Patents by Inventor Alan Roach

Alan Roach 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: 11009202
    Abstract: A dual-illumination unit that combines one or more visible LEDs and one or more IR LEDs in the same unit. The LEDs are mounted to circuit boards resembling a standard lightbulb shape, supported by a housing, the housing encapsulating electronic components controlling the LEDs and configured to be connected to standard OEM fusebox power. The unit also includes an adapter ring, removably coupled to the housing and configured to secure the unit to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) headlight assembly of an associated vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Keith Kresge, Alan Roach
  • Publication number: 20200378573
    Abstract: A dual-illumination unit that combines one or more visible LEDs and one or more IR LEDs in the same unit. The LEDs are mounted to circuit boards resembling a standard lightbulb shape, supported by a housing, the housing encapsulating electronic components controlling the LEDs and configured to be connected to standard OEM fusebox power. The unit also includes an adapter ring, removably coupled to the housing and configured to secure the unit to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) headlight assembly of an associated vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Kresge, Alan Roach
  • Patent number: 10781985
    Abstract: A dual-illumination unit that combines one or more visible LEDs and one or more IR LEDs in the same unit. The LEDs are mounted to circuit boards resembling a standard lightbulb shape, supported by a housing, the housing encapsulating electronic components controlling the LEDs and configured to be connected to standard OEM fusebox power. The unit also includes an adapter ring, removably coupled to the housing and configured to secure the unit to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) headlight assembly of an associated vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Keith Kresge, Alan Roach
  • Publication number: 20200094638
    Abstract: A vehicle having a first configuration for road use and a second configuration for air use, comprises road wheels; a first steering control input, such as a steering wheel, for directional control of road wheels when in contact with the ground; a traction drive propulsion unit for driving road wheels when in contact with the ground, for example an electric motor connected to each driven wheel; a traction drive power control input, such as a throttle pedal; a second steering control input, such as rudder pedals, for operation of control surfaces for the aerodynamic directional control of the vehicle; an aerodynamic thrust propulsion unit for driving the vehicle through the air, such as a motor connected to a propeller mounted on the vehicle; and a thrust power control input, such as a throttle lever; and optionally a road wheel brake control input, such as a brake pedal; wherein, when the vehicle is in the second configuration and the wheels are in contact with the ground, the thrust power control input is ope
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: AEROMOBIL R&D, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Doug MACANDREW, Simon ROOMS, Alan ROACH, lan CLARK, Steve RANDLE
  • Publication number: 20200039658
    Abstract: A vehicle having a first configuration for road use and a second configuration for air use, comprising: road wheels; a traction drive propulsion unit for driving road wheels when in contact with the ground; a thrust propulsion unit for driving a propeller to drive the vehicle through the air; and wherein, when the vehicle is configurable into any of: the first configuration, in which the traction drive propulsion unit is engaged to drive the road wheels on the ground, and the thrust propulsion unit is disengaged from the propeller; the second configuration, in which the traction drive propulsion unit is disengaged such that no drive is provided to the road wheels, and the thrust propulsion unit is engaged with the propeller to drive the vehicle thorough the air; or an intermediate configuration in which the traction drive propulsion unit is engaged to drive the road wheels on the ground, and the thrust propulsion unit is engaged with the propeller to drive the vehicle through the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: AEROMOBIL R&D, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Stefan KLEIN, Doug MACANDREW, Simon ROOMS, Tomas URIK, Alan ROACH, Ian CLARK, Steve RANDLE
  • Publication number: 20190354131
    Abstract: A control system for use in a vehicle configurable for air use or road use, the vehicle comprising moveable control surfaces for controlling operation of the vehicle in air use, wherein the system comprises: a pedal arrangement of three pedals, comprising a central brake pedal and first and second side pedals, one on either side of the brake pedal, the pedal arrangement having a first configuration for use when the vehicle is configured for road use, and a second configuration for use when the vehicle is configured for air use; wherein in the first configuration, the first (right) side pedal is configured to act as a throttle control; and in the second configuration, the first and second pedals are connected to the moveable control surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: AEROMOBIL R&D, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Doug MACANDREW, Simon ROOMS, Alan ROACH, Slavomir FAZEKAS, Martin GREN
