Patents by Inventor Robert D. Parker

Robert D. Parker 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).

  • Publication number: 20240147978
    Abstract: In A fishing reel including a housing, a shaft supported in the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing around a shaft axis extended in a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and a spool fixed with the shaft to rotate with the shaft around the shaft axis for winding and unwinding a fishing line. The fishing reel also includes a stator fixed with the housing, where the spool is configured to rotate with the shaft relative to the stator and the housing, a stator magnet that is an electromagnet fixed with the stator, a rotor including a first rotor plate fixed with the shaft to rotate with the shaft around the shaft axis, and a first rotor magnet fixed with the first rotor plate. The stator magnet is configured to receive an electrical current and generate a magnetic field from the stator to the first rotor magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Philip Parker, William D. Sebastian, William Eugene Rabbitt, Robert F. Soreo
  • Patent number: 11961401
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting a potential event via sensors on a transport, sending data related to the potential event to other transports within a predefined distance, storing the data at the transports and a server, and performing a transport operation response on the transports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Felipe G. Salles, Shintaro Iwaasa, Louis Brugman, Devang H. Parekh, Robert D. Slater, Christopher J. Risberg, Nutonya L. Parker
  • Patent number: 11952598
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glucosyltransferases with modified amino acid sequences. Such engineered enzymes exhibit improved alpha-glucan product yields and/or lower leucrose yields, for example. Further disclosed are reactions and methods in which engineered glucosyltransferases are used to produce alpha-glucan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC.
    Inventors: Yougen Li, Mark S. Payne, Jared B. Parker, Slavko Kralj, Veli Alkan, Richard R. Bott, Robert Dicosimo, Qiong Cheng, Ellen D. Semke, Susan Marie Hennessey
  • Patent number: 11933106
    Abstract: A ladder having a foot having a plastic body with a recess which receives the end of a first rail and is positioned about and conforms to the web and the first and second flanges of the first rail. The foot has a plastic base having a top side from which the body extends. The base has a front edge. The foot has a metal rail fastener which extends through the body and the rail to attach the body and the rail together. The foot has a pad having a rigid plate with a rubber outer layer surrounding the rigid plate and a pad fastener hole that extends entirely through the rigid plate and rubber outer layer, the outer layer of the pad having a bottom with treads. The foot has a metal pad fastener that extends entirely through the pad and entirely through the base to attach the pad to the base so the rigid plate is between the treads and the base of the shell. A ladder foot. A method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WERNER CO.
    Inventors: Robert D. Beggs, Thomas W. Parker, Steven R. Dings, Joseph C. Dangrow
  • Patent number: 5885040
    Abstract: A tie-down comprising a flexible strap adapted to be wrapped around an object to be tied down, a first member at one end of the strap having a first hole formed therein and a second member to which the other end of the strap is attached having a second hole formed therein in alignment with the first hole. A fastener having a head and a threaded shank is arranged with the head engaging the first member and with the shank extending through the first and second holes and having a threaded end portion projecting out of the second hole. A nut is threaded on the projecting end portion of the shank and engaged against the second member for being turned to act through the fastener for drawing the first and second members together to tighten the strap around the object and place the fastener and the strap under a predetermined tension. The fastener has an indicator for indicating the tension in the fastener and thereby indicating the tension in the strap. The first member is formed for observation of the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventor: Robert D. Parker
  • Patent number: 5748896
    Abstract: A method for managing network services on the plurality of network servers in a computer network. The method includes the step of providing at least one service component in a component repository. The service component corresponds to one of the network services. There is also included the step of providing a server manager component, which communicates with the component repository to ascertain the presence of the service component. Additionally, the method includes the step of executing a service object associated with the service component. When executed, the service object communicates with the plurality of network servers to obtain network service instantiation data relating to instantiations of the one of the network services on the plurality of network servers. The method also includes the step of passing the network service instantiation data to a server manager window component for displaying a status of the instantiations responsive to the network service instantiation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Una T. Daly, Ying-Kuei Ann Huang, Robert D. Parker, Mary E. Firenze
  • Patent number: 5729734
    Abstract: An improved file service administration method is disclosed in a computer network having an administrator account and a user account. The administrator account has an administrator privilege, and the user account has a user privilege which is different from the administrator privilege. The computer network further includes at least one sharepoint that is selectively accessible through the user account. The includes the step of displaying, in accordance with the administrator privilege and through the administrator account, the sharepoint on the computer display screen. There is further included the step of modifying, through the administrator account, the access privilege for the user account. Furthermore, the method includes the step of displaying, in accordance with the user privilege and through the administrator account, the sharepoint and the access privilege for the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Parker, Matthew S. Holloway
  • Patent number: 5531490
    Abstract: A door security device allows partial opening of a door by coupling a door to a floor structure. The coupling is provided by a door bar including first and second length portions in spaced, parallel relation. The first and second length portions are interconnected by a coupling portion perpendicular thereto. One length portion is pivotally mounted in a floor on the inside of a doorway. The other length portion then assumes an upstanding vertical position. As the door opens, the door engages the upstanding length portion and moves towards an open position so long as the door bar permits. Eventually, the door bar blocks further opening of the door and maintains the door in a secure condition despite partial opening. In a second mode of use, the door bar is reoriented and inserted within the pivotal mounting of the floor to pin the door shut in closed condition. The door security device offers advantage in its ease of installation and use, low cost, and effective security against forced entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Inventor: Robert D. Parker
  • Patent number: 4176334
    Abstract: High voltage solid dielectric insulation system transformers and inductors have been designed and produced by a process which results in a substantial improvement in the high voltage, size and weight characteristics of magnetic components prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Robert S. Buritz, Robert D. Parker, Jack J. Kisch, John Burnham