Patents by Inventor C. Rucker Ashmore

C. Rucker Ashmore 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLING A MOTORIZED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080294300
    Abstract: An electronic controller for a motorized device includes a signal generator generating an output signal to the motorized device. A non-proportional proximity sensor communicates with the signal generator. A proportional proximity sensor communicates with the signal generator. The output signal is determined as a function of respective signals communicated from the proximity sensors to the signal generator. A direction and speed of the motorized device is determined as a function of the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: C. Rucker Ashmore, Toan D. Pham
  • Method and apparatus for electronically controlling a motorized device
    Publication number: 20030076067
    Abstract: An electronic controller for a motorized device includes a signal generator generating an output signal to the motorized device. A non-proportional proximity sensor communicates with the signal generator. A proportional proximity sensor communicates with the signal generator. The output signal is determined as a function of respective signals communicated from the proximity sensors to the signal generator. A direction and speed of the motorized device is determined as a function of the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: C. Rucker Ashmore, Toan D. Pham