Patents by Inventor Robert B. Humphrey

Robert B. Humphrey 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: 6742826
    Abstract: A five-position tailgate assembly wherein a single user can conveniently configure that tailgate to employ one of five different orientations, including a configuration having a closed door assembly, a configuration having that door assembly rotated up to about 90 degrees downwardly to an open position, a configuration wherein that door assembly is rotated in a first direction up to about 180 degrees around a first vertical axis, a configuration wherein that door assembly is rotated in a second direction up to about 180 degrees around a second vertical axis, and a configuration wherein that door assembly is removed from the tailgate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: J.R. Kennedy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert B. Humphrey, George Counes
  • Publication number: 20030122396
    Abstract: A five-position tailgate assembly wherein a single user can conveniently configure that tailgate to employ one of five different orientations, including a configuration having a closed door assembly, a configuration having that door assembly rotated up to about 90 downwardly to an open position, a configuration wherein that door assembly is rotated in a first direction up to about 180 degrees around a first vertical axis, a configuration wherein that door assembly is rotated in a second direction up to about 180 degrees around a second vertical axis, and a configuration wherein that door assembly is removed from the tailgate assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Robert B. Humphrey, George Counes
  • Patent number: 3949340
    Abstract: A fuse construction has two spaced electrical conductors with inwardly directed conductor ends. A fuse plate member has opposite plate edges secured to said conductor ends. Said fuse plate has an inner insulative sheet with opposite outer conductive sheet faces. One of the sheet faces has an electric current breaking open band adjacent one conductor and the other sheet face has a similar band adjacent the other conductor. A fusible pin passes through a central part of said insulative sheet and said conductive faces and has its pin ends secured to said conductive faces between said open bands so that said bands do not break the electric current passing between said conductors while the pin does not blow but do break said electric current when the pin blows. A method of assembly of said fuse construction is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1970
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: Micro Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Robert B. Humphreys