Patents by Inventor Robert A. Fox

Robert A. Fox 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: 20130067900
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus includes a rotating shaft, a hydraulic pump driven by the rotating shaft, a hydraulic motor driven by pressurized oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, and a generator coupled to the hydraulic motor. Each of the hydraulic pump and motor includes working chambers each defined by a cylinder and a piston, a high pressure manifold and a low pressure manifold. Each of the high and low pressure manifolds includes branch channels connected to the working chambers and a merging channel connected to a high or low pressure oil line. The branch channels are equipped with high or low pressures valves, joined together and merged into the merging channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Masayuki Shimizu, Atsushi Maekawa, Toshihide Noguchi, Yasuhiro Korematsu, Niall Caldwell, Daniil Dumnov, Stephen Salter, Uwe Stein, William Rampen, Robert Fox, Alasdair Robertson, Stephen Laird, Hauke Karstens, Venkata Pappala
  • Publication number: 20130049371
    Abstract: A renewable energy turbine generator (1), such as a wind turbine generator, comprises a hydraulic pump (20), a hydraulic motor (24) and an oil circuit (26, 28) connecting the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor. Oil in the low pressure side (28) of the oil circuit is cooled and supplied to the working chambers (95) of the hydraulic pump. A reduced temperature oil feed provides additionally cooled oil to the bearings of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor. Thus, cooler and more viscous oil is supplied to the bearings (84) of the hydraulic pump and/or hydraulic motor and warmer and less viscous oil is supplied to the working chambers, increasing the efficiency and lifetime of the bearings and of the working portions of the hydraulic pump and motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Uwe Stein, Robert Fox, Alasdair Robertson, William Rampen
  • Patent number: 8358024
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and a tidal current generator equipped with a hydraulic transmission with a combination of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and which has a superior productivity and maintainability. The wind turbine generator 1 has the hydraulic transmission 10 for transmitting the rotation energy of a main shaft 8 to a generator 20. The hydraulic transmission 10 includes a hydraulic pump 12 of variable displacement type which is driven by the main shaft 8, a hydraulic motor 14 of variable displacement type which is connected to the generator 20, and a high pressure oil line and a low pressure oil line which are arranged between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14. The hydraulic transmission 10 is at least partially constituted of a plurality of modules (M1 to M7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Atsushi Maekawa, Masayuki Shimizu, Stephen Salter, Uwe Stein, William Rampen, Robert Fox, Hauke Karstens
  • Publication number: 20120285870
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to detecting fluid in medical tubing. In certain aspects, a method is performed by a data processing apparatus. The method includes controlling repetitive activation of the ultrasonic transmitter. The method also includes receiving a signal from the ultrasonic receiver during an activation of the ultrasonic transmitter. The method also includes determining that fluid is absent or present in a portion of the medical fluid tube based on a comparison between the signal and a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Nigel Wright, Samuel Ernest Magargi, III, Jeremy Thomas Harbaugh, Michael John Zang, Regis Joseph Winniewicz, JR., Joseph Stephen Beri, Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Tom Monahan, Ronald Robert Fox
  • Publication number: 20120285778
    Abstract: A modern suspension damper, for example, a shock absorber or a suspension fork, including an inertia valve and a pressure-relief feature is disclosed. The pressure-relief feature includes a rotatable adjustment knob that allows the pressure-relief threshold to be externally adjusted by the rider “on-the-fly” and without the use of tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William Becker, Robert Fox, Dennis K. Wootten
  • Publication number: 20120289928
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to medical tubing installation detection. In certain aspects, a method is performed by a data processing apparatus. The method includes detecting that a tube is incorrectly installed on a drug delivery device by providing an instruction for a motor of the drug delivery device to pump a drug and receiving, after a period of time has passed since providing the instruction for the motor of the drug delivery device to pump the drug, a signal from a fluid detector connected to the tube, the signal indicating an absence of fluid in the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Nigel Wright, Samuel Ernest Magargi, III, Jeremy Thomas Harbaugh, Michael John Zang, Regis Joseph Winniewicz, JR., Joseph Stephen Beri, Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Tom Monahan, Ronald Robert Fox
  • Patent number: 8183160
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a patterned hard-mask layer. The hard-mask layer is provided on an exposed surface of one or more layers to be patterned of a semiconductor intermediate product. The hard-mask layer covers the exposed surface in covered areas of the one or more layers to be patterned and does not cover the exposed surface in bared areas of the one or more layers to be patterned. One or more recesses are formed in the layers to be patterned by at least partially removing the layers to be patterned in the bared areas. The hard-mask layer is ten removed. After removing the hard-mask layer the recess is filled with a filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., ST Microelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Anissa Lagha, Robert Fox, Lucile Broussous, Didier Levy
  • Publication number: 20120089510
    Abstract: A system is taught for out-sourced management of educational institution fee arrangements that reduces the contacts with a responsible party of a student during the finalization of fee payment arrangements to a single contact. Specifically, the invention includes a system that includes an apparatus configures to provide a single personalized communication with a responsible party. The single communication includes a third party fee management contract and an educational institution payment contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Jeremy Martin Peyer, Joshua James Vandebogert, Ryan Robert Fox
