Patents by Inventor Michael R. Cross

Michael R. Cross 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: 20250070446
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a frame for mounting remote radio units. The frame includes a first vertical member, a second vertical member spaced apart from the first vertical member, at least one standoff member fixed to the first vertical member and the second vertical member, a first clamp member attached to the second vertical member, and a second clamp member coupled to the first clamp member, the first and second clamp members configured to clamp to a mounting structure. The second vertical member is positioned between the mounting structure and the first vertical member, and the second clamp member is configured for mounting of an antenna mounting frame, such that the first and second vertical members are on a first side of the mounting structure and the antenna mounting frame is on a second, opposite side of the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Campbell, Matthew Severin, Jyoti Ojha, Dale Richard Heath, Michael R. Carnes, Brian D. Cross, Salvador Anguiano
  • Patent number: 5060146
    Abstract: A sorting technique which relies on the operating system collating weights of characters to the extent that a collating weight difference exists in any of the pairs of corresponding characters of two different strings of characters being compared. While this comparision is being made, the first tie of collating weights for a pair of nonidentical corresponding characters triggers a comparison of the ASCII code values of the two corresponding characters which tied. Assuming that such a tie has occurred, and if, after reaching the end of this process no differences in the collating weights of corresponding characters are found, then if one string has a corresponding character with a lower ASCII value, that string is considered to precede the other string in the alphabetic sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Y. T. Chang, Michael R. Cross
  • Patent number: 4808976
    Abstract: A torsion member (12) has opposing protruding end elements (4, 6) configured for transmitting torque therebetween. A first contact mechanism (20, 26) is mounted to a surface (10) of one end (4) of the torsion member (12). The first contact mechanism includes a movable contact (26') disposed between the end elements (4, 6) of the torsion member. A second contact mechanism (18, 28) is mounted to a surface (11) of the other end element (6) of the torsion member (12). The second contact mechanism includes a movable contact (28') disposed near the first contact (26'). The first contact (26') and second contact (28') move toward each other whenever torsion is applied to the torsion member (12). Means (30, 40) are provided for changing the distance between the first and second contacts (26', 28'), and for producing a signal whenever the first and second contacts touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Kiefers, Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter J. Kiefer, Michael R. Cross