Patents by Inventor Timothy Hill

Timothy Hill 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: 20250179792
    Abstract: A riser assembly for construction of riser apertures in concrete floors comprises a frame member with a channel forming a shutter. A joist spanning the riser aperture is connected to the channel with a fixing which can slide axially within the channel when connected to the joist. A method of constructing the riser aperture is also disclosed, permitting the adjustment of the position of the joist by sliding the joist axially along the channel after the riser aperture is formed. Upper and lower walls of the channel converge to form a dovetail, which anchors the channel along its length within the settable material forming the floor around the riser, and also helps to retain the fixing within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventor: Timothy Hill
  • Patent number: 12174055
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of verifying the health of a liquid level detection device, preferably a vibrating fork level switch, while the device remains in situ. The method includes, independently of the device, verifying if the fork tines are fully wet or fully dry. This step can be carried out by a further, independent, level measuring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT TANK RADAR AB
    Inventors: Jingdong Zhang, Timothy Hill, Marianne Williams
  • Publication number: 20220397444
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of verifying the health of a liquid level detection device, preferably a vibrating fork level switch, while the device remains in situ. The method includes, independently of the device, verifying if the fork tines are fully wet or fully dry. This step can be carried out by a further, independent, level measuring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jingdong Zhang, Timothy Hill, Marianne Williams
  • Publication number: 20220349563
    Abstract: The present invention may be directed to an improved LED downlight with enhanced features including a multi-adjustable junction box and cover assembly, and arm and hinge mechanisms for better installation and packaging of said improved LED downlight. The versatile configuration of the junction box, mounting plate arm, and hinge mechanisms may allow the entire assembly to be maneuvered over various sized ceiling holes for ease of driver and LED replacement and maintenance. Other features and improvements may include compact compressible and expandable three-piece hangar bar mounting brackets, an integral air-tight box, and/or a system for mounting the improved LED downlight to various ceiling thicknesses. The improved LED downlight may be used in both new construction and remodel retrofit installations, sharing the majority of parts, providing ease and flexibility for the installer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Lighting & Supplies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Luk, Joel Gross, Timothy Hill
  • Patent number: 11473764
    Abstract: The present invention may be directed to an improved LED downlight with enhanced features including a multi-adjustable junction box and cover assembly, and arm and hinge mechanisms for better installation and packaging of said improved LED downlight. The versatile configuration of the junction box, mounting plate arm, and hinge mechanisms may allow the entire assembly to be maneuvered over various sized ceiling holes for ease of driver and LED replacement and maintenance. Other features and improvements may include compact compressible and expandable three-piece hangar bar mounting brackets, an integral air-tight box, and/or a system for mounting the improved LED downlight to various ceiling thicknesses. The improved LED downlight may be used in both new construction and remodel retrofit installations, sharing the majority of parts, providing ease and flexibility for the installer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Lighting & Supplies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Luk, Joel Gross, Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20220249729
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved combination LED light troffer and passive UVGI air chamber for providing both general lighting and disinfection of contaminated used air that is cleaned, treated, and purified before returning back to the HVAC system for recycling. The improvement including an internal and quiet UVGI air chamber that uses natural air convection from the HVAC system to take in air for sanitizing inside the UVGI air chamber for a brief amount of time, and then releasing it out to the air return of the HVAC system. The UVGI air chamber being operational only when the HVAC system is active and independent of the operation of the LED light troffer for general lighting. UVC light sources include germicidal fluorescent lamps, cold cathode lamps, excimer type lamps, and UVC type LED emitters in different UVC wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Lighting and Supplies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Hill, John Luk, Joel Gross, Ngoc-Thao Ly
  • Publication number: 20080066164
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a control unit for controlling user access to a computer in accordance with a user profile. An administrator of the computer is enabled to remotely access and modify the user profile. The user profile is stored at least in a remote database that is accessible via a server. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20070288801
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for verifying the integrity of web server content. Communication with a server is initiated and content is retrieved that is specified by a Uniform Resource Locator. The content is parsed and searched for an error message. When the content contains linked content, then the linked content is parsed and also searched for the error message. The error message is logged to indicate an existence of a partial page error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Karthiksundar Sankaran, Zakir Patrawala, Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20070225363
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods for inhibiting dynamin-dependent endocytosis in cells comprising treating the cells with an effective amount of a compound of formula (I), or a dimeric tyrphostin, physiologically acceptable salt, or prodrug thereof. Compounds useful in the methods described are also provided. The inhibition of dynamin-dependent endocytosis of cells is applicable to the treatment of epilepsy and neurological disorders and conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicants: the University of Newcastle Research Associates Ltd., Children's Medical Research Instiute
    Inventors: Adam McCluskey, Phillip Robinson, Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20070062783
    Abstract: A hopper coin feeder (1) comprises upper and lower hopper discs (18, 25). A flexible hopper wall (17) of diabolo shape cooperates with the upper disc (18) to control the feeding of coins by a coin pushing member (35) to the outer margin of the disc (18) where they are gripped between an annular band (33) and the disc (18) to be conveyed past a coin discriminator (61). Any coins or debris that drop from the edge of upper disc (18) are caught on the lower disc (25) and pass to a reject chute (132) and coin payout cup (12). An active coin delivery chute and diverter (80), FIG. 10, comprises a reciprocable plate (81) having a finger (82) which controls whether a coin fed from the upper disc (18) passes down the chute or is rejected onto the lower disc (25). Coins that pass down the chute enter a bowl (89) of a double-disc coin conveying assembly (5) that conveys a coin from the bowl (89) to a LIFO coin stacks (3) of a coin storage unit (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20060286915
