Patents by Inventor Dennis Wilkerson

Dennis Wilkerson 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: 7731401
    Abstract: An exterior automotive lamp may be formed with LED light sources by efficiently using the available light. The LEDs are arranged in an array to illuminate a central lens to produce the horizontal spread from the central portion of the LED beam. Meanwhile a reflector gathers the more disperse side-emitted portion of the LED beam and directs that light as an outer sheath to form a supplementary portion of the beam. The lamp efficiently provides a beam that may be adapted for highbeam, lowbeam, fog, or signal purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Valeo Sylvania LLC.
    Inventors: Robert Lee King, Dennis Wilkerson, Dennis Black
  • Publication number: 20080094852
    Abstract: An exterior automotive lamp may be formed with LED light sources by efficiently using the available light. The LEDs are arranged in an array to illuminate a central lens to produce the horizontal spread from the central portion of the LED beam. Meanwhile a reflector gathers the more disperse side-emitted portion of the LED beam and directs that light as an outer sheath to form a supplementary portion of the beam. The lamp efficiently provides a beam that may be adapted for highbeam, lowbeam, fog, or signal purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: VALEO SYLVANIA LLC
    Inventors: Robert Lee King, Dennis Wilkerson, Dennis Black
  • Publication number: 20050210174
    Abstract: A method and system for forwarding interrupt requests from a source device to a destination device. A controller bridge receives data, from a source device, for a destination device and stores the incoming data in a data queue. An interrupt request is received from the source device for the destination device and forwarded to the destination device in response to completing a transfer of the data from the source device to the destination device. If data received from the source device for the destination device are pending in the data queue, the interrupt request is rejected and the source may resubmit the interrupt request at a later time. If additional data are received from the source device for the destination device, the data may be rejected in response to an interrupt pending in the interrupt queue from the source device for the destination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Hofmann, Jason Hopp, Dennis Wilkerson
  • Publication number: 20030082004
    Abstract: An improved system for draining bunkers on golf courses. A receptacle is positioned below the bunker surface and can have an aperture for receiving drain water and an outlet for discharging the water through a conduit. A perforated pipe water collection system can be attached to the receptacle to direct water to the receptacle interior space. A receptacle cover is removable to permit access to the receptacle interior space. The cover is sufficiently strong to support the overlying weight of people and equipment and can have apertures for permitting water entry while resisting sand entry into the receptacle interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Dennis Wilkerson
  • Patent number: D642303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Valeo Sylvania LLC.
    Inventors: Robert Lee King, Dennis Wilkerson, Dennis Black