Patents by Inventor Robert A. Costa

Robert A. Costa 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: 7493555
    Abstract: A document management system is provided for integrating documents generated in an enterprise into an enterprise data store where the documents can be accessed later. Documents in a first format and a specification containing instructions for describing the documents are provided. The documents are received in a second format, along with descriptions of the documents. The documents in the second format are imported into the data store responsive to the descriptions so that they may be located easily. Beneficially, the invention provides simpler and more flexible conversion and indexing processes for users seeking to electronically store and access documents after their creation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: IDX Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Costa, Clayton D. Lewis
  • Patent number: 4763932
    Abstract: A flexible corrugated hose coupling apparatus is provided for coupling a corrugated hose to a cylindrical neck or sleeve. A resilient hollow cylindrical coupling member has two ends and a generally smooth interior and exterior cylindrical surface and has an annular coaxial bore extending into one end thereof and shaped for threadedly receiving a corrugated hose of a predetermined size to allow the flexible coupling member to be threaded onto the end of a flexible corrugated hose. A clamp can be extended around the resilient hollow cylindrical coupling member for clamping the coupling member and the hose threaded thereinto a coupling neck, such as the neck from a vehicle radiator, so that a flexible corrugated hose can be cut to any length and attach to a smooth or rigid neck with a clamp to achieve a fluid type seal between the corrugated hose and neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Inventors: Edward I. Matz, Robert A. Costa