Patents by Inventor David K. Murphy

David K. Murphy 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).

  • CELLULAR PHONE WITH AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING
    Publication number: 20190087863
    Abstract: A device, such as a cellular phone, includes an audio and visual display configured to identify content entered by a user of the device and to automatically initiate a select message file related to the content entered as a result of a user-initiated implementation of a predetermined feature of the device that is not related to the message file and to allow the user-initiated implementation of the predetermined feature to proceed only after the user closes the select message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas John Mannix, David K. Murphy, Ian Kelly, Joseph M. Donaghy
  • CELLULAR PHONE WITH AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING
    Publication number: 20180040025
    Abstract: A device, such as a cellular phone, includes an audio and visual display configured to identify content entered by a user of the device and to automatically initiate a select message file related to the content entered as a result of a user-initiated implementation of a predetermined feature of the device that is not related to the message file and to allow the user-initiated implementation of the predetermined feature to proceed only after the user closes the select message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas John Mannix, David K. Murphy, Ian Kelly, Joseph M. Donaghy
  • Cellular Phone with Automatic Advertising
    Publication number: 20140329565
    Abstract: A device such as a cellular phone configured to automatically display one or more messages, such as advertisements, upon activation of certain features of the phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas John Mannix, David K. Murphy, Ian Kelly, Joseph M. Donaghy
  • Auxiliary fuel tanks for aircraft
    Patent number: 4860972
    Abstract: On a helicopter having a main fuel tank and outer curved walls with connector lugs thereon, an auxiliary fuel tank for each side of the helicopter, each tank being of aerodynamically streamlined configuration having an outer convex wall, a top rounded wall, a bottom rounded wall and an inner concave wall for abutment against said outer curved wall of said helicopter; a plurality of connector ears on said tanks for attachment to said lugs; said connector ears having a breakage point of 5000 PSI; said connector lugs having a breakage point of less than 5000 PSI, whereby said auxiliary fuel tanks may break away from said helicopter in the event of a crash landing; gravity feed lines from the helicopter's main fuel tank to said auxiliary tanks whereby said tanks are filled from said main fuel tank when said main fuel tank reaches a predetermined high level, and auxiliary pumps in said auxiliary fuel tanks for pumping the fuel from said tanks to said main fuel tank when said main fuel tank reaches a predetermined
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: ERA Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Lannerd, David K. Murphy