Patents by Inventor Robert L. Buchanan

Robert L. Buchanan 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: 11988573
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a location to place a mass on a wheel assembly. A first set of acceleration data is collected from a plurality of inertial measurement units (IMU's) that are mounted to a removably attachable object that is attached to a wheel of the vehicle in a manner that inhibits the object from coming off of the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion. The first set of acceleration data is collected while operating the vehicle at a first speed. The first set of acceleration data is used to determine an offset between a center of the object and a bearing center of the wheel assembly. A second set of acceleration data is collected from the plurality of inertial measurement units (IMU's). The second set of acceleration data is collected while operating the vehicle at second speed that is greater than the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NVH TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Rishi Kumar, Saptak Das, Raj Methi, Elijah Daniel Wright, Eric L. Canfield, Robert P. Alston, David A. Fenimore, Stephen T. Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20240157160
    Abstract: A wearable article is provided as a wearable component of a medical device configured with elements to accommodate electrode pads in a manner that offers flexibility, cushion, and temperature regulation for comfort of a patient, as well as facilitating distribution of pressure on the electrode pads against the body of the patient. A containment portion of the wearable article houses the electrode pad and a spacer structure. The spacer structure is flexible to move as the body of the patient moves and yet provides a level of stiffness for pressure on the underlying electrode. Numerous springy elements dispersed in the spacer structure provide a thickness and open space for air circulation through the spacer structure, resulting in temperature regulation of the wearable article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Dallas E. Meeker, Daniel R. Piha, Joseph L. Sullivan, Robert R. Buchanan, Philip D. Foshee, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090104122
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods to detect agents that modulate a membrane androgen receptor (mAR). In one embodiment, the invention provides a method to detect and optionally identify mAR binding ligands. One assay according to the invention detects agents that selectively bind the mAR relative to binding to the classical intracellular androgen receptor (iAR or AR). The invention has a wide spectrum of useful applications including providing a method of screening libraries for chemical entities that preferentially bind the mAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: MEDEXIS S.A.
    Inventors: Nikolas Bacopoulos, Konstantinos Alevizopoulos, Robert L. Buchanan, Christos Stournaras
  • Patent number: 5941397
    Abstract: A holder for a bicycle having a first wheel and a second wheel, each wheel including a rim and a tire. The holder includes a floor supported channel for receiving the first wheel, a wall supported channel situated adjacent to the floor supported channel for receiving the first wheel, a wall supported standard situated above the wall supported channel, and a wheel engaging apparatus connected to the wall supported standard for engaging the second wheel. The wheel engaging apparatus includes a base, a coupling member coupling the base to the wall supported standard, an axis defining member fixed to the base, a pivot member pivotally engaging the axis defining member, a first arm and a second arm, both arms having a proximal portion fixed to the pivot member for pivotal displacement with respect to the base between a wheel engaging position and a wheel releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: BoMar Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Buchanan, Mark A. Buchanan, Terrance Willaman
  • Patent number: 4684672
    Abstract: Novel rubber connectors and other rubber parts for use in human infusion sets and rubber compositions and other rubber parts for use in human infusion sets and products produced thereby, such compositions comprising by weight a major amount of rubber selected from mixtures of natural rubber and synthetic natural rubber, the novel composition further comprising by weight a minor amount of a high density polyolefin and a filler, the composition being capable of being cured with an effective amount of a peroxide curing agent and an activator to achieve cross-linking of the rubber and the high density polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Inventors: Robert L. Buchanan, Henry F. Dull, Jr.