Patents by Inventor Bruce Roberts

Bruce 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).

  • Publication number: 20200214208
    Abstract: A crop harvesting header includes a reel for controlling movement of the crop in the area over the cutter bar to the transport draper carried on two reel mounting arms for upward and downward movement and for moving the reel forwardly and rearwardly along the respective reel mounting arm. The reel has a plurality of reel bats with reel fingers projecting generally radially outwardly from the reel axis where the reel bats are pivotal to vary the angle of the finger driven by a cam track member. An adjustment component defined by a follower in a guide track along one of the arms is responsive to movement of the reel along the arm which causes the cam track member to be angularly advanced and retarded about the reel axis to different adjustment angles in dependence upon the position of the reel along the mounting arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventor: Bruce Robert Shearer
  • Patent number: 10681865
    Abstract: A header is supported by a pair of hydraulic float cylinders, where a float pressure to the cylinders is directly controlled by an electronic control supplying a variable control signal to a PPRR valve arrangement to maintain the float pressure at a predetermined value. At the set pressure a predetermined lifting force is provided to the header. A position sensor is used to generate an indication of movement and/or acceleration and/or velocity. The electronic control is arranged, in response to changes in the sensor signal, to temporarily change the control signal to vary the lifting force and thus change the dynamic response of the hydraulic float cylinder. A lift force greater than that required to lift the header can be provided by a lift cylinder and can be opposed in a controlled manner to apply a controlled downforce by the back of the same cylinder or by a separate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MacDon Industries Ltd
    Inventors: James Thomas Dunn, Graham Michael Leverick, Russell George Lyons, Bruce Robert Shearer, Kyle Edward Boch
  • Publication number: 20200171101
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of allergy, such as food allergy. Also provided herein are compositions and methods for modulating an immune response associated with allergy and/or inducing immune tolerance or desensitization to an allergy, such as a food allergy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Rose L. Szabady, Bernat Olle, Bruce Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200169712
    Abstract: A virtual reality imaging system for two or more users including: at least one screen for presenting images of a virtual environment to two or more users; an imaging assembly, including two or more sets of projectors corresponding to the two or more users for producing images on the at least one screen; a tracking system that is configured to track each of the two or more users; a computer that is programmed to produce stereo 3D images of the virtual environment corresponding to tracking data from the tracking system for phone providing different views of the same virtual environment; stereo 3D glasses arranged to provide stereo 3D images; and an image separation arrangement whereby each user sees images emanating from a corresponding one of the sets of projectors only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Bruce Robert DELL
  • Patent number: 10624263
    Abstract: A header is supported by a pair of hydraulic float cylinders, where a float pressure to the cylinders is directly controlled by an electronic control supplying a variable control signal to a PPRR valve arrangement to maintain the float pressure at a predetermined value. At the set pressure a predetermined lifting force is provided to the header. A position sensor is used to generate an indication of movement and/or acceleration and/or velocity. The electronic control is arranged, in response to changes in the sensor signal, to temporarily change the control signal to vary the lifting force and thus change the dynamic response of the hydraulic float cylinder. A lift force greater than that required to lift the header can be provided by a lift cylinder and can be opposed in a controlled manner to apply a controlled downforce by the back of the same cylinder or by a separate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MacDon Industries Ltd
    Inventors: James Thomas Dunn, Graham Michael Leverick, Russell George Lyons, Bruce Robert Shearer, Kyle Edward Boch
  • Patent number: 10627555
    Abstract: Optical products that include a composite coating, deposited on a substrate, provided with at least one bilayer having a first layer and a second layer, each provided with a binding group component which together form a complementary binding group pair. The at least one bilayer comprises a pigment blend that includes: a) at least two pigments that, when mixed together and formed into a bilayer, exhibit a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5; and b) one or more pigments that when mixed and formed into a bilayer selectively block visible light in a wavelength range of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin C. Krogman, James Yancy Farrow, Daniel Lewis Hodder, David Lee Honeycutt, Lee Campbell Boman, Anthony Brian Port, Bruce Robert Lang, Michael Hawkins
  • Patent number: 10624260
