Patents by Inventor James Bird

James Bird 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).

  • Bumper arrangement
    Publication number: 20040183318
    Abstract: A moveable bumper arrangement. The moveable bumper arrangement includes an elongated bumper member, an end bumper member, and a mechanism coupled to the end bumper member. The mechanism allows substantially translational movement of the end bumper member with respect to the elongated bumper member from a first position where the end bumper member is positioned at an end of the elongated bumper member to a second position where the end bumper member is spaced apart from the elongated bumper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: James Bird, Karl Duckett
  • Bumper assembly
    Patent number: 6767039
    Abstract: A bumper assembly of an over the highway vehicle. The bumper assembly includes first and second mounting flanges coupled to a chassis component of the over the highway vehicle. A first bumper section is connected to the first mounting flange. A second bumper section is connected to the second bracket. The second bumper section is also be connected to the first bumper section by a detachable connection. The first bumper section detaches from the second bumper section when the first bumper section is involved in a collision to reduce or eliminate damage to the second bumper section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.
    Inventor: James Bird
  • Bumper assembly
    Publication number: 20040032133
    Abstract: A bumper assembly of an over the highway vehicle. The bumper assembly includes first and second mounting flanges coupled to a chassis component of the over the highway vehicle. A first bumper section is connected to the first mounting flange. A second bumper section is connected to the second bracket. The second bumper section is also be connected to the first bumper section by a detachable connection. The first bumper section detaches from the second bumper section when the first bumper section is involved in a collision to reduce or eliminate damage to the second bumper section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.
    Inventor: James Bird
  • 2-adamantanemethanamine compounds for treating abnormalities in glutamatergic transmission
    Patent number: 6531511
    Abstract: The use of a compound of formula (1), as disclosed in the specification, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with the proviso that wherein R1 to R4 and R6 are hydrogen, R5 is not selected from CH2CH2NHSO2CH3, CH2CH2NHSO2CF3 and methyl substituted by SO2NH2, SO3H, PO3H2, CONHOH or a heterocyclic group selected from formulae (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the treatment of a condition generally associated with abnormalities in glutamatergic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Vernalis Research Limited
    Inventors: Roger John Gillespie, Nathaniel Julius Thomas Monck, Andrew James Bird, Simon Edward Ward
  • Adamantanecarboximidamide derivatives and their use as NMDA antagonists
    Patent number: 6262106
    Abstract: The compound of the above formula wherein R1-R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl and prodrugs thereof; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and use of the compounds in therapy, particularly for treatment of a condition generally associated with abnormalities in glutamtergic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Vernalis Research Limited
    Inventors: Nathaniel Julius Thomas Monck, Roger John Gillespie, Andrew James Bird
  • Spoiler for an over the highway truck
    Patent number: D495638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruben Perfetti, John Martin, James Bird
  • Container for handling magnetic media
    Patent number: D341357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Weircliffe International Limited
    Inventors: James Bird, Howard W. A. Govier, Peter S. R. Reeves, Gordon P. O'Brien, Gerald Bailey