Patents by Inventor John Bowyer

John Bowyer 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).

  • Patent number: 11203344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving trajectory planning of an automated vehicle. The system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a lane segment graph indicating allowable transitions between a plurality of lane segments. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a current type of traffic flow situation. The electronic processor is further configured to determine weighting factors for each of the allowable transitions based on aggregate observations of previous real-world traffic flow transitions for the current type of traffic flow situation. Each of the weighting factors indicate a likelihood of transition for a respective one of the allowable transitions. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a weighted lane segment graph based at least in part on the weighting factors. The electronic processor is further configured to determine a driving trajectory of the automated vehicle based at least in part on the weighted lane segment graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael John Bowyer, Benjamin Thomas Nuttle
  • Publication number: 20210347362
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving trajectory planning of an automated vehicle. The system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a lane segment graph indicating allowable transitions between a plurality of lane segments. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a current type of traffic flow situation. The electronic processor is further configured to determine weighting factors for each of the allowable transitions based on aggregate observations of previous real-world traffic flow transitions for the current type of traffic flow situation. Each of the weighting factors indicate a likelihood of transition for a respective one of the allowable transitions. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a weighted lane segment graph based at least in part on the weighting factors. The electronic processor is further configured to determine a driving trajectory of the automated vehicle based at least in part on the weighted lane segment graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael John Bowyer, Benjamin Thomas Nuttle
  • Patent number: 10231928
    Abstract: A vehicle braking arrangement includes an axle member, a brake torque plate having a first portion fixedly coupled to the axle member, and a second portion laterally offset from the first portion, and a brake caliper member coupled to the second portion of the brake torque plate such that the first portion of the brake torque plate is spaced from the brake caliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer, Sean O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20170066426
    Abstract: A vehicle braking arrangement includes an axle member, a brake torque plate having a first portion fixedly coupled to the axle member, and a second portion laterally offset from the first portion, and a brake caliper member coupled to the second portion of the brake torque plate such that the first portion of the brake torque plate is spaced from the brake caliper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer, Sean O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9308895
    Abstract: An axle assembly includes an elongated axle body, axle spindles coupled to ends of the axle body, and axle hub assemblies each comprising a hub housing having an interior space that receives one of the spindles therein, the hub housing including a radially extending drum brake mounting flange adapted to have a brake drum assembly mounted thereto, and a disc brake mounting portion separate from the drum mounting flange and adapted to have a disc brake assembly mounted thereto, and a first bearing assembly rotationally supporting the first hub housing from the first axle spindle, whereby the brake drum assembly and the disc brake assembly may alternatively be mounted to the drum brake mounting flange and the disc brake mounting portion of the hub housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer
  • Patent number: 8892086
    Abstract: Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Owen Parry, Robert David Turner, Timothy Ryan Salter, Nicole Melissa Debickes, David Brandon Sosby, Melanie Arlene Barker, Martin John Bowyer, Douglas Eugene Ross, Richard Enrique Lopez, Paul Munguia, Cora Lynne Collins, James Arthur Bruck
  • Publication number: 20140319900
    Abstract: An axle assembly includes an elongated axle body, axle spindles coupled to ends of the axle body, and axle hub assemblies each comprising a hub housing having an interior space that receives one of the spindles therein, the hub housing including a radially extending drum brake mounting flange adapted to have a brake drum assembly mounted thereto, and a disc brake mounting portion separate from the drum mounting flange and adapted to have a disc brake assembly mounted thereto, and a first bearing assembly rotationally supporting the first hub housing from the first axle spindle, whereby the brake drum assembly and the disc brake assembly may alternatively be mounted to the drum brake mounting flange and the disc brake mounting portion of the hub housing, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer
  • Publication number: 20140213233
    Abstract: Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Owen PARRY, Robert David TURNER, Timothy Ryan Salter, Nicole Melissa DEBICKES, David Brandon SOSBY, Melanie Arlene Barker, Martin John Bowyer, Douglas Eugene ROSS, Richard Enrique Lopez, Paul Munguia, Cora Lynne Collins, James Arthur BRUCK
  • Publication number: 20060027610
    Abstract: A dispenser and a method for measuring and dispensing a small quantity of fluid comprises a dosing apparatus and an apertured member. The dosing apparatus has a nozzle for dispensing the fluid. The apertured member is mounted on a moveable plate assembly. The apertured member has an active portion. The active portion is moveable into engagement with the nozzle to remove the fluid from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: John Bowyer
  • Publication number: 20050063686
    Abstract: A device for vaporising a medicament (4). The device comprises a resistive element (9) on which the medicament is deposited. The device also comprises a source of electrical power which can be connected across the resistive element to vaporise the medicament. The element is configured to provide a central cool region (11) on which the medicament is deposited and a relatively hotter region (12) surrounding the cool region. Through holes (13) are also provided. The resistive element may be a mesh, foil or a tile on which a resistive pattern is deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Whittle, John Bowyer, Anthony Harper, Anthony Vanhinsberg, Christopher Melbourne, David Downs, Rajiv Dave
  • Publication number: 20030113224
    Abstract: A process for the protection of stainless surface from corrosion by a hypohalite-containing composition, the process comprising:-
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Bowyer, Stephen Kelly, John Stewart
  • Patent number: D757822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer
  • Patent number: D771540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Hammer, John Bowyer
  • Patent number: D801895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer, Sean O'Brien
  • Patent number: D833349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowyer, Edward Hammer, Sean O'Brien
  • Patent number: RE47297
    Abstract: Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Owen Parry, Robert David Turner, Timothy Ryan Salter, Nicole Melissa Debickes, David Brandon Sosby, Melanie Arlene Barker, Martin John Bowyer, Douglas Eugene Ross, Richard Enrique Lopez, Paul Munguia, Cora Lynne Collins, James Arthur Bruck