Patents by Inventor Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd 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: 10652644
    Abstract: An earbud tip for an in-ear headphone can include an outer body; an inner tube extending at least partially within the outer body, the tube having opposing first and second ends and first and second openings at the opposing first and second ends, respectively, the first opening configured to emit audio signals provided by a speaker of an in-ear headphone into a user's ear canal during operation of the in-ear headphone and when the earbud tip seals the user's ear canal and the second opening configured to be removably coupled to a portion of the in-ear headphone; and one or more channels extending from an outer periphery of the earbud tip to the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Bruss, Duy P. Le, Sean S. Corbin, Robert A. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20200133711
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to software development and more particularly to methods and systems for automated configuration and execution of context-optimized software development workflow processes for software. A method can perform a pre-configuration of a software development workflow process in advance of execution of the workflow process based upon one or more sources of configuration data. The method can subsequently create an optimized workflow process configuration wherein evaluation of workflow process triggering event context data results in event-optimized workflow process configuration and execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Justin P. Webster, Robert Boyd, Eric Billingsley, Yoganarasimha Ganesha, Basheer Janjua, Pinaki Sarkar, Rekha Mittal, Shweta Deshpande, Yael Adler
  • Publication number: 20200100011
    Abstract: An earbud tip for an in-ear headphone can include an outer body; an inner tube extending at least partially within the outer body, the tube having opposing first and second ends and first and second openings at the opposing first and second ends, respectively, the first opening configured to emit audio signals provided by a speaker of an in-ear headphone into a user's ear canal during operation of the in-ear headphone and when the earbud tip seals the user's ear canal and the second opening configured to be removably coupled to a portion of the in-ear headphone; and one or more channels extending from an outer periphery of the earbud tip to the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: John R. Bruss, Duy P. Le, Sean S. Corbin, Robert A. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20200078645
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a club head for a metal wood type club head. The club head includes a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a rear, a crown, and a sole. The sole includes a forward sole surface and a rearward sole surface. The substantially horizontally-oriented forward sole surface extends rearwardly from the ball striking face to a rearward edge. The substantially horizontally-oriented rearward sole surface extends forwardly from the rear of the club head. The rearward sole surface extends over and is offset in a height direction from the rearward edge. A cavity may be located above the forward sole surface, the cavity having a rearward facing opening located below the rearward sole surface. A projection may extend rearwardly from the rearward edge beneath the rearward sole surface, the projection having sides that extend in a generally breadthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: John T. Stites, Robert Boyd, Raymond J. Sander
  • Publication number: 20200055810
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds as well as compositions and methods using the same for preventing and/or treating degenerative disorders of the central nervous system and/or lysosomal storage disorders. In particular, the present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and/or Gaucher's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Robert BOYD
  • Publication number: 20200045858
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive ambient temperature limits of information handling systems; may receive ambient temperatures associated with the information handling systems; may determine ambient temperature margins based at least on the ambient temperature limits and the ambient temperatures; may determine that each ambient temperature margin of the ambient temperature margins is above an ambient temperature margin threshold of ambient temperature margin thresholds associated with the information handling systems; in response to determining that each ambient temperature margin of the ambient temperature margins is above the ambient temperature margin threshold of the ambient temperature margin thresholds associated with the information handling systems, may determine that a supply air temperature of the computer room is to be increased; and may reduce a duty cycle of a cooling system of a computer room air handler associated with the computer room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Mukund Purshottam Khatri
  • Publication number: 20200001148
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface, an inner surface opposite the ball striking surface, and a thickness defined between the ball striking surface and the inner surface, and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has a modulus gradient across the thickness of the face, such that the modulus of the face varies at different distances from the ball striking surface. The face may also include at least one of an insert, a composite material, a multi-layered structure, and/or a portion treated by a surface treatment to contribute to the modulus gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Mark J. Perry, Jay R. Sayre
  • Patent number: 10493334
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a club head for a metal wood type club head. The club head includes a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a rear, a crown, and a sole. The sole includes a forward sole surface and a rearward sole surface. The substantially horizontally-oriented forward sole surface extends rearwardly from the ball striking face to a rearward edge. The substantially horizontally-oriented rearward sole surface extends forwardly from the rear of the club head. The rearward sole surface extends over and is offset in a height direction from the rearward edge. A cavity may be located above the forward sole surface, the cavity having a rearward facing opening located below the rearward sole surface. A projection may extend rearwardly from the rearward edge beneath the rearward sole surface, the projection having sides that extend in a generally breadthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Stites, Robert Boyd, Raymond J. Sander
  • Patent number: 10481658
