Patents by Inventor Thomas Stopp

Thomas Stopp 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: 12152338
    Abstract: A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Grayson Stopp, Thomas Crisp, Lk Lin, Carry Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240268880
    Abstract: Modular generator system comprising at least two generator types which are composed of a plurality of generator components and differ with regard to their equipment and/or functions. The generator components comprise a power supply and an inverter for generating an output energy for an electrosurgical instrument. The generator types are each of modular design with a plurality of modules: (i) at least one uniform base module having a communication unit, and (ii) at least one individual module which may differ depending on generator type. Individual modules can be a module for the power supply, a module for the inverter, a module for the output connection. Different generator types differ with regard to their individual module equipment. By virtue of such a two-tier module concept, namely uniform base module and differing individual modules, a maximum number of variants can be achieved with a minimum number of different modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Olympus Winter & IBE GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Dietrich, Anne Kwik, Daniel Ramin, Thomas Fähsing, Thomas Prezewowsky, Stefan Schiddel, Jens Krüger, Mario Arnold, Rocco Arras-Krempien, Wolfgang Kühne, Jelle Dijkstra, Fabian Janich, Fabian Stopp, Imke Malchow, Veronika Handrick
  • Publication number: 20240239125
    Abstract: A heat press docking station base (52) comprises a nest portion (75) and one or more legs (58). The nest portion (52) includes a body shell (60, 62) and a perforated floor (54). The body shell (60, 62) includes a lower surface (63). The perforated floor (54) is connected to the body shell (60, 62). The one or more legs (58) extend from a lower surface (63) of the body shell (60, 62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: James Alan Elzey, Xiao Peng, Yung Tseng Chen, Ildefonso M. Resuello, JR., Grayson Stopp, Marc Korbuly, Thomas Crisp, Scot Herbst
  • Publication number: 20220031895
    Abstract: An unmanned ground-based hygiene maintenance vehicle, UGV, includes a housing with a base plate, top plate and housing side wall substantially perpendicular to the base plate. Arranged in the housing is at least one wheel drive coupled to at least one wheel in a recess in the base plate. The UGV includes sensors for sensing the environment of the UGV, and a controller for autonomous location and navigation of the UGV based on sensing parameters of the sensors. The UGV includes an articulated robot arm on the top plate of the housing and to support a hygiene maintenance tool. The UGV includes at least one load-receiving element coupled to the housing side wall and extending outwards from the housing side wall, wherein the load-receiving element includes a load support surface for supporting a hygiene maintenance tool supply module with respect to a vertical direction extending transverse to the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Le Polotec, Thomas Stopp, Matthias Kossow
  • Publication number: 20220024738
    Abstract: An unmanned ground-based transport vehicle, UGV, includes a housing, having a base plate and at least one housing side wall substantially perpendicular to the base plate. Arranged in the housing is at least one wheel drive, which is coupled to at least one wheel. The wheel is arranged in a recess in the base plate. The UGV further includes sensors for sensing the environment of the UGV, and a controller for autonomous location and navigation of the UGV on the basis of sensing parameters of the sensors. The UGV includes at least one load-receiving element coupled to the housing side wall and extending outwards from the housing side wall, wherein the load-receiving element includes a load support surface for supporting an item with respect to a vertical direction which extends transverse to the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Le Polotec, Thomas Stopp, Matthias Kossow
  • Patent number: 5445471
    Abstract: A plastic joint for articulating two components comprises two dimensionally stable fastening elements serving for connecting the plastic joint with the corresponding component and a joint element arranged between the fastening elements defining at least one joint axis for deflecting the joint out of its straight position. The joint element is formed as a flexible moulded part which is injected directly with its ends to the fastening elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: EuWe Eugen Wexler GmbH
    Inventors: Eugen Wexler, Thomas Stopp
  • Patent number: D1037720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung Tseng Chen, Stephanie Choplin, Thomas Crisp, Kyle Kenneth Johnson, Ryun Bates Noble, Ildefonso M. Resuello, Jr., Joel Thomas Ruiter, Grayson Stopp