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: 10085080
    Abstract: Earphone assemblies with multiple subassembly housings are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: John Bruss, Robert A. Boyd, Carlos M. Santana, Vijay Koneru
  • Patent number: 10071290
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the face. The body has an impact-influencing structure positioned adjacent at least one peripheral edge of the face. A majority of a force generated by impact with a ball is absorbed by the impact-influencing structure, and a majority of a response force generated by the head upon impact with the ball is generated by the impact-influencing structure. The face may have increased stiffness as compared to existing faces, and may include a stiffening structure to create the increased stiffness. In one embodiment, the face may have a stiffness proximate the geometric center that is from about 46,000 to 56,000 lb-in2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Eric Larson, Kenneth Brown, Martin Brouillette
  • Publication number: 20180250561
    Abstract: Golf clubs and golf club heads having a weight member that is configurable in multiple positions to alter the performance characteristics of the golf club head are presented. In some examples, the weight member may be arranged in a sole of the golf club head and may include ends having different weighting characteristics. For instance, one end may be heavier or denser than another end of the weight member. The difference in weight characteristics may be due to different materials used to form the different ends, different construction of the ends, and the like. The position of the weight member may be adjusted to alter the performance characteristics of the golf club head. For instance, the weight member may be removed and rotated to position a heavier end where a lighter end was previously positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew G.V. Oldknow, James S. Thomas, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Robert Boyd
  • Publication number: 20180236322
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body defining a ball striking face. The body further has a first leg extending away from the ball striking face and a second leg extending away from the ball striking face wherein a void is defined between the first leg and the second leg. The body further defines a crown that extends over the void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Eric A. Larson, Robert Boyd, Kenneth W. Brown, Sherry L. Jones, John T. Stites
  • Publication number: 20180235106
    Abstract: A cooling system for a server rack may cool one or more servers and one or more components thereof. The cooling system may comprise an air mover, an air delivery manifold, and one or more injection ducts for the one or more servers. The air mover may be located in an air mover module positioned in the server rack and may generate a pressurized airflow. The air delivery manifold receives the pressurized airflow generated by the air mover, and may have delivery ports and provide a fluid path for airflow out of the delivery ports to the injection ducts. The injection ducts may be used to inject the airflow of cooling air into the servers to cool the servers and one or more components thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Austin M. Shelnutt
  • Publication number: 20180235105
    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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Robert Warren Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180221357
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing the activity of a mutant or wild-type ?-glucosidase enzyme in vitro and in vivo by contacting the enzyme with a specific pharmacological chaperone which is a derivative of 1-deoxynojirimycin. The invention also provides a method for the treatment of Pompe disease by administration of chaperone small molecule compound which is a derivative of 1-deoxynojirimycin. The 1-deoxynojirimycin derivative is substituted at the N or C1 position. Combination therapy with replacement ?-glucosidase gene or enzyme is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin MUGRAGE, Gary LEE, Xiaoxiang ZHU, Robert BOYD, Kamlesh SHETH
  • Patent number: 10035766
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions as well as methods for preventing and/or treating lysosomal storage disorders. In particular, the present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating Gaucher's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Gary Lee, Philip Rybczynski
  • Patent number: 10004953
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having an outer surface configured for striking a ball, a body connected to the face, an elongated, inwardly recessed channel located on the body and extending across a portion of the body, and an insert mounted within the channel. The insert includes a resiliently deflectable base member that engages the channel to retain the insert within the channel and a rigid outer member connected to the base member and forming at least a portion of the outer surface of the insert, where the outer member is made from a different material than the base member. Additionally, the insert has an outer surface that is substantially flush with at least one immediately adjacent surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Stites, Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 10010015
    Abstract: An enhanced airflow chassis system includes a component chassis that defines a chassis enclosure including a chassis entrance and component slots. First component carriers are mounted to first components and positioned in each of the component slots. Each first component carrier defines first component carrier airflow apertures that direct airflow entering the chassis entrance to the first component mounted to that first component carrier. A backplane located in the chassis enclosure opposite the component slots from the chassis entrance defines backplane airflow apertures and includes a component connector located adjacent each of the component slots that is connected to the first component mounted to the component carrier positioned in that component slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chris Everett Peterson, Bernard Strmiska, Robert Boyd Curtis, Richard Andrew Crisp
  • Patent number: 9995818
