Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Edwards
Thomas R. Edwards 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).
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Publication number: 20240115449Abstract: An embodiment of a storage device for medical products includes a cabinet defining an enclosure having a plurality of compartments. In addition, the storage device includes a plurality of storage containers, each storage container configured to be inserted into a corresponding one of the plurality of compartments. Further, the storage device includes an actuation assembly including a plurality of arms that are configured to engage the plurality of storage containers so as to secure the plurality of storage containers in the plurality of compartments. Still further, the storage device includes a release mechanism that is configured to simultaneously actuate each of the plurality of arms to release the plurality of storage containers from the plurality of compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Thomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud, Mark D. Lockwood, Mark G. Loeffelholz, James R. Edwards
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Patent number: 11936415Abstract: An air interface plane (AIP) of a radio frequency (RF) aperture includes: a circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and a matrix of tapered elements arranged on the first side of the circuit board and secured to the circuit board, the matrix of tapered elements cooperating to at least one of receive or transmit an over-the-air RF signal. Suitably, each tapered element of the matrix has: a central hub extending along a longitudinal axis from a hub base which is proximate to the first side of the circuit board to an apex of the tapered element which is distal from the first side of the first circuit board; and a plurality of arms extending from the central hub at the apex of the tapered element, each of the plurality of arms including a first portion that projects the arm radially away from the longitudinal axis and a second portion that projects the arm longitudinally toward the first side of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Raphael Joseph Welsh, Douglas A. Thornton, Mackenzie Jordan Hawkins, Micah John Meleski, Katherine M. Armitage, Daniel G. Loesch, Matthew E. Huntwork, David R. Chase, Erik W. Edwards, John Bartholomew, Thomas Lloyd Moffitt, Curt Hudberg
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Publication number: 20240074914Abstract: An oxygen scavenging dressing includes a patient interface layer, an absorbent layer, a foam layer, an oxygen scavenging layer, and a film layer. The film layer is configured to seal with a patient's skin and define an inner volume within which the patient interface layer, the absorbent layer, the foam layer, and the oxygen scavenging layer are positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Timothy Mark ROBINSON, Thomas Alan EDWARDS, John R. HARPER, Christopher Brian LOCKE
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Patent number: 10982876Abstract: A wireless damper control and test system comprising a wireless controller for communicating with a wireless interface using an identifier whereby actuation timing of a damper actuator is transmitted by signal, the wireless interface connected to a damper to be controlled or tested using the transmitted signal, the wireless controller transmits the signals to the wireless interface for operational verification of the damper and damper actuator, and the wireless interface detects a damper state by contacts mounted on the damper and communicates the damper state to the wireless controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLCInventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Josiah Wiley, Timothy A. Vogel
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Publication number: 20200011566Abstract: A wireless damper control and test system comprising a wireless controller for communicating with a wireless interface using an identifier whereby actuation timing of a damper actuator is transmitted by signal, the wireless interface connected to a damper to be controlled or tested using the transmitted signal, the wireless controller transmits the signals to the wireless interface for operational verification of the damper and damper actuator, and the wireless interface detects a damper state by contacts mounted on the damper and communicates the damper state to the wireless controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Josiah Wiley, Timothy A. Vogel
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Patent number: 10415847Abstract: A wireless damper control and test system comprising a wireless controller for communicating with a wireless interface using an identifier whereby actuation timing of a damper actuator is transmitted by signal, the wireless interface connected to a damper to be controlled or tested using the transmitted signal, the wireless controller transmits the signals to the wireless interface for operational verification of the damper and damper actuator, and the wireless interface detects a damper state by contacts mounted on the damper and communicates the damper state to the wireless controller.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLCInventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Josiah Wiley, Timothy A. Vogel
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Publication number: 20160320087Abstract: A wireless damper control and test system comprising a wireless controller for communicating with a wireless interface using an identifier whereby actuation timing of a damper actuator is transmitted by signal, the wireless interface connected to a damper to be controlled or tested using the transmitted signal, the wireless controller transmits the signals to the wireless interface for operational verification of the damper and damper actuator, and the wireless interface detects a damper state by contacts mounted on the damper and communicates the damper state to the wireless controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Josiah Wiley, Timothy A. Vogel
