Patents by Inventor Thomas Nolan

Thomas Nolan 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: 20240139404
    Abstract: A canister for use with a wound therapy system includes first and second compartments configured to receive and contain wound exudate, and an airflow pathway. The airflow pathway includes a planar region positioned between the first compartment and the second compartment, an inlet extending from a first end of the planar region at an obtuse angle relative to the planar region, an outlet at a second end of the planar region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Alan EDWARDS, Benjamin A. PRATT, Dominic NOLAN
  • Publication number: 20240091864
    Abstract: A guide for cutting a dowel pin of a rotor assembly is provided. The guide includes a catch basin, including a first catch basin portion and a second catch basin portion, and a shim. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a cutting tool receiver. The shim extends from a first edge having a cross-section that is complementary to a surface of the rotor assembly. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a receptacle that accommodates and retains portions of a dowel pin during and after removal of the dowel pin from the rotor assembly. The cutting tool receiver is defined by a receiver edge configured to guide a cutting surface of a cutting tool through a cross-section of a dowel pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, ATLANTIC PLANT MAINTENANCE, INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER DAVID RUNKEL, THOMAS ALAN MOGLE, II, MARCUS NOLAN ADAMS, MARK ANDREW HALEY, SANDRA BEVERLY KOLVICK
  • Publication number: 20200048756
    Abstract: A method of treating a part, includes placing a bulk molded compound (BMC) part into a vacuum chamber of a magnetron sputtering apparatus and igniting a plasma in the vacuum chamber. A filler layer is deposited onto the surface of the BMC part, and a metal layer is sputter deposited onto the filler layer to create a reflective surface of the BMC part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shivi SINGH, Scott Adaska, Robert Fraizer, Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: 10544499
    Abstract: A method of treating a part, includes placing a bulk molded compound (BMC) part into a vacuum chamber of a magnetron sputtering apparatus and igniting a plasma in the vacuum chamber. A filler layer is deposited onto the surface of the BMC part, and a metal layer is sputter deposited onto the filler layer to create a reflective surface of the BMC part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Shivi Singh, Scott Adaska, Robert Fraizer, Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: 10324235
    Abstract: A coated substrate includes a substrate having a glow-discharged surface; and a coating having a submicrometric layer thickness sputter deposited onto the substrate. The coating having a submicrometric layer thickness has a predetermined absorbance. The predetermined absorbance regulates an amount of light transmitted from a light source through the substrate from a first side to a second side of the substrate. The substrate is opaque on the second side of the substrate when the light source is deactivated on the first side of the substrate. The predetermined absorbance varies as a function of one or more controlled process parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivi Singh, Robert Fraizer, Thomas Nolan, Gavin Warner
  • Patent number: 10324712
    Abstract: A method of maintaining or improving functionality of legacy code for operation in a new machine system is disclosed. Reference code and documentation are leveraged to provide functionality of the machine system. The sections may be identified and presented as user defined representations (for example, pseudocode, diagrams, descriptive text, or encapsulations) so that the reference code may be migrated to a newer machine system and the sections may be re-written as necessary to make the sections of reference compatible with the new machine system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas A. Nolan
  • Publication number: 20180356563
    Abstract: A coated substrate includes a substrate having a glow-discharged surface; and a coating having a submicrometric layer thickness sputter deposited onto the substrate. The coating having a submicrometric layer thickness has a predetermined absorbance. The predetermined absorbance regulates an amount of light transmitted from a light source through the substrate from a first side to a second side of the substrate. The substrate is opaque on the second side of the substrate when the light source is deactivated on the first side of the substrate. The predetermined absorbance varies as a function of one or more controlled process parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivi SINGH, Robert Fraizer, Thomas Nolan, Gavin Warner
  • Publication number: 20180245197
    Abstract: A magnetron sputtering apparatus includes a first independent sputtering target power supply, a second independent sputtering target power supply, a process gas port, a reactive gas port, a vacuum chamber configured to house the first independent sputtering target power supply, the second independent sputtering target power supply, the process gas port, the reactive gas port, and a platform for placing a part for deposition of a coating by the magnetron sputtering apparatus, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to alternately sputter a first target and a second target by alternately switching between the first independent sputtering target power supply and the second independent sputtering target power supply, respectively, and control one or more process parameters to yield a predetermined color of the coating deposited onto the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivi SINGH, Thomas NOLAN, Rosangela LOIUDICE
