Patents by Inventor Robert D. Gray

Robert D. Gray 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: 10220805
    Abstract: An attachment member may couple a radiator to a grille of an automotive vehicle. The attachment member may be easily fit into a complementary grille opening on the grille. The complementary shapes of the attachment member and the grille opening may limit movement of the attachment member relative to the grille in one or more directions. The attachment member may install from above the grille opening or horizontally slide into the grille opening. Engagement features on the attachment member may engage with surfaces of the grille opening to limit relative vertical movement. The attachment member may provide a first engagement with the grille at a first level and a second engagement with the radiator at a second level different than the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingher Fred Shen, Brandon W. Letcher, Brandon H. Hanna, Lenny D. Gotwalt, Chad B. Pierce, Robert D. Gray, Timothy B. Dutton
  • Publication number: 20190031129
    Abstract: An attachment member may couple a radiator to a grille of an automotive vehicle. The attachment member may be easily fit into a complementary grille opening on the grille. The complementary shapes of the attachment member and the grille opening may limit movement of the attachment member relative to the grille in one or more directions. The attachment member may install from above the grille opening or horizontally slide into the grille opening. Engagement features on the attachment member may engage with surfaces of the grille opening to limit relative vertical movement. The attachment member may provide a first engagement with the grille at a first level and a second engagement with the radiator at a second level different than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Mingher Fred Shen, Brandon W. Letcher, Brandon H. Hanna, Lenny D. Gotwalt, Chad B. Pierce, Robert D. Gray, II, Timothy B. Dutton
  • Patent number: 5686422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula:R.sub.1 SCH(R.sub.2)CH(R.sub.3)CO-AA.sub.1 ?AA.sub.2 !.sub.m ?AA.sub.3 !.sub.n --X orHSCH.sub.2 ?CH.sub.2 CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2 !CO--Nal--NH.sub.2wherein Nal is L-3-(2-naphthyl)alanine;m is the integer 0 or 1; n is an integer from 0-2;AA.sub.1 is a non-polar hydrophobic aromatic amino acid;AA.sub.2 is alanine, glycine, leucine, isoleucine or phenylalanine;AA.sub.3 is one of the twenty naturally occurring amino acids, preferably glutamine or arginine;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl having from 1-10 carbon atoms, alkanoyl having from 2-10 carbon atoms, or aroyl having from 7-10 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 is hydrogen or alkyl having from 1-6 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl having from 2-10 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from 3-6 carbon atoms, aryl or arylalkyl, wherein aryl moieties have from 6-10 carbon atoms;X is NH.sub.2, OH, OCH.sub.3 or OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.3 ;and salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Arno F. Spatola, Robert B. Miller, Frank R. Burns, Christopher Paterson
  • Patent number: 5616605
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a collagenase inhibitor of the formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Research Corporation Tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Arno F. Spatola, Krzysztof Darlak
  • Patent number: 5387610
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a collagenase inhibitor of the formula: ##STR1##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Arno F. Spatola, Krzysztof Darlak
  • Patent number: 4888181
    Abstract: Processes, methods, food products, and uses for modified surimi containing food products using surimi in novel combinations which include up to about 50% by weight of dehydrated concentrated fish meat, said mixtures prepared under special, controlled conditions using combinations of novel steps to produce novel seafood and/or meat flavored foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Nu-C Products Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Gray, Thomas J. Gray
  • Patent number: 4405653
    Abstract: A product which comprises essentially dry, storable, dehydrated fibrous fish products and process for making same from various raw materials including without limitation underutilized fish species or deboned fresh or frozen fish scrap and various parts. The process for making the novel product includes mincing, followed by a one-step, controlled, dehydration under conditions of reduced pressure and in the absence of an oxidizing atmosphere such as air, and at elevated temperatures of up to 95.degree. C., and in the absence of any other added ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Inventor: Robert D. Gray
  • Patent number: 3992777
    Abstract: There is disclosed a tool comprising a body having an opening which may be moved over a nut threaded onto a bolt and a surface on the opening to support the flat side of the nut, a bore in the body connected at one end with the opening opposite the supporting surface, and a rod having a cutting edge longitudinally reciprocal within the bore toward and away from the nut in the opening. The rod is so reciprocated by an operating system which includes a piston on the rod reciprocable within a cylinder on the body connecting with the other end of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignee: Nut Cutters, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee E. Perkins, Robert D. Gray, Ernest P. Parra
  • Patent number: 3935057
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for securing the free end of a roll of fibrous web material to the body of the roll while the roll is uninterruptedly conveyed through the apparatus. The apparatus is particularly useful for securing the free end of fibrous web material which has a pattern-disposition of blockable bonding material disposed in the web for bonding fibers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Scott Paper Company
    Inventor: Robert D. Gray