Patents by Inventor Robert E. Griffith

Robert E. Griffith 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).

  • Method and apparatus for guiding a vehicle along a defined guidepath
    Patent number: 10464606
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a guide path for guiding a vehicle along a predetermined path to a precise parking position. Disclosed herein is a guide path which can be mounted on a garage wall, and a housing including a laser which may be mounted on a vehicle and used to target the guide path while parking. Also disclosed are embodiments where the guide path is mounted on a vehicle, and a laser is mounted on the garage wall. Further disclosed are embodiments in which the vehicle includes a video camera for capturing a target fixed to a garage wall, and a microprocessor which overlays a virtual guide path. Further disclosure relates to a microprocessor configured to recognize the vehicle's position relative to the target fixed to a garage wall, via a camera feed, and for automatically guiding the vehicle along the path to the parking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Robert E. Griffith
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE ALONG A DEFINED GUIDEPATH
    Publication number: 20180281858
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a guide path for guiding a vehicle along a predetermined path to a precise parking position. Disclosed herein is a guide path which can be mounted on a garage wall, and a housing including a laser which may be mounted on a vehicle and used to target the guide path while parking. Also disclosed are embodiments where the guide path is mounted on a vehicle, and a laser is mounted on the garage wall. Further disclosed are embodiments in which the vehicle includes a video camera for capturing a target fixed to a garage wall, and a microprocessor which overlays a virtual guide path. Further disclosure relates to a microprocessor configured to recognize the vehicle's position relative to the target fixed to a garage wall, via a camera feed, and for automatically guiding the vehicle along the path to the parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Robert E. Griffith
  • Soil stabilization
    Patent number: 3971222
    Abstract: Soil stabilization methods and apparatus whereby a material such as lime is introduced to soil beneath the earth's surface. The lime or other treating material is applied to the soil in slurry form. The slurried material may be introduced at depths from just beneath the ground surface down to depths of 15 to 20 feet, or even deeper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Robert Burke
    Inventor: Robert E. Griffith, Jr.
  • Typewriter
    Patent number: D266768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest M. Bevilacqua, David C. Danielson, Robert E. Griffith, Allen D. Hawthorne, Allan L. McCroskery
  • Typewriter
    Patent number: D267151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon P. Bruce, David C. Danielson, Robert E. Griffith, Allen D. Hawthorne, Jeffrey L. Quedenfeld, Paul F. Siegel
  • Combined typehead container and typehead
    Patent number: D271664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George T. Cowan, Jr., Robert E. Griffith