Patents by Inventor Philip A. Taylor

Philip A. Taylor 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: 20240241717
    Abstract: A computing system includes a processor, an electronic network; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: receive a user command; process the user command; and transmit a status code based on the processing. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computer to: receive a user command; process the user command; and transmit a status code based on the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Tige L. Phillips, Philip A. Taylor, Roger Mitchell Haney, Maria Collins
  • Patent number: 6588710
    Abstract: The railroad trackwork switch assembly of the present invention is essentially comprised of a relatively fixed conventional stock rail, a conventional switch point relatively movable into and out of abutting engagement with the stock rail, a target magnetic field source array, a controller housing element affixed to the switch stock rail and containing a Hall-effect sensor array, and electrical/electronic circuitry interconnecting the invention Hall-effect sensor array element to a power source and to an external switch closure condition signal visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Philip A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5992939
    Abstract: A head rest sleeve for receiving a head rest support rod having a diameter within a known tolerance range is formed of a resilient material and has a body having an axial bore. Integral with the inside of the body and disposed thereabout are at least two pairs of compressible crush ribs which protrude radially and extend the length of the body. The distance of protrusion of the ribs corresponds to the minimum possible diameter of the support rod. Located between each pair of ribs and integral therewith is a web which protrudes radially a distance corresponding to the maximum possible diameter of the support rod. When the support rod is inserted into the sleeve, the rod frictionally engages the crush ribs uniformly along its length and, when the diameter of the support rod is greater than the minimum possible diameter, compresses the ribs a uniform distance to allow the support rod to be moved in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Illinois Tool works Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Gass, Philip A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5902005
    Abstract: The apparatus provides a locking mechanism for an armrest of an automobile or similar motor vehicle to a structural pin or post. The mechanism includes a cap with a lateral slit into which a button and spring are assembled. The spring outwardly biases the button which is limited in its outward travel by a detent arrangement which maintains the outer portion of the button flush with the cap. In this arrangement; the spring further engages a circumferential slot on the structural pin or post thereby locking the armrest to the structural pin or post. However, in order to remove the armrest from the structural pin or post, the user pushes the button inwardly, thereby compressing the spring and moving the spring out of the circumferential notch thereby unlocking the armrest from the structural pin or post and allowing the free removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald S. Lewczyk, Paul E. Gass, Philip A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5765882
    Abstract: An automobile decklid pop-up bumper for assembly with an apertured workpiece, such as the framework of an automobile engine compartment having an aperture and a helical internal marginal portion defined around the aperture, includes a housing with an enlarged end portion for engaging the automobile hood and a shank portion extending from the enlarged end portion adapted to be received through the aperture. The shank portion has a helical thread for threadingly engaging the helical marginal portion around the aperture when the bumper is assembled with the workpiece. The housing has an axial bore with a portion of reduced radius within the enlarged end portion. The portion of reduced radius defines a shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Trauscht, Philip A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5725711
    Abstract: Press-type apparatus for thermally bonding thermoplastic sheet material workpieces is provided with a pair of opposed platen assemblies which each include an inflatable set of compliant diaphragm members, a pair of opposed heat sources which may be brought into and retracted from contact with the diaphragm members, and a source of pressurized fluid for inflating the diaphragm sets and for cooling the heated workpieces. The method for operating the press-type apparatus basically involves both heating and cooling the assembled workpieces while they are simultaneously being retained in a condition of being clamped by the inflatable sets of the diaphragm members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: GR Systems
    Inventor: Philip A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 5635014
    Abstract: Press-type apparatus for thermally bonding thermoplastic sheet material workpieces is provided with a pair of opposed platen assemblies which each include an inflatable set of compliant diaphragm members, a pair of opposed heat sources which may be brought into and retracted from contact with the diaphragm members, and a source of pressurized fluid for inflating the diaphragm sets and for cooling the heated workpieces. The method for operating the press-type apparatus basically involves both heating and cooling the assembled workpieces while they are simultaneously being retained in a condition of being clamped by the inflatable sets of the diaphragm members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: GR Systems
    Inventor: Philip A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 4913772
    Abstract: This invention relates to portable machines for welding together individual thermoplastic sheets in situ. The machine heats different and opposing thermoplastic sheets using independently controlled electric, radiant heat sources and then compresses the sheets beneath an endless compression belt to complete the weld thus forming a unitary membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: G.R. Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Taylor, A. Neil Johnson
  • Patent number: 4533423
    Abstract: This invention relates to machines for heating and joining thermoplastic resin sheets and more particularly relates to a portable machine which fuses together the overlapping edges of large stationary sheets as the welding machine travels along the overlapping edges. The machine is moved along the opposed edges of the sheet at a velocity which is changed so that the velocity is substantially proportional to the instantaneous temperature of the heat source. The machine is therefore accelerated or decelerated in accordance with the selected velocity change algorithm which is exponentially in the preferred embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: G.R. Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil A. Johnson, Philip A. Taylor