Patents by Inventor Robert E. Allison

Robert E. Allison 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: 9785336
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided, at an accessible electronic device having a visual display with a touch-sensitive surface, for displaying on the visual display a graphic visualization having a plurality of graphic elements, and in response to detecting a navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, selecting one of the plurality of graphic elements and outputting accessibility information associated with the selected graphic element. Systems and methods are also provided for generating computer code for converting a data set into graphic visualization annotated with accessibility information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Edward Summers, II, Robert E. Allison, Jr., Julianna Elizabeth Langston, Jennifer Antonia Cowley
  • Publication number: 20140053055
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided, at an accessible electronic device having a visual display with a touch-sensitive surface, for displaying on the visual display a graphic visualization having a plurality of graphic elements, and in response to detecting a navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, selecting one of the plurality of graphic elements and outputting accessibility information associated with the selected graphic element. Systems and methods are also provided for generating computer code for converting a data set into graphic visualization annotated with accessibility information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Claude Edward Summers, II, Robert E. Allison, JR., Julianna Elizabeth Langston, Jennifer Antonia Cowley
  • Patent number: 4036314
    Abstract: This earth boring drill apparatus has a cutter mounting leg extending from one side of a drive stem and a removable cutter assembly, including a fixed shaft and cutter journaled for rotation on the shaft supported between the drive stem and the mounting leg. The stem has a bore for slidably receiving the inner end of the shaft. The cutter mounting leg terminates in an end surface extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the bore and shaft. A shaft supporting lug projecting from the outer end of the shaft has a surface which is parallel to the end surface on the leg. The opposed surfaces respectively have a V-shaped projection and mating groove which provide lateral alignment and prevent shaft rotation while permitting the shaft to be movable in an axial direction by an amount sufficient to permit the shaft to be withdrawn from the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Dixon, Robert E. Allison
  • Patent number: 4007799
    Abstract: A raise type of earth boring drill in which the cutter assembly is detachably secured to the drive stem to permit replacement of the stem. The stem slidably engages a central opening in the cutter assembly, the cutter assembly engaging a shoulder on the stem which carries axial loads in the drill. The cutter assembly is detachably anchored by a plurality of bolts to a torque plate attached to the end of the stem for transmitting torque load to the cutter assembly, the bolts clamping the cutter assembly against the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Dixon, Robert E. Allison