Thompson, Jr., US
Basil W. Thompson, Jr., Hooksett, NH US
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20140015732 | Card Guide And Cap Antenna Retention System - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a structure and method for providing better antenna element retention in the any environment. The structure may comprise at least two card guides attached to a base. Each card guide may have at least one antenna slot, and individual antenna elements may be guided into position by an antenna slot of two different card guides. The individual antenna elements may have their freedom of motion restricted in the direction of their insertion by caps attached to the card guides. The individual antenna elements may have their freedom of motion restricted in a direction transverse to their direction of insertion by retention members attached to the card guides. By allowing for the “top-down” assembly of individual antenna elements in a modular fashion, embodiments of the present invention may facilitate easier repair of antenna element arrays, than prior art array assemblies. | 01-16-2014 |
20140059840 | LOW RADAR CROSS SECTION ARRAY PANEL - A low RCS array panel employs a number of linkable support segments. Each support segment has several junctions spaced along it, and the support segments are designed to connect with each other at the junctions to create a support grid. The segments can connect orthogonally, and the junctions can be spaced according to the frequency performance requirements for the antenna the array panel is designed to support. | 03-06-2014 |
Daniel Harold Thompson, Jr., South Bristol, ME US
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20110095245 | Method for Making Fire Retardant Materials and Related Products - A method for making fire retardant material including fire retardant cellulosic insulation. The method includes an arrangement for adding one or more feedstocks and a fire retardancy chemical compound to a common blend tank prior to feedstock drying. The one or more feedstocks may include at least one virgin pulp stock feed and at least one recycled material stock feed. The amount and type of both the virgin feedstock and the recycled material feedstock is selectable. Old newsprint (ONP) may be one type of recycled material feedstock. Another suitable type of recycled material feedstock is old corrugated containers (OCC). The method further includes retaining the fiber feedstock and the chemical compound together for enough time to ensure adherence or impregnations of enough of the chemical to the fibers after the drying process. Fluffing or fiberizing of the treated fibers may be accomplished under less severe conditions than ordinarily employed when making conventional cellulose insulation. | 04-28-2011 |
20110117354 | Method for Making Fire Retardant Materials and Related Products - A method for making fire retardant material including fire retardant cellulosic insulation. The method includes an arrangement for adding one or more feedstocks and a fire retardancy chemical compound to a common blend tank prior to feedstock drying. The one or more feedstocks may include at least one virgin pulp stock feed and at least one recycled material stock feed. The amount and type of both the virgin feedstock and the recycled material feedstock is selectable. Old newsprint (ONP) may be one type of recycled material feedstock. Another suitable type of recycled material feedstock is old corrugated containers (OCC). The method further includes retaining the fiber feedstock and the chemical compound together for enough time to ensure adherence or impregnations of enough of the chemical to the fibers after the drying process. Fluffing or fiberizing of the treated fibers may be accomplished under less severe conditions than ordinarily employed when making conventional cellulose insulation. | 05-19-2011 |
Delton R. Thompson, Jr., Lake Elmo, MN US
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20120231206 | LOOP MATERIAL FOR HOOK AND LOOP FASTENERS - Presently described are loop materials comprising continuous multi-filament textured yarns intermittently bonded to a backing. In one embodiment, the yarn has a denier of less than 50, an energy at break of at least 60 joules/g, and an elongation of less than 45%. The multi-filament textured yarns preferably have a basis weight of no greater than 10 gsm and in some embodiments no greater than 5 gsm. In another embodiment, the loop material has a basis weight of no greater than 5 gsm and is characterized by having a ratio of shear strength to yarn basis weight of at least 300 g(f)/(g/m | 09-13-2012 |
