Patents by Inventor Randolph C. Smith

Randolph C. Smith 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: 7562924
    Abstract: An installation is provided in a cargo area of a vehicle for the stowage of a vehicle jack and tools useful in the changing of a wheel of the vehicle. The installation includes a receptacle in a recess in a deck of the cargo area. The receptacle includes an open top container having space to accommodate the jack and the tools. A cover plate across the top of the container covers a portion of the top only, leaving an access opening through which the jack and the tools may be inserted into and removed from the space in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Chrysler LLC
    Inventors: Carl J Schultz, Ian N Dupret, Henry J Ziaja, Randolph C Smith
  • Publication number: 20040167906
    Abstract: A method and a tool simplify the analysis and maintenance of program products installed on plural computers. Product version information is gathered from each of a plurality of computers of a similar type. This information is then reorganized into one or more groups each containing the information gathered from a plurality of the computers such that the computers within each group have installed thereon program products the versions of which are upgrade compatible. The information in each group is used to guide the process of maintaining and upgrading the program products installed on the computers whose product information is within that group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Randolph C. Smith, Linda S. Richards, Janet R. Ritzer, Mary Beth Titman
  • Patent number: 6477703
    Abstract: A patch selection tool providing a method and apparatus for identifying software patches for installation on a computer system in which current versions of software applications installed on the computer system are identified as well as currently installed patches, products, and versions. An initial list of recommended patches is generated based on the combination of the installed products and the validated list of datasheet selected products, a final list is created by modifying the initial list to remove bad or outdated patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Randolph C. Smith, Kay Chan, Abbey Macias, Eric Marakovits, Linda Richards, Janet Ritzer, Roger Spotts, Lisa Stapleton, Mary Beth Titman
  • Patent number: 6036255
    Abstract: A multi-functional vehicle door system includes a common lower door adapted to selectively cooperate with one of a door cassette and a side curtain assembly. The common lower door defines a cavity which opens adjacent an upper surface of the common lower door. The door cassette includes a frame defining a window opening and a lower portion adapted to be substantially inserted into the cavity of the common lower door. The side curtain assembly includes a frame and a flexible window. The frame includes a plurality of downwardly extending locating pins. One of the locating pins is adapted to engage an aperture provided in the upper surface of the common lower door. The other locating pins are adapted to engage apertures provided in a trim plug removably insertable into the opening of the common lower door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Lester, Mark Deadrick, Randolph C. Smith