Patents by Inventor MELVIN ALFREDO DOMINGUEZ

MELVIN ALFREDO DOMINGUEZ 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).

  • Wheelchair apparatuses including usage features
    Patent number: 11364162
    Abstract: A powered wheelchair apparatus includes a chair component, a power base component and a wheelchair control system. The wheelchair control system includes a processor and a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor. A display is communicatively coupled to the processor. A memory module is communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive user instructions from the user input device and display a message on the display based on the user instructions. The display is on a back of the chair component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moore, Christopher P. Lee, Melvin Alfredo Dominguez, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • WHEELCHAIR APPARATUSES INCLUDING USAGE FEATURES
    Publication number: 20200337919
    Abstract: A powered wheelchair apparatus includes a chair component, a power base component and a wheelchair control system. The wheelchair control system includes a processor and a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor. A display is communicatively coupled to the processor. A memory module is communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive user instructions from the user input device and display a message on the display based on the user instructions. The display is on a back of the chair component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moore, Christopher P. Lee, Melvin Alfredo Dominguez, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Wheelchair apparatuses including usage features
    Patent number: 10744048
    Abstract: A powered wheelchair apparatus includes a chair component, a power base component and a wheelchair control system. The wheelchair control system includes a processor and a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor. A display is communicatively coupled to the processor. A memory module is communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive user instructions from the user input device and display a message on the display based on the user instructions. The display is on a back of the chair component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moore, Christopher P. Lee, Melvin Alfredo Dominguez, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Configurable transportation structure
    Patent number: 10744396
    Abstract: A system includes a support structure that includes a bottom surface and a connector plate pivotably connected to the bottom surface, and a device including a wheel, the device being releaseably connectable to the connector plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Westfall, Melvin Alfredo Dominguez, Kilian Vas, Tobias Ricke, Uwe Wagner
  • CONFIGURABLE TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190009163
    Abstract: A system includes a support structure that includes a bottom surface and a connector plate pivotably connected to the bottom surface, and a device including a wheel, the device being releaseably connectable to the connector plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER ROBERT WESTFALL, MELVIN ALFREDO DOMINGUEZ, KILIAN VAS, TOBIAS RICKE, UWE WAGNER