Patents by Inventor Robert M. Watts

Robert M. Watts 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: 11989991
    Abstract: Automated food delivery methods and systems using computer-managed delivery to an array of food delivery enclosures and computer-enabled customer access to the food delivered to the enclosures. Customers using the methods and systems may utilize their personal communication device such as a cell phone or tablet to order food and subsequently open an enclosure containing their food order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GFC Automat Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Agapov, Steven R. Baker, Robert A. Baydale, Shawn C. Inman, Christopher M. Mele, Norman L. Norris, Joseph F. Scutellaro, Stephen M. Scutellaro, Craig C. Stickler, Richard L. Watts
  • Patent number: 11978730
    Abstract: An offset interposer includes a land side including land-side ball-grid array (BGA) and a package-on-package (POP) side including a POP-side BGA. The land-side BGA includes two adjacent, spaced-apart land-side pads, and the POP-side BGA includes two adjacent, spaced-apart POP-side pads that are coupled to the respective two land-side BGA pads through the offset interposer. The land-side BGA is configured to interface with a first-level interconnect. The POP-side BGA is configured to interface with a POP substrate. Each of the two land-side pads has a different footprint than the respective two POP-side pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Russell K. Mortensen, Robert M. Nickerson, Nicholas R. Watts
  • Patent number: 4928904
    Abstract: A position sensor for sensing the position of an optical fiber with respect to the axis of a bobbin as the fiber is being wound to the bobbin. The apparatus and method illuminate the fiber being fed onto a bobbin with an externally incident energy which is internally reflected within a portion of the fiber. The position of the illuminated portion of the fiber is detected and the winding process may be controlled based on the detected position. In alternate embodiments, multiple radiation sources produce radiation with distinctive radiation characteristics and multiple sensors discriminate between and distinct radiation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert M. Watts