Patents by Inventor Roland L Schafer, Jr.

Roland L Schafer, Jr. 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: 8064120
    Abstract: Electrochromic window assemblies and methods for providing electrochromic window assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a window assembly includes a first transparent portion and a first trim portion. The first trim portion is located adjacent to the first transparent portion. The window assembly also includes a second transparent portion and a second trim portion. The second trim portion is located adjacent to the second transparent portion. The window assembly further includes an electrochromic assembly. The electrochromic assembly is disposed between the first transparent portion and the second transparent portion so that it is adjacent to both transparent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin S. Callahan, Roland L. Schafer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7962259
    Abstract: An integrated cabin services system (CSS) for a mobile platform. The system may include a controller in communication with a plurality of remotely disposed cabin services subsystems for controlling each of the subsystems. A comprehensive database may be utilized by the CSS to employ combinational logic to control operation of the subsystems and to thus control the execution of at least one function of each of the subsystems. The comprehensive database may include a plurality of database portions, one database portion related to the controller and stored in the controller, and each one of the other database portions being related to a specific one of the subsystems, with each one of the other database portions being stored with its related said subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Roland L Schafer, Jr., Phillip S Mattson, Gerald D Lui-Kwan