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Patent number: 9395099Abstract: A wireless damper control and test system comprising a wireless controller for communicating with a wireless interface using an identifier whereby actuation timing of a damper actuator is transmitted by signal, the wireless interface connected to a damper to be controlled or tested using the transmitted signal, the wireless controller transmits the signals to the wireless interface for operational verification of the damper and damper actuator, and the wireless interface detects a damper state by contacts mounted on the damper and communicates the damper state to the wireless controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: RUSKIN COMPANYInventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Josiah Wiley, Timothy A. Vogel
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Publication number: 20140203090Abstract: A wireless damper control and test system comprising a wireless controller for communicating with a wireless interface using an identifier whereby actuation timing of a damper actuator is transmitted by signal, the wireless interface connected to a damper to be controlled or tested using the transmitted signal, the wireless controller transmits the signals to the wireless interface for operational verification of the damper and damper actuator, and the wireless interface detects a damper state by contacts mounted on the damper and communicates the damper state to the wireless controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Josiah Wiley, Timothy A. Vogel
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Patent number: 5703362Abstract: A method for nondestructive/noncontact detection of alpha case on a surface of a workpiece made of titanium or a titanium-based alloy. Infrared radiation is reflected off of a selected portion of the workpiece surface and sensed by a detector which may comprise a scanning infrared radiometer, an infrared camera, or a spot radiometer. The presence of any alpha case in the selected portion of the workpiece surface is detected by comparing the intensity of the reflected infrared radiation to a predetermined intensity known to be indicative of the absence of alpha case. An image of the reflected infrared radiation may be created and the step of detecting the presence of alpha case may include the step of comparing the intensity of the reflected infrared radiation within the image to the predetermined intensity. According to a preferred embodiment, a target may be disposed between the source of the infrared radiation and the workpiece surface so as to create a predetermined pattern within the image.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: John W. Devitt, Thomas R. Edwards, Thomas E. Bantel
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Patent number: 5544480Abstract: The disclosure describes a fuel scheduling system that controls the fuel into the pilot burner of an afterburner by making fuel flow directly proportional to compressor discharge pressure at low compressor pressures, but to limit fuel flow to a fixed value at high A/B pressures. This is accomplished by used of a fixed orifice trim in combination with a variable orifice inserted in the fuel tube for the afterburner.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1994Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Thomas R. Edwards
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Patent number: 4566266Abstract: This invention relates to a method of achieving a desired fuel/oxygen mass ratio in an internal combustion engine for an existing ambient air temperature comprising of the steps of determining a desired fuel/air differential pressure corresponding to the desired fuel/oxygen mass ratio for said engine at any particular ambient air temperature; and adjusting the fuel flow to said engine to achieve the desired differential fuel/air pressure. The invention also comprises apparatus for achieving a desired fuel/oxygen mass ratio in an internal combustion engine for an existing ambient air temperature comprising means for determining a desired fuel/air differential pressure corresponding to a desired fuel/oxygen mass ratio for said engine at any particular ambient air temperature; and means for adjusting the fuel flow to said engine to achieve the desired fuel/air differential pressure for the existing ambient air temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1984Date of Patent: January 28, 1986Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.Inventors: Harry A. Kidd, Thomas R. Edwards
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Patent number: 4528639Abstract: Apparatus for doubling the data density rate of an analog to digital converter or doubling the data density storage capacity of a memory device. An interstitial data point midway between adjacent data points in a data stream having an even number of equal interval data points is generated by applying a set of predetermined one-dimensional convolute integer coefficients which can include a set of multiplier coefficients and a normalizer coefficient. Interpolator means apply the coefficients to the data points by weighting equally on each side of the center of the even number of equal interval data points to obtain an interstital point value at the center of the data points. A one-dimensional output data set, which is twice as dense as a one-dimensional equal interval input data set, can be generated where the output data set includes interstitial points interdigitated between adjacent data points in the input data set.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1982Date of Patent: July 9, 1985Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventor: Thomas R. Edwards
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Patent number: 3949206Abstract: An electrical filter for removing noise from a voice communications signal in which, for example, seven sample values of the signal are obtained continuously updated and subjected to filtering. Filtering is accomplished by adding balanced, with respect to a mid-point sample, spaced pairs of the sampled values and then multiplying each pair by a selected filter constant. The signal products thus obtained are summed to provide a filtered version of the original signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1974Date of Patent: April 6, 1976Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Thomas R. Edwards, Hugh W. Zeanah