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).

  • Firmware methods and devices for a mutual capacitance touch sensing device
    Patent number: 8736570
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and devices for operating a processor or host controller in a mutual capacitance sensing device. Methods and devices for sorting motion reports provided to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, reporting touch points to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, improving noise robustness and navigation performance in a mutual capacitance sensing device, determining a touch area of a user's finger on a touch panel or touchpad of a mutual capacitance sensing device, and avoiding false wakeups and minimizing power consumption in a mutual capacitance sensing device having a touch panel or touchpad are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, Kevin Rathburn, Keen Hun Leong, Sarangan Narasimhan
  • Stackable container
    Patent number: 8701887
    Abstract: A container adapted to be stacked on top of a second container is provided. The container includes a first end wall and a sidewall having a first end and a second end. The container includes a first seam coupling the first end wall to the first end of the sidewall, the first seam including a shoulder extending inwardly from an outer surface of the first seam. The container includes an alignment feature extending from the shoulder away from the first end wall. The alignment feature is adapted to align the container relative to the second container and to resist lateral movement of the container relative to the second container when the container is stacked on top of the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Baker, Thomas Murphy
  • Golf tee rewinding device
    Patent number: 8684867
    Abstract: Rewindable golf tee. This includes a small rewinding device encased in a smooth edged multifarious holder with dampened press control element or pull to stop, pull to rewind system to safely rewind a golf tee via a strong flexible quality link. The aid can have two tees of varied lengths to suit golf club selection, two rewinding devices and two flexible connections. It can be cheap or expensive. The invention can support other golf gadgets such as pitch-mark repairer, ball marker, groove cleaner and/or score keeper. The invention can hold personal ID or corporate logo or advertisement. The invention is environmentally friendly. The tees can be made of more durable materials, with new special integrated finishes such as soft grip patterns. They can be easily replaced via connecting links. The rewindable tee device will sensibly save time on the tee box and avoid clutter in bags, pockets and/or greens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Murphy
  • Firmware methods and devices for a mutual capacitance touch sensing device
    Patent number: 8669960
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and devices for operating a processor or host controller in a mutual capacitance sensing device. Methods and devices for sorting motion reports provided to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, reporting touch points to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, improving noise robustness and navigation performance in a mutual capacitance sensing device, determining a touch area of a user's finger on a touch panel or touchpad of a mutual capacitance sensing device, and avoiding false wakeups and minimizing power consumption in a mutual capacitance sensing device having a touch panel or touchpad are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, Kevin Rathburn, Keen Hun Leong, Sarangan Narasimhan
  • BLOWN AND STRIPPED PLANT-BASED OILS
    Publication number: 20140066344
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped plant-based oil is provided. The method may include the steps of (i) obtaining a plant-based oil; (ii) heating the oil to at least 90C; (iii) passing air through the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 200 cSt at 40C; (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to from 5 mg KOH/g to about 9 mg KOH/g; (v) adding a polyol to the stripped oil from (iv); and (vi) stripping the oil from step (v) to reduce the acid value of the oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael John HORA, Patrick Thomas MURPHY
  • Non-fluoropolymer surface protection composition comprising a polyorganosiloxane-silicone resin mixture
    Patent number: 8637442
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 2% to about 95%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds; from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more silicone resin, a protonation agent, at least about 5%, by weight of the mixture; of water; and optionally, less than about 5%, by weight of the mixture, of an emulsifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, David S. Salloum, Stephen Thomas Murphy, Markus Merget, Franz X. Wimmer, Richard Becker
  • Non-fluoropolymer surface protection composition comprising a polyorganosiloxane-silicone resin mixture
    Patent number: 8633146
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 50% to about 99.99% by weight of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds, at least 0.01% by weight of one or more silicone resin, and a maximum of 5% by weight of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny Wang, James Lee Danziger, David S. Salloum, Stephen Thomas Murphy, Markus Merget, Franz X. Wimmer, Richard Becker
  • Integration of Precision MIM Capacitor and Precision Thin Film Resistor
    Publication number: 20130341759
    Abstract: An integrated circuit with a high precision MIM capacitor and a high precision resistor with via etch stop landing pads on the resistor heads that are formed with the capacitor bottom plate material. A process of forming an integrated circuit with a high precision MIM capacitor and a high precision resistor where via etch stop landing pads over the resistor heads are formed using the same layer that is used to form the capacitor bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Imran Mahmood Khan, John Paul Campbell, Neal Thomas Murphy
  • Firmware Methods and Devices for a Mutual Capacitance Touch Sensing Device
    Publication number: 20130321338
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and devices for operating a processor or host controller in a mutual capacitance sensing device. Methods and devices for sorting motion reports provided to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, reporting touch points to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, improving noise robustness and navigation performance in a mutual capacitance sensing device, determining a touch area of a user's finger on a touch panel or touchpad of a mutual capacitance sensing device, and avoiding false wakeups and minimizing power consumption in a mutual capacitance sensing device having a touch panel or touchpad are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, Kevin Rathburn, Keen Hun Leong, Sarangan Narasimhan
  • STACKABLE CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20130306657
