Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Eugene Gilb

Jeffrey Eugene Gilb 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).

  • Extendible conveyor and parcel handling system
    Patent number: 9085424
    Abstract: An extendable boom conveyor system having a first boom element, a controller, an input device, and a second boom element. The controller, using the input device, can adjust the position of the first boom element to maintain a distance relative to a user. A method performed by an extendible conveyor system can include detecting a position of a user using the input device, moving the first boom element to a position relative to the position of the user, detecting a user input using the input device, moving the first boom element to a new position according to the user input, and transporting parcels loaded by the user on the conveying surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Carpenter, Jeffrey Eugene Gilb, James M. Pippin
  • Extendible Conveyor and Parcel Handling System
    Publication number: 20140326580
    Abstract: An extendable boom conveyor system having a first boom element, a controller, an input device, and a second boom element. The controller, using the input device, can adjust the position of the first boom element to maintain a distance relative to a user. A method performed by an extendible conveyor system can include detecting a position of a user using the input device, moving the first boom element to a position relative to the position of the user, detecting a user input using the input device, moving the first boom element to a new position according to the user input, and transporting parcels loaded by the user on the conveying surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Carpenter, Jeffrey Eugene Gilb, James M. Pippin