20140295134 | ABSORBENT FOAM COMPOSITES - An absorbent foam composite comprising a foam layer having open slits that define apertures on at least a portion of the foam layer and an absorbent layer. A heat set film may be sandwiched between the foam layer and the absorbent layer and have opened slits that define apertures that are at least partially congruent with the apertures of the foam layer. The absorbent layer may contain apertures or be aperture free. The absorbent foam composites can be used in a variety of applications, including personal hygiene articles, medical bandages, pet pads and agricultural pads. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295135 | METHOD OF MAKING ABSORBENT FOAM COMPOSITES - A method of making absorbent foam composites and absorbent foam composites produced therefrom. The method comprises casting an absorbent foam layer having a first side and a second side opposite the first side onto a barrier layer having a first side and second side opposite the first side, where the second side of the absorbent foam layer is in contact with the first side of the barrier layer; joining a second absorbent layer to the second side of the barrier layer before, during, or after the casting step; and breaching the barrier layer after the casting step so that the foam layer and second absorbent layer are in fluid communication. The absorbent foam composites can be used in a variety of applications, including personal hygiene articles, medical bandages, pet pads and agricultural pads. | 10-02-2014 |
20150119837 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING POLYMERIC FOAM WITH SUPERABSORBENT AND INTERMEDIATES - Absorbent articles are described comprising an absorbent composite. The absorbent composite comprises a first absorbent layer comprising a polymeric foam having an average cell size of at least 100 microns and discrete pieces of superabsorbent polymer dispersed within the polymeric foam; and a second absorbent layer in fluid communication with the first absorbent layer. Favored articles include disposable diapers, feminine hygiene articles, and adult incontinence articles. Also described is a polyurethane foam is described having an average cell size of at least 100 microns. The polyurethane foam is the reaction product of a polyether polyol having polyethylene oxide units and at least one polymeric polyisocyanate that lacks urethane linkages. The polyureth ane foam comprises at least 5 wt-% of discrete pieces of superabsorbent polymer. Also described are various composites comprising the polyurethane foam described herein in combination with another substrate such as a second absorbent layer, a fluid impervious backsheet, and/or a fluid pervious topsheet. | 04-30-2015 |
E. Aubrey Thompson, Jr., Jacksonville, FL US
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20140065620 | NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR DETECTING BREAST CANCER - This document provides methods and materials involved in detecting breast cancer. For example, nucleic acids for detecting gene rearrangements (e.g., translocations) associated with breast cancer as well as methods and materials for detecting breast cancer are provided. | 03-06-2014 |
Ernest V. Thompson, Jr., Lewisville, NC US
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20130295255 | Methods and Systems for Preparing Dough-Based Products - Systems, apparatuses, and method for preparing dough-based products are disclosed. One disclosed system for preparing dough-based products comprises a fryer comprising a bottom and at least one sidewall, a proofer comprising a proofing chamber with a top, bottom, and at least one sidewall, and a conveying mechanism configured to transport the dough-based products from the proofing chamber to the fryer, wherein the top of the proofing chamber is located below the bottom of the fryer. | 11-07-2013 |
Fredrick C. Thompson, Jr., Davidson, NC US
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20150351866 | Method for Establishing Drill Trajectory for Dental Implants - Aligning a drill bit for preparing a bore to receive a dental implant. Using a frame to position cartridges, the frame fitting patient anatomy and having a chamber to receive cartridges. Creating an initial cartridge with an opening to receive a guide sleeve. Optionally, mounting at least one measuring device assembly onto the initial assembly so that measuring device assembly takes measurements with a known relationship to the initial linear trajectory. Using the measurements to enhance a model of the surgical site and to select a surgical linear trajectory for a surgical bore to stay within bone found at the surgical site. Placing a surgical cartridge into the chamber; and placing a guide sleeve in the surgical cartridge with the guide sleeve oriented along the surgical linear trajectory to constrain a drilling trajectory of a drill bit along the surgical trajectory. Many variations disclosed. | 12-10-2015 |
Graham Kent Thompson, Jr., Media, PA US
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20100254762 | CAPPED AND/OR BEVELED JET BLAST RESISTANT VEHICLE ARRESTING UNITS, BED AND METHODS - Aircraft arresting beds at ends of runways may be subject to damaging effects of jet blast phenomena. Arresting units for that and other applications and which are resistant to such effects are described, with related methods. | 10-07-2010 |
Herman M. Thompson, Jr., Kelso, TN US
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20090292371 | Correlated Magnetic Prosthetic Device and Method for Using the Correlated Magnetic Prosthetic Device - A prosthetic device is described herein that incorporates correlated magnets which enable an artificial prosthesis (e.g., artificial limb) to be easily and effectively attached to and removed from an interface that is secured to a residual limb on a person. In addition, a method is described herein for enabling a person to attach and remove an artificial prosthesis to and from an interface that is secured to a residual limb on the person. | 11-26-2009 |