  • Publication number: 20180335190
    Abstract: A dual-illumination unit that combines one or more visible LEDs and one or more IR LEDs in the same unit. The LEDs are mounted to circuit boards resembling a standard lightbulb shape, supported by a housing, the housing encapsulating electronic components controlling the LEDs and configured to be connected to standard OEM fusebox power. The unit also includes an adapter ring, removably coupled to the housing and configured to secure the unit to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) headlight assembly of an associated vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Kresge, Alan Roach
  • Patent number: 7410170
    Abstract: A multiplayer game in which players are dealt cards from a deck of game cards having indicia thereon corresponding to combinations typically used in the traditional Yahtzee game that are to be matched by the dice rolls of the players. During the course of a player's turn, the player actuates an instruction unit to start a timer setting a time limit within which the player rolls the dice multiple times in an effort to match one of the combinations on the cards in the player's hand. If the player matches a combination on one of the cards, the player actuates the instruction unit a second time to stop the timer and to receive a win instruction from the instruction unit. If the player does not match any of the combinations on the cards within the time limit, the instruction unit outputs a loss instruction to be followed by the player. The sequence may continue until one player has discarded all of the game cards in the player's hand onto the discard pile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignees: Hasbro, Inc., Big Monster Toys, LLC.
    Inventors: Alan Roach, Peter Kullgren, Samuel C. Unsicker
  • Patent number: 6124343
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is CN, CH.sub.2 CN, CH.dbd.CHCN, CHO, or CH.dbd.CHCO.sub.2 H;R.sup.2 is aryl lower alkoxy, heteroaryl lower alkoxy, aryl lower alkylthio or heteroaryl lower alkylthio wherein each of the aryl and heteroaryl moieties is optionally substituted;R.sup.3 is halogen;R.sup.4 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl;R.sup.5 is carboxy or an acid isostere;X is oxygen or sulphur; andn is zero or 1; or an N-oxide thereof, prodrug thereof solvate thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which compounds have endothelin antagonist activity. The invention is also directed to methods for preparing the compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Smith, Barry Porter, Roger Walsh, Tahir Majid, Clive McCarthy, Neil Harris, Peter Astles, Iain McLay, Andrew Morley, Andrew Bridge, Andrew Van Sickle, Frank Halley, Alan Roach, Martyn Foster
  • Patent number: 6048893
    Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is CN, CH.sub.2 CN, CH.dbd.CHCN, CHO, or CH.dbd.CHCO.sub.2 H;R.sup.2 is aryl lower alkoxy, heteroaryl lower alkoxy, aryl lower alkylthio or heteroaryl lower alkylthio wherein each of the aryl and heteroaryl moieties is optionally substituted;R.sup.3 is halogen;R.sup.4 is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl;R.sup.5 is carboxy or an acid isostere;X is oxygen or sulphur; andn is zero or 1; or an N-oxide thereof, prodrug thereof solvate thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which compounds have endothelin antagonist activity. The invention is also directed to methods for preparing the compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutical use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Smith, Barry Porter, Roger Walsh, Tahir Majid, Clive McCarthy, Neil Harris, Peter Astles, Iain McLay, Andrew Morley, Andrew Bridge, Andrew Van Sickle, Frank Halley, Alan Roach, Martyn Foster
  • Patent number: D633948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Roach, Dennis George McCulley
  • Patent number: D780964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BAJA DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Roach
  • Patent number: D843304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AEROMOBIL R&D, S. R. O.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Alexander MacAndrew, William Simon Rooms, Tomás Urík, Adam Danko, Alan Roach
  • Patent number: D843305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: AEROMOBIL R&D, S. R. O.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Alexander MacAndrew, William Simon Rooms, Tomás Urík, Adam Danko, Alan Roach
  • Patent number: D844537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AEROMOBIL R&D, S. R. O.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Alexander MacAndrew, William Simon Rooms, Tomás Uri'k, Adam Danko, Alan Roach
  • Patent number: D846776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: AEROMOBIL R&D, S. R. O.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Alexander MacAndrew, William Simon Rooms, Tomas Urík, Adam Danko, Alan Roach