Patents by Inventor Edwin Roy Christman

Edwin Roy Christman 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: 20130018766
    Abstract: Method of commerce and system components that enable the sale of electricity on-request to independent vehicle operators for propulsion. Electricity could be delivered by conventional roadway overhead electric line components (see FIG. 2). Vehicles would be equipped with a computer-like component that contains an electricity meter, flow switches, and wireless communications capabilities (see FIG. 14) to communicate with an operations (12) computer site. Site would have customer credit profiles for approving distribution, wirelessly requested from customer vehicles. Vehicles would be additionally equipped with a robotic collector module (51). If implemented on a highway, the driver would request service while driving in an electrified lane via a user interface and, if approved, the robotic collector module (51) handles engaging electrical contact and disengaging when needed. Customer would be electronically billed for the electricity used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Edwin Roy Christman
  • Patent number: 5984362
    Abstract: An improved volume of map, chart, or large image data, constructed of two complimentary books in which a comprehensive data region (10) is divided into a plurality of rectangular segments (22). The segments are separated into two groups as if a checkerboard pattern of alternating light and dark rectangles (34), (54) existed. The segments are further divided in half and made into facing pages or leaves (90), with each book (82), (86) containing generally half the sum of the data segments of the comprehensive map. The facing leaves are further ordered by two-dimensional coordinate based on row (98), and column (94) of the segments. The two-dimensional facing leave coordinate (130) is clearly printed on facing leaves.An oversized cover (118) contains applicable coordinate scales or measure rules (110) on the inner sides of the visible area (122) of oversizement when the book is open. The scales are aligned to and applicable to the facing leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Edwin Roy Christman