Patents by Inventor Charles D. Skinner

Charles D. Skinner 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).

  • Wager Gaming System Including Mobile Credit Management App
    Publication number: 20230114727
    Abstract: A method for managing gaming credits with a credit management app on a mobile device can include connecting the mobile device with a wager gaming credit management system over a network. The method can include communicating a casino marker credit line from the wager gaming credit management system to the credit management app on the mobile device over the network and transferring currency from a financial account linked to the credit management app on the mobile device to the casino marker credit line using the credit management app.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Gary E. Ellis, Charles D. Skinner, Brian L. Chausmer, Piotr Tomasik
  • Trapped charge field bias vibrating beam accelerometer
    Patent number: 6874363
    Abstract: A mechanical resonator having an electrical charge buried and substantially permanently trapped in a layer of insulating material grown or otherwise formed on either or both of the electrode and the vibratory beam, whereby the trapped electrical charge generates electrostatic forces between the beams and the electrodes of the opposing plates of the resultant capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Foote, Charles D. Skinner
  • Woodworking fixture
    Patent number: 4305439
    Abstract: A woodworking fixture for positioning and guiding a workpiece under a stationary routing head, whereby the workpiece is subject to a composite movement as it progresses under the routing head. The fixture comprises an indexing table having a clamp for securing the workpiece thereon, mounted on a moveable carriage. The indexing table can be slanted at an adjustable angle and may be rotated as the carriage progresses under the routing head in order to create designs of varying depth into the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Inventor: Charles D. Skinner
  • Mechanical router guide
    Patent number: 4299263
    Abstract: A fixture for positioning and guiding a router above the surface of a stationary workpiece, whereby the router is subject to a composite, three directional movement as it is moved above the workpiece. The fixture comprises an indexing table rotating on a base which is secured on top of or around the workpiece. The indexing table carries a template holding frame which can be slanted at an adjustable angle in relation to the workpiece in order to create designs of varying depth and width into the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Inventor: Charles D. Skinner