  • Patent number: 10002632
    Abstract: A perpendicular recording medium with enhanced magnetic stability. In accordance with some embodiments, a multi-layer recording structure is formed on a base substrate and adapted to magnetically store a magnetic bit sequence in domains substantially perpendicular to said layers. A thin magnetic stabilization layer is formed on the multi-layer recording substrate to magnetically stabilize an upper portion of the recording structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Bo Bian, Weikang Shen, Pengcheng Li, Miaogen Lu, Connie Chunling Liu, Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: 9580501
    Abstract: A monoclonal secretory IgA antibody, which binds to and neutralizes human TNF?. The secretory antibody is useful in treating a variety of inflammatory conditions in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Synthon Biopharmaceuticals B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Joseph Andreas Ariaans, Frans van Dalen, Declan Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: 9573996
    Abstract: A monoclonal secretory IgA antibody, which binds to and neutralizes a human proinflammatory cytokine or which binds to and blocks a human proinflammatory cytokine receptor. The secretory IgA antibody is useful in treating a variety of inflammatory diseases in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Synthon Biopharmaceuticals B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Joseph Andreas Ariaans, Frans van Dalen, Declan Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: 9343273
    Abstract: A substrate holder for a substrate including a frame body having an opening for the placement of the substrate. The frame body also includes a hollow portion therein. The substrate holder may be used in a sputtering apparatus for sputtering material onto the substrate. The substrate holder is particularly advantageous in the manufacturing of magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Nolan
  • Publication number: 20160132691
    Abstract: A system and method for logging a non-reader into a corresponding user account is disclosed. A system can include a processor, a user interface, a display, and a camera. The processor can be programmed to display a first plurality of pictures and configure the user interface to allow the user to select a first picture corresponding to the user from the first plurality of pictures to provide a first authentication step and allow the user to select a second picture from a second plurality of pictures providing a second authentication step. The system can log the user into the corresponding user account if the second picture selected from the second authentication step corresponds to the first picture selected from the first authentication step. A system and method for logging multiple users into corresponding user accounts is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Susan Evelyn Gunnewig, Robin Robin Norton, Matthew Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: 9264233
    Abstract: A system and method for logging a non-reader into a corresponding user account is disclosed. A system can include a processor, a user interface, a display, and a camera. The processor can be programmed to display a first plurality of pictures and configure the user interface to allow the user to select a first picture corresponding to the user from the first plurality of pictures to provide a first authentication step and allow the user to select a second picture from a second plurality of pictures providing a second authentication step. The system can log the user into the corresponding user account if the second picture selected from the second authentication step corresponds to the first picture selected from the first authentication step. A system and method for logging multiple users into corresponding user accounts is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hatch, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Evelyn Gunnewig, Robin Virginia Norton, Matthew Thomas Nolan
  • Publication number: 20150166649
    Abstract: A monoclonal secretory IgA antibody, which binds to and neutralizes a human proinflammatory cytokine or which binds to and blocks a human proinflammatory cytokine receptor. The secretory IgA antibody is useful in treating a variety of inflammatory diseases in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Gerardus Joseph Andreas Ariaans, Frans van Dalen, Declan Thomas Nolan
  • Publication number: 20150010544
    Abstract: A monoclonal secretory IgA antibody, which binds to and neutralizes human p40 (the p40 subunit of IL-12 and IL-23). The secretory antibody is useful in treating a variety of inflammatory conditions in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Gerardus Joseph Andreas Ariaans, Frans van Dalen, Declan Thomas Nolan
  • Publication number: 20140359902
    Abstract: Secretory IgA antibodies can be made by expression in a stably-transformed duckweed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Gerardus Joseph Andreas Ariaans, Frans van Dalen, Guy De Roo, Declan Thomas Nolan, Jeff Regan
  • Publication number: 20140356357
    Abstract: A monoclonal secretory IgA antibody, which binds to and neutralizes human TNF?. The secretory antibody is useful in treating a variety of inflammatory conditions in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Gerardus Joseph Andreas Ariaans, Frans van Dalen, Declan Thomas Nolan
  • Patent number: D1023738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: VODE LIGHTING LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Warton, Eric Mar, Ryan Ishizu, Michael Nolan
  • Patent number: D1024147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung Tseng Chen, Thomas Crisp, John Douglas Dalton, Michael Nolan, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr.