Patents by Inventor William G. Thompson

William G. 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).

  • Regulator button cover device
    Patent number: 11369814
    Abstract: A cover device for a regulator, which has a purge button and a mouthpiece connected to the regulator, includes a body having a mouthpiece housing to receive the mouthpiece through an access opening which presents a friction fit to squeeze the mouthpiece passing therethrough in a squeezed state to enter and exit a hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing. The hollow interior is configured to store the mouthpiece in a relaxed state. A button cover is connected to the mouthpiece housing to cover the purge button on a top surface of the regulator when the mouthpiece is inserted into the hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing. The button cover is narrower in width than the mouthpiece housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: William G. Thompson, Mary Shalane Regan
  • REGULATOR BUTTON COVER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220134146
    Abstract: A cover device for a regulator, which has a purge button and a mouthpiece connected to the regulator, includes a body having a mouthpiece housing to receive the mouthpiece through an access opening which presents a friction fit to squeeze the mouthpiece passing therethrough in a squeezed state to enter and exit a hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing. The hollow interior is configured to store the mouthpiece in a relaxed state. A button cover is connected to the mouthpiece housing to cover the purge button on a top surface of the regulator when the mouthpiece is inserted into the hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing. The button cover is narrower in width than the mouthpiece housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: William G. Thompson, Mary Shalane Regan
  • Regulator cover device for flight vest
    Patent number: 11219789
    Abstract: In an example, a cover device for a regulator, which has a purge button and a mouthpiece connected to the regulator, includes a body which has: a mouthpiece housing to receive the mouthpiece through an access opening which presents a friction fit to squeeze the mouthpiece passing therethrough in a squeezed state to enter and exit a hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing, the hollow interior configured to store the mouthpiece in a relaxed state; a regulator support connected to the mouthpiece housing to support a bottom surface of the regulator when the mouthpiece is inserted into the hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing; and a button cover connected to the mouthpiece housing to cover the purge button on a top surface of the regulator when the mouthpiece is inserted into the hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing, while exposing a portion of the top surface of the regulator surrounding the purge button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: William G. Thompson, Mary Shalane Regan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE SECURE OPTIMIZATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200371501
    Abstract: A method for managing a mechanized process includes receiving a signal from a hub module indicative of a detected parameter of a manufacturing device, determining with a local computing device communicatively coupled to the hub module, an improved parameter of the manufacturing device based at least in part on the detected parameter of the manufacturing device, and sending a signal to a user computing device to provide an option implement the improved parameter on the manufacturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: William G. Thompson, J. Adam Roth
  • System for accessing an input/output device using multiple addresses
    Patent number: 6170023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for performing input/output (I/O) operations with a processing unit. A processing unit, such as a host system, determines a base and associated alias addresses to address an I/O device, such as a direct access storage device (DASD). The processing unit associates the determined base and alias addresses to the I/O device. The association of base and alias addresses is maintained constant for subsequent I/O operations until the processing unit detects a reassignment of the association of base and alias addresses. The processing unit then determines an available base or alias address to use with an I/O operation and may concurrently execute multiple I/O operations against the I/O device using the base and alias addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Cameron Beardsley, James Lincoln Iskiyan, James McIlvain, Philip Ray Mills, Michael Aloysius Paulsen, William G. Thompson, Harry Morris Yudenfriend