Patents by Inventor Grant A. Compton

Grant A. Compton 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: 20090306990
    Abstract: A vehicle coordinate measuring system and method including a coordinate measuring device operably connected to a computer, and a voice input device for receiving prompts from the computer and enabling an operator to transmit responses to the prompts to the computer, with the computer adapted to translate the responses to digital information. The coordinate measuring device may record and transmit point location data to the computer, and the computer may correlate the point location data from the coordinate measuring device with the digital information from the responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Doug Vandervoort, Mike Brodie, Arthur Elly, III, Grant Compton, Hugh Brooks, Daniel P. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080304171
    Abstract: A conversation mirror assembly is provided for use in passenger compartments of motor vehicles. The conversation mirror assembly includes a mirror housing having a mirror support surface. A first conversation mirror face biased toward the driver is fitted to the mirror support surface. A second conversation mirror face biased toward the front seat passenger is fitted to the mirror support surface adjacent the first conversation mirror. The first conversation mirror face and the second conversation mirror face may be either spherical or aspherical. The first conversation mirror face may be separate from the second conversation mirror face. Alternatively, the first conversation mirror face and the second conversation mirror face define two facets of a single mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Grant A. Compton, Jay R. Degenkolb, Doug Vandervoort, George Walowich, Lynda Kristen Fulgenzi, Lisa Burns, Gerald L. Elrite