Patents by Inventor Robert Cushman

Robert Cushman 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: 9672133
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a debugger that debugs code using two versions of code, an optimized and a debuggable version of object code for subroutines, methods or functions. The debugger causes the appropriate version of the code to be executed depending on whether debug commands have been applied with respect to particular subroutines, methods or functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Warren Moench, Robert Cushman Clark
  • Publication number: 20140325488
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a debugger that debugs code using two versions of code, an optimized and a debuggable version of object code for subroutines, methods or functions. The debugger causes the appropriate version of the code to be executed depending on whether debug commands have been applied with respect to particular subroutines, methods or functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Warren Moench, Robert Cushman Clark
  • Patent number: 8806436
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a debugger that debugs code using two versions of code, an optimized and a debuggable version of object code for subroutines, methods or functions. The debugger causes the appropriate version of the code to be executed depending on whether debug commands have been applied with respect to particular subroutines, methods or functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Warren Moench, Robert Cushman Clark
  • Publication number: 20110271259
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a debugger that debugs code using two versions of code, an optimized and a debuggable version of object code for subroutines, methods or functions. The debugger causes the appropriate version of the code to be executed depending on whether debug commands have been applied with respect to particular subroutines, methods or functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Cray Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Warren Moench, Robert Cushman Clark
  • Publication number: 20070163282
    Abstract: An ice-making system is adapted to operate within a section of a refrigeration appliance where the ice-making system and the ice made in the ice-making system are exposed to a temperature greater than zero degrees Centigrade. When installed in the fresh food compartment of a refrigerator that also has a freezer section compartment, the refrigeration system furnishes a cooling effect to the freezer compartment sufficient to maintain the freezer compartment at a temperature of zero degrees or less and separately furnish to the ice-making unit a cooling effect sufficient to freeze water for making ice in the ice-making unit of the ice-making system. The ice-making system can include a reservoir that is operatively associated with the ice-making unit of the ice-making system for delivering water to the ice-making unit and for receiving water returned from the ice-making unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Cushman, David Hall, James Scoville, James Holland, Andrea Bertolaccini, Stefano Zuccolo, Enrico Favretti, Huang Hsin
  • Publication number: 20060021365
    Abstract: A damper cleaning apparatus for a two compartment refrigerator having a damper for controlling airflow between compartments. The damper cleaning apparatus includes a damper drive mechanism for opening and closing the damper. A controller for controlling the damper drive mechanism repeats a cleaning operation at a set interval. The cleaning operation includes plural repetitions of at least partially opening the damper and then at least partially closing the damper. Optionally, the controller waits for the defrosting apparatus to be turned off and then subsequently performs the cleaning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Cushman, Stephen Ruedger
  • Patent number: 6966095
    Abstract: A system for wiping a windshield of a vehicle in a rectangular field, comprising a wiper arm, a wiper blade assembly operationally attached to the wiper arm, and means for rotating and translating the wiper arm to cause said wiper blade assembly to track in a linear path across the windshield. The system includes a three-gear train for moving a pivot point on the wiper arm along a circular path centered on a virtual pivot point. The system is especially suited for wiping low aspect ratio windshields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Cushman Brown
  • Publication number: 20050039472
    Abstract: A damper apparatus for controlling airflow between compartments in a two compartment refrigerator having a door includes a controller for controlling opening and closing of a damper; and a door sensor connected to the controller for detecting when the door is open. If the controller determines that the door has remained closed for a set period, the controller maintains the damper in the closed position. A method for cleaning a damper in a refrigerator includes a steps of defrosting a refrigeration apparatus of the refrigerator, at least partially opening the damper, followed by waiting for a set period and then at least partially closing the damper. The steps of at least partially opening and waiting are repeated a set number of times and then a cooling operation of the refrigeration apparatus is commenced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Cushman, Stephen Ruedger
  • Publication number: 20040110653
    Abstract: A bar element intended for personal washing use only once or a few times, after which minimal soap remains on the element. The soap bar element includes an inexpensive, preferably inert, core supporting a relatively thin shell of soap. The core may be formed of any convenient material, such as rigid or foam polyurethane or polystyrene, or of water-soluble or biodegradable material such as oxycellulose polymers. The soap may be any solid soap material. The core may extend through one or more surfaces of the soap shell. The core comprises at least about 25%, and preferably greater than about 80%, by volume of the bar element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Cushman Brown
  • Patent number: 4983176
    Abstract: A plastic surgical clip comprises a pair of arms having inturned opposing tips, the arms being joined by a bridge having a lesser cross-section to provide a locus for bending by drawing the ears in parallel directions against an intermediate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Robert Cushman, Wolff M. Kirsch, Yong H. Zhu
  • Patent number: 4950281
    Abstract: A forceps for holding and everting vessels in an anastomosis procedure includes three cooperating jaws mounted at the ends of respective relatively movable legs. The legs can be independently manipulated in order to secure and evert first one vessel, then another in apposition to the first, so that clips or sutures can be applied to complete the anastomosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: University of New Mexico
    Inventors: Wolff M. Kirsch, Yong H. Zhu, Robert Cushman
  • Patent number: 4070167
    Abstract: Bubbles are eliminated from a liquid such as a photographic emulsion by passing the emulsion through a horizontal tubular container while pulling a vacuum on the container and subjecting the emulsion to ultrasonic vibrations from an ultrasonic transducer having a horn located in a well in the bottom of the container. Emulsion is pumped out of the container and delivered through a conduit to the point of use. The delivery circuit can include a secondary gas separation chamber which also has a transducer horn therein. Provision is made for selectively recycling part or all of the emulsion back into the well. The container can be operated either partly full or completely full of liquid. Provision is also made for cleaning the internal walls of the apparatus by injecting a swirling stream of liquid into the tubular container to flow through the container and downstream portions of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Eugene Hartzell Barbee, Robert Cushman Brown