Patents by Inventor Charles Schafer

Charles Schafer 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: 9302726
    Abstract: A helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit including a pair of L-shaped first mounting brackets. Each of the pair of first mounting brackets has a pair of first threaded apertures and a pair of second threaded apertures. One of a pair of first mounting bolts threadably engages each of the pair of first apertures, and one of a pair of second mounting bolts threadably engages each of the pair of second apertures. A right mounting bracket and a left mounting bracket of the pair of mounting brackets removably attaches to a top side of a right side and a left side, respectively, of a motorcycle passenger floorboard. A second cylindrical mounting bracket having a continuous notch and a threaded opening is removably attachable to a motorcycle. The second mounting bracket is configured to releasably hang a helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Charles Schafer
  • Patent number: 6073158
    Abstract: A system and method for time slicing multiple received data streams utilizing multiple processors in such a manner as to ensure that all processors are running at full capability and are efficiently timesharing a global memory storage area. The received data streams are each divided into fixed portions called spans. The invention is operable for sequencing the movement of the time-sliced spans between the processors, adjusting the scheduling of particular ones of the time-sliced spans as a function of either processor availability or maintenance of real-time transmission of the received real-time time-sliced data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Marshall Nally, John Charles Schafer
  • Patent number: 5821918
    Abstract: A display interface device 20 is provided which includes inputs for receiving video data words, the video data words including control codes for controlling the output format of a display, and a video clock signal received from an associated video controller. A first-in/first-out memory 30 is also provided with a video data word clocked into memory 30 by the first clock and clocked out of memory 30 by a second clock generated from a clock received from an associated graphics controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: S3 Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Lloyd Reinert, Sudhir Sharma, Robert Marshall Nally, John Charles Schafer
  • Patent number: 5276797
    Abstract: An extended selection field for use in selecting one or more choices from a list on an information system display. The extended selection field exhibits the behavior and appearance of a standard single choice field, with the additional capability to switch into a multiple choice mode to override the single choice restriction. A single choice is selected using the standard technique of moving the selection bar to the desired choice and pressing the Enter key. However, the single choice restriction may be overridden by using the standard multiple choice selection technique of moving the selection bar to a first desired choice and pressing (instead of the Enter key) a choice selection key such as the space bar. The field then exhibits the behavior and appearance of a standard multiple choice field. The single choice selection bar immediately changes to a multiple choice indicator and the operator receives immediate visual feedback that the system is enabled to accept multiple choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonald M. Bateman, Richard E. Berry, Ronald J. Lisle, Charles A. Schafer