Patents by Inventor Matthew C. Benson

Matthew C. Benson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240090733
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include navigating the mobile cleaning robot within an environment. Whether a movement condition is satisfied can be determined and a mopping pad tray can be moved relative to a body of the mobile cleaning robot between a cleaning position and a stored position in response to receipt of a command to move the mopping pad tray when the movement condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Clements, Varun Malhotra, Landon Unninayar, Brian Cleve Benson, JR., Andrew Graziani, Shiwei Wang, Thomas C. Chang, Dan Wivagg
  • Patent number: 5774343
    Abstract: A modular front panel system for circuit cards utilizes hinged, interlockable, first and second circuit-card-carrying front panels. Each panel has a hinge component, e.g. a pivot element) that can mate with the component on the other panel (e.g., a groove). The hinged arrangement permits the panels to be releasably secured to one another so as to form a card assembly unit. The hinged arrangement also permits the panels to be moved angularly with respect to one-another, thereby facilitating assembly and disassembly of the two hinge components without obstruction by components mounted on the circuit cards. This is particularly well suited to applications in which the circuit cards have surface mounted connectors that mate and electrically connect when the panels are moved angularly. Moreover, the hinge arrangement permits a panel to be readily added and interlocked with, or removed from, an existing card assembly in electrical equipment, without requiring replacement of the existing front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew C. Benson, Kenneth D. Gagnon
  • Patent number: 5383096
    Abstract: An apparatus for increasing the number of electrical I/O ports on an existing computer system chassis, while maintaining the RF shield of the chassis and without changing the design of the existing chassis, by the use of an I/O expansion box. The I/O expansion box comprises a bottom and a cover. The bottom has a base plate with openings for cables from the computer chassis to pass therethrough and has lips at the openings. The lips extend outwardly away from the recess and are used to attach the base plate to the chassis at its I/O port openings. The cover has a top with openings therein for the attachment of electrical cable connectors that are attached to the cables from the computer chassis. The number of openings in the top of the cover are greater than the number of openings in the base plate of the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew C. Benson, Laurence M. Mazzone