Patents by Inventor William O. Thompson

William O. 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).

  • Patent number: 12105537
    Abstract: A multi-stage pressure regulation system, device with enhanced thermal distribution for reducing the pressure of gas passing through a gas sample conditioning system. The device and method allow for automatic and/or manual configuration settings for regulating different types of gas having different profiles while still avoiding dew point dropout thereby ensuring accurate sample analysis at a downstream analyzer. The pressure regulating device includes a housing having a core, a vapor sample input port, a plurality of openings on an upper surface, a plurality of pressure regulating valves configured to reduce the pressure of a vapor sample, an assembly having a base and substantially central stem orthogonal to the base and extending axially therefrom, the stem being disposed within the core, and an adjunct for enhanced distribution of thermal energy from the heating device to the plurality of pressure regulating valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Paluch, Kenneth O. Thompson, Kevin Warner
  • Patent number: 12098986
    Abstract: An improved liquid vaporization and conditioning system, and associated method, for efficiently vaporizing a liquid sample for accurately determining the constituent components thereof providing enhanced flow rate, pressure and thermal control, the improvement including a combination of a resistance temperature detector, a sweeping bend to, an in-line thermal break, a flow buffering input manifold, enhanced multi-path heater vaporizer construction with four heater units, a vaporizer output mixing manifold and control elements providing a capability for partial shutdown in the event of compromised heating or flow anomalies without risk of flow loss/volume capacity beyond a permissible threshold and an improved, modular heat vaporizer enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O. Thompson, Kevin Warner, William C. Paluch, William Hartson, Timothy L. Querrey
  • Publication number: 20240241528
    Abstract: A multi-stage pressure regulation system, device with enhanced thermal distribution for reducing the pressure of gas passing through a gas sample conditioning system. The device and method allow for automatic and/or manual configuration settings for regulating different types of gas having different profiles while still avoiding dew point dropout thereby ensuring accurate sample analysis at a downstream analyzer. The pressure regulating device includes a housing having a core, a vapor sample input port, a plurality of openings on an upper surface, a plurality of pressure regulating valves configured to reduce the pressure of a vapor sample, an assembly having a base and substantially central stem orthogonal to the base and extending axially therefrom, the stem being disposed within the core, and an adjunct for enhanced distribution of thermal energy from the heating device to the plurality of pressure regulating valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: William C. Paluch, Kenneth O. Thompson, Kevin Warner
  • Patent number: 6875234
    Abstract: A dual-radius glenoid component of a shoulder joint prosthesis for use in total shoulder arthroplasty has two radii of curvature. At substantially the center of the articulating surface a first non-conforming radius of curvature is provided, while a second conforming radius of curvature, smaller than that of the first radius of curvature and more closely conforming to the curvature of the humeral component, is disposed about the periphery of the articulating surface. The central non-conforming radius of curvature provides reduced constraint of the humeral component. In contrast, the conforming peripheral radius of curvature provides maximum constraint of the humeral component. When the humeral component is substantially centered on the articulating surface reduced constraint is placed on the prosthesis and less load is transferred to the bone-implant interface. As the humeral component translates towards the periphery, constraint on the prosthesis increases to prevent dislocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: The New York, Society for the Ruptured and crippled Maintaining Hospital for Special Surgery
    Inventors: Joseph Lipman, William O. Thompson, Russell F. Warren
  • Publication number: 20040122520
    Abstract: A dual-radius glenoid component of a shoulder joint prosthesis for use in total shoulder arthroplasty has two radii of curvature. At substantially the center of the articulating surface a first non-conforming radius of curvature is provided, while a second conforming radius of curvature, smaller than that of the first radius of curvature and more closely conforming to the curvature of the humeral component, is disposed about the periphery of the articulating surface. The central non-conforming radius of curvature provides reduced constraint of the humeral component. In contrast, the conforming peripheral radius of curvature provides maximum constraint of the humeral component. When the humeral component is substantially centered on the articulating surface reduced constraint is placed on the prosthesis and less load is transferred to the bone-implant interface. As the humeral component translates towards the periphery, constraint on the prosthesis increases to prevent dislocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: New York Society for the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery
    Inventors: Joseph Lipman, William O. Thompson, Russell F. Warren