Patents by Inventor Gregory D. Skinner

Gregory D. Skinner 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: 20240083321
    Abstract: An armrest center console for a vehicle includes a housing defining a storage bin, a track assembly having a first and second tracks provided on opposite sides of the housing, and an armrest cover assembly supported on the housing and having a deployable table. The armrest center console also includes a linkage assembly coupling the armrest cover assembly to the first and second tracks, wherein the armrest cover assembly is configured to slide forward on the first and second rail and to rotate upward via the linkage assembly to deploy the deployable table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Thomas, Glen D. Skinner, Brian Robb, Thomas Junior Luckett, Ryan Welch
  • Patent number: 5781550
    Abstract: In a computer implemented method, packets are transparently and securely communicated between a trusted computer and an untrusted computer connected by a gateway. Each packet including a source address, a destination address and a payload. The gateway, according to rules stored in a configuration database, intercepts a packet received in an Internet protocol layer of the gateway. The packet has a source address of the trusted computer, a destination address of the untrusted computer and a first payload. The intercepted packet is diverted to a proxy server operating in an application protocol layer of the gateway. The intercepted packet is consumed by the proxy server, and the proxy server generates a second packet having a source address of the gateway and the destination address of the untrusted computer and the first payload. The second packet is sent to the untrusted computer to enable the trusted computer to communicate with the untrusted computer securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Fred L. Templin, Ajay Gupta, Gregory D. Skinner, Dermot Matthew Tynan