Patents by Inventor Jonathan Boyd

Jonathan Boyd 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: 10247252
    Abstract: A dog clutch for a vehicle transmission includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth, an actuator coaxially positioned within the driving member and movable along the axis to selectively engage the driving tooth with the driven tooth, and a biasing member radially inwardly biasing the driving tooth into contact with the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph R Littlefield, Jonathan Boyd
  • Patent number: 10190643
    Abstract: A radially applied dog clutch for a vehicle transmission. The clutch includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth, and a synchronizer coaxially positioned between the driving member and the driven member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph R Littlefield, Jonathan Boyd
  • Patent number: 10138947
    Abstract: A dog clutch for a vehicle transmission includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth axially aligned with the driving tooth, an actuator shaft coaxially positioned within the driving member and movable along the axis, a retainer on the actuator shaft, a bullet actuator coaxially mounted on the actuator shaft, and a biasing member coaxially mounted on the actuator shaft and positioned between the bullet actuator and the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph R Littlefield, Jonathan Boyd
  • Publication number: 20180231064
    Abstract: A dog clutch for a vehicle transmission includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth axially aligned with the driving tooth, an actuator shaft coaxially positioned within the driving member and movable along the axis, a retainer on the actuator shaft, a bullet actuator coaxially mounted on the actuator shaft, and a biasing member coaxially mounted on the actuator shaft and positioned between the bullet actuator and the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph R. Littlefield, Jonathan Boyd
  • Publication number: 20180231063
    Abstract: A dog clutch for a vehicle transmission includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth, an actuator coaxially positioned within the driving member and movable along the axis to selectively engage the driving tooth with the driven tooth, and a biasing member radially inwardly biasing the driving tooth into contact with the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph R Littlefield, Jonathan Boyd
  • Publication number: 20180231068
    Abstract: A radially applied dog clutch for a vehicle transmission. The clutch includes a driving member configured to rotate about an axis and including a cavity extending radially from the axis, a driving tooth slidably movable within the radially extending cavity, a driven member coaxially surrounding the driving member and including a radially inward extending driven tooth, and a synchronizer coaxially positioned between the driving member and the driven member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph R Littlefield, Jonathan Boyd
  • Patent number: 8645121
    Abstract: The present translation system translates visual input and/or audio input from one language into another language. Some implementations incorporate a context-based translation that uses information obtained from visual input or audio input to aid in the translation of the other input. Other implementations combine the visual and audio translation. The translation system includes visual components and/or audio components. The visual components analyze visual input to identify a textual element and translate the textual element into a translated textual element. The visual image represents a captured image of a target scene. The visual components may further substitute the translated textual element for the textual element in the captured image. The audio components convert audio input into translated audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Boyd, Binay Pathak