Patents by Inventor Robert F. Olson

Robert F. Olson 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: 5909584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer system having a chassis with an access door allowing a user to access the computer circuitry. The computer circuitry has a plurality of critical circuit boards and an interlock circuit routed through connectors and cables associated with the critical circuitry. If any of the connectors are not connected or connected improperly the main power is prevented from turning on or the main power to the computer is turned off and auxiliary power is used to power indicator lights which aid a user determine which connector is not connected or improperly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corp.
    Inventors: Siamak Tavallaei, Robert F. Olson
  • Patent number: 4429660
    Abstract: A fish feeder assembly having at least one water receiving container eccentrically mounted on a rotatable shaft for oscillating the shaft as the container is sequentially filled with water and emptied when the container and shaft are pivoted by the weight of the water. The assembly includes a frame having an interior portion defining a longitudinal opening, a feed bin having at its lower portion a passageway communicating with the longitudinal opening for passage of fish feed, a metering rotor securedly affixed to the shaft and essentially filling a transverse sectional area of the passageway for rotation whereupon metered portions of fish feed are dispensed from the hopper through the longitudinal opening in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Inventors: Edward F. Olson, Robert F. Olson