Patents by Inventor Timothy Vincent

Timothy Vincent 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: 20240120689
    Abstract: The electrical connector unit includes a first connector electrically coupled to a component to define a path for electrical supply therethrough for an activation and a deactivation of the component. The first connector includes a body, electrical contacts, and an opening. The body includes a surface that defines an array of electrical contact locations including one or more first electrical contact locations and a second electrical contact location. The electrical contacts extend correspondingly from the first electrical contact locations. The opening extends from the second electrical contact location to fluidly couple with an interior of an enclosure encasing the component. The first connector is configured to receive a second connector configured to facilitate passage of a fluid through the opening to create a pressure differential between the interior of the enclosure and an exterior of the enclosure for performing a leak testing of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John Ryan Jones, Rodney Lee Rolffs, Timothy Vincent Connor
  • Publication number: 20240080594
    Abstract: A speaker can have a main body with a generally spheroidal shape, which can be supported standing on its end. The speaker can include a subwoofer that faces forward. A plurality of mid-range drivers can be distributed around the sub-woofer, facing generally forward and radially outward. A plurality of tweeters can be distributed around the sub-woofer, facing generally forward and generally outward. The outer housing portion of the speaker can be covered with a fabric material. A user interface ring 162 can be touch sensitive to receive input, and can have a plurality of lights that can be illuminated separately to convey information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy David Williamson, Peter Joseph Hamblin, Maximilian Vincent Wozniak, Robert James Wilson, Wilson E. Taylor, JR., Larry E. Hand, Mark Robert Westcott, Mark Edward Trainer, Ellie Rei Fukuda, Joel Robert Sietsema, Paul Michael Belanger, Matthew Patrick Lyons, Timothy Steven DeYoung, Werner Kirchmann, Ralph Wilhelm Hermann
  • Publication number: 20240077438
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an inspection apparatus for inspecting a component. The inspection apparatus including a robotic arm. A micro-XRF instrument having an instrument head coupled to the robotic arm. A seat supporting the component within a scanning area during inspection; and a computer in communication with the robotic arm and the micro-XRF instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Richard DiDomizio, Michael Christopher Andersen, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Timothy Hanlon, Wayne Lee Lawrence, Ramkumar Kashyap Oruganti, Jonathan Rutherford Owens, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Adarsh Shukla, Eric John Telfeyan, Gregory Donald Crim, Michael Wylie Krauss, André Dziurla, Sven Martin Joachim Larisch, Falk Reinhardt, Roald Alberto Tagle Berdan, Henning Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11914742
    Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein provide systems and methods that use an inmate-accessible electronic briefcase to facilitate an inmate's organization of significant content. Electronic documents are created and stored in an organized document storage area that may be accessed while the inmates are incarcerated and after the inmates are released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: John Vincent Townsend, III, Timothy Edwin Pabon, Rick Allen Lubbehusen, Eugene B. Joswick, III
  • Patent number: 11041422
    Abstract: The present application provides a combined cycle system. The combined cycle system may include a number of gas turbine engines, a number of heat recovery steam generators with a selective catalyst reduction and/or oxidation catalyst system, and a catalyst heating system. The catalyst heating system directs an extraction from a first gas turbine engine of the number of gas turbine engines to the selective catalyst reduction and/or oxidation catalyst system of a second heat recovery steam generator of the number of heat recovery steam generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: George Vargese Mathai, Alexander James Pistner, Joseph Philip Klosinski, Jeremy Andrew Williams, Timothy Vincent Weiser
  • Patent number: 10378280
    Abstract: Shock absorber systems include a drive plate having a plurality of removable lugs. The drive plate is connectable to a rotary drive shaft. The shock absorber further includes a driven plate connectable to a rotary driven shaft. A housing may be fixedly secured to either or both of the drive plate and the driven plate. The housing may have an outer wall forming a hollow center portion and a plurality of openings extending through the outer wall to the hollow center portion. Each opening of the plurality of openings may have first and second positive stops formed thereon. The shock absorber further comprises an elastomeric member disposed in the housing between the drive plate and the driven plate. The elastomeric member is configured to absorb vibration from the driven plate. Each removable lug of the plurality of removable lugs has first and second striking faces at a radially distal edge and on circumferentially opposing sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Utex Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Carter, Timothy Vincent Burns
