Patents by Inventor Wayne Thompson

Wayne Thompson 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: 20250240601
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first data indicative of an emergency alert being issued by a first device worn by a user, determining a first responder, and a second responder associated with the user, receiving, via a second device of the first responder, a first location of the first responder, receiving, via a third device of the second responder, a second location of the second responder, determining that the first location is more proximate to the user than the second location, generating second data associated with the emergency alert, where the second data indicating at least a third location of the user, an identifier of the user, or a type of the emergency alert, and sending the second data to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Louis Graham, Samuel Charles Schaffer, Tucker Lee Shannon
  • Patent number: 12367919
    Abstract: Memory devices are disclosed. A device may include a number of word line drivers, wherein each word line driver of the number of word line drivers including a first transistor and a second transistor. The device may also include a number of first driver gates, wherein the first transistor of each word line driver has a gate coupled to a dedicated first driver gate of the number of driver gates. Further, the device may include a second driver gate coupled to a gate of each second transistor of each of the number of word line drivers. Associated circuits, methods, and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kawamura, J. Wayne Thompson, Brenton Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 12241918
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 12241917
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20240026510
    Abstract: An apparatus for pumping molten metal includes a transport conduit and a gas conduit. The transport conduit includes an inlet portion and an exit portion. The inlet portion defines an inlet port. The exit portion defines an exit diameter and an exit port. The inlet port is in communication with the exit portion to communicate molten metal from the inlet port to the exit port. The gas conduit defines a gas delivery conduit. The gas delivery conduit is in communication with the exit portion and defines a gas delivery diameter. A ratio of the gas delivery diameter to the exit diameter is 0.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Joshua Wayne THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20230353975
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first data indicative of an emergency alert being issued by a first device worn by a user, determining a first responder, and a second responder associated with the user, receiving, via a second device of the first responder, a first location of the first responder, receiving, via a third device of the second responder, a second location of the second responder, determining that the first location is more proximate to the user than the second location, generating second data associated with the emergency alert, where the second data indicating at least a third location of the user, an identifier of the user, or a type of the emergency alert, and sending the second data to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Louis Graham, Samuel Charles Schaffer, Tucker Lee Shannon
  • Publication number: 20230353974
    Abstract: A method includes receiving first data indicative of an emergency alert being issued by a first device worn by a user, determining a first responder, and a second responder associated with the user, receiving, via a second device of the first responder, a first location of the first responder, receiving, via a third device of the second responder, a second location of the second responder, determining that the first location is more proximate to the user than the second location, generating second data associated with the emergency alert, where the second data indicating at least a third location of the user, an identifier of the user, or a type of the emergency alert, and sending the second data to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Louis Graham, Samuel Charles Schaffer, Tucker Lee Shannon
  • Publication number: 20230341443
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20230178142
    Abstract: Memory devices are disclosed. A device may include a number of word line drivers, wherein each word line driver of the number of word line drivers including a first transistor and a second transistor. The device may also include a number of first driver gates, wherein the first transistor of each word line driver has a gate coupled to a dedicated first driver gate of the number of driver gates. Further, the device may include a second driver gate coupled to a gate of each second transistor of each of the number of word line drivers. Associated circuits, methods, and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kawamura, J. Wayne Thompson, Brenton Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 11660000
    Abstract: A method for detecting fluid injection in a patient, the method including the steps of providing a fluid storage tank; providing fluid for use in machinery and adding said fluid to the fluid storage tank; and providing a fluorescent dye and adding the fluorescent dye to the fluid such that the fluid fluoresces in the presence of ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Wayne Thompson
  • Patent number: 11579174
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11450191
    Abstract: A grounding cable warning device includes a housing affixable to a grounding cable. An electrical current transformer is disposed within the housing. An energy storage component is disposed within the housing. A first sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect an electrical current in the grounding cable. A second sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect a voltage of the grounding cable. One or more electronic indication components are arranged with the housing and configured to alert a user of an unsafe condition. A microcontroller is disposed within the housing and receives input from the first sensor and the sensor and actuates the one or more electronic indication components, in response to receipt of the input, to alert the user of the unsafe condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Brady Hansen
  • Patent number: 11433147
    Abstract: A fluorescent solution is disclosed for use in a hydraulic or diesel fluid to facilitate detection of injection of the hydraulic of diesel fluid into a human. The fluorescent solution includes a fluorescent dye and a stabilizing agent. The stabilizing agent may be a surfactant. A hydraulic fluid mixture is also disclosed which includes a fluorescent solution and a hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Wayne Thompson
  • Publication number: 20220276288
    Abstract: A device includes a housing, one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of a voltage or a current in proximity to the device, one or more lighting elements configured to output light responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more speakers configured to output audio responsive to the one or more sensors detecting the at least one of the voltage or the current in proximity to the device, one or more network interfaces configured to communicatively couple the device to one or more additional devices, and one or more fastening mechanisms configured to secure the device to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11157837
    Abstract: A system can obtain observations from a dataset. The system can generate a set of training partitions based on the observations and generate an ensemble of machine-learning models based on the set of training partitions. The system can then receive new data and detect whether the new data is indicative of the event using the ensemble. In some cases, the system can update the ensemble by providing the new data as input to an unsupervised machine-learning model that is separate from the ensemble of machine-learning models; receiving an output from the unsupervised machine-learning model indicating whether or not the new data is indicative of the event; incorporating a new observation into the dataset indicating whether or not the new data is indicative of the event based on the output from the unsupervised machine-learning model; and updating the ensemble based on the dataset with the new observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Yue Qi, Jeffrey Todd Miller, Jr., Thomas Francis Mutdosch, Rory David Ness MacKenzie, Iain Douglas Jackson, Peter Rowland Eastwood, Ryan Gillespie, Adam Michael Ames, Andrew John Knotts, Robert Wayne Thompson
  • Publication number: 20210270873
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11009532
    Abstract: An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Timothy Ledford, Brandon Jon Bledsoe
  • Publication number: 20210035427
    Abstract: A grounding cable warning device includes a housing affixable to a grounding cable. An electrical current transformer is disposed within the housing. An energy storage component is disposed within the housing. A first sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect an electrical current in the grounding cable. A second sensor is disposed within the housing and configured to detect a voltage of the grounding cable. One or more electronic indication components are arranged with the housing and configured to alert a user of an unsafe condition. A microcontroller is disposed within the housing and receives input from the first sensor and the sensor and actuates the one or more electronic indication components, in response to receipt of the input, to alert the user of the unsafe condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Brady Hansen
  • Patent number: D941482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Coulter Ventures, LLC.
    Inventor: Donald Wayne Thompson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D1087118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Safeguard Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Wayne Thompson, Tucker Lee Shannon