    Abstract: Components installed on a topside of printed circuit board (PCB), such as a motherboard, are provided airflow cooling by a plurality of cooling fans located on a proximal end of the PCB. A hardware component is installed on the topside of a distal end of the PCB, furthest from the cooling fans. The hardware component includes cooling elements that extend to the underside of the PCB. Cooling the hardware component is complicated by the distance from the cooling fans and the cooling elements that extend below the PCB. A plenum extending from the proximal end of the PCB towards the distal end of the PCB is installed on the underside of the PCB. The plenum draws airflow from the cooling fans and delivers the airflow to the hardware component along the underside of the PCB, thus avoiding heating by the components on the topside of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Corey Dean Hartman, Jonathan Foster Lewis
  • Patent number: 10438511
    Abstract: A spine surgery modeling system simulates the spine with various vertebral body or disc conditions and allows a user to make adjustments and examine the three dimensional outcome of such adjustments. The spine surgery modeling system includes a spine model and a drive mechanism. The spine model has vertebral bodies and a disc space defined between adjacent vertebral bodies. The drive mechanism includes a worm gear, a worm, a rigid shaft, and a button. The worm engages the worm gear such that rotation of the worm causes rotation of the worm gear. The rigid shaft extends through a through hole defined in the worm and is configured to rotate the worm. The button is operatively engaged with the worm gear such that rotation of the worm gear causes movement of the button between collapsed and expanded states to change a height of the disc space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: K2M, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry McClintock, Harry Paul, Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 10427013
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface, an inner surface opposite the ball striking surface, and a thickness defined between the ball striking surface and the inner surface, and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has a modulus gradient across the thickness of the face, such that the modulus of the face varies at different distances from the ball striking surface. The face may also include at least one of an insert, a composite material, a multi-layered structure, and/or a portion treated by a surface treatment to contribute to the modulus gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Mark J. Perry, Jay R. Sayre
  • Patent number: 10421724
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds as well as compositions and methods using the same for preventing and/or treating degenerative disorders of the central nervous system. In particular, the present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Gary Lee, Philip J. Rybczynski
  • Patent number: 10390462
    Abstract: A chassis includes a front and back portion. The front portion includes a plurality of compute devices and a first plurality of fans. The back portion includes a plurality of input/output devices and a second plurality of fans. A first airflow zone extends from the front portion to the back portion, the first airflow zone to direct a first airflow from the compute device to the second fans. A second airflow zone extends from the front portion to the back portion, the second airflow zone to provide a second airflow from the first fans to the input/output devices, and to isolate the second airflow from the first airflow zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Robert Warren Johnson
  • Patent number: 10345774
    Abstract: A fan characterization and control system includes a chassis housing a plurality of components and a fan system. A controller system is coupled to the components and the fan system and configured to detect fan devices in the fan system that are connected to the controller system via respective fan connectors. The controller system determines fan performance categories of each of the fan devices based on signals communicated by each of the fan devices through at least one pin on the respective fan connectors. The controller system accesses a fan performance database that stores different fan performance categories and respective fan performance characteristics for each of the different fan performance categories. The controller system uses fan performance information that is associated in the fan performance database with each of the fan performance categories determined for the fan devices to configure the components and the fan system for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dominick Adam Lovicott, Shawn Joel Dube, Robert Boyd Curtis
  • Publication number: 20190184251
    Abstract: In general, aspects of this invention relate to golf clubs or golf club components incorporating adjustment members that permit ready adjustability of golf club parameters and/or interchangeability of golf club components to change a golf club configuration, and methods for providing golf clubs. According to aspects of this invention, an adjustment member may be utilized to allow the adjustability of a golf club parameter to change a golf club configuration, while ensuring there is substantially no change to other club or club head variables, parameters or characteristics. According to another aspect of this invention, an adjustment member may be utilized to allow the adjustability of two golf club parameters independently to change a golf club configuration, while ensuring there is substantially no change to other club or club head variables, parameters or characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Arluna, Robert Boyd, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eric A. Larson, Robert Lukasiewicz, JR., George W. Moody, JR., Andrew G.V. Oldknow, Raymond J. Sander, John T. Stites
  • Publication number: 20190135832
    Abstract: Described herein are novel compounds and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of cerebral amyloidoses such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and/or cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: D857660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Eric D. Fields, Christopher Kuh, Robert D. Brunner, Monica Fernandez
  • Patent number: D873791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Robert Boyd, Robert Brunner, Monica Fernandez, Christopher Kuh, Christopher J. Stringer
  • Patent number: D874429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Robert Boyd, Robert Brunner, Monica Fernandez, Christopher Kuh, Christopher J. Stringer
  • Patent number: D881838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Robert Boyd, Robert Brunner, Monica Fernandez, Christopher Kuh, Christopher J. Stringer