    Abstract: A crop harvesting header having a frame mounted on a propulsion vehicle has a cutter bar carrying a sickle knife and a draper transport. The draper is guided at its front edge by a longitudinally extending rail mounted on the frame for movement therewith. The cutter bar is mounted on the frame at spaced positions by spring blades attached to a fixed beam at the rear which allow up and down flexing movement of the cutter bar relative to the draper engagement member. At the center discharge the cutter bar is carried on shorter blades which are carried on a beam in front of the front draper roller. The small amount of flexing of the cutter bar combines with a balanced three piece header frame to provide effective ground following.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MacDon Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce Robert Shearer
  • Publication number: 20200116349
    Abstract: A floor and an upright sidewall formed from two vertically coaxial components, each component having a floor baffle with a plurality of floor openings defined therein, each floor retained within a respective upright sidewall with a plurality of sidewall openings defined therein. The floor openings and the sidewall openings cooperate between the two coaxial components such that flow of gases through the floor and upright sidewall of the baffle structure is controlled by rotation of the two vertically coaxial components relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ramin Khosravi RAHMANI, Anthony HAMILTON, Bruce ROBERTS, Mallik AHMED, Sleiman ABDALLAH, Brad GILLISPIE, Dan CORSO
  • Publication number: 20200113382
    Abstract: A cooking grill has a firepot configured to burn pelletized fuel fed from an auger, a cooking grate above the firepot, and a double walled enclosure interposing the firepot and the cooking grate and containing and directing flow of combustion gases from the firepot up to the cooking grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: MALLIK AHMED, BRUCE ROBERTS, ANTHONY HAMILTON, RAMIN KHOSRAVI RAHMANI, SLEIMAN ABDALLAH, BRAD GILLESPIE, DAN CORSO
  • Patent number: 10617059
    Abstract: A header is supported by a pair of hydraulic float cylinders, where a float pressure to the cylinders is directly controlled by an electronic control supplying a variable control signal to a PPRR valve arrangement to maintain the float pressure at a predetermined value. At the set pressure a predetermined lifting force is provided to the header. A position sensor is used to generate an indication of movement and/or acceleration and/or velocity. The electronic control is arranged, in response to changes in the sensor signal, to temporarily change the control signal to vary the lifting force and thus change the dynamic response of the hydraulic float cylinder. A lift force greater than that required to lift the header can be provided by a lift cylinder and can be opposed in a controlled manner to apply a controlled downforce by the back of the same cylinder or by a separate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MacDon Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: James Thomas Dunn, Graham Michael Leverick, Russell George Lyons, Bruce Robert Shearer, Kyle Edward Boch
  • Patent number: 10613261
    Abstract: Optical products that comprise a composite coating having multiple bilayers of a first layer and a second layer, each provided with a binding group component which together form a complementary binding group pair, the multiple bilayers comprising: at least one bilayer a) comprised of a first pigment or pigment blend that exhibits a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5; at least one bilayer b) comprised of a pigment or pigment blend that selectively blocks visible light in a wavelength range of interest; and at least one bilayer c) comprised of a second pigment or pigment blend that exhibits a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5, wherein the optical product selectively blocks visible light in the wavelength range of interest, while exhibiting a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Southwall Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin C. Krogman, James Yancy Farrow, Daniel Lewis Hodder, David Lee Honeycutt, Lee Campbell Boman, Anthony Brian Port, Bruce Robert Lang, Michael Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20200077585
    Abstract: In a crop harvesting machine there is provided a pair of hydraulic float cylinders or springs for a header such as a rotary mower relative to a self-propelled vehicle, where a float spring force is controlled to provide a predetermined lifting force is provided to the header. The spring force is varied in response to detection of ground speed to decrease the lifting force at higher ground speeds. A position sensor is used to generate an indication of movement and/or acceleration. The electronic control is arranged, in response to changes in the sensor signal, to temporarily change the control signal to vary the lifting force and thus change the dynamic response of the hydraulic float cylinder. In order to reduce static friction so that the system can react quickly, an arrangement is provided for causing relative reciprocating movement in an alternating wave pattern between the piston and cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jann Peter Garbald, James Thomas Dunn, Graham Michael Leverick, Russell George Lyons, Bruce Robert Shearer, Neil Gordon Barnett
  • Publication number: 20200082840
    Abstract: A system and method including receiving, from a plurality of sensors, a sequence of data indicative of a presence of a person in an area of interest within a field of view of the plurality of sensors; determining an estimate of background level information for the area of interest in an instance of an absence of a person in the area of interest; generating a probability of a person being located in the area of interest based on a combination of the determined background level information and the sequence of data indicative of a presence of a person in the area of interest; determining a number of centroids in the area of interest based on an execution of clustering executed to determine an optimized total number of centroids for a dataset; and generating a count of persons in the area of interest based on determined total number of centroids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Berney L. MONTAVON, Kevin VICK, Bruce ROBERTS
