Patents by Inventor Charles R. Leonard

Charles R. Leonard 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: 11983007
    Abstract: A control system for positioning a marker over a pre-existing roadway surface mark. The control system has one or more imagers having a field of view for imaging an area of roadway mark surface encompassing the roadway mark and a computer having a machine learning network to process the roadway mark image and position the marker over the pre-existing roadway mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LIMNTECH LLC
    Inventors: Douglas D. Dolinar, William R. Haller, Charles R. Drazba, Matt W. Smith, Kyle J. Leonard, Eric M. Stahl
  • Patent number: 4117801
    Abstract: Apparatus for spray coating discrete particles while the particles are suspended in a gas flow, the apparatus including a vertically disposed coating chamber; a gas receiving, compressing and accelerating enclosure open at the top and bottom, such as a truncated hollow cone, within the chamber and including therewithin coating and drying zones and forming on the outside thereof therebetween it and the inside wall surface of the coating chamber an annular storage zone for a load of the discrete particles; one or more gas shaping or aerodynamic structures centrally disposed in spaced relation below the truncated hollow cone defining therebetween with the apparatus inside wall surface an annular nozzle for a Coanda flow of upwardly moving gases substantially into the truncated hollow cone; a particle supporting screen between the truncated hollow cone and the aerodynamic structure(s); at least one spray nozzle extending above the central aerodynamic structure and projecting through the particle supporting screen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Clarence C. Dannelly, Charles R. Leonard