    Abstract: A container configured to be stacked adjacent to a second container is provided. The container includes a sidewall having a first end, an end wall having a peripheral edge, a seam coupling the peripheral edge of the end wall to the first end of the sidewall, and an alignment feature coupled to the seam. The alignment feature includes an inner surface. The alignment feature is positioned relative to the seam such that, when the container is stacked adjacent to the second container, the inner surface of the alignment feature contacts an outer surface of a seam of the second container, the contact resisting lateral movement of the container relative to the second container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Baker, Thomas Murphy
  • Blown and stripped plant-based oils
    Patent number: 8580988
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped plant-based oil is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining a plant-based oil; (ii) heating the oil to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to from 5 mg KOH/g to about 9 mg KOH/g; (v) adding a polyol to the stripped oil from (iv); and (vi) stripping the oil from step (v) to reduce the acid value of the oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael John Hora, Patrick Thomas Murphy
  • NON-FLUOROPOLYMER SURFACE PROTECTION COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130292600
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 2% to about 95%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds; from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the mixture, of one or more silicone resin, a protonation agent, at least about 5%, by weight of the mixture; of water; and optionally, less than about 5%, by weight of the mixture, of an emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny WANG, James Lee DANZIGER, David S. SALLOUM, Stephen Thomas MURPHY, Markus MERGET, Franz X. WIMMER, Richard BECKER
  • NON-FLUOROPOLYMER SURFACE PROTECTION COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130296218
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a surface treatment composition which comprises a polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture and a carrier. The polyorganosiloxane fluid-silicone resin mixture comprises about 50% to about 99.99% by weight of one or more polyorganosiloxane fluid compounds, at least 0.01% by weight of one or more silicone resin, and a maximum of 5% by weight of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Xiaoru Jenny WANG, James Lee DANZIGER, David S. SALLOUM, Stephen Thomas MURPHY, Markus MERGET, Franz X. WIMMER, Richard BECKER
  • Firmware methods and devices for a mutual capacitance touch sensing device
    Patent number: 8553009
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and devices for operating a processor or host controller in a mutual capacitance sensing device. Methods and devices for sorting motion reports provided to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, reporting touch points to a host controller or other processor in a mutual capacitance sensing device, improving noise robustness and navigation performance in a mutual capacitance sensing device, determining a touch area of a user's finger on a touch panel or touchpad of a mutual capacitance sensing device, and avoiding false wakeups and minimizing power consumption in a mutual capacitance sensing device having a touch panel or touchpad are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, Kevin Rathburn, Keen Hun Leong, Sarangan Narasimhan
  • Package for a light emitting element
    Patent number: 8552460
    Abstract: A high-brightness LED module includes a substrate with a recess in which a light emitting element is mounted. The recess is defined by a sidewalls and a relatively thin membrane. At least two micro-vias are provided in the membrane and include conductive material that passes through the membrane. A p-contact of the light emitting element is coupled to a first micro-via and an n-contact of the light emitting element is coupled to a second micro-via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Murphy, Andreas Hase, Matthias Heschel
  • Stackable container
    Patent number: 8517176
    Abstract: A container configured to be stacked adjacent to a second container is provided. The container includes a sidewall having a first end, an end wall having a peripheral edge, a seam coupling the peripheral edge of the end wall to the first end of the sidewall, and an alignment feature coupled to the seam. The alignment feature includes an inner surface. The alignment feature is positioned relative to the seam such that, when the container is stacked adjacent to the second container, the inner surface of the alignment feature contacts an outer surface of a seam of the second container, the contact resisting lateral movement of the container relative to the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Baker, Thomas Murphy
  • Automatic gain control for capacitive touch panel sensing system
    Patent number: 8487893
    Abstract: Disclosed are capacitive touchscreen or touch panel systems, devices and methods which increase the dynamic range of touches that may be detected on a capacitive touch screen or touch panel. Increased dynamic range is provided by employing automatic gain control methodologies and circuitry to process signals corresponding to individual mutual capacitance cells in a touch screen or touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Crandall, Michael Brosnan, Jeffrey Stone, Thomas Murphy
  • SHORING BOX & RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130108375
    Abstract: A shoring box having frame supports coupled to lateral spreader bars. The shoring box is configured to accept exterior panels in a manner capable of providing vertical translation about an exterior surface of the shoring box. The shoring box is further configured to accept a plurality of interior panels in a manner capable of providing customizable shoring above and below utility lines, pipes, duct banks, and the like. In this regard, the shoring box is adapted to shore around one or more obstructions within an excavation, trench, or hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Taylor, Thomas Murphy
  • BLOWN AND STRIPPED PLANT-BASED OILS
    Publication number: 20130066090
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped plant-based oil is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining a plant-based oil; (ii) heating the oil to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to from 5 mg KOH/g to about 9 mg KOH/g; (v) adding a polyol to the stripped oil from (iv); and (vi) stripping the oil from step (v) to reduce the acid value of the oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/g or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael John Hora, Patrick Thomas Murphy
  • BLOWN AND STRIPPED BLEND OF SOYBEAN OIL AND CORN STILLAGE OIL
    Publication number: 20130065803
    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: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Michael John Hora, Patrick Thomas Murphy, John Carl Tolfa