Patents by Inventor Richard Slade

Richard Slade 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: 8550412
    Abstract: A switch bracket includes a bracket body that includes a lower surface and a kickplate. The switch bracket also includes a switch mount located on the lower surface of the bracket body, where at least a portion of the kickplate extends outward from the lower surface further than the stop lamp switch that is retained at the switch mount. In another embodiment, a brake pedal assembly includes a switch bracket coupled to a pedal mount, the switch bracket having a lower surface and a kickplate. The brake pedal assembly also includes a stop lamp switch coupled to the lower surface of the switch bracket, and a brake pedal rotationally engaged with the pedal mount and coupled to the stop lamp switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Richard Slade, Crystal Jasmine Mink, Herb Meingast
  • Publication number: 20120111138
    Abstract: A switch bracket includes a bracket body that includes a lower surface and a kickplate. The switch bracket also includes a switch mount located on the lower surface of the bracket body, where at least a portion of the kickplate extends outward from the lower surface further than the stop lamp switch that is retained at the switch mount. In another embodiment, a brake pedal assembly includes a switch bracket coupled to a pedal mount, the switch bracket having a lower surface and a kickplate. The brake pedal assembly also includes a stop lamp switch coupled to the lower surface of the switch bracket, and a brake pedal rotationally engaged with the pedal mount and coupled to the stop lamp switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Richard Slade, Crystal Jasmine Mink, Herb Meingast
  • Publication number: 20080301242
    Abstract: Provided is a method for ensuring the privacy of communication during a computer chat session. The claimed subject matter enables each participant of a chat session to choose whether or not to allow other participants to save, print or archive the text of the session. At the beginning of or during a chat session, a particular participant decides that the chat session should be private. The participant transmits a message indicating the desire to make the chat session private. Each participant receives a pop-up message that communicates the privacy request and is provided the option of accepting or declining the request. If a sufficient number of participants accept the request, programming logic that blocks any attempt to save the chat content to memory is executed with respect to the chat session. Different chat sessions may be configured with different options such as, but not limited to, inclusive and non-inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: RAJI L. AKELLA, Scott J. Bennett, Arif Kasim, Sandy Kao, Richard Slade
  • Publication number: 20070021272
    Abstract: A height adjustment device configured to adjust the height of a jumping mat of a trampoline with respect to a support surface, as well as a method for the same. The height adjustment device may comprise a first support configured to interface and join with a portion of a frame of a trampoline that supports the jumping mat; a second support operable with the first support and configured to interface and join with a portion of a leg of the trampoline in contact with the support surface and that supports the frame; and an adjustment configuration configured to facilitate the adjustment of the first support relative to the second support, and thus the height of the jumping mat of the trampoline. The height adjustment device may also comprise a u-shaped leg operable with a similar first support, wherein the u-shaped leg is designed to completely replace an existing leg of the trampoline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventor: Richard Slade
  • Publication number: 20050261043
    Abstract: Methods and systems of facilitating a wager include, a computer implemented method of facilitating a wager between players. The method may include receiving an initial offer from an initial player and a challenging offer from a challenging player. The initial and challenging offers may include a fantasy team, and a wager amount. The method also may include calculating a score for the initial fantasy team and the challenging fantasy teams. The score may be determined based on the performance of fantasy team members of the initial fantasy team in at least one external event. Awarding a pay-off amount to the initiating player if the score for the initial fantasy team is higher than the score for the challenging fantasy team also may be a part of the method, where the pay-off amount is determined based on the total initial wager amount and the challenging wager amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventor: Richard Slade