Patents by Inventor Douglas Lawson

Douglas Lawson 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).

  • Publication number: 20130111047
    Abstract: A session transfer computer program is described. The program comprises: a credential management component arranged to store credentials used by a first device in a session; and a session transfer component arranged to send a request to a second device for transferring the session thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gameelah Ghafoor, Richard Douglas Lawson, Colin Herkes
  • Publication number: 20110153453
    Abstract: A system and method whereby a customer requiring hire of a taxi can view available taxis on their mobile phone and can select a taxi for hire. An authorisation of payment is carried out and the selected taxi allocated to the customer if the authorisation is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Gameelah Ghafoor, Richard Douglas Lawson
  • Publication number: 20110119949
    Abstract: Curing systems and related methods are described herein. The curing systems include an LED source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Luminus Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kites, Douglas Lawson
  • Publication number: 20060067800
    Abstract: The non-axial force exerted on a pneumatic tool by a non-axial air supply is balanced to allow for uniformly radially distributed compliance forces on the tool. An annular air ring is disposed around the pneumatic tool, covering an air inlet port. Air is supplied by any route to a first air passage that supplies the air to the interior of the annular air ring, exerting a force on the annular air ring. Air flows in the annular space of the air ring, entering the tool air inlet port to drive the pneumatic tool. One or more second air passages are connected to the annular air ring in an even radial distribution. Each second air passage is connected to the air source, or terminates in an air blockage, creating a column of pressurized air that exerts a force on the annular air ring equal to the first air passage. The forces exerted on the air ring are thus balanced with respect to the axis of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventor: Douglas Lawson
  • Publication number: 20050180829
    Abstract: A pneumatically driven deburring device having a housing and a pneumatic motor mounted therein which is adapted to receive and drive a deburring tool. A pivot bearing is mounted within the housing adjacent the pneumatic motor. A motor support is held within the pivot bearing and extends therefrom where the motor support connects to the pneumatic motor. An air inlet is disposed adjacent the pivot bearing and is communicatively connected thereto. Air for driving the pneumatic motor is directed through the air inlet, and through a hollow portion of the motor support to where air is directed into the pneumatic motor. Because the motor support is supported or contained within the pivot bearing, it follows that the motor support articulates with the pivot bearing and hence the pneumatic motor moves with the articulating motor support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventor: Douglas Lawson
  • Publication number: 20050019123
    Abstract: A robotic deburring tool having a housing. Mounted within the housing is a pneumatic motor that includes a backwall and a drive shaft. Secured to the terminal end of the drive shaft is a deburring tool. A pivot-bearing is mounted in the housing adjacent the backwall. A connector extends from the backwall of the pneumatic motor and connects to the pivot bearing, thereby permitting the pneumatic motor to freely articulate radially in any direction while preventing free rotation about the bearing's longitudinal axis. A compliance device extends around the pneumatic motor at a location between the backwall and the deburring tool secured to the drive shaft. The compliance device restricts the movement of the pneumatic motor while applying a compliance force to the pneumatic motor as the pneumatic motor moves with the pivot bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Douglas Lawson
  • Publication number: 20040052580
    Abstract: The Connection Clip is a simple method to be used when side by side or back to back storage units or work benches provided with concealed angle posts are to be held together. The clip is designed in such a way that four indents snap into the correspondent angle posts keyholes with a spring action, keeping the units from moving away from each other. The four point connection is quick and strong. The clip is concealed behind the exposed legs of the angle posts, therefore the connection is not obtrusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Alan Douglas Lawson, Dan A. David
  • Publication number: 20020161618
    Abstract: An integrated scheduler/material control system that receives a plurality of material move requests and prioritizes these move requests according to a critical pick-up time associated with each move request. Using vehicle utilization data from the traffic management system, the integrated scheduler/material control system determines the number of move requests to be deferred to a later time period and then calculates the number of move requests to be executed in the current time period. The integrated scheduler/material control system then passes the move requests and the number of move requests to be executed to the traffic management system in the prioritized order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Mitchell Weiss, Douglas Lawson, Thomas Mariano, Robert Gaskins, Namdar Bahri