  • Publication number: 20190226374
    Abstract: The present application provides a combined cycle system. The combined cycle system may include a number of gas turbine engines, a number of heat recovery steam generators with a selective catalyst reduction and/or oxidation catalyst system, and a catalyst heating system. The catalyst heating system directs an extraction from a first gas turbine engine of the number of gas turbine engines to the selective catalyst reduction and/or oxidation catalyst system of a second heat recovery steam generator of the number of heat recovery steam generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: George Vargese Mathai, Alexander James Pistner, Joseph Philip Klosinski, Jeremy Andrew Williams, Timothy Vincent Weiser
  • Patent number: 10316604
    Abstract: A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: UTEX Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Brett Thomas Sheely, Timothy Vincent Burns
  • Patent number: 9767311
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for stack isolation in a storage system including a storage network switch and multiple storage sub-systems (e.g., storage stacks). The storage network switch includes multiple ports and at least one of the ports is configured to dynamically connect to a device that can be either a storage controller device or a storage sub-system. The technology can receive an identification message indicating that a device is connected to a port of a storage network switch, determine based on the identification message at the storage network switch whether the device is a storage controller device or a storage sub-system, and transfer messages between the ports of the storage network switch such that the storage network switch prevents communications between storage sub-systems connected to the storage network switch, but allows communications between the storage sub-systems and storage controller devices connected to the storage network switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lin, Wayne Booth, Radek Aster, John Fabrizio Bevilacqua, Timothy Vincent Lee
  • Publication number: 20170247946
    Abstract: Shock absorber systems include a drive plate having a plurality of removable lugs. The drive plate is connectable to a rotary drive shaft. The shock absorber further includes a driven plate connectable to a rotary driven shaft. A housing may be fixedly secured to either or both of the drive plate and the driven plate. The housing may have an outer wall forming a hollow center portion and a plurality of openings extending through the outer wall to the hollow center portion. Each opening of the plurality of openings may have first and second positive stops formed thereon. The shock absorber further comprises an elastomeric member disposed in the housing between the drive plate and the driven plate. The elastomeric member is configured to absorb vibration from the driven plate. Each removable lug of the plurality of removable lugs has first and second striking faces at a radially distal edge and on circumferentially opposing sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Derek Carter, Timothy Vincent Burns
  • Publication number: 20160002995
    Abstract: A diverter flowline seal assembly for use in subsea drilling. The seal assembly includes a seal body having an inner diameter end and an outer diameter end formed of an inflatable elastomeric material having a first modulus. The inner diameter end of the seal body includes two diametrically opposed axially inward lip portions and two diametrically opposed axially outward base portions. Integrated with the inflatable elastomeric material at the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body is a material having a modulus that is higher than the modulus of the inflatable elastomeric material so as to prevent the radial expansion of the lip portions and the base portions of the inner diameter end of the seal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Henry Naedler, Brett Thomas Sheely, Timothy Vincent Burns
  • Patent number: 9169668
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a kit and method for operating or operably connecting an American locking cylinder into a European cylinder type mortise lock with the American locking cylinder functioning with the European cylinder mortise lock in place of the European locking cylinder itself. The present disclosure provides a door cylinder conversion kit that converts the European cylinder mortise lock to be operable with an American cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hopper Holding AG
    Inventor: Timothy Vincent George
  • Publication number: 20150120779
