Patents by Inventor Robert E. Ferguson

Robert E. Ferguson 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: 20240094889
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Edward TAYLOR, Jr., Peter E. HAMMERQUIST, Benjamin J. SCHOEPKE, Jessica Leigh DOUMA, Albert Peter YIH, Emilia Marie NOBREGA, Hadley Meryl GRIFFIN, Ashley Nicole FERGUSON, Robert Joseph DISANO
  • Patent number: 6015274
    Abstract: A remote control receiver is provided, as well as a system for installing the receiver within a motor housing of a ceiling fan which may comprise a low profile ceiling fan. The receiver may be provided as an add-on unit or pre-packaged with new fans. The receiver includes upper and lower housings which engage one another and define an interior space of the receiver. Electronic circuitry is provided within the interior space which is effective for controlling at least the rotational speed of the ceiling fan motor and the fan blades attached to the motor. The receiver may optionally control the operation of a light fixture included as part of the fan, and in some applications the receiver may also control the direction of rotation of the motor and blades. The system for installing the receiver within the motor housing includes a stationary portion of the ceiling fan, such as a ceiling mount plate or motor mount plate, which is spaced apart from the rotating components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Larry S. Bias, Robert E. Ferguson