20130118828 | SYSTEM FOR COUPLING AN OVERPRESSURE WAVE TO A TARGET MEDIA - An improved system for coupling a generated overpressure wave to a target media includes a coupling chamber and an interface between the coupling chamber and a target media. Pressure produced in the coupling chamber by a generated overpressure wave is applied to the interface thereby converting the pressure in the coupling chamber into a force that produces a conducted acoustic wave in the target media. | 05-16-2013 |
20140326531 | System and Method for Coupling an Overpressure Wave to a Target Media - An improved seismic exploration system and method involves an overpressure wave generator for generating an overpressure wave and a coupling component for converting a pressure of said generated overpressure wave into a force that produces a conducted acoustic wave in a target media. The coupling component includes a coupling chamber, a push plate assembly including a top plate, piston rod, and an earth plate, a movement constraining vessel including a stabilizing component for constraining movement of the push plate assembly and a sealing component for substantially sealing the coupling component, and a stop component for preventing the movement constraining vessel from striking the earth plate. | 11-06-2014 |
John Thompson, Jr., East Orange, NJ US
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20110006049 | ROOF HEATER - The invention relates to a portable electrical device for melting snow and ice that has accumulated on the surface of a vehicle. During inclement weather, snow, sleet, rain or hail accumulate on all exposed surfaces of the automobile, in particular on the flat surfaces, such as on the roof, the hood, the trunk, or a truck bed of a vehicle. These areas of snow coverage are relatively large and significantly high off the ground, presenting a challenge to clean in terms of time and effort. Frequently, the owners of the vehicles need to use their automobiles early in the morning, when snow or ice that has accumulated over night is at its hardest. Since it is unsafe, and sometimes unlawful, to operate a vehicle that has not been properly snow dusted and deiced, cleaning must be effectuated before a vehicle can be driven on the roads. | 01-13-2011 |
20130068749 | Roof Heater - The invention relates to an electrical device for melting snow and ice that has accumulated on the surface of a vehicle. During inclement weather, snow, sleet, rain or hail accumulate on all exposed surfaces of the automobile, in particular on the flat surfaces, such as on the roof, the hood, the trunk, or a truck bed of a vehicle. These areas of snow coverage are relatively large and significantly high off the ground, presenting a challenge to clean in terms of time and effort. Frequently, the owners of the vehicles need to use their automobiles early in the morning, when snow or ice that has accumulated over night is at its hardest. Since it is unsafe, and sometimes unlawful, to operate a vehicle that has not been properly snow dusted and deiced, cleaning must be effectuated before a vehicle can be driven on the roads. | 03-21-2013 |
Patrick Martin Thompson, Jr., Nashville, TN US
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20100280154 | Wood Treatment Composition and Process - The present invention comprises a fire resistant wood product and method of manufacture thereof. In one embodiment, the fire resistant wood product comprises a resin and a fire retardant composition, wherein the resin comprises an isocyanate and the fire retardant composition comprises a boron containing compound. | 11-04-2010 |
Randall Thompson, Jr., Lincoln, MA US
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20100219639 | TIDE ACTIVATED DEVICE TO OPERATE A TURBINE GENERATOR - A tide activated power system has a plurality of horizontally oriented cylinders that each have a pair of chambers. The cylinders are carried on float/weight barges that are located in a lagoon. A plurality of float/weight barges each have at least two cylinders in series. Each cylinder has a chamber holding a piston movable in the chamber defining a pair of variable size chambers: a flood variable size chamber and an ebb variable size chamber. As the float/weight barge rises and falls on the tide in the lagoon, the variable size chambers vary in size and force a working fluid to a turbine generator to create electrical energy. The piston of each of the multiple cylinders of the multiple barges forces combined to move the working fluid above the turbine generator where the flow drives the turbine generator prior to returning to the cylinder. In alternative embodiments, other mechanisms convert the energy from the rising and falling of the flow/weight barges to a non-uniform motion in one direction. The system can accumulate energy from the mechanism for converting the motion and converts the accumulating energy to another form of energy. | 09-02-2010 |
Robert Barr Thompson, Jr., Broomall, PA US
