Patents by Inventor Robert Bruce MacLeod

Robert Bruce MacLeod 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Rate Determination in a Radio Frequency System
    Publication number: 20150282176
    Abstract: Techniques are described for determining rates and other parameters for users associated with a multiple access channel (MAC). In at least one embodiment, a rate determination tool having a GUI interface is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Bruce MacLeod, Rachel E. Learned
  • Thrust adjustment apparatus for an underwater vehicle
    Patent number: 7878873
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing thrust adjustment on an underwater vehicle with a propeller shroud is disclosed. A portion of the vehicles body is provided with a compliant surface such that expansion and contraction of the compliant surface affects the flow of water through a channel formed by the vehicle body and the propeller shroud, resulting in variable thrust on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Robert Bruce MacLeod