Patents by Inventor Robert E. Floyd

Robert E. Floyd 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: 6485074
    Abstract: A tool includes an elongate body having a handle unit on one end and a grill contacting unit on another end. The grill contacting unit includes diverging tines with each having a beveled edge that may be scraped against a bar of a grill to clean that grill. A hollow tube is positioned in the grill contacting unit to contain a match that is used to ignite charcoals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Robert E. Floyd
  • Patent number: 4614919
    Abstract: A magnetostatic wave frequency analyzer apparatus utilizing forward volume waves. A single input transducer is arranged opposite a plurality of output transducers to receive the different frequencies of the generated magnetostatic forward volume wave. A geometric ground plane is positioned in the propagation path between the input transducer and the plurality of output transducers to demonstrate the propagation characteristics of magnetostatic forward volume waves (MSFVW) in the 2-6 GHz range. The waves were propagated in two inch diameter YIG La-doped films of varying thickness (20,30,40 microns). The waves were launched by the microstrip input transducers on an alumina substrate. Receiver transducers were also on the substrate, but placed approximately one inch away, in a semi-circle with 10 degrees of arc between adjacent transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Robert E. Floyd