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20130174191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCENTIVIZING USER INTERACTION WITH PROMOTIONAL CONTENT ON A SECONDARY DEVICE - Systems and methods for incentivizing user interaction with promotional content on a secondary device are provided. The secondary device may be synchronized with the media content displayed on a primary device to provide promotional opportunities relevant to the displayed content. A promotional opportunity may allow a user to identify an object (which may be a product placement) embedded within the primary media content. For instance, the user may be prompted to select the object using a display screen on the secondary device. Alternatively, the user may use the secondary device to capture a photograph of the embedded object as displayed on the primary device. The user may then be rewarded for correctly identifying or photographing the embedded object. | 07-04-2013 |
Robert S. Thompson, Jr., White Lake, MI US
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20080199303 | Gas Turbine Engine Cooling System and Method | 08-21-2008 |
20110007991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING A ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING - Lubrication fluid is discharged through an axial gap between a outer bearing race and a bearing housing from an enclosed volume bounded in part by a forward surface of the outer bearing race that is axially slideable within the bearing housing so as to provide for changing the axial gap. The pressure in the enclosed volume is automatically controlled responsive to an axial force on outer bearing race by an axial position of the outer bearing race that determines a size of the axial gap, so as to provide for increasing the pressure responsive to increasing axial force over at least a portion of an operating range. The lubrication fluid in the axial gap provides for isolating axial vibrations of the outer bearing race relative to the bearing housing. | 01-13-2011 |
20110041509 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 02-24-2011 |
20110208400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTOLLING A SINGLE-SPOOL TURBOSHAFT ENGINE - A controller receives a power-level command representative of a level of power to be transmitted by a single-spool turboshaft engine to a controllable load. A torque command determined responsive to a measure of inlet pressure, from a control schedule responsive to the power-level command, is representative of a level of torque to be transmitted by an element to drive the controllable load. Under some operating conditions, a rotational speed command provides for at least nearly minimizing a measure of associated fuel consumption when the transmitted torque is regulated to the level corresponding to the torque command by controlling one of the controllable load and a fuel flow to the engine, and the other of the controllable load and the fuel flow to the engine is controlled so as to regulate an associated rotational speed to a level corresponding to the rotational speed command. | 08-25-2011 |
20140039775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTOLLING A SINGLE-SPOOL TURBOSHAFT ENGINE - One of a controllable load and a fuel flow to a single-spool turboshaft engine is controlled so that a rotational speed of a single-spool turboshaft engine is substantially regulated to a level corresponding to a corrected rotational speed command, and the other of the fuel flow and the controllable load is controlled so that a torque transmitted from the single-spool turboshaft engine to the controllable load is substantially regulated to a level corresponding to a corrected torque command. Under at least one operating condition, the corrected rotational speed command is determined so as to minimize or nearly minimize a measure of fuel consumption by the single-spool turboshaft engine when operated so that the torque transmitted to the controllable load corresponds to the corrected torque command. | 02-06-2014 |
20140193274 | FUEL-COOLED BLADED ROTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - Liquid fuel from a rotary fluid trap is atomized by a sharp edge on an inside surface of an aft cavity of a bladed rotor of a gas turbine engine and directed into each of a plurality of associated hollow blades through corresponding blade inlet ducts that are in fluid communication with corresponding aft hollow interior portions of each blade. A radially-extending central rib within each blade partitions the hollow interior thereof into aft and forward hollow interior portions that are in fluid communication through an associated opening in the central rib and through a radially-extending gap between the central rib and the interior surface of the blade. A blade outlet duct provides for fluid communication between the forward hollow interior portion and a forward cavity of the bladed rotor, and a rotor outlet duct provides for discharging the fuel from a radially-inboard portion of the forward cavity. | 07-10-2014 |
20150211422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SINGLE-SPOOL TURBOSHAFT ENGINE - A control schedule incorporating a relationship between corrected torque and inlet pressure is selected or determined responsive to a power-level command representative of a level of power to be transmitted to a controllable load by a single-spool turboshaft engine. At least a substantial portion of the control schedule provides for a flat-rated power level by the single-spool turboshaft engine substantially independent of associated inlet air pressure and inlet air temperature, and for at least one selectable mode of operation, the control schedule provides for minimizing or nearly minimizing a measure of fuel consumption, and for at least one other selectable mode of operation, the control schedule provides for operation at a substantially fixed level of rotational speed. | 07-30-2015 |
