Patents by Inventor Robert D. Shannon
Robert D. Shannon 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).
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Patent number: 12088748Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a sensor array including a first camera module having a first field of view, a second camera module having a second field of view different from the first field of view, and a light source, and a rear cover formed from a glass material and defining a raised sensor array region positioned over the sensor array. The raised sensor array region defines a first hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a first corner region of the raised sensor array region, and a second hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a second corner region diagonal from the first corner region. The first camera module includes a first camera housing defining a recess at a corner of the first camera housing, and the second camera module includes a second camera housing extending into the recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Xuyang Zhang, Jason P. Shannon, Jon F. Housour, Robert F. Meyer, Owen D. Hale, Dale T. Morgan, Daniel Jarvis, Nicholas Merz, Benjamin Morse, Rasamy Phouthavong, Michael B. Wittenberg, David A. Pakula, Simon C. Helmore, Gareth L. Rose, Marwan Rammah, Melissa A. Wah, Jacob Barton, Ian A. Spraggs
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Patent number: 5196381Abstract: A low-K crystallizable glass composition having a softening point of 550.degree.-800.degree. C., consisting essentially of mole % of:41-70% P.sub.2 O.sub.5 ;10-48% MgO, ZnO or mixtures thereof;2-20% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 or mixtures thereof;0-10% alkali metal oxide(s);0-10% CaO, SrO, BaO or mixtures thereof;0-10% SiO.sub.2 ;0-20% B.sub.2 O.sub.3 ;0-10% ZrO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2 or mixtures thereof; and0-10% Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, with the provisos that:(i) a=n(b+3c+d+e+2f+3g), wherein n=0.8-1.0, anda=mole % P.sub.2 O.sub.5 ;b=mole % MgO, ZnO or mixtures thereof;c=mole % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 or mixtures thereof;d=mole % M.sub.2 O, where M=Na, K, Rb, Cse=mole % M'O, where M'=Ca, Sr, Baf=mole % ZrO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2 or mixtures thereof;g=mole % Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, (where Ln is any of the rare earth elements), or mixtures thereof;(ii) the total amount of alkali oxides, CaO, SrO, and BaO does not exceed 10 mole %;(iii) the total amount of ZrO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, and Fe.sub.2 O.sub.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1990Date of Patent: March 23, 1993Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Yung-Haw Hu, Michael A. Saltzberg, Robert D. Shannon
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Patent number: 5128678Abstract: An aircraft structure for the minimization of microwave energy reflection from the aircraft back to a receiver. The provision of structural configurations and materials operate to reduce microwave energy reflection toward its source or another receiver located at a level below the aircraft and laterally or forward thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1989Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Philip F. Novak, Robert D. Shannon, Robert L. Pinckney, James R. Humphreys, Jr.
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Patent number: 5063384Abstract: An aircraft structure for the minimization of microwave energy reflection from the aircraft back to a receiver. The provision of structural configurations and materials operate to reduce microwave energy reflection toward its source or another receiver located at a level below the aircraft and laterally or forward thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1989Date of Patent: November 5, 1991Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Philip F. Novak, Robert D. Shannon, Robert L. Pinckney, James R. Humphreys, Jr.
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Patent number: 5016015Abstract: An aircraft structure for the minimization of microwave energy reflection from the aircraft back to a receiver. The provision of structural configurations and materials operate to reduce microwave energy reflection toward its source or another receiver located at a level below the aircraft and laterally or forward thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1989Date of Patent: May 14, 1991Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Philip F. Novak, Robert D. Shannon, Robert L. Pinckney, James R. Humphreys, Jr.
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Patent number: 5014060Abstract: An aircraft structure for the minimization of microwave energy reflection from the aircraft back to a receiver. The provision of structural configurations and materials operate to reduce microwave energy reflection toward its source or another receiver located at a level below the aircraft and laterally or forward thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1989Date of Patent: May 7, 1991Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Philip F. Novak, Robert D. Shannon, Robert L. Pinckney, James R. Humphreys, Jr.
