Patents by Inventor Robert Sankey
Robert Sankey 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).
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Patent number: 8348325Abstract: A pickup truck tailgate assembly is provided that includes a primary tailgate adapted to pivotally latch to a pickup cargo box and has an opening formed in the central portion thereof. The assembly also includes a secondary tailgate pivotally attached to the primary tailgate in the central opening. The assembly further includes a pivoting connection connecting the secondary tailgate to the primary tailgate so that a secondary tailgate may pivot downward relative to the primary tailgate. The secondary tailgate may further be deployed to form a step for access to the cargo box and may provide a gate for retaining items within the cargo box.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Henry W. Hausler, Brian Robert Sankey
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Publication number: 20120126564Abstract: A pickup truck tailgate assembly is provided that includes a primary tailgate adapted to pivotally latch to a pickup cargo box and has an opening formed in the central portion thereof. The assembly also includes a secondary tailgate pivotally attached to the primary tailgate in the central opening. The assembly further includes a pivoting connection connecting the secondary tailgate to the primary tailgate so that a secondary tailgate may pivot downward relative to the primary tailgate. The secondary tailgate may further be deployed to form a step for access to the cargo box and may provide a gate for retaining items within the cargo box.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Henry W. Hausler, Brian Robert Sankey
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Patent number: 8027252Abstract: A system and method comprise a first buffer having a first capacity and a first threshold level adapted to store data frames having the lowest priority, a second buffer having a second capacity greater than the first capacity and a second threshold level greater than the first threshold level adapted to store data frames having a medium priority, a third buffer having a third capacity greater than the second capacity and a third threshold level greater than the second threshold level adapted to store data frames having the highest priority. The system further includes means for differentiating a data frame as having lowest, medium or highest priority and storing the data frame in the respective first, second or third buffer, and discarding the data frame in response to the first, second or third buffer reaching the respective threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: ADVA AG Optical NetworkingInventors: Ralf Woehler, Wayne Robert Sankey
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Patent number: 7894344Abstract: A system coupled between at least one input port and at least one output port comprises at least one queue, each queue being identified by a QID and operable to receive and buffer data in at least one service flow from the at least one input port. The system further comprises a predetermined at least one token allocated to each queue, each token indicative whether a predetermined amount of data may be dequeued from a queue and transmitted to the output port. The system comprises at least one group of queues where each queue in the group has a subordinate QID identifying a subordinate queue in the group having a lower priority for reallocating unused tokens. The at least one output port receives at least one output flow comprising the dequeued data from the at least one queue.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: ADVA AG Optical NetworkingInventors: Wayne Robert Sankey, Ross Alexander Jamieson, Paul Anthony Elias, John Kevin Weeks
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Publication number: 20080212469Abstract: A system and method comprise a first buffer having a first capacity and a first threshold level adapted to store data frames having the lowest priority, a second buffer having a second capacity greater than the first capacity and a second threshold level greater than the first threshold level adapted to store data frames having a medium priority, a third buffer having a third capacity greater than the second capacity and a third threshold level greater than the second threshold level adapted to store data frames having the highest priority. The system further includes means for differentiating a data frame as having lowest, medium or highest priority and storing the data frame in the respective first, second or third buffer, and discarding the data frame in response to the first, second or third buffer reaching the respective threshold level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: ADVA AG Optical NetworkingInventors: Ralf Woehler, Wayne Robert Sankey
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Publication number: 20080212578Abstract: A system and method for constrained machine address learning comprises provisioning a first network port as being associated with at least one virtual connection at a second network port, and constraining machine address learning to only between the provisioned first network port and its associated at least one virtual connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: ADVA AG OPTICAL NETWORKINGInventors: Wayne Robert Sankey, Ross Alexander Jamieson, John Kevin Weeks
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Publication number: 20080212473Abstract: A system coupled between at least one input port and at least one output port comprises at least one queue, each queue being identified by a QID and operable to receive and buffer data in at least one service flow from the at least one input port. The system further comprises a predetermined at least one token allocated to each queue, each token indicative whether a predetermined amount of data may be dequeued from a queue and transmitted to the output port. The system comprises at least one group of queues where each queue in the group has a subordinate QID identifying a subordinate queue in the group having a lower priority for reallocating unused tokens. The at least one output port receives at least one output flow comprising the dequeued data from the at least one queue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: ADVA AG OPTICAL NETWORKINGInventors: Wayne Robert Sankey, Ross Alexander Jamieson, Paul Anthony Elias, John Kevin Weeks
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Patent number: 6944172Abstract: Provided are a system and method for time-based scheduling in a communications environment. In one example, the method includes assigning at least one token to each of multiple active queues during a predefined period of time. Each token authorizes an amount of data to be dequeued from the queue. The method also includes waiting until the end of the predefined period of time before starting a new round of assigning. At least one of the queues is nominated based on the token assigned to the queue, where the nomination authorizes the dequeuing of the amount of data from the queue. The nomination is sent to a memory system to dequeue the data and send the data to a network uplink.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Covaro Networks, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Robert Sankey, Ross Alexander Jamieson, John Kevin Weeks, Marlon B. Roa-Diaz, Paul Anthony Elias, Michael Joseph Mezeul, Nimer Ibrahim Yaseen
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Publication number: 20040264486Abstract: Provided are a system and method for time-based scheduling in a communications environment. In one example, the method includes assigning at least one token to each of multiple active queues during a predefined period of time. Each token authorizes an amount of data to be dequeued from the queue. The method also includes waiting until the end of the predefined period of time before starting a new round of assigning. At least one of the queues is nominated based on the token assigned to the queue, where the nomination authorizes the dequeuing of the amount of data from the queue. The nomination is sent to a memory system to dequeue the data and send the data to a network uplink.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: Covaro Networks, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Robert Sankey, Ross Alexander Jamieson, John Kevin Weeks, Marlon B. Roa-Diaz, Paul Anthony Elias, Michael Joseph Mezeul, Nimer Ibrahim Yaseen
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Publication number: 20040085071Abstract: An apparatus for testing an electrical relay is disclosed which comprises a portable housing and an electrical testing circuit within the housing for performing a plurality of types of tests on the relay. A connector arrangement is provided for connecting the electrical testing circuit to the relay and a display is provided for displaying the results of the tests.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventor: Robert Sankey
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Patent number: 6578153Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of communicating across a serial line 26. In this method, n parallel streams of data 30 are to be received at a destination 20. In a first embodiment, the n parallel streams of data 30 characterized in that one of streams of data includes a unique characteristic that can be used to distinguish that one from each of the other streams of data. In a second embodiment, each of the n streams of data 30 are in a particular pattern that includes a detectable characteristic. At the destination 20, the unique characteristic and/or detectable characteristic can be detected to correct space and/or time errors in the streams of data. For example, the destination 20 might be a receiver that includes a serial-to-parallel converter 28 and calibration circuitry 34.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Robert Sankey, Kyl Scott, Osman Koyuncu, Kam-Wing Li, Ritesh Dhirajlal Sojitra
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Patent number: D694700Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Inventors: Robert A. Sankey, Sean D. Sankey