Solomon Thompson, Jr., Fairfax, VA US
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20140164080 | ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND OR A COLLABORATION SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME THEREIN - A method of organizing revenues for user shares of information regarding applications configured for use on a server hosted collaboration system accessible by a network. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164081 | ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND OR A COLLABORATION SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME THEREIN - A method of organizing revenues for user shares of information regarding applications configured for use on a server hosted collaboration system accessible by a network. | 06-12-2014 |
20140188585 | Organizational Tools and or a Collaboration System Utilizing the Same Therein - A method of automating aspects of charging and receiving payments in exchange for access to a user's content on a collaboration system configured for use on a server accessible by a network such that paid access can be readily established without requiring the independent integration of payment receipt and tracking software by the user and without requiring the user to determining software compatibility of the same for use on the server. | 07-03-2014 |
Taylor N. Thompson, Jr., Ulster Park, NY US
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20120192447 | Freeze drying method - A method of controlling the primary drying stage in a freeze drying apparatus having a shelf and bulk product or a number of vials in different areas on the shelf which contain product to be freeze dried. Temperature sensors are positioned in selected locations or vials which are representative of the different bulk product areas or the positions of all of the vials in different areas of the shelf. The temperature sensors are monitored and compared to determine the selected location or vial having the highest temperature while the temperature sensor therein is still in ice. The shelf temperature is controlled based on the selected location or vial with the highest temperature so long as the temperature sensor therein is still in ice. When the temperature sensor in the highest temperature selected location or vial is no longer in ice, another selected location or vial with the highest temperature and a temperature sensor therein that is still in ice is then used to control the shelf temperature. | 08-02-2012 |
Taylor N. Thompson, Jr., Kingston, NY US
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20150192357 | CONTROL OF FREEZING AND THAWING OF DRUG SUBSTANCES USING HEAT FLOW CONTROL - A method of monitoring and controlling the freezing and thawing of a drug substance partially or fully surrounded by a temperature control medium. The heat flow between the drug substance and the temperature control medium is measured and controlled to create a uniform ice crystal structure to minimize any degradation of the drug substance being frozen and thawed. | 07-09-2015 |
Thomas R. Thompson, Jr., Madison Heights, MI US
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20090326877 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF JOINT LOCATIONS - A method for determining overlap regions by identifying a face on a first component part of an assembly that is normal to and less than a specified gap distance from a face on a second component part of the assembly is provided. The method is also for determining if a minimum width of each of one or more the overlap regions exceeds a specified maximum value, and if the minimum width of an overlap region does not exceed the specified maximum value, determining a guide curve along a centerline of the overlap region. If the minimum width of an overlap region exceeds the specified maximum value, the method is further for determining two or more guide curves along an offset of two or more edges of the overlap region. The method also is for determining one or more joint locations along the guide curve or curves based upon one or more parameters, and displaying the one or more joint locations using symbols or solid objects to represent the one or more joint locations. | 12-31-2009 |
William J. Thompson, Jr., Lavergne, TN US
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20110115143 | MAGNETIC FENCE DEVICE - A magnetic fence device is disclosed which comprises a body having a topside, a front side, a rear side, an open left side, an open right side, and a bottom side, the open left side having a slot in the topside and in the bottom side. A cam mechanism is mounted in the open left side and/or open right side and the slots in the topside and the bottom side for moving the cam mechanism from a closed position to an open position. One or more magnets are positioned on the bottom side for attachment to a table of a ferromagnetic material. | 05-19-2011 |