Patents by Inventor Thomas Murphy

Thomas Murphy 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: 11927611
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor configured at a first position to sense an orientation of an electricity meter. The electricity meter can be configured at a second position. The electricity meter can be configured at a normal orientation to measure delivered energy sent to one or more locations and received energy received from the one or more locations. The electricity meter can be configured at an inverted orientation to identify and measure the delivered energy sent to the one or more locations and the received energy received from the one or more locations. The sensor is configured to identify when the electricity meter is in the normal orientation, and when the electricity meter is in the inverted orientation. A display is configured within the electricity meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Ranta, Dacon Thomas Chow, Michael Anthony Murphy, William Egolf
  • Patent number: 11919718
    Abstract: An assembly includes a frame and a conveyor mat configured to transition between a retracted state in which the conveyor mat is disposed within a footprint of the frame, and a deployed state in which the conveyor mat is disposed at least partially disposed outside the footprint of the frame. The conveyor mat has a plurality of linkages, a plurality of rollers, a plurality of supports, and a plurality of axles. Individual axles couple to individual linkages of the plurality of linkages, individual rollers of the plurality of rollers, and individual supports of the plurality of supports together. A tensioning system is configured to control the conveyor mat transitioning between the retracted state and the deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karan Arora, Thomas Murphy, Peter Fischer
  • Patent number: 11884894
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped oil blend is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining an oil blend of corn stillage oil and soybean oil having a weight ratio of corn stillage oil to soybean oil of from about 1:2 to 3:1; (ii) heating the oil blend to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil blend to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; and (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/gram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael John Hora, Patrick Thomas Murphy, John Carl Tolfa
  • Patent number: 11797044
    Abstract: There is described a system for translating clock domain for non-synchronized sensors comprising a first sensor, a second sensor, and an upstream device. The first and second sensors receive a beacon from a tag. Each sensor transmits a report including a beacon receive time in a sensor clock domain. The upstream device receives the reports and translates beacon receive times from the sensor clock domain to an aggregator clock domain. The translation is based, at least in part, on beacon reception data of the sensors, report transmission data of the sensors, and report reception data of the upstream device. The upstream device determines a location of the tag based on a delta of the beacon receive times in the aggregator clock domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Building Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, William Kerry Keal
  • Patent number: 11593724
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for integrated management of animate and inanimate objects of an enterprise, including a cloud-based server having a database, a website, and configured for running computer programs thereon; a user device including a smartphone, tablet and/or personal computer (PC) running an application or software including a gamified user interface (UI) configured to connect to the database and function as a data entry and display device; automated devices including a sensor, electronic switch, pump and/or a hydroponic dosing device connected to the database and configured to collect and transmit data or to react to received commands; an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered engine configured to monitor statuses of animate and inanimate objects of an enterprise, as well as external conditions and actors that affect the enterprise, and based on analysis of the statuses, configured to task employees and/or the automated devices of the enterprise, and configured to employ cognitiv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: COGNITIVE SEEDS LLC
    Inventors: Michael B. Sundel, Thomas A. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11467624
    Abstract: There is described an upstream device for translating clock domain for non-synchronized sensors comprising a communication component, a memory component, and a processor. The communication component detects a report received from a sensor that includes a beacon receive time in a sensor clock domain and a current report transmit time in the sensor clock domain. The memory component provides a previous report receive time in the aggregator clock domain and a previous report transmit time in the sensor clock domain. The processor identifies a current report receive time in an aggregator clock domain based on the report detected by the communication component. The processor also determines a beacon receive time in the aggregator clock domain based, at least in part, on the beacon receive time in the sensor clock domain, the current report transmit time, the current report receive time, the previous report receive time, the previous report transmit time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Building Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, William Kerry Keal
  • Patent number: 11443879
