Patents by Inventor Trevor Thomas

Trevor Thomas 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: 20250049977
    Abstract: A scent dispensing device may perform dynamic scent diffusion by identifying a scent type in a scent container of the fragrance management apparatus, determining a room dimension where the fragrance management apparatus is installed, determining a removal rate of a remaining scent in the scent container, determining a concentration level based on settings of the scent container, calculating a ppm output of the fragrance management apparatus for the scent type based on the room dimensions, the removal rate, and the concentration level, and causing the fragrance management apparatus to maintain a fragrance level based on the ppm output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Trevor Davis, Sam Biggs, Dane Thomas, Andrew Wallin
  • Patent number: 12023576
    Abstract: A video game controller includes a body having a shape that resembles a guitar body, a neck and a headstock, the neck extending between the body and the headstock. The neck has fret buttons or action buttons on one side of the neck and has a thumbstick on an opposite side of the neck proximate at least one of the fret buttons or action buttons to allow a user to operate the fret buttons or action buttons and thumbstick simultaneously with the same hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas John Tondee, Storm Orion, Thomas John Roberts, Trevor Thomas Lehr
  • Patent number: 11928744
    Abstract: A service engine determines whether there is a potential lack of transaction tax compliance in a plurality of jurisdictions for a plurality of entities. The service engine generates and/or transmits tax compliance data which may include information about potential lack of tax compliance of an entity in various jurisdictions based on rules about establishing nexus for purposes of remitting transaction tax in the jurisdictions. The tax compliance data may include a notification about the generation of the information, such as a notification to the entity that there exists a potential lack of tax compliance of that entity in specific jurisdictions. The service engine may update the tax compliance data dynamically and send corresponding notifications, automatically in real time or near real time for the applicable entity as sales of the entity change and/or rules for establishing nexus change for various jurisdictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Avalara, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Therrien, Jonathan Parramore, Sujoy Paul, Trevor Thomas, Kelly Woznicki, Jacob Wallace Bixby, Kevin Robert Halverson
  • Patent number: 11826639
    Abstract: A video game controller has triggers that can be depressed by a user. The triggers have associated trigger stops actuatable to limit the travel of the trigger when depressed by the user. The trigger stop can be selectively operated by the user to vary the trigger stop location, and therefore the amount of travel of the trigger when depressed, between multiple (e.g., more than 2, more than 3, more than 4, 5, etc.) positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLC
    Inventors: Storm Orion, Trevor Thomas Lehr, Ali Homayounfar
  • Publication number: 20230254268
    Abstract: Systems and methods electronically produce a local estimate of less-than-critical resources based on a client-side version of digital rules and coarse values received from an online service provider. Although using the client-side version of digital rules and the coarse values may not include all the parameters and values needed to provide a fully accurate estimate of the resource, the ability to locally estimate resources without having to make network calls to the online service provider, such as when there are unfavorable conditions or latency of the network, imminent overloading of the online service provider or other operating conditions or demands on the online service provider preventing it from producing a timely more accurate estimate, provides a faster and more efficient way of obtaining a potentially useful estimate of resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Seth Therrien, Jonathan Parramore, Sujoy Paul, Trevor Thomas, Kelly Woznicki, Jacob Wallace Bixby, Kevin Robert Halverson, Aaron Lee Robles, Nikki Nash, Mark Janzen, Rahul Aggarwal, Gregory T. Kavounas, Hemendra Pal
  • Patent number: 11643744
    Abstract: A method of processing a semiconductor wafer is provided. The method includes introducing the wafer to a main chamber via a loading port, using a transfer mechanism to transfer the wafer to a first wafer processing module in a stack so that the wafer is disposed substantially horizontally in the first wafer processing module with a front face facing upwards, and performing a processing step on the front face of the wafer in the first wafer processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SPTS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: John MacNeil, Martin Ayres, Trevor Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230035781
    Abstract: A retractor tool apparatus and method of manipulation are described. The retractor tool may include one or more blades. The one or more blades may be cranial/caudal blades. The one or more blades may be a medial blade. One or more portions of the retractor tool may be adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Trevor Thomas Jaye
  • Publication number: 20220305376
    Abstract: A video game controller has triggers that can be depressed by a user. The triggers have associated trigger stops actuatable to limit the travel of the trigger when depressed by the user. The trigger stop can be selectively operated by the user to vary the trigger stop location, and therefore the amount of travel of the trigger when depressed, between multiple (e.g., more than 2, more than 3, more than 4, 5, etc.) positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Storm Orion, Trevor Thomas Lehr, Ali Homayounfar
  • Patent number: 11383124
    Abstract: An exercise device is provided for use in connection with at least one bodyweight exercise. The device has a grip handle and a forearm support at substantially a perpendicular arrangement with the grip handle, allowing a user to grasp the grip handle and simultaneously place a forearm into the device. A curved finger shield region covers the grip handle and a curved forearm region covers the forearm support. The curved finger shield region and the curved forearm region form a contiguous curved surface with a substantially perpendicular transition between the two, such that a user grasping the grip handle and simultaneously resting their forearm on the forearm region, can support at least a portion of their body weight on either one of the curved finger shield regions or the curved forearm region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AB SHIELD LLC
    Inventor: Trevor Thomas McGovern
  • Publication number: 20220164307
    Abstract: A method for test configuration on a first math assistance device is provided that includes receiving a test code by the first math assistance device, wherein the test code includes one or more functionality restrictions, and entering secure test mode on the first math assistance device with the one or more functionality restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Trevor Thomas Chapman, Stephen B Loe, Malgorzata Anna Brothers, Matt Thomas Nicolosi, Michael Georges Stella
  • Publication number: 20220155011
    Abstract: A spin rinse dryer for treating a substrate has an enclosure, a rotatable support for supporting the substrate, a rotatable member located within the enclosure above the rotatable support, and a drive for rotating the rotatable member. During cleaning of the wafer, liquid that splashes up from the wafer will strike the rotatable member, rather than the upper wall of the enclosure, and may form droplets on the rotatable member. After the flow of cleaning liquid has stopped, the drive can rotate the rotatable member at high speed, which tends to throw the liquid droplets off the rotatable member through centrifugal force. The liquid then runs down the walls of the enclosure, away from the wafer, so that there is a much reduced chance of contamination of the cleaned wafer. The rotatable member and support may be integrally formed and rotated together or may be separate members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Trevor THOMAS, Martin Ayres
  • Patent number: 11298610
    Abstract: A video game controller has triggers that can be depressed by a user. The triggers have associated trigger stops actuatable to limit the travel of the trigger when depressed by the user. The trigger stop can be selectively operated by the user to vary the trigger stop location, and therefore the amount of travel of the trigger when depressed, between multiple (e.g., more than 2, more than 3, more than 4, 5, etc.) positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLC
    Inventors: Storm Orion, Trevor Thomas Lehr, Ali Homayounfar
  • Patent number: 11236433
    Abstract: An apparatus for electrochemically processing a semiconductor substrate includes a processing chamber of the type that is sealable to a peripheral portion of a semiconductor substrate so as to define a covered processing volume. The semiconductor substrate is supported by a substrate support. A magnetic arrangement is disposed outside of the processing chamber and produces a magnetic field. The magnetic field is changed using a controller for controlling the magnetic arrangement. An agitator is disposed within the processing chamber. The agitator comprises a magnetically responsive element which is responsive to changes in the magnetic field of the magnetic arrangement so as to provide a reciprocating motion to the agitator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SPTS Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Martin Ayres, John MacNeil, Trevor Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210394047
    Abstract: Videogame controllers can have a housing and a trigger movably coupled to the housing, the trigger pivotable from an undepressed position to a fully depressed position. A trigger stop assembly of the controller can include a clutch lever rotatable about a second axis, a clutch actuator attached to the clutch lever and configured to at least partially extend through an opening in the housing. A plunger is rotatable about a third axis and configured to define a travel limit of the trigger when the trigger is fully depressed and contacts at least a portion of the plunger. The plunger comprises a plurality of surfaces configured to releasably engage at least a portion of the clutch lever, where the travel limit of the trigger is adjustable between a plurality of travel limit positions by releasably engaging said at least a portion of the clutch lever with a different surface of the plurality of surface of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Storm Orion, Trevor Thomas Lehr, Ali Homayounfar
  • Publication number: 20210317592
    Abstract: A method of processing a semiconductor wafer is provided. The method includes introducing the wafer to a main chamber via a loading port, using a transfer mechanism to transfer the wafer to a first wafer processing module in a stack so that the wafer is disposed substantially horizontally in the first wafer processing module with a front face facing upwards, and performing a processing step on the front face of the wafer in the first wafer processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: JOHN MACNEIL, MARTIN AYRES, TREVOR THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20210252329
    Abstract: An exercise device is provided for use in connection with at least one bodyweight exercise. The device has a grip handle and a forearm support at substantially a perpendicular arrangement with the grip handle, allowing a user to grasp the grip handle and simultaneously place a forearm into the device. A curved finger shield region covers the grip handle and a curved forearm region covers the forearm support. The curved finger shield region and the curved forearm region form a contiguous curved surface with a substantially perpendicular transition between the two, such that a user grasping the grip handle and simultaneously resting their forearm on the forearm region, can support at least a portion of their body weight on either one of the curved finger shield regions or the curved forearm region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Trevor Thomas McGovern
  • Patent number: 11066754
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a front face of a semiconductor wafer is provided. The apparatus includes a main chamber, at least one loading port connected to the main chamber for introducing the wafer to the main chamber, at least one stack of wafer processing modules, and a transfer mechanism for transferring the wafer between the loading port and the processing modules. The at least one stack of wafer processing modules includes three or more substantially vertically stacked wafer processing modules, wherein adjacent wafer processing modules in the stack have a vertical separation of less than 50 cm, and each processing module is configured to process the wafer when disposed substantially horizontally therein with the front face of the wafer facing upwards, and at least one wafer processing module is an electrochemical wafer processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SPTS Technologies Limited
    Inventors: John Macneil, Martin Ayres, Trevor Thomas
  • Patent number: 11067196
    Abstract: A transmitter flange includes a flange body having a valve opening therein, the valve opening having a valve seat, and an internal valve configured to be retained in the valve opening. A retaining ring may be configured to thread into the valve opening to further retain the internal valve within the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Etheridge, Trevor Thomas Stroth
  • Patent number: D1034816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLC
    Inventors: Thomas John Roberts, Trevor Thomas Lehr, Ali Homayounfar
  • Patent number: D1039629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Trevor Thomas McGovern