the steps of locating, welding and retrieving, the apparatus is rotated to advance the jig tables to the next station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Mills Brown, Myron Grubowski, Robert Dean Smith, Micah Duane Smith
  • Patent number: 10909814
    Abstract: A card game system/method pitting players against a live or virtual dealer. Players make two mandatory wagers and optionally place bonus and jackpot wagers followed by each player and the dealer receiving six cards. Each player and the dealer must set the six cards into three, two-card hands based on pre-established rules. The main and play wagers are resolved based on a comparison of the player's three hands to the dealer's three hands, respectively. The bonus wager relates to the strongest five-card poker hand formed using the six cards and the jackpot is paid if the player wins all three hands and the two cards of the first hand meet a minimum threshold (e.g., Ace high or better). An automatic winning hand may be utilized as well. For example, any player receiving the King of Spades and King of Clubs would win their main and play wagers automatically. A player v. player (e.g., home version) version of the game is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Showdown Games, LLC
    Inventors: David Hauser, Thomas Mills, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180240307
    Abstract: A card game system/method pitting players against a live or virtual dealer. Players make two mandatory wagers and optionally place bonus and jackpot wagers followed by each player and the dealer receiving six cards. Each player and the dealer must set the six cards into three, two-card hands based on pre-established rules. The main and play wagers are resolved based on a comparison of the player's three hands to the dealer's three hands, respectively. The bonus wager relates to the strongest five-card poker hand formed using the six cards and the jackpot is paid if the player wins all three hands and the two cards of the first hand meet a minimum threshold (e.g., Ace high or better). An automatic winning hand may be utilized as well. For example, any player receiving the King of Spades and King of Clubs would win their main and play wagers automatically. A player v. player (e.g., home version) version of the game is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: David Hauser, Thomas Mills, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170323531
    Abstract: A card game system/method pitting players against a live or virtual dealer. Players make two mandatory wagers and optionally place bonus and jackpot wagers followed by each player and the dealer receiving six cards. Each player and the dealer must set the six cards into three, two-card hands based on pre-established rules. The main and play wagers are resolved based on a comparison of the player's three hands to the dealer's three hands respectively. The bonus wager relates to the strongest five-card poker hand formed using the six cards and the jackpot is paid if the player wins all three hands and the two cards of the first hand meet a minimum threshold (e.g., Ace high or better). An automatic winning hand may be utilized as well. For example, any player receiving the King of Spades and King of Clubs would win their main and play wagers automatically. A player v. player (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: David Hauser, Thomas Mills
  • Patent number: 9552700
    Abstract: A card game system/method pitting players against a live or virtual dealer. Players make two mandatory wagers and optionally place bonus and jackpot wagers followed by each player and the dealer receiving six cards. Each player and the dealer must set the six cards into three, two-card hands based on pre-established rules. The main and play wagers are resolved based on a comparison of the player's three hands to the dealer's three hands, respectively. The bonus wager relates to the strongest five-card poker hand formed using the six cards and the jackpot is paid if the player wins all three hands and the two cards of the first hand meet a minimum threshold (e.g., Ace high or better). An automatic winning hand may be utilized as well. For example, any player receiving the King of Spades and King of Clubs would win their main and play wagers automatically. A player v. player (e.g., home version) version of the game is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventors: David Hauser, Thomas Mills, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9534572
    Abstract: An intake manifold with a single and dual plane adapter is provided. The intake manifold includes a plenum chamber. The plenum chamber may include a first side, a second side, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The adapter may include a guide rail attached to the plenum chamber and forming a channel in between. A divider is formed to fit within the channel. An actuator is operatively connected to extend and retract the divider within the channel. Therefore, the divider includes an extended position forming a dual chamber within the plenum chamber, and a retracted position forming a single chamber within the plenum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventor: Simon Thomas Mills
  • Publication number: 20160161167
