Patents by Inventor Richard Sibley

Richard Sibley 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: 9723692
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a trailer hitch assembly includes a first sensor sensing the position of a kingpin of a trailer relative to a throat of a hitch plate, a second sensor sensing a position of the locking mechanism movable between locked and unlocked positions, a control circuit coupled with the first sensor and determining whether the first sensor indicates a proper location of the kingpin relative to the throat and whether the second sensor indicates that the locking mechanism is in the locked position, and a light source proximate the throat of the kingpin and activated when the control circuit determines that the kingpin is properly located and that the locking mechanism is in the locked position, such that the light source illuminates the throat and the kingpin assisting visual inspection of the position of the kingpin relative to the throat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc
    Inventors: Richard Sibley, Jr., Michael Ginocchio, Ahmad Nizam Mohamad-Jembari, Andrew L. Wallner
  • Publication number: 20160339836
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a trailer hitch assembly includes a first sensor sensing the position of a kingpin of a trailer relative to a throat of a hitch plate, a second sensor sensing a position of the locking mechanism movable between locked and unlocked positions, a control circuit coupled with the first sensor and determining whether the first sensor indicates a proper location of the kingpin relative to the throat and whether the second sensor indicates that the locking mechanism is in the locked position, and a light source proximate the throat of the kingpin and activated when the control circuit determines that the kingpin is properly located and that the locking mechanism is in the locked position, such that the light source illuminates the throat and the kingpin assisting visual inspection of the position of the kingpin relative to the throat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Sibley, JR., Michael Ginocchio, Ahmad Nizam Mohamad-Jembari, Andrew L. Wallner
  • Patent number: 9454516
    Abstract: A method of ambiguous word review or correction for a handheld electronic device includes receiving a plurality of actuations of input members in which each of a number of these members has a plurality of assigned characters, rendering a plurality of words responsive to the actuations, displaying a plurality of representations of the words, and detecting a number of the words, which are ambiguous. For each of the detected number, a visual indicator is displayed associated with a corresponding one of the representations. Touching of a touch screen is detected in connection with the displayed visual indicator. Preferably, a first magnification of the corresponding representation and a second magnification of a representation of a number of alternative words are displayed. The touch screen can be used to select one of the first and second magnifications to correct the ambiguous word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Steven H. Fyke, Peter La, Alen Mujkic, Michal Rybak, Richard Sibley, Neil Adams, Vadim Fux, Shannon White
  • Patent number: 8960704
    Abstract: A kingpin assembly comprises a housing having a recess located therein, a kingpin having at least a portion located within the recess of the housing, a collar member operably coupled to the kingpin, and a collet member extending about the kingpin and frictionally engaging the housing and the kingpin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Terpsma, Richard Polanic, Gerald Hungerink, Richard Sibley, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140339789
    Abstract: A kingpin assembly comprises a housing having a recess located therein, a kingpin having at least a portion located within the recess of the housing, a collar member operably coupled to the kingpin, and a collet member extending about the kingpin and frictionally engaging the housing and the kingpin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Terpsma, Richard Polanic, Gerald Hungerink, Richard Sibley, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090182552
    Abstract: A method of ambiguous word review or correction for a handheld electronic device includes receiving a plurality of actuations of input members in which each of a number of these members has a plurality of assigned characters, rendering a plurality of words responsive to the actuations, displaying a plurality of representations of the words, and detecting a number of the words, which are ambiguous. For each of the detected number, a visual indicator is displayed associated with a corresponding one of the representations. Touching of a touch screen is detected in connection with the displayed visual indicator. Preferably, a first magnification of the corresponding representation and a second magnification of a representation of a number of alternative words are displayed. The touch screen can be used to select one of the first and second magnifications to correct the ambiguous word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: STEVEN H. FYKE, Peter La, Alen Mujkic, Michal Rybak, Richard Sibley, Neil Adams, Vadim Fux, Shannon White
  • Publication number: 20070300063
    Abstract: A method is presented to allow pairing of a first wireless-enabled device to a second wireless-enabled device while the first device is locked. A pairing interface is provided on the locked first device to obtain pairing information about the second device. The pairing information is used to pair the first device to the second device and to establish wireless communications therebetween without first requiring that the first device be unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Neil Adams, Herbert Little, Richard Sibley
  • Publication number: 20060202443
    Abstract: A fifth wheel slider assembly comprises at least one rack member having a first side and a second side and is supportable above a vehicle frame, a hitch plate with a throat for receiving a kingpin of a trailer, and a pair of support brackets pivotally supporting the hitch plate and slidably abutting the first side of the at least one rack member. The slider assembly further includes a guide plate slidably abutting the second side of the at least one rack member and coupled to the pair of support brackets by a plurality of mechanical fasteners, and an engagement assembly releasably engaging the at least one rack member at incremental points along the length of the at least one rack member, thereby selectively positioning the hitch plate with respect to the at least one rack member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Sibley, Gregory Thorwall, Rudolph Bahnsen, Justin Keatley, John Wieringa, Gerry Hungerink