  • Publication number: 20120061969
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and a tidal current generator equipped with a hydraulic transmission with a combination of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and which has a superior productivity and maintainability. The wind turbine generator 1 has the hydraulic transmission 10 for transmitting the rotation energy of a main shaft 8 to a generator 20. The hydraulic transmission 10 includes a hydraulic pump 12 of variable displacement type which is driven by the main shaft 8, a hydraulic motor 14 of variable displacement type which is connected to the generator 20, and a high pressure oil line and a low pressure oil line which are arranged between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14. The hydraulic transmission 10 is at least partially constituted of a plurality of modules (M1 to M7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tsutsumi, Atsushi Maekawa, Masayuki Shimizu, Stephen Salter, Uwe Stein, William Rampen, Robert Fox, Hauke Karstens
  • Patent number: 8003124
    Abstract: The invention relates to sustained release implants and to methods for treating eyes, particularly the eyes of mammals having eye disorders or diseases. By using the implants and methods described herein, the delivery of the one or more bioactive agents can be localized at a desired treatment site, particularly the choroid and the retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Signe E. Varner, Nathan Robert Fox Beeley, Eugene de Juan
  • Publication number: 20110024705
    Abstract: A service jack is provided that includes a base and a pump handle configured to pivot therewith. A lifting arm is in communication with the pump handle and can move with respect to the base. A locking mechanism is configured for limiting movement of the lifting arm with respect to the base when in a locked configuration. The locking mechanism has a locking handle that may be carried by the pump handle that is capable of being actuated between the locked configuration and an unlocked configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: International Specialty Services, Inc., Hangzhou Harvest Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Fox, Wu Sheng Hua
  • Patent number: 7861504
    Abstract: A picker bar includes spindles which are nonaligned in the vertical direction to define two or more offset sets of spindles on the bar and increase the number of spindles per unit length of the spindle bar. A spindle assembly includes a support carrying two spindles driven from a picker bar drive shaft by a single drive gear. Driven spindle gears are spaced on opposite sides of the shaft axis to facilitate close spacing of the spindles. A doffer column includes doffer pads of differing diameters to optimize doffing of the offset sets of spindles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Fox, Mark S. Philips
  • Publication number: 20100225003
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a patterned hard-mask layer. The hard-mask layer is provided on an exposed surface of one or more layers to be patterned of a semiconductor intermediate product. The hard-mask layer covers the exposed surface in covered areas of the one or more layers to be patterned and does not cover the exposed surface in bared areas of the one or more layers to be patterned. One or more recesses are formed in the layers to be patterned by at least partially removing the layers to be patterned in the bared areas. The hard-mask layer is ten removed. After removing the hard-mask layer the recess is filled with a filling material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Anissa Lagha, Robert Fox, Lucile Broussous, Didier Levy
  • Publication number: 20100187055
    Abstract: A modern suspension damper, for example, a shock absorber or a suspension fork, including an inertia valve and a pressure-relief feature is disclosed. The pressure-relief feature includes a rotatable adjustment knob that allows the pressure-relief threshold to be externally adjusted by the rider “on-the-fly” and without the use of tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: William Becker, Robert Fox, Dennis K. Wootten
  • Patent number: 7650735
    Abstract: A picker bar includes spindles which are nonaligned in the vertical direction to define two or more offset sets of spindles on the bar and increase the number of spindles per unit length of the spindle bar. A spindle assembly includes support carrying two spindles driven from a picker bar drive shaft by single drive gear. Driven spindle gears are spaced on opposite sides of the shaft axis to facilitate close spacing of the spindles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Fox, Mark S. Philips
  • Publication number: 20090313963
    Abstract: A picker bar includes spindles which are nonaligned in the vertical direction to define two or more offset sets of spindles on the bar and increase the number of spindles per unit length of the spindle bar. A spindle assembly includes support carrying two spindles driven from a picker bar drive shaft by single drive gear. Driven spindle gears are spaced on opposite sides of the shaft axis to facilitate close spacing of the spindles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Fox, Mark S. Philips
  • Patent number: 7631716
    Abstract: Cotton harvester frame structure includes main structural members elevated to approximately cab floor level and extending horizontally rearwardly in a planar fashion over the engine compartment and the rear axle. The structural members attach to the central portion of the rear axle to provide added clearance for larger wheels and tires. The single elevated plane of the main frame structure provides simplified attachment of a power module including a transversely mounted engine. Access areas under the main structural members are of sufficient minimum width and height to allow an operator or an assembler to stand fairly erect while accessing most areas of the power module and a harvester fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Fox, Michael Lee Pearson, Robert Matthew Bares
  • Patent number: D608206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Kopulos, Andrew Peter Heidel, Michael Robert Fox, Nathaniel David Thulin
  • Patent number: D628760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Speciality Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Fox, Wu Sheng Hua
  • Patent number: D656760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sunex International, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Fox