  • Patent number: 10538307
    Abstract: A wing assembly comprises a raked wing tip having an outboard portion hinged to one of a main wing having at least one moveable control surface and an inboard raked wing tip portion. The outboard portion of the raked wing tip does not carry any moveable flight control surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul W. Dees, Mark S. Good, Seiya Sakurai, Jan A. Kordel, Stephen J. Fox, Matthew A. Lassen, Bruce Robert Fox, Steven Paul Walker, Gregory M. Santini
  • Publication number: 20200000033
    Abstract: In a crop harvesting header with a center section and two wings where each wing is pivotal relative to the center section about a pivot axis extending in a generally forward direction which includes a balance system to maintain a balanced ground force distribution across the width of the header there is provided an automatic adjustment system for maintaining proper balance. The system includes angle or other sensors which detect the pivot angle of the wing section. This can be used in a static testing system where the position to set to a detected midpoint and/or in a dynamic system where repeatedly, over a time period during which the header is operating, data is detected relating to the positions of each wing frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Robert Shearer, Eric Grenier, Lance Willer, Francois Talbot
  • Publication number: 20200000032
    Abstract: In a crop harvesting header with a center section and two wings where each wing is pivotal relative to the center section about a pivot axis extending in a generally forward direction which includes a balance system to maintain a balanced ground force distribution across the width of the header there is provided an automatic adjustment system for maintaining proper balance. The system includes a sensor which repeatedly, over a time period during which the header is operating, detects data relating to the positions, distance from the ground or weight applied to the ground of each wing frame portion, a processor arranged in response to the sensed data to calculate a value representative of the positions and an adjustment mechanism for effecting an adjustment of the balance system in response to the value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Robert Shearer, Eric Grenier, Lance Willer, Francois Talbot
  • Patent number: 10507221
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of allergy, such as food allergy. Also provided herein are compositions and methods for modulating an immune response associated with allergy and/or inducing immune tolerance or desensitization to an allergy, such as a food allergy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Rose L. Szabady, Bernat Olle, Bruce Roberts
  • Patent number: 10462968
    Abstract: A crop header having a frame mounted on a vehicle has a sickle cutter bar and a draper. The draper is guided at its front edge by a longitudinally extending rail mounted on the frame. The cutter bar is mounted at spaced positions by spring blades attached to a fixed beam at the rear which allow up and down flexing movement of the cutter bar relative to the draper rail. At the center discharge the cutter bar is carried on shorter blades which are carried on a beam in front of the front draper roller. A locking device is provided for commonly and automatically moving the beam in a direction to lift the cutter bar into a raised position in which the cutter bar is locked against flexing movement with the locking device being operable in response to the cutter bar being raised off the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MacDon Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce Robert Shearer
  • Publication number: 20190310403
    Abstract: Optical products that include a composite coating, deposited on a substrate, provided with at least one bilayer having a first layer and a second layer, each provided with a binding group component which together form a complementary binding group pair. The at least one bilayer comprises a pigment blend that includes: a) at least two pigments that, when mixed together and formed into a bilayer, exhibit a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5; and b) one or more pigments that when mixed and formed into a bilayer selectively block visible light in a wavelength range of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SOUTHWALL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: KEVIN C. KROGMAN, JAMES YANCY FARROW, DANIEL LEWIS HODDER, DAVID LEE HONEYCUTT, LEE CAMPBELL BOMAN, ANTHONY BRIAN PORT, BRUCE ROBERT LANG, MICHAEL HAWKINS
  • Publication number: 20190310402
    Abstract: Optical products that comprise a composite coating having multiple bilayers of a first layer and a second layer, each provided with a binding group component which together form a complementary binding group pair, the multiple bilayers comprising: at least one bilayer a) comprised of a first pigment or pigment blend that exhibits a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5; at least one bilayer b) comprised of a pigment or pigment blend that selectively blocks visible light in a wavelength range of interest; and at least one bilayer c) comprised of a second pigment or pigment blend that exhibits a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5, wherein the optical product selectively blocks visible light in the wavelength range of interest, while exhibiting a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Southwall Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin C. Krogman, James Yancy Farrow, Daniel Lewis Hodder, David Lee Honeycutt, Lee Campbell Boman, Anthony Brian Port, Bruce Robert Lang, Michael Hawkins