Patents by Inventor Michael McKibben

Michael McKibben 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: 9555673
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically adjusting the air pressure of a tire based on variations in loading to improve tread wear. For a particular loading of the tire, the system provides for the determination of a preferred air pressure setting designed to minimize tread wear. This preferred air pressure, Pp, is determined from an analysis of the longitudinal stresses that occur within the contact patch of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: William Bennett Clayton, Dave Michael McKibben, Zachary Alexander Merrill, Lawrence Otis Williamson, Wayne Carl Yount
  • Publication number: 20150239303
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically adjusting the air pressure of a tire based on variations in loading to improve tread wear. For a particular loading of the tire, the system provides for the determination of a preferred air pressure setting designed to minimize tread wear. This preferred air pressure, Pp, is determined from an analysis of the longitudinal stresses that occur within the contact patch of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: William Bennett Clayton, Dave Michael McKibben, Zachary Alexander Merrill, Lawrence Otis Williamson, Wayne Carl Yount
  • Patent number: 9045012
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically adjusting the air pressure of a tire based on variations in loading to improve tread wear. For a particular loading of the tire, the system provides for the determination of a preferred air pressure setting designed to minimize tread wear. This preferred air pressure, Pp, is determined from an analysis of the longitudinal stresses that occur within the contact patch of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE SED ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: William Bennett Clayton, Dave Michael McKibben, Zachary Alexander Merrill, Lawrence Otis Williamson, Wayne Carl Yount
  • Publication number: 20130190979
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically adjusting the air pressure of a tire based on variations in loading to improve tread wear. For a particular loading of the tire, the system provides for the determination of a preferred air pressure setting designed to minimize tread wear. This preferred air pressure, Pp, is determined from an analysis of the longitudinal stresses that occur within the contact patch of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: William Bennett Clayton, Dave Michael McKibben, Zachary Alexander Merrill, Lawrence Otis Williamson, Wayne Carl Yount
  • Publication number: 20070127400
    Abstract: Professional services call management architecture. A professional services communications system (e.g., of a law firm) interfaces to a web-based call management system to facilitate call management (e.g., teleconferencing) capabilities in a professional services environment. The system can include a professional services communications component that facilitates voice communications, and a web-based call communications component that interfaces to the professional services communications component to facilitate the professional services call management (e.g., accounting to client). The web-based system can also support communications via VoIP. The web-based call management system facilitates communications for at least one of wired and wireless telephone communications systems and, one-way and two-way communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Leader Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McKibben, Paul Petronelli
  • Publication number: 20060224797
    Abstract: A command and control architecture that facilitates detection of a situation and, processing, notifying and communicating alerts, and calling for services. However a situation is ascertained, whether a sensor senses it, a human observes it, and/or the physical location of police cars, emergency vehicles, fire vehicles are ascertained, attributes of each of the sensors, observer, and/or assets can get passed both to a mapping component that maintains situation awareness information for presentation on a map. The attribute data is also analyzed with the results data passed to the central communications component for data and communications management, further facilitating notification and alerting of the appropriate services to get the appropriate people and equipment involved, and then linking it other data sources to further support the system functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Warren Parish, Michael McKibben
  • Publication number: 20060080344
    Abstract: A radio/telephony interoperability architecture that facilitates intercommunications between a security services network, elected officials and/or emergency services network and a telephony management system for one-way and two-way security and/or emergency teleconferencing communications. The telephony system creates a session in which one or more session participants can communicate with front-line mobile radio operators (e.g., first responder personnel) and radio band components. Mobile radio systems can be accessed via circuit-switched and packet-switched networks with communications capable of existing between horizontal services entities (e.g., city fire and police) and vertical entities (e.g., city, state, and federal agencies and personnel). Furthermore, the presence of participants and potential participants is provided to authorized users to facilitate the establishment of such conferences. Notifications and alarms are used to alert participants and potential participants of important events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Leader Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McKibben, Jeffrey Lamb, Paul Petronelli
  • Publication number: 20060069726
    Abstract: A hospitality teleconferencing architecture. A web-supported teleconferencing system interfaces to a hospitality communications system to facilitate teleconferencing capabilities in the hospitality network. The system can include a hospitality communications network component that facilitates hospitality communications, and a web-supported teleconferencing system component that interfaces to the hospitality communications network to facilitate the hospitality communications services. The web-supported teleconferencing system can also communicate via VoIP. The web-supported teleconferencing system facilitates communications to at least one of wired and wireless telephone communications systems and, one-way and two-way communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Leader Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McKibben, Jeffrey Lamb
  • Publication number: 20050063524
    Abstract: A voice response component that interfaces to a digital telephone communications system to, generally, communicate voice messages, and more specifically, to provide call conferencing. The voice response component includes a non-voice communications bus, and a session component that interfaces to the voice response component to manage processing of the voice messages by routing the voice messages along the non-voice communications bus to facilitate managing a call session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Leader Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McKibben, Jeffrey Lamb, Wayne Dugal