Patents by Inventor Adam M. Roberts

Adam M. Roberts 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).

  • VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A DISCRETE LOST MOTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240125253
    Abstract: A valve actuation system comprises a first arm having a first arm contact surface and operatively connected to a valve actuation motion. A second arm having a second arm contact surface is operatively connected to the at least one engine valve. A discrete lost motion device is provided that is controllable between a first, motion conveying state and a second, motion absorbing state. The discrete lost motion devices comprises a plunger contact surface and a housing contact surface. The housing contact surface is configured to engage one of the first or second arm contact surfaces, and the plunger contact surface is configured to engage another of the first and the second arm contact surfaces. The first and second arm contact surfaces, the housing contact surface and the first plunger contact surface are configured to support the discrete lost motion device between the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Bruce A. SWANBON, Justin D. BALTRUCKI, Robb JANAK, G. Michael GRON, JR., John MANDELL, Marc B. SILVA, Tyler HINES, Matei ALEXANDRU, Austen P. METSACK, Gabriel S. ROBERTS, P. Douglas AUBIN, Nathaniel P. HASSALL, John Jerl PURCELL, III, Adam C. CECIL, David M. BARNES
  • OPTIMIZATION OF A WEB-BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120143718
    Abstract: A method for determining product recommendations to be presented to users includes forming, by a formula generation module, a plurality of different recommendation formulas, including, for each recommendation formula, assigning a weight to at least some of a plurality of recommendation characteristics, wherein each recommendation characteristic is representative of at least one of a characteristic of a product, a characteristic of a method for presenting the product recommendations to the users, and a characteristic of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: ChoiceStream, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Graham, Mary Catherine Graham, Moshe Ben-Akiva, Adam M. Roberts, Xiaojing Li, Vaibhav Rathi, Sanjib Mohanty