Patents by Inventor Joshua Roberts

Joshua Roberts 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: 10358170
    Abstract: A truck bed foldable shelf includes a platform and a support hingedly attached to the platform with a first hinge at one end and hingedly attached to a truck bed rim at an opposing end with a second hinge, spaced apart from the first hinge, such that the shelf is configured to freely hang under the lip in a stowed position and lie in a horizontal orientation in a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Azazhusen V. Khatri, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Michael Joseph Lee
  • Patent number: 10358171
    Abstract: A vehicle truck box assembly including a tailgate, a hinge-on-box bracket, a puck component, a hinge post, and a plastic shim is provided. The tailgate is pivotally mounted to a truck bed. The hinge-on-box bracket includes a cup extension. The puck component is secured to the cup extension. The hinge post is for securing to the puck component and to a hinge-on-gate bracket and the hinge post defines a cavity. The plastic shim is received in the cavity for contacting the cup extension. The plastic shim may include an upper angle portion extending from a base portion. The upper angle portion may extend between the cup extension and the puck component that are arranged to snugly receive the hinge post. The upper angle portion may extend from the base portion at an angle value between five and fifteen degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Hartley, Jeffrey Gray, Brian Kenneth Sullivan, John Galligan, Jack Marchlewski
  • Publication number: 20190211598
    Abstract: A vehicle truck box assembly including a tailgate, a hinge-on-box bracket, a puck component, a hinge post, and a plastic shim is provided. The tailgate is pivotally mounted to a truck bed. The hinge-on-box bracket includes a cup extension. The puck component is secured to the cup extension. The hinge post is for securing to the puck component and to a hinge-on-gate bracket and the hinge post defines a cavity. The plastic shim is received in the cavity for contacting the cup extension. The plastic shim may include an upper angle portion extending from a base portion. The upper angle portion may extend between the cup extension and the puck component that are arranged to snugly receive the hinge post. The upper angle portion may extend from the base portion at an angle value between five and fifteen degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Hartley, Jeffrey Gray, Brian Kenneth Sullivan, John Galligan, Jack Marchlewski
  • Publication number: 20190210509
    Abstract: A truck box cable assembly including a first standard interface plate (“SIP”), a reel assembly, and a second SIP is provided. The reel assembly includes a base for securing to the first SIP, a first lock portion, and a cable wound about a spool for extending and retracting. The second SIP is located on a truck box wall opposite a location of the first SIP and has a second lock portion to receive the first lock portion to selectively secure the cable. The base may include two components slidably mounted to one another to translate between a first position and a second position. Each of the two components may include a hook portion for grasping the first SIP in the first position for securing the base thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jeffrey Gray, Robert Reiners
  • Publication number: 20190210507
    Abstract: A tailgate tie down system includes a first plate assembly and a second plate assembly. A strap is connected between each of the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly. In an exemplary method, the strap can be routed through at least one accessory tool before securing the first plate assembly and the second plate assembly within tailgate latch openings. Once the plate assemblies are locked within the latch openings, the accessory tool is also locked relative to the tailgate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Reiners, Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Gray, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Patent number: 10336378
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a bed and a tailgate. The bed has first and second side panels. The tailgate is rotatably secured to the bed along a horizontal axis and has a plurality of extruded sections that are arranged in a longitudinally extending chain. Each section extends laterally between the first and second side panels. Adjacent sections are secured to each other via hinges that rotate about axes that are substantially parallel to the horizontal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Jeffrey Gray, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners
  • Publication number: 20190188911
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for presenting augmented reality (AR) interfaces are provided. For example, a first object corresponding to a representation of content in an AR interface may be presented. Responsive to receiving a selection of the first object, a first graphical object corresponding to the content may be presented. An AR interface comprising a real time view of a camera of the device may be presented. A first graphical representation of the first graphical object may be presented overlaid on the real time view of the camera of the device. A second graphical representation of the first graphical object comprising the graphical modification and a second graphical object associated with information corresponding to the content may be presented overlaid on the real time view of the camera of the device. Responsive to receiving a selection of the second graphical object, the information may be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Avinash Chukka, Rigel Zeda Stone, Anthony Richard Murphy, Herve Bizira, Richard Baba, Guenever Goik, Chetan Ankola, Bryan Sze Pui Wong
  • Publication number: 20190176714
    Abstract: An article rack includes a base mountable to a top rail of a truck box, a carrier, and a linkage pivotally connected to the base and the carrier. A drive mechanism of the rack has a first wheel fixed to the base, a second wheel fixed to the carrier, and an endless loop trained around the wheels such that pivoting of the linkage about the base pivots the carrier about the linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Joshua Robert HEMPHILL, Dragan STOJKOVIC, Robert REINERS, Jeffrey GRAY
  • Patent number: 10314810
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel agents that modulate AhR activity for use in therapeutic compositions and methods thereof for inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and tumor cell invasion and metastasis. The agents comprise AhR inhibitors or non-constitutive AhR agonists of Formula (I) and (II) for the inhibition of cancer cell growth and parameters that characterize tumor metastasis, such as tumor cell invasiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston University, Northeastern University, Boston Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: David H. Sherr, Michael Pollastri, Jennifer Schlezinger, Sarah Haigh Molina, Scott Schaus, Joshua Robert Giguere
  • Publication number: 20190172013