    Abstract: An example disclosed system for locating a signal source includes a receiver; and a plurality of node devices, wherein the receiver includes processing circuitry configured to perform operations including generating signal timing information including one or more pulses corresponding to a correlation with one or more frequencies based on each of a plurality of wireless signal streams, each of the wireless signal streams including a signal of interest; applying times and one or more determined gains for the signal of interest to permit estimate of a phase of the received signal; obtaining, from a memory device that stores the wireless signal streams, symbols of the signal of interest based on window periods associated with the pulses; formatting the symbols; and determining time-of-arrival information based on the formatted symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ZIH Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Jerald W. English, Thomas L. Richardson, Michael A. Wohl
  • Patent number: 9994589
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 9987533
    Abstract: Golf clubs and golf club heads having a weight member that is configurable in multiple positions to alter the performance characteristics of the golf club head are presented. In some examples, the weight member may be arranged in a sole of the golf club head and may include ends having different weighting characteristics. For instance, one end may be heavier or denser than another end of the weight member. The difference in weight characteristics may be due to different materials used to form the different ends, different construction of the ends, and the like. The position of the weight member may be adjusted to alter the performance characteristics of the golf club head. For instance, the weight member may be removed and rotated to position a heavier end where a lighter end was previously positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew G. V. Oldknow, James S. Thomas, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 9950219
    Abstract: A golf club head has a body defining a ball striking face. The body further has a first leg extending away from the ball striking face and a second leg extending away from the ball striking face wherein a void is defined between the first leg and the second leg. The body further defines a crown that extends over the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. Larson, Robert Boyd, Kenneth W. Brown, Sherry L. Jones, John T. Stites
  • Patent number: 9950218
    Abstract: A head for a ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face member having a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a rear surface opposite the striking surface, a weight member connected to the face member behind the rear surface of the face member, and a resilient member positioned between the weight member and the face member. The resilient member is connected to the rear surface of the face member to connect the weight member to the face member. The resilient member is compressible to permit energy and/or momentum to be transferred between the weight member and the face member through the resilient member during impact, including an off-center impact on the striking surface. Momentum transferred from the weight member to the face member during an off-center impact may reduce energy loss and twisting of the face on impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Franklin, Jeremy N. Snyder, John T. Stites, Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 9943733
    Abstract: A ball striking device has a head with a body member having a face having a striking surface configured for striking a ball, a crown portion and a sole portion connected to the face and extending rearward from the face, where the body member has a void extending inwardly from a rear periphery of the body member, and a rear member connected to the body member and received within the void, such that the rear member forms portions of a crown and a sole of the head. A connection member connects the rear member to the body member to form a joint between the rear member and the body member. A resilient member separates the rear member from the body member, and the resilient member engages the rear member and the body member within the void and is configured to transfer momentum between the rear member and the body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Franklin, Brian Kammerer, Eric A. Larson, Raymond J. Sander, John T. Stites, Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 9931353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating an individual having Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy by using pharmacological chaperones to increase the activity of gangliosidase and/or sialidase enzymes involved in ganglioside catabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Alan Wustman, Kenneth Valenzano, Robert Boyd
  • Patent number: 9927185
    Abstract: A system for cooling down a boiling vessel, such as a pot, including at least a first length of tubing encircling an outer wall of the pipe, and having a fluid flow bore through its length, supported by opposing handles of the pot; a connector for engaging an end of a water line to the first length of tubing; a source of water introduced into the first length of tubing, under pressure, so that the water travels through the entire first length of tubing; a plurality of flow openings spaced along the walls of the first length of tubing, so that water is sprayed from the openings against the outer wall of the pot from both the first length of tubing, to cool the pot along its entire outer wall. There may be further provided additional lengths of tubing spraying water against the pot wall and a collection pan positioned below the pot to collect water flowing off of the wall of the pot, so that the water can flow from the pan into a hose to direct the water to a point away from the boiling pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Robert Boyd, IV
  • Patent number: D817301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Aoyagi, Robert Boyd, Robert Brunner, Monica Fernandez, Christopher Kuh, Christopher J. Stringer
  • Patent number: D820689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Brunner, Robert Boyd, Eric D. Fields, Bart Jansen, Christopher Kuh, Hamish S. Thain, Kenneth Robert Weimer