Patents by Inventor Robert Rainey

Robert Rainey 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: 11584232
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable storage media provide a flexible and variability-accommodating instrument cluster for display on an in-vehicle screen and a user experience interaction model for providing vehicle status-related information via the instrument cluster. The instrument cluster may be shown in a minimized content view, basic content view, or enhanced content view, wherein each content view may include a varying range of displayed information based on a layout template. The driver can easily scroll between the various content views while driving. The instrument cluster may alternatively be shown in a favorites view, amongst a plurality of preconfigured favorites views associated with different drivers, the favorites view including a user-selected set of gauges in a user-selected layout. A steering wheel-based shortcut control is provided that can be assigned to a changeable parameter and used to toggle the parameter in association with an instrument cluster display element while driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Steven Karl Jahns, Ryan Anthony Reed, Jonathan Scott Duncan, Derek Scott Sancer, Jon Forrest Acton, Jacob Michael White, David Leetz, Steven Robert Rainey, Mark Andrew Wagner, Raeef Hesham Wahib Barsoum, Anna-Magdalena Schatz, Tobias Graening, Christina Nenke, Marc George Wilczak, Nicole Johnson
  • Patent number: 11466324
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of lipocalin 2 (LCN2) as a biomarker for IL-17 mediated diseases and for monitoring the response of a patient to anti-IL-17 therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
    Inventors: Adam Samuel Platt, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Mara Fortunato, David Robert Rainey, Jon Leigh Rundle, Paul Alfred Smith, Gillian Fairfull Watt
  • Publication number: 20210237572
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable storage media provide a flexible and variability-accommodating instrument cluster for display on an in-vehicle screen and a user experience interaction model for providing vehicle status-related information via the instrument cluster. The instrument cluster may be shown in a minimized content view, basic content view, or enhanced content view, wherein each content view may include a varying range of displayed information based on a layout template. The driver can easily scroll between the various content views while driving. The instrument cluster may alternatively be shown in a favorites view, amongst a plurality of preconfigured favorites views associated with different drivers, the favorites view including a user-selected set of gauges in a user-selected layout. A steering wheel-based shortcut control is provided that can be assigned to a changeable parameter and used to toggle the parameter in association with an instrument cluster display element while driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Steven Karl JAHNS, Ryan Anthony REED, Jonathan Scott DUNCAN, Derek Scott SANCER, Jon Forrest ACTON, Jacob Michael WHITE, David LEETZ, Steven Robert RAINEY, Mark Andrew WAGNER, Raeef Hesham Wahib BARSOUM, Anna-Magdalena SCHATZ, Tobias GRAENING, Christina NENKE, Marc George WILCZAK, Nicole JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20190144945
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of lipocalin 2 (LCN2) as a biomarker for IL-17 mediated diseases and for monitoring the response of a patient to anti-IL-17 therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Adam Samuel Platt, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Mara Fortunato, David Robert Rainey, John Leigh Rundle, Paul Alfred Smith, Gillian Fairfull Watt
  • Patent number: 10208349
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of lipocalin 2 (LCN2) as a biomarker for IL-17 mediated diseases and for monitoring the response of a patient to anti-IL-17 therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Adam Samuel Platt, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Mara Fortunato, David Robert Rainey, Jon Leigh Rundle, Paul Alfred Smith, Gillian Sairfull Watt
  • Publication number: 20140080134
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of lipocalin 2 (LCN2) as a biomarker for IL-17 mediated diseases and for monitoring the response of a patient to anti-IL-17 therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: ADAM SAMUEL PLATT, STEPHEN EDWARD RAPECKI, MARA FORTUNATO, DAVID ROBERT RAINEY, JON LEIGH RUNDLE, PAUL ALFRED SMITH, GILLIAN SAIRFULL WATT
  • Patent number: 8675838
    Abstract: An access control system is provided for a movable barrier. A main communication unit grants access to a movable barrier operator. The movable barrier operator controls movement of the movable barrier. A remote communication unit has an input device to receive an access request and to transmit a corresponding access signal to the main communication unit and to transmit a status indication to the main communication unit in response to detecting a predetermined event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Gioia, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20080079562
    Abstract: An access control system is provided for a movable barrier. A main communication unit grants access to a movable barrier operator. The movable barrier operator controls movement of the movable barrier. A remote communication unit has an input device to receive an access request and to transmit a corresponding access signal to the main communication unit and to transmit a status indication to the main communication unit in response to detecting a predetermined event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Gioia, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20070214898
    Abstract: A seat belt tension sensor is attached to a seat belt assembly in a vehicle. The seat belt tensor sensor is secured to the vehicle by a bolt. The sensor includes a housing that is secured by the bolt. An anchor plate is mounted to the housing. The anchor plate has a hole for the bolt and an opening. A strain gage is secured to the housing and extends into the opening. The strain gage has an aperture. A spring is located between the anchor plate and the strain gage. An actuator support is located between the spring and the strain gage to actuate the strain gage. The actuator has a projection extending through the aperture that contacts the anchor plate. The projection prevents a shift in the output of the strain gage when the sensor is subjected to mechanical shock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick Blakesley, Robert Rainey, Murray Kaijala
  • Publication number: 20070044639
    Abstract: A graphical music creation user interface is used to create and edit user compositions, which may then be transferred to a server and, through a cell phone carrier network, to cell phones or other portable devices. The compositions may be used as cell phone ring tones. Various graphical features allow for ease of music creation, while providing a possibility for fine-tuning created pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Morwaread Farbood, Manasi Kulkarni, Joseph Presbrey, Eric Zwick, Henry Kaufman, Kevin Jennings, Ariane Martins, Richard Resnick, Gary Griffin, Robert Rainey, David Newton
