Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Turner

Thomas R. Turner 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: 20220104393
    Abstract: A appliance immersion tank system comprising: a generally rectangular tank adapted to immerse in a dielectric fluid a plurality of appliances, each in a respective appliance slot distributed vertically along, and extending transverse to, the long axis of the tank; a primary circulation facility adapted to circulate the dielectric fluid through the tank; a secondary fluid circulation facility adapted to extract heat from the dielectric fluid circulating in the primary circulation facility, and to dissipate to the environment the heat so extracted; and a control facility adapted to coordinate the operation of the primary and secondary fluid circulation facilities as a function of the temperature of the dielectric fluid in the tank. A plenum, positioned adjacent the bottom of the tank, is adapted to dispense the dielectric fluid substantially uniformly upwardly through each appliance slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher L. Boyd, James P. Koen, David Christopher Laguna, Thomas R. Turner, Kenneth D. Swinden, Mario Conti Garcia, John Charles Tribou
  • Publication number: 20220104394
    Abstract: A appliance immersion tank system comprising: a generally rectangular tank adapted to immerse in a dielectric fluid a plurality of appliances, each in a respective appliance slot distributed vertically along, and extending transverse to, the long axis of the tank; a primary circulation facility adapted to circulate the dielectric fluid through the tank; a secondary fluid circulation facility adapted to extract heat from the dielectric fluid circulating in the primary circulation facility, and to dissipate to the environment the heat so extracted; and a control facility adapted to coordinate the operation of the primary and secondary fluid circulation facilities as a function of the temperature of the dielectric fluid in the tank. A plenum, positioned adjacent the bottom of the tank, is adapted to dispense the dielectric fluid substantially uniformly upwardly through each appliance slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher L. Boyd, Kenneth D. Swinden, Mario Conti Garcia, John Charles Tribou, Thomas R. Turner, James P. Koen, David Christopher Laguna
  • Patent number: 10820446
    Abstract: A appliance immersion tank system comprising: a generally rectangular tank adapted to immerse in a dielectric fluid a plurality of appliances, each in a respective appliance slot distributed vertically along, and extending transverse to, the long axis of the tank; a primary circulation facility adapted to circulate the dielectric fluid through the tank; a secondary fluid circulation facility adapted to extract heat from the dielectric fluid circulating in the primary circulation facility, and to dissipate to the environment the heat so extracted; and a control facility adapted to coordinate the operation of the primary and secondary fluid circulation facilities as a function of the temperature of the dielectric fluid in the tank. A plenum, positioned adjacent the bottom of the tank, is adapted to dispense the dielectric fluid substantially uniformly upwardly through each appliance slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Midas Green Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Boyd, James P. Koen, David Christopher Laguna, Thomas R. Turner, Kenneth D. Swinden, Mario Conti Garcia, John Charles Tribou
  • Patent number: 10405457
    Abstract: A appliance immersion tank system comprising: a generally rectangular tank adapted to immerse in a dielectric fluid a plurality of appliances, each in a respective appliance slot distributed vertically along, and extending transverse to, the long axis of the tank; a primary circulation facility adapted to circulate the dielectric fluid through the tank; a secondary fluid circulation facility adapted to extract heat from the dielectric fluid circulating in the primary circulation facility, and to dissipate to the environment the heat so extracted; and a control facility adapted to coordinate the operation of the primary and secondary fluid circulation facilities as a function of the temperature of the dielectric fluid in the tank. A plenum, positioned adjacent the bottom of the tank, is adapted to dispense the dielectric fluid substantially uniformly upwardly through each appliance slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Midas Green Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Boyd, James P. Koen, David Christopher Laguna, Thomas R. Turner, Kenneth D. Swinden, Mario Conti Garcia, John Charles Tribou
  • Publication number: 20190200482
    Abstract: A appliance immersion tank system comprising: a generally rectangular tank adapted to immerse in a dielectric fluid a plurality of appliances, each in a respective appliance slot distributed vertically along, and extending transverse to, the long axis of the tank; a primary circulation facility adapted to circulate the dielectric fluid through the tank; a secondary fluid circulation facility adapted to extract heat from the dielectric fluid circulating in the primary circulation facility, and to dissipate to the environment the heat so extracted; and a control facility adapted to coordinate the operation of the primary and secondary fluid circulation facilities as a function of the temperature of the dielectric fluid in the tank. A plenum, positioned adjacent the bottom of the tank, is adapted to dispense the dielectric fluid substantially uniformly upwardly through each appliance slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher L. Boyd, James P. Koen, David Christopher Laguna, Thomas R. Turner, Kenneth D. Swinden, Mario Conti Garcia, John Charles Tribou
  • Publication number: 20150181762
    Abstract: A appliance immersion tank system comprising: a generally rectangular tank adapted to immerse in a dielectric fluid a plurality of appliances, each in a respective appliance slot distributed vertically along, and extending transverse to, the long axis of the tank; a primary circulation facility adapted to circulate the dielectric fluid through the tank; a secondary fluid circulation facility adapted to extract heat from the dielectric fluid circulating in the primary circulation facility, and to dissipate to the environment the heat so extracted; and a control facility adapted to coordinate the operation of the primary and secondary fluid circulation facilities as a function of the temperature of the dielectric fluid in the tank. A plenum, positioned adjacent the bottom of the tank, is adapted to dispense the dielectric fluid substantially uniformly upwardly through each appliance slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: MIDAS GREEN TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Boyd, James P. Koen, David Christopher Laguna, Thomas R. Turner, Kenneth D. Swinden, Mario Conti Garcia, John Charles Tribou
  • Publication number: 20030038423
    Abstract: An educational toy/game having a box and having blocks with raised shapes thereon that fit into correspondingly shaped openings in the box. Aids in developing shape and color recognition in young children as well as improving dexterity in both children and adults.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas R. Turner, Jennifer Turner
  • Patent number: 4815619
    Abstract: A medicament vial safety cap which may be formed integrally at the time of manufacture of the medicament vial or added as an accessory to an existing conventional medicament vial allows an equalization of pressure to occur within a chamber adjacent to the stopper of the vial so that aerosolization of medicaments does not occur as a hypodermic needle is inserted or withdrawn from the vial. A hydrophobic filter, communicating between the vial safety chamber and the ambient, allows the pressure equalization to occur while trapping molecules of medicament inside the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Inventors: Thomas R. Turner, Bernard M. Kraemer, Michael L. Harrison
  • Patent number: D279473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventors: Samuel A. Hochstetler, Thomas R. Turner