Patents by Inventor Robert Furtaw

Robert Furtaw 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: 20070116862
    Abstract: A device and a method for controlling resin bleed, the device comprising a substrate having a surface, wherein an interior region, a peripheral region, and an exterior region of the surface are generally defined. An adhesive generally resides on the surface of the substrate in the peripheral region thereof, wherein the adhesive comprises a plurality of components, such as a metal and a resin. A first barrier is formed on the surface of the substrate generally between the adhesive and the exterior region, wherein the first barrier generally prevents one or more of the plurality of components of the adhesive from bleeding onto the exterior region of the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Furtaw, John Abbott, Emily Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20060060985
    Abstract: A device and a method for controlling resin bleed, the device comprising a substrate having a surface, wherein an interior region, a peripheral region, and an exterior region of the surface are generally defined. An adhesive generally resides on the surface of the substrate in the peripheral region thereof, wherein the adhesive comprises a plurality of components, such as a metal and a resin. A first barrier is formed on the surface of the substrate generally between the adhesive and the exterior region, wherein the first barrier generally prevents one or more of the plurality of components of the adhesive from bleeding onto the exterior region of the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Furtaw, John Henry Abbott, Emily Ellen Hoffman
  • Patent number: 5387905
    Abstract: Processing of dispatch calls in a multi-site communication system begins when a source communication unit initiates a request for a dispatch call. The request is routed to a controller which assigns a controlled device to support the request. In addition, the controller identifies the destination communication units, which site each of the destination units are in, and what controlled devices are needed to support the dispatch call. Having identified the controlled devices, the controller assigns all of the controlled devices needed the same temporary network address. With all the controlled devices having the same temporary network address, the controlled device assigned to support the request can transmit the messages generated by the source communication unit to other controlled devices using the temporary network address. Thus only one representation of a message produced by the source communication unit is transmitted from the assigned controlled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Grube, Richard Comroe, Robert Furtaw, Mark Shaughnessy