    Abstract: Contact data for contacts of a user is stored. Each of the contacts is ranked (e.g., based on stored profile information for each contact). In one embodiment, each of the contacts is classified as either a local contact or a directory contact based on the ranking to provide local contacts and directory contacts. The local contacts are provided for local storage on a user device of the user. A directory contact is provided to the user device from the directory contacts by the server (e.g., in response to a query from the user device).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Joshua Robert Russell JACOBSON
  • Patent number: 10300777
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a truck bed, tailgate, and cover. The tailgate is rotatably secured to the bed. The tailgate has internal and external panels secured to each other via a sidewall extending therebetween. The external panel defines an outer periphery. The sidewall and internal panel collectively form a first radius extending adjacent and internal to a corner of the periphery. The cover is secured to the tailgate and over the first radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jeffrey Gray, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Alan Firzlaff, Casey Ray Tanner, Sara E. Veyo
  • Publication number: 20190140514
    Abstract: An energy apparatus that stores and disperses energy, the energy apparatus including: (1) an energy object that experiences movement so as to store kinetic energy in the energy object, the energy object including a magnet assembly through which electrons are driven resulting in electric output from the magnet assembly, and the electric output dependent on experienced EMF (electro-motive force) that is experienced by the magnet assembly; (2) a supporting structure that supports the energy object while providing for the movement of the energy object; (3) a first tuning magnet that is supported adjacent the energy object, the first tuning magnet positionable throughout a range of positions, the positions including a first position and a second position; (4) a second tuning magnet that is supported adjacent to the energy object;
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Joshua Robert Miner
  • Publication number: 20190126993
    Abstract: A pickup truck box assembly including a header, a truck bed, an upper header rail, and a toolbox is provided. The truck bed has a forward end supporting the header, a rear end having a tailgate pivotally mounted thereto, and a pair of wheel wells disposed on opposing sides of the truck bed. The upper header rail may be secured at an upper portion of the header. The toolbox may include an extruded body defining a channel extending laterally a width of the truck bed. A lower surface of the body may be spaced from the truck bed a distance greater than a height of the wheel wells. First and second body side panels may be mounted to the truck bed and arranged with the toolbox to define sidewalls of the toolbox. The upper header rail and the toolbox may be formed by extrusion as a single component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Reiners, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic
  • Patent number: 10258600
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel agents that modulate AhR activity for use in therapeutic compositions and methods thereof for inhibiting cancer cell proliferation and tumor cell invasion and metastasis. The agents comprise AhR inhibitors or non-constitutive AhR agonists of Formula (I) and (II) for the inhibition of cancer cell growth and parameters that characterize tumor metastasis, such as tumor cell invasiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Northeastern University
    Inventors: David H. Sherr, Michael Pollastri, Jennifer Schlezinger, Sarah Haigh Molina, Scott Schaus, Joshua Robert Giguere
  • Publication number: 20190107353
    Abstract: A handgun sear has a sear body extending between a proximal end portion to a distal end portion. The sear defines a first engagement surface adjacent the proximal end portion and a second engagement surface positioned distally of the first engagement surface. The sear can pivot about the distal end portion between a cocked position and a displaced position. The second engagement surface can be used to arrest forward movement of the striker in the event of an impulse that causes the striker to disengage from the first engagement surface. The sear may be incorporated into a fire control assembly of a semiautomatic handgun or other firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: SIG SAUER, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Thomele, Sean P. Toner, Albert Richard Larochelle, Keith Andrew Cornish, Mark Kimball, Andrew Phillip Loriot, Matthew Thomas Barker, Derek A. Oaks, Tyler Robert Thibodeau, Joshua Robert Shoemaker, Eric Raymond Guillemette, Michael D. Couture, Zachary Messier, Jacob Thomas Shawley, David Steimke
  • Publication number: 20190106432
    Abstract: Processes for preparing oxycodone are provided. Said processes encompass a step which is a hydrogenation of an 14-hydroxycodeinone salt in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid and/or a glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: RHODES TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Giguere, Keith Edward McCarthy, Marcel Schleusner
  • Publication number: 20190106161
    Abstract: A truck box assembly including a sidewall, a pair of doors, and a support assembly is provided. The sidewall may define an opening to provide clearance for a wheel house. Each of the pair of doors extends from one side of the opening. The support assembly may be mounted to a truck box and support the sidewall as the sidewall moves between retracted and expanded positions. Each of the doors may be moveable between an open position and a closed position filling the opening in the expanded position. The support assembly may include a mount post secured to the truck box at a standard interface plate (SIP) bracket and a horizontal member extending from the mount post and secured to the truck box at a stake pocket hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Sauter, Ria Sinha McClellan, Michael William Danyo, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Mark Sauter
  • Publication number: 20190084466
    Abstract: A winch is disclosed for a pick-up bed having a floor, and a front wall. The winch includes a winch motor and spool assembled to the truck body below the floor. An upper pulley is assembled to the front wall with a cable wound around the spool that is extendable and retractable from the spool. The cable is routed over the upper pulley through an opening defined by the front wall. The opening is spaced from the floor to facilitate loading articles into and unloading articles from the truck bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Vincent Anthony CHIMENTO, Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, Joshua Robert HEMPHILL, Robert REINERS, Jeffrey GRAY
  • Publication number: 20190084491
    Abstract: A vehicle tailgate includes an internal panel, a pair of side panels, and a tie-down bracket. The internal panel extends between the pair of side panels. The pair of side panels are rotatably secured to a cargo bed. The tie-down bracket is secured to an exterior of the internal panel. The tie-down bracket defines first and second C-channels that extend in a direction from a first to a second of the side panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dragan B. STOJKOVIC, Jack MARCHLEWSKI, Joshua Robert HEMPHILL, Stephen William GALLAGHER, Colleen Marie HOFFMAN
  • Patent number: D851428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alice Marlin Brugger, Joshua Robert Edwards, Jean-Marc Gady, Gregory Guillaume Lespinard, Constantino Siampos, Moritz Wilsberg