Patents by Inventor David Alarcon

David Alarcon 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: 11952037
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for providing multi-trailer reverse assistance. In a multi-trailer reverse assistance system in an articulated transport system comprising a lead vehicle, an intermediate trailer, and a final trailer, the reverse assist system includes a controller. The controller is configured to: receive a view of an environment behind the final trailer; cause the view to be displayed in a display screen of a user interface device; receive, via a secondary steering device of the user interface device, a user intended direction of travel of the articulated transport system in reverse to direct the final trailer in a desired direction; continuously calculate controllable steering angles for directing the articulated transport system to direct the final trailer in the desired direction; and control the articulated transport system to direct the final trailer in the desired direction using the calculated controllable steering angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Avesta Goodarzi, Ralph David Schlottke, Manvir Dulai, Michael D. Alarcon, Halit Zengin
  • Patent number: 11497319
    Abstract: A system used to fit fitted sheets over a mattress. The system allows a user of the system to keep the fitted sheets unwrinkled when the user decides to lie on the mattress that uses the system. The system comprises of a rectangular housing, a plurality of mounts, a plurality of gear motors a plurality of pulleys, a plurality of straps, a motor speed controller that is operatively connected to each gear motor, a connector that is fixedly attached to an end of each strap, and a fitted sheet that defines a plurality of receivers that are positioned concentrically around a central axis of the fitted sheet, the connector that is fixedly attached to the end of each strap attaches to each receiver of the plurality of receivers of the fitted sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: David Alarcon, Daniel Marcial Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 5048851
    Abstract: An apparatus for use particularly by joggers to prevent unnecessary impacting to a jogger's knees during a downhill traverse in a jogging event. The apparatus is defined as a plurality of "U" shaped framework members arranged for interfitting relative to one another. The framework members are each separable to accommodate positioning about an individual's anatomy and are securable to the anatomy during periods of transport by a plurality of fabric straps securable together by hook and loop fasteners. An inflatable bladder is positioned adjacent each base of each respective "U" shaped framework to resiliently accommodate and cushion mounting to a torso or arm portion of an anatomy of an individual jogger during their transport prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventor: David Alarcon