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Patent number: 4924228Abstract: An aircraft structure for the minimization of microwave energy reflection from the aircraft back to a receiver. The provision of structural configurations and materials operate to reduce microwave energy reflection toward its source or another receiver located at a level below the aircraft and laterally or forward thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1963Date of Patent: May 8, 1990Assignee: Boeing CompanyInventors: Philip F. Novak, Robert D. Shannon, Robert L. Pinckney, James R. Humphreys, Jr.
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Patent number: 4814503Abstract: Improved acidic zeolite rho and ZK-5 catalysts for conversion of methanol and ammonia to dimethylamine are disclosed. The acidic zeolite rho catalyst is prepared by calcining zeolite NH.sub.4 -rho or H-rho in the presence of steam. The acidic zeolite ZK-5 catalyst is prepared by calcining zeolite NH.sub.4 -ZK-5 or H-ZK-5 in the presence of steam. An acidic zeolite rho which has been prepared by calcining zeolite NH.sub.4 -rho in a vertical furnace in the presence of ammonia is disclosed. Processes for producing dimethylamine with the specified catalysts are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1986Date of Patent: March 21, 1989Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Lloyd Abrams, David R. Corbin, Robert D. Shannon
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Patent number: 4806689Abstract: A process is provided for producing dimethylamine, comprising reacting methanol and/or dimethylether and ammonia, in amounts sufficient to provide a carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio of from about 0.2 to about 1.5, at a temperature from about 250.degree. C. to about 450.degree. C., in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acidic zeolite rho.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1985Date of Patent: February 21, 1989Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Thurman E. Gier, Robert D. Shannon, George C. Sonnichsen, David R. Corbin, Michael Keane, Jr.
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Patent number: 4737592Abstract: A process is provided for producing dimethylamine, comprising reacting methanol and/or dimethylether and ammonia in amounts sufficient to provide a carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio from about 0.2 to about 1.5, at a temperature from about 250.degree. C. to about 450.degree. C., in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acidic zeolite catalyst selected from the group consisting of natural, H-exchanged, and M-exchanged chabazites, each having a geometric selectivity index greater than about 3, wherein M is one or more alkali metal ions selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, and Cs.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1986Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Lloyd Abrams, Robert D. Shannon, George C. Sonnichsen
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Patent number: 4602112Abstract: A process is provided for producing dimethylamine comprising reacting methanol and/or dimethylether and ammonia in amounts sufficient to provide a carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio from about 0.2 to about 1.5, at a temperature from about 250.degree. C. to about 450.degree. C., in the presence of a catalytic amount of an acidic H-ZK-5 zeolite catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1984Date of Patent: July 22, 1986Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Thurman E. Gier, Robert D. Shannon, George C. Sonnichsen
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Patent number: 4264685Abstract: Electrode comprised of the electrocatalyst of the prototype formula Pt.sub.3 MO.sub.6 wherein M is Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Mg, Ca, Cu, Cd or Hg.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1979Date of Patent: April 28, 1981Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Peter F. Carcia, Robert D. Shannon, Dimitri N. Staikos
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Patent number: 4252570Abstract: Bismuth oxyhalide solid solution having the PbFC1 structure and of the formula BiOI.sub.1-x-y Br.sub.x Cl.sub.y wherein x is 0 to about 0.8, y is 0 to about 0.3 and x+y is about 0.1 to about 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1979Date of Patent: February 24, 1981Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Robert D. Shannon
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Patent number: 4108679Abstract: A composition useful as a pigment is disclosed, the composition comprised of a particulate filler material such as silica, with the individual particles being coated with elemental carbon in the form of fine particles such as those contained in carbon black. The composition is produced by a mechanical processing of a dry mixture of the particulate material and the carbon black of proportions of up to approximately 50% by weight of carbon black and 50% or more of silica of a 50 to 100 micron particle size range. The mixture is processed in a ball mill to reduce the particle size of the particulate material to an average 10 micron size, the particles at the same time being coated by deposition of the carbon black particles so as to adhere tightly to the surface thereof. An air flotation separation process sorts the resulting coated particles into various size ranges suitable for particular applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1976Date of Patent: August 22, 1978Assignee: Ebonex CorporationInventors: Michael F. Szczepanik, Joseph F. Sryniawski, Adolph Busseman, Robert D. Shannon