Patents by Inventor Thomas Thorpe

Thomas Thorpe 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).

  • Retractable tactile interface
    Patent number: 11738871
    Abstract: A tactile interface including a touch pad and a support, the touch pad being hingedly attached to the support between the extended active position and a retracted inactive position, in which the pad is folded back towards the support wherein the support constitutes a drawer which is movable in a casing between a pulled-out position in which the interface is in the active position and an inserted position in which the interface is in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Electronics & Defense Cockpit Solutions
    Inventor: Thomas Thorpe
  • RETRACTABLE TACTILE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220276743
    Abstract: A tactile interface including a touch pad and a support, the touch pad being hingedly attached to the support between the extended active position and a retracted inactive position, in which the pad is folded back towards the support wherein the support constitutes a drawer which is movable in a casing between a pulled-out position in which the interface is in the active position and an inserted position in which the interface is in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: Thomas Thorpe
  • Control device for a human-machine interface, comprising electroactive elements
    Patent number: 11300991
    Abstract: A control device for a human-machine interface includes a base and a moveable member in the form of a lever or a push element, which can be moved relative to the base. The control device further includes at least one electroactive element positioned between the moveable member and a fixed element of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: Thomas Thorpe
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE, COMPRISING ELECTROACTIVE ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20200272194
    Abstract: A control device for a human-machine interface includes a base and a moveable member in the form of a lever or a push element, which can be moved relative to the base. The control device further includes at least one electroactive element positioned between the moveable member and a fixed element of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
    Inventor: Thomas Thorpe
  • Systems, devices and methods for aseptic processing
    Publication number: 20060048844
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system comprising an automatic container positioner that, in an operative embodiment, positions a container for introduction of a filling to the container via a filling inlet of the container. In certain embodiments, the container can be located in a critical zone positioned in an airflow encountering no Class 100 contaminant generators upstream from the critical zone. In certain embodiments, the positioner can be located downstream of the filling inlet of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: William Merrill, Thomas Thorpe