Patents by Inventor Alan Pendleton

Alan Pendleton 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: 11958338
    Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a passenger cabin; a steering assembly including a steering wheel mounted on a steering column assembly; and a ventilation system having a first air outlet for discharging a first jet of air, and a second air outlet for discharging a second jet of air. The first air outlet and the second air outlet are located on the steering column and the second jet of air intersects and deflects the first jet of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Roy Alan Harris, Adam Pinkstone, Tomasz Edward Pendleton, Roy Edward Poulton
  • Patent number: 11767037
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced obstacle detection. A vehicle may detect a neighboring vehicle traveling on a first road in a first traffic direction in a vicinity of the vehicle. The vehicle may collect data associated with the neighboring vehicle using one or more sensors of the vehicle. The vehicle may determine a status of the neighboring vehicle at a geolocation of the neighboring vehicle based on the collected data. The vehicle may determine that a first road anomaly occurred at the geolocation based on the status of the neighboring vehicle. The vehicle may set a first flag indicating the first road anomaly. The vehicle may determine to take a first action based on the first flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan Alan Pendleton
  • Publication number: 20220089190
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced obstacle detection. A vehicle may detect a neighboring vehicle traveling on a first road in a first traffic direction in a vicinity of the vehicle. The vehicle may collect data associated with the neighboring vehicle using one or more sensors of the vehicle. The vehicle may determine a status of the neighboring vehicle at a geolocation of the neighboring vehicle based on the collected data. The vehicle may determine that a first road anomaly occurred at the geolocation based on the status of the neighboring vehicle. The vehicle may set a first flag indicating the first road anomaly. The vehicle may determine to take a first action based on the first flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Alan Pendleton
  • Publication number: 20070154259
    Abstract: A covering (10), for an access aperture, comprises a pair (11, 12) of cover plates, of unequal sizes, that are positionable one adjacent the other along a line of juxtaposition (14) to define a generally rectangular covering. The line of juxtaposition (14) extends from one side (24) of the generally rectangular covering to another (26) and is spaced from the diagonal (27) of the rectangular covering that it is proximate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Pendleton, John Pickavance
  • Publication number: 20060088378
    Abstract: A frame for bounding an open end of a recess includes an upstanding, peripheral wall having protruding outwardly therefrom a flange. The frame includes, within the peripheral wall, plural seatings for a cover that is insertable into the frame. Each seating includes a seating member having secured thereto a resiliently deformable pad, part of which protrudes beyond the seating member to provide a resiliently deformable seating that is engageable by part of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Saint Gobain PAM
    Inventors: Alan Pendleton, Jean-Claude Royer, John Pickavance