    Abstract: An integrated magnetic device has a magnetic core which includes layers of the magnetic material located in a trench in a dielectric layer. The magnetic material layers are flat and parallel to a bottom of the trench, and do not extend upward along sides of the trench. The integrated magnetic device is formed by forming layers of the magnetic material over the dielectric layer and extending into the trench. A protective layer is formed over the magnetic material layers. The magnetic material layers are removed from over the dielectric layer, leaving the magnetic material layers and a portion of the protective layer in the trench. The magnetic material layers along sides of the trench are subsequently removed. The magnetic material layers along the bottom of the trench provide the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Fuchao Wang, Yousong Zhang, Neal Thomas Murphy, Brian Zinn, Jonathan P. Davis
  • Patent number: 11420048
    Abstract: A device and method for rejuvenating skin includes a power supply adapted to generate a voltage and an applicator. The applicator includes a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is adapted to be configurable between a positive electrode or electrically isolated from the power supply, and wherein the second node is adapted to be configurable between a negative electrode or electrically isolated from the power supply. The power supply delivers a current through the first node when the first node is configured as the positive electrode and current returns to the power supply through the second node when the second node is configured to be the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Mark Campbell, Thomas Murphy
  • Publication number: 20220259517
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped oil blend is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining an oil blend of corn stillage oil and soybean oil having a weight ratio of corn stillage oil to soybean oil of from about 1:2 to 3:1; (ii) heating the oil blend to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil blend to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; and (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/gram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael John HORA, Patrick Thomas MURPHY, John Carl TOLFA
  • Publication number: 20220221547
    Abstract: A system and method of tracking and monitoring the location of devices for preventing theft and unauthorized use; and the tracking and monitoring of worn devices with sensors for monitoring persons requiring assistance and/or supervision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Steven L Wenrich, Rick Thomas Murphy
  • Patent number: 11339347
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped oil blend is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining an oil blend of corn stillage oil and soybean oil having a weight ratio of corn stillage oil to soybean oil of from about 1:2 to 3:1; (ii) heating the oil blend to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil blend to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; and (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/gram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael John Hora, Patrick Thomas Murphy, John Carl Tolfa
  • Patent number: 11327013
    Abstract: A specular variable angle absolute reflectometer includes a light source and a mirror system in a light path of the light source. The mirror system is configured to reflect a light beam from the light source towards a sample that is optically reflective. The device also includes an elliptical roof mirror disposed in the light path after the sample having an ellipsoidal reflector surface configured to reflect the light beam back towards the sample. The device also includes a mechanism connected to the elliptical roof mirror. The mechanism is configured to rotate the elliptical roof mirror about an axis of the sample. The device also includes a detector in the light path after the elliptical roof mirror such that the detector receives light that has been reflected from the elliptical roof mirror, thence back to the sample, thence back to the mirror system, and thence to the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Loyal Bruce Shawgo, Jeffery Thomas Murphy
  • Patent number: 11256652
    Abstract: A Multi-I/O SPI for precision converters supports a Dual/Quad/Octal SPI to support the speed requirements for digital transmission and also includes a special mode that can be enabled by hardware and/or software to remove the bit scrambling requirement dictated by the JEDEC standard. The special mode removes the scramble requirement and associates each of the bidirectional data lines to a specific channel. The special mode provides backward compatibility that permits the precision converter to be used with controllers that do not natively support the JEDEC standard. Also, the Multi-I/O SPI includes registers divided into a primary region that is accessed only in default mode at power-up for write and/or read operations, and a secondary region that is accessed by any mode enabled in the control register. By restricting access to the “control” register area to a pre-defined mode in the converter at power-up, the access mode can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Miguel Usach Merino, Wes Vernon Lofamia, Fergus John Downey, David A. Browne, Thomas Murphy
  • Patent number: D940641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephen Guilford, Daniel Thomas Murphy, Jeffrey Leon Sevart
  • Patent number: D985477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephen Guilford, Daniel Thomas Murphy, Jeffrey Leon Sevart
  • Patent number: D1000368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephen Guilford, Daniel Thomas Murphy, Kristen Joy Wilson
  • Patent number: D1003228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephan Guilford, Derek John Becker, Daniel Thomas Murphy
  • Patent number: D1004534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephan Guilford, Derek John Becker, Daniel Thomas Murphy
  • Patent number: D1005223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Stephan Guilford, Daniel Thomas Murphy, Derek John Becker
  • Patent number: D1016674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOCK CAR AUTO RACING, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas, John Probst, Eric Jacuzzi, Christopher A. Popiela, Timothy S. Murphy, Donald E. Krueger