  • Patent number: 7107040
    Abstract: A control unit 11 for a movable barrier operator and having a user interface having a display 31 can provide information on that display 31 of all presently blocked remote control transmitters without necessitating the display of any non-blocked transmitter information. In one embodiment the information is displayed one transmitter at a time, either automatically or in response to the user's actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20060075832
    Abstract: A seat belt tension sensor assembly is adapted to be secured to the seat belt assembly of a vehicle. The assembly includes a housing for a seat belt anchor adapted for movement relative to the housing into an overload position where a portion of the anchor is abutted against a portion of the housing to limit and arrest the movement of the anchor relative to the housing and transfer the load from the anchor to the housing and then to an interior structure of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the housing forms a collar and the anchor includes an interior wall defining an aperture through which the collar extends when the anchor is mounted to the housing. Movement of the anchor relative to the housing is limited as a result of the contact between the interior anchor wall and the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick Blakesley, Robert Rainey, Murray Kaijala
  • Patent number: 6941136
    Abstract: A control device 11 for use with another device (such as a movable barrier operator 12) has multiple memory interfaces 26 and 27 to permit the contents of one memory to be copied to another memory to thereby create an effective clone of the first memory. This copied memory is easily removable from the control device 11 and thereafter stored separately as a back-up memory or used as the main memory in another control device 11. This effectively avoids a need for more tedious registration of authorized remote control transmitters in systems where the control device 11 interfaces with a movable barrier operator 12. In one embodiment, blocking information as corresponds to any of the otherwise registered transmitters can also be copied to the new memory when effecting this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20050103113
    Abstract: A pressure sensor for sensing a pressure level of a pressurized medium. The pressure sensor includes a housing that has a high pressure side, a low pressure side and an aperture. A substrate is located in the aperture. The substrate has a pair of ends and a center portion. The center portion is brazed to the housing in the aperture. The center portion seals the high pressure side from the low pressure side. A pressure sensitive resistor is mounted to one end of the substrate. A reference resistor is mounted to another end of the substrate. A circuit line is located on the substrate. The circuit line is connected between the pressure sensitive resistor and the reference resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Craig Ernsberger, Robert Rainey, Patrick Blakesley, Jason Langhorn
  • Publication number: 20050061643
    Abstract: A seat weight sensor for detecting the weight of a seat occupant. The weight sensor has a case mounted between a seat pan and a seat member. One or more strain gauge resistors are mounted in the case. The resistors generate an electrical signal in response to the case being stressed by the weight of the seat occupant. The electrical signal changes as a function of the weight of the occupant. A fastener passes through the seat member, the case, and the seat pan. The fastener secures the sensor between the seat pan and the seat member. The case is adapted to transfer to the strain gage resistor the weight of the occupant up to pre-determined level. The case prevents the strain gage from receiving weight beyond that of the pre-determined level such that the sensor is not damaged by an excessive load. The case also allows the weight sensor to be insensitive to off-axis forces that might otherwise contribute to inaccurate weight readings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Rainey
  • Patent number: 6756895
    Abstract: A learning mode 40 permits a device 11 to register a plurality of transmitters (as part of authorizing such transmitters to act as remote control devices for use with a movable barrier operator 12) without necessitating intervening user tactile inputs (as through a user interface keypad 33) and without unnecessarily creating a security risk with respect to the duration of the learning mode. In one embodiment, duration of the learning mode is extended in response to detecting indicia that the learning mode continues to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20030153301
    Abstract: A control unit 11 for a movable barrier operator and having a user interface having a display 31 can provide information on that display 31 of all presently blocked remote control transmitters without necessitating the display of any non-blocked transmitter information. In one embodiment the information is displayed one transmitter at a time, either automatically or in response to the user's actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20030151496
    Abstract: A learning mode 40 permits a device 11 to register a plurality of transmitters (as part of authorizing such transmitters to act as remote control devices for use with a movable barrier operator 12) without necessitating intervening user tactile inputs (as through a user interface keypad 33) and without unnecessarily creating a security risk with respect to the duration of the learning mode. In one embodiment, duration of the learning mode is extended in response to detecting indicia that the learning mode continues to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
  • Publication number: 20030153306
    Abstract: A control device 11 for use with another device (such as a movable barrier operator 12) has multiple memory interfaces 26 and 27 to permit the contents of one memory to be copied to another memory to thereby create an effective clone of the first memory. This copied memory is easily removable from the control device 11 and thereafter stored separately as a back-up memory or used as the main memory in another control device 11. This effectively avoids a need for more tedious registration of authorized remote control transmitters in systems where the control device 11 interfaces with a movable barrier operator 12. In one embodiment, blocking information as corresponds to any of the otherwise registered transmitters can also be copied to the new memory when effecting this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Study, Eric Robb, Robert Rainey
  • Patent number: 6467361
    Abstract: A strain gage for measuring an applied force or weight. The strain gage includes a substrate having a tapered center section that is adapted to be stressed in response to the applied force. A strained resistor is mounted on the center section of the substrate. A wing section is attached to the center section. The wing section is adapted to be not stressed by the applied force. An unstrained resistor is mounted on the wing section. A terminal section is mounted to the center section and the wing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Rainey, Patrick B. Blakesley, James Newcomer