Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Gates

Timothy A. Gates 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: 20230031457
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to crimp a tube are disclosed. An example crimp disclosed herein includes a first crimp section extending between a first end of the crimp and a point along the crimp between the first end and a second end, a first inner diameter of the first crimp section constant between the first end and the point, and a second crimp section adjacent the first crimp section, the second crimp section extending between the point and the second end, a second inner diameter of the second crimp section to increase from the point to the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Phil Geng, Ralph Miele, Christopher Gonzalez, Timothy Gates, Sanjoy Saha, Ashish Gupta, Sandeep Ahuja
  • Publication number: 20220036268
    Abstract: A method for matching financial services to locations includes identifying one or more locations which are unserved or underserved regarding financial services. A set of the financial services that could be applicable at one of the one or more locations is determined. A set of technologies needed to implement the set of financial services is determined. A vehicle that contains the set of technologies is identified. The vehicle is directed to the one of the one or more locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: H. Brock Kolls, Chhanda Charan Patanaik, Timothy A. Gates, Merle D. Wait, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220027874
    Abstract: Mobile banking systems and methods for providing disaster-relief in an area impacted by a disaster event include a plurality of autonomous mobile banking units (MBU), each with an autonomous vehicle including an automated teller machine (ATM). Data is received from a plurality of data sources and analyzed to determine a plurality of locations for deployment of the plurality of MBUs, respectively. The plurality of MBUs are autonomously deployed to the respective plurality of locations in response to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: H. Brock Kolls, Timothy A. Gates, Thomas Charles Evans