Patents by Inventor James Rodden

James Rodden 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: 20070101300
    Abstract: Windows in a graphical user interface are automatically repositioned and resized in response to changes in a display configuration. If a window is not capable of being fully displayed within the reconfigured display area, it is constrained to fit the available space. In determining the constraints for the window, the window is given a size which permits an integral amount of information to be displayed to the user. If a minimum required size is not already present in the available display area, the window is moved into the available area until the minimum size is attained. If the visible portion of the window already contains the minimum required area, a determination is made whether additional integral components of the window can be displayed. The window is then appropriately shrunk or expanded to permit an integral number of components to be displayed, and control elements are added to the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: James Rodden, Guyerik Fullerton
  • Patent number: 6454217
    Abstract: A control system for providing attitude control in spacecraft. The control system comprising a primary attitude reference system, a secondary attitude reference system, and a hyper-complex number differencing system. The hyper-complex number differencing system is connectable to the primary attitude reference system and the secondary attitude reference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, Inc.
    Inventors: John James Rodden, Xenophon Price, Stephane Carrou, Homer Darling Stevens
  • Patent number: 4120993
    Abstract: The improved method of making a self-locking threaded element having a strongly adhered plastic body on its threaded surface providing strong frictional engagement between the element and a mating threaded surface in which fine particles of heat softenable plastic are applied against a heated threaded surface in a plurality of spaced successive portions in time and temperature controlled relation such that a first portion is softened by heat prior to application of a successive portion of the particles to aid in holding particles of successive portions to enable manufacture at a higher rate and/or at lower temperatures than heretofore practicable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: USM Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Duffy, Philip James Rodden