    Abstract: A coin conveying apparatus has a belt provided with a perforated coin support surface, and with a rack of belt teeth, for driving the belt by a toothed drive member. Coins are held to the belt by vacuum suction forces. An elongate vacuum manifold extends along a portion of the path of the belt, and coins that are in face contact with the coin support surface of the belt over said path portion are subject to suction forces to hold those coins against the belt, whereby the coins are conveyed by the belt along said portion of the belt path. Vacuum distribution means is provided for varying the suction forces applied to the coins according to the position of the coins along the said belt path portion, whereby the suction forces are enhanced at the upstream end of the belt path portion, to assist in the initial gripping of the coins to the belt when the coins first encounter the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventor: Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20060168541
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for retrieving web documents. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a web retrieval tool interface configured to display a context menu from any web page that is being viewed. The context menu displays at least one option for retrieving a document at a predetermined network address. The system further includes logic configured to retrieve the document corresponding to a selected option in the context menu. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Hill, Zakir Patrawala, Karthiksundar Sankaran
  • Publication number: 20050287941
    Abstract: A hopper coin and disc feeder of the inclined disc type is provided with vacuum suction means to hold the coins on the margin of the disc, rather than the disc being provided with mechanical driving means, such as pockets or a high-friction peripheral band. The margin of the disc is provided with a series of circumferentially-spaced through-holes, and a vacuum manifold is arranged at the rear of the disc to connect the disc holes in an arcuate region of the path of the disc margin to vacuum, the arcuate region extending between the 5 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions of the disc in a direction of rotation, at which latter position the coins in single file are stripped from the disc by a belt conveying means. The vacuum manifold can be an arcuate chamber sealed to the disc by parallel sealing strips, or the manifold may be sealed by a single closed-loop seal that follows the disc margin, but crosses the path of the holes at the 5 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Timothy Hill, Simon Scott-Brown
  • Publication number: 20050278579
    Abstract: A system and method for generating run-time images of a software program, such as an operating system, builds a run-time image from a plurality of selected software program components, each of which is a discrete packet of functionality. Each component not only specifies its properties and resources but also provides script for its own build behavior. To build the run-time image, a configuration is constructed to include instances of selected components, and the scripts of the instances are invoked such that each component instance builds itself into the run-time image. A general framework is provided for managing the components and the build process. A prototyping scheme is provided for a component to inherit its properties, resources, and script from other components. Each component may also specify dependency data in terms of component inclusion in the run-time image and the orders in which the components are built into the run-time image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Hill, Bruce Beachman
  • Publication number: 20050246448
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for verifying the integrity of web server content. One method receives results from a client-resident integrity program operating on a client computer. The client-resident integrity program verifies integrity of a web resource communicated from a web server to the client computer. The method also receives results from a server-resident integrity program operating on the web server. The results are then merged and presented at a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Karthiksundar Sankaran, Zakir Patrawala, Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20050240827
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for verifying the integrity of web server content. One method communicates with a server specified by a Uniform Resource Locator. Content specified by the Uniform Resource Locator is retrieved. If the content contains an additional link to another Uniform Resource Locator, then the content is parsed to determine if the content contains an error message. The existence of the error message indicates a partial page error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Karthiksundar Sankaran, Zakir Patrawala, Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20050223082
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for verifying the integrity of web server content. One method receives a request for a Uniform Resource Locator, with the request originating from a referring Uniform Resource Locator. A response to the request is communicated. The method then stores the requested Uniform Resource Locator, the referring Uniform Resource Locator, a status code associated with the response, and a file size associated with the response. Logical rules are applied and a report is generated which pinpoints the URLs in error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Karthiksundar Sankaran, Zakir Patrawala, Timothy Hill
  • Publication number: 20050144519
    Abstract: A write filter is used to handle write operations by an operating system of a computing device that has a main storage medium in which the operating system image is stored. The write filter is placed in the operating system to intercept write commands for writing state data into the main storage medium and to write the state data onto a non-volatile auxiliary storage medium to prevent the state data from being lost when the device is shut down. The write filter creates checkpoints (or watermarks) for the state data in the non-volatile memory to protect them from being written over and to allow the system to roll back to a previous state. The write filter also enables the operating system image in a writable main storage medium of the computing device to be replaced with a new operating system image while the operating system is still running through by gradually copying the new image into the main storage while moving the old image into a look-aside buffer in the RAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Hill, Bruce Beachman
  • Publication number: 20050065935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling access to to Internet sites from a computer. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide an Internet user interface to access Internet sites from the computer. An access control unit regulates user-access to Internet sites from the computer according to a user profile of a current user of the computer. The user profile for the current user of the computer indicates which content categories the current user is authorized to access. The content categories are remotely stored in a database. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani
  • Publication number: 20050066290
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling the displaying of a pop-up window on a computer. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a pop-up monitor to detect a request to display a pop-up window, and a pop-up inhibitor to prevent the displaying of a pop-up window if a current user of the computer has not requested the pop-up window to be displayed. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Anil Chebolu, Timothy Hill, Marie McMenamin, Zakir Patrawala, Samira Virani