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for stack isolation in a storage system including a storage network switch and multiple storage sub-systems (e.g., storage stacks). The storage network switch includes multiple ports and at least one of the ports is configured to dynamically connect to a device that can be either a storage controller device or a storage sub-system. The technology can receive an identification message indicating that a device is connected to a port of a storage network switch, determine based on the identification message at the storage network switch whether the device is a storage controller device or a storage sub-system, and transfer messages between the ports of the storage network switch such that the storage network switch prevents communications between storage sub-systems connected to the storage network switch, but allows communications between the storage sub-systems and storage controller devices connected to the storage network switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lin, Wayne Booth, Radek Aster, John Fabrizio Bevilacqua, Timothy Vincent Lee
  • Publication number: 20140273640
    Abstract: There is provided a bus bar fuse holder configured to receive a fuse link and couple each end of the fuse link to a line conductor and a load conductor within the holder. The bus bar holder includes a housing that defines a space in the housing proximate one of a line terminal and load terminal. A clamp unit is configured to receive a portion of a bus bar with the lineup clamp unit disposed in the space defined in the housing. The space configured in the housing also encloses a substantial portion of the bus bar within the housing in a space defined between U-shaped members of the clamp unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Marathon Special Products n/k/a Regal Beloit America, Inc., a subsidiary of Regal -Beloit Corpo
    Inventors: Timothy Vincent Brakefield, Joseph Brown, James Hemp
  • Publication number: 20140075728
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a kit and method for operating or operably connecting an American locking cylinder into a European cylinder type mortise lock with the American locking cylinder functioning with the European cylinder mortise lock in place of the European locking cylinder itself. The present disclosure provides a door cylinder conversion kit that converts the European cylinder mortise lock to be operable with an American cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Timothy Vincent George
  • Patent number: 8468266
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product uses a plurality of message transmitters to achieve high availability message transmission. The plurality of message transmitters are each operable to transmit a message to a subscriber. In accordance with a determination, for example, of the value of the connections, the message is copied and transmitted to the plurality of the message transmitters so that at least one of the plurality of message transmitters transmits the copy to the subscriber. The at least one message transmitter may be selected by analyzing the message and determining an associated rule based on characteristics of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Emir Garza, Stephen James Hobson, John Brian Pickering, Timothy Vincent Pickrell, Steven Powell
  • Patent number: 8386362
    Abstract: A process for distributing information in an electronic market includes an insertion process to insert, in a file that resides in a storage medium, information representing an activity relating to a security interest stored in an order book that resides in main memory and is accessible by a matching process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Santino Failla, Georgia Bilis, George David Easterbrook, Jr., Timothy Vincent
  • Publication number: 20120290685
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product uses a plurality of message transmitters to achieve high availability message transmission. The plurality of message transmitters are each operable to transmit a message to a subscriber. In accordance with a determination, for example, of the value of the connections, the message is copied and transmitted to the plurality of the message transmitters so that at least one of the plurality of message transmitters transmits the copy to the subscriber. The at least one message transmitter may be selected by analyzing the message and determining an associated rule based on characteristics of the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jose Emir Garza, Stephen James Hobson, John Brian Pickering, Timothy Vincent Pickrell, Steven Powell
  • Patent number: 8307114
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product uses a plurality of message transmitters to achieve high availability message transmission. The plurality of message transmitters are each operable to transmit a message to a subscriber. In accordance with a determination, for example, of the value of the connections, the message is copied and transmitted to the plurality of the message transmitters so that at least one of the plurality of message transmitters transmits the copy to the subscriber. The at least one message transmitter may be selected by analyzing the message and determining an associated rule based on characteristics of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Emir Garza, Stephen James Hobson, John Brian Pickering, Timothy Vincent Pickrell, Steven Powell
  • Patent number: 8244622
    Abstract: A trading process for trading securities in an electronic market includes a matching process to match a portion of a received order for a security against a security interest stored in an order book that resides in main memory of a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Hughes, Jr., Daniel F. Moore, Bruce E. Friedman, Timothy Vincent