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening and a first wall, a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening, a sub-compartment on the door, the sub-compartment including a second wall having an opening, a heat exchanger supported by the first wall and positioned so that when the door is closed the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging plate. A sealed refrigeration system contains a working medium for cooling the heat exchanger and has one or more segments attached to the heat exchanging plate. A fan is configured to force air over the heat exchanging plate and into the interior of the sub-compartment. A thermistor is coupled to the heat exchanging plate for monitoring a temperature of the heat exchanging plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Martin Christopher Severance, Russell J. Fallon, Eric Paez, Robert Thomas Mills, Ratnakar Sahasradbudhe, Joseph Thomas Waugh, Kristin Marie Weirich
  • Publication number: 20160138535
    Abstract: An intake manifold with a single and dual plane adapter is provided. The intake manifold includes a plenum chamber. The plenum chamber may include a first side, a second side, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The adapter may include a guide rail attached to the plenum chamber and forming a channel in between. A divider is formed to fit within the channel. An actuator is operatively connected to extend and retract the divider within the channel. Therefore, the divider includes an extended position forming a dual chamber within the plenum chamber, and a retracted position forming a single chamber within the plenum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Simon Thomas Mills
  • Publication number: 20160025364
    Abstract: Electronic controller apparatus for automatically controlling and managing load demand and operation of energy-consuming equipment powered by alternating electrical power current, whereby feedback signals from a vapor compression evaporator or other source, and possibly other physical signals, are used to supplement the pre-fixed, learned, or default settings to optimize compressor operation (run time) in cooling and refrigeration equipment, and thereby to improve heat transfer in the evaporator. The effect is to improve the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER), Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER), and Coefficient of Performance (COP) for the unit, and provide other advantages and improvements. In gas-, oil-, and propane-fired HVAC&R heating systems, the apparatus can also optimize burner operation and thereby improve heat transfer across the burner heat exchanger. HVAC&R systems that incorporate the demand controller and methods of their operation also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: PaceControls, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. MILLS,, JR., Stanley BUDNEY
  • Publication number: 20150012394
    Abstract: A system and method of virtual shopping is provided. The system and method includes a plurality of data services. The system and method includes a content delivery network receives at least one request from at least one of a plurality of data services. The system and method includes at least two devices operate in a communication protocol that receive data from the content delivery network, each of the at least two devices include a virtual reality interface. The virtual reality interface creates a user a virtual replica of a physical store. The virtual reality interface locates one or more objects of interest from the virtual reality interface. The virtual reality interface interacts with at least two devices located in the physical store through a virtual snapshot by the virtual reality interface of a user's current view of the virtual replica to facilitate purchase of one or more objects of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Avenue Imperial UK Limited
    Inventors: Nicolas Rossi, Julian Ball, Thomas Mills
  • Patent number: 8745920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plant protection device that combines the functionality of a solid walled style plant protector that is good for the establishment of a new plant/seedling and perforated style plant protector that is good for an established plant. The wall of a tree/plant protector and growth device has thin areas inherent in the wall that degrade faster than other parts of the same device wall. This occurs based on the weather conditions (wind/rain/cold), UV degradation, biodegradation, and other factors. Over time these areas open up, allowing air, sun light and other environmental elements to reach the plant/tree within the protector. Strategically placing the thinner areas allows for designs for different plant/tree species and applications. Applications for climatic regions—northern, aired, wetlands, etc. Other applications examples are reforestation, vineyards, windbreaks, etc. The degradation of the thin areas can be controlled by using different materials, UV stabilizer levels and other methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Mills
  • Publication number: 20120313330
    Abstract: A molded gasket includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface. The base includes a first portion and a second portion. A bulb portion is integrally formed with the base and extends from the upper surface of the base. The gasket further includes a dart assembly integrally formed with the base and extending from the lower surface of the base. The dart assembly includes a first barb portion extending from the first portion of the base and a second barb portion extending from the second portion of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Eric Lloyd Scalf, Robert Thomas Mills
