Patents by Inventor Robert J. Parker

Robert J. Parker 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: 11961401
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting a potential event via sensors on a transport, sending data related to the potential event to other transports within a predefined distance, storing the data at the transports and a server, and performing a transport operation response on the transports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Felipe G. Salles, Shintaro Iwaasa, Louis Brugman, Devang H. Parekh, Robert D. Slater, Christopher J. Risberg, Nutonya L. Parker
  • Patent number: 4887739
    Abstract: A compact business or calling card dispenser which includes a casing in which a plurality of cards are stacked in a vertical array on a card support plate that is resiliently urged so as to align the cards relative to a discharge slot or opening in the casing and which includes an ejector mechanism which interacts with the card support plate to insure uniform card dispensing characteristics with each stack of cards carried within the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Inventor: Robert J. Parker
  • Patent number: 4865283
    Abstract: A multi-component merchandizing stand having tiered article support racks and/or trays which are interchangeably mounted for rotational movement with respect to a vertical support column so that a plurality of varied items may be selectively arranged and displayed from a common support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Inventor: Robert J. Parker
  • Patent number: 4792058
    Abstract: A pocket-sized dispenser for business or calling cards which includes a case having generally continuous upper and lower surfaces upon which advertising or identification indicia may be displayed and in which the cards are protectively housed for selective dispensing utilizing a reinforced and automatically retracted ejector mechanism which is compactly oriented within the case and is operable through a side wall thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Inventor: Robert J. Parker
  • Patent number: 4103932
    Abstract: A pivot construction for a motor vehicle suspension system according to the present disclosure includes a pair of ball studs having shank portions fitted in the eye at the end of a leaf spring. The heads of the ball studs are each enclosed by a cup-shape polyethylene bearing that is retained within a socket. The sockets for the ball studs are supported by spaced portions of a bifurcated vehicle frame bracket. A pair of first seals retain lubricant within the bearings and a pair of second seals prevent the entry of contaminates into the spring eye that might corrode the surfaces of the shank portions of the ball studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Robert J. Parker