Patents by Inventor Mark Lewis Whatley

Mark Lewis Whatley 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).

  • Operator display system
    Patent number: 7606648
    Abstract: An operator display system for a material handling vehicle, the material handing vehicle having a material handling device comprising an arm and a material handling implement mounted on the arm, the operator display system being operable to receive input information comprising information relating to the orientation of the arm and of the material handling implement and calculate the position of the material handling implement, the operator display system further having a head-up display, the operator display system being operable to generate an output in accordance with the input information and display the output on the head-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventors: John Shepherd, Mark Lewis Whatley
  • Apparatus for determining the position of a movable mechanical element and method of marking a mechanical element
    Patent number: 6452158
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the position of a mechanical element wherein the mechanical element is marked in an optically readable manner, comprising reading means to provide a first output dependent on the position of the mechanical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: J C Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventors: Mark Lewis Whatley, John Shepherd, Roger William Brassington, Ian Arnold Moore