  • Publication number: 20120273581
    Abstract: An electronic controller device for automatic control of a heating, ventilating, air conditioning or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system has a digital recycle counter that is capable of intercepting a thermostat command for cooling, refrigeration, or heating and replacing the thermostat command with a modulated binary signal that operates in an “on” state or “off” state, and a computer-readable storage medium that comprises a program that includes an auto-configuration mode that is capable of determining a base line performance of the HVAC&R system through a commissioning phase and is capable of determining an adjusted performance based on energy consumption, temperature regulation, humidity regulation, or power limit or any combination thereof. The program can adjust the digital recycle counter “on” and “off” states based on the adjusted performance determination to reduce energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Richard A. Kolk, Thomas A. Mills, JR., Stanley M. Budney
  • Publication number: 20120167611
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a compartment defined by a liner, with a door configured to provide access into the compartment. A sub-compartment is mounted in the door and extends into the compartment in the closed position of the door. A cold plate assembly is operably configured within the liner to supply cold air to the sub-compartment. A raised embossment is defined in a compartment side wall of the liner at a location opposite from the cold plate assembly. The embossment is defined by a circumferentially extending ridge and a front face that extends into the compartment in a plane that is spaced from a plane of the compartment side wall. A receiver is configured in a wall of the sub-compartment and seals around the embossment in a closed position of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kristin Marie Weirich, Robert Thomas Mills, Craig Robert Vitan, Ratnakar Sahasrabudhe
  • Publication number: 20100326096
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening and a first wall, a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening, a sub-compartment on the door, the sub-compartment including a second wall having an opening, a heat exchanger supported by the first wall and positioned so that when the door is closed the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging plate. A sealed refrigeration system contains a working medium for cooling the heat exchanger and has one or more segments attached to the heat exchanging plate. A fan is configured to force air over the heat exchanging plate and into the interior of the sub-compartment. A thermistor is coupled to the heat exchanging plate for monitoring a temperature of the heat exchanging plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Brent Alden JUNGE, Martin Christopher SEVERANCE, Russell J. FALLON, Eric PAEZ, Robert Thomas MILLS, Ratnakar SAHASRADBUDHE, Joseph Thomas WAUGH, Kristin Marie WEIRICH
  • Patent number: 7637127
    Abstract: A dual particulate filter assembly includes a filter frame and a first filter element and a second filter element mounted in the filter frame. The first filter element is configured to remove particulates from a first medium, and the second filter element is configured to remove particulates from a second medium different from the first medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Mills, Venkataraman Rachakonda, Timothy Dale Worthington
  • Publication number: 20090167130
    Abstract: A freezer compartment for a refrigerator is provided. A shell with a face and opening allows for access to the freezer compartment. The freezer compartment further has at least two drawers slidably mounted within the opening and configured to seal against the face of the shell. At least one mullion assembly is configured between the drawers and is further configured to be flush with the face of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Bagawathkumar Chellappan, John C. Steimel, Robert Thomas Mills
  • Publication number: 20090045374
    Abstract: Electrically conductive, magnetic composite material, comprising (A) pulverulent, inorganic, magnetic material which is electrically not or only poorly conductive, and (B) an electrically conductive material, selected from the group consisting of pulverulent and liquid carbon-comprising organic materials and pulverulent carbon allotropes, in a ratio by weight of (A):(B)=from 1:100 to 100:1; a process for its production, and its use, and also ferrimagnetic mixed oxide (A) of the general formula I: M?M??O4??(I), in which M? is a first metal component which comprises divalent metal cations; and M?? is a second metal component which comprises trivalent metal cations; capable of production by reacting, in a quantitative ratio such that the resultant ferromagnetic mixed oxide (A) is electrically neutral, divalent metal cations M? and trivalent metal cations M?? in aqueous solution and/or dispersion, comprising at least one electrically conductive material (B) and/or at least one material which differs there
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Dirk LAWRENZ, Ingolf Hennig, Andrey Karpov, Stefan Kirsch, Hartmut Hibst, Juergen Kaczun, Uta Holzenkamp, Stephen Ems, Harry Thomas Mills, Paul Edwin Gloor