Patents by Inventor Robert D. Floyd

Robert D. Floyd 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: 4103332
    Abstract: The specification discloses a mile post location system which can be adjusted in accordance with a particular vehicle having a citizens band radio. The system includes circuitry for generating a distance signal in response to rotation of a wheel of the vehicle. Switches are accessible to the vehicle operator for generating a predetermined reference signal dependent upon the diameter of a tire of the vehicle and being representative of a predetermined distance traveled by the vehicle. The system further includes electronic circuitry for comparing the distance signal with the reference signal and for generating an output signal representing the predetermined distance traveled by the vehicle when the distance signal equals the reference signal. A mileage setting device is accessible to the vehicle operator and includes numerical digit keys operable for generating input signals representative of an initial mile post designation to a calculator circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: David Floyd
    Inventors: Robert D. Floyd, Lee V. Gorman, David L. Thummel
  • Patent number: 4068307
    Abstract: This specification discloses a mile post location system particularly useful with a vehicle having a citizens band radio. The system includes a keyboard having switches which are representative of numbered digits, such that the vehicle operator may input an initial mile post designation indicative of the present location of the vehicle. The keyboard further includes switches to enable the vehicle operator to input incrementing or decrementing instructions. A computer circuit is responsive to the operation of the keyboard switches in order to store the initial mile post designation and the incrementing or decrementing instructions. A transducer is responsive to the distance traveled by the vehicle in order to generate and apply signals to the computer circuit. In response thereto, the computer circuit causes the initial mile post designation to be incremented or decremented in accordance with the stored instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: David Floyd
    Inventors: Robert D. Floyd, Lee V. Gorman