Patents by Inventor Robert H. Mimlitch

Robert H. Mimlitch 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: 8505086
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for managing communications with robots. In some implementations, a computer network, where operators interface with the network to control movement of robots on a wireless computer network includes a network arena controller and a plurality of robot controllers. The network arena controller is configured to provide firewall policies to substantially secure communication between robot controllers and the associated robots. Each controller is included in a different robot and configured to wirelessly communicate with the network arena controller. Each robot controller executes firewall policies to substantially secure wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Corey Lee Chitwood, Richard D. Torrance, Mark J. Lambert, Brandon Lee Martus, Lester E. Heath, III
  • Patent number: 8504200
    Abstract: A system and method for operating robots in a robot competition. One embodiment of the system may include operator interfaces, where each operator interface is operable to control movement of a respective robot. A respective operator interface may be in communication with an associated operator radio, where each radio may have a low power RF output signal. A robot controller may be coupled to each robot in the robot competition. A robot radio may be coupled to a respective robot and in communication with a respective robot controller and operator radio. The robot radios may have a low power RF output signal while communicating with the respective operator radios. Alternatively, the radios may be short range radios, where a distance of communication may be a maximum of approximately 500 feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Paul S. Adams
  • Publication number: 20130171910
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, a vibrating mechanism, and a plurality of appendages each having an appendage base proximal to the housing and an appendage tip distal from the housing. One or more of the appendages are adapted to cause the apparatus to move across a surface in a forward direction generally defined by a longitudinal offset between the appendage base and the appendage tip, and the appendages include two or more appendages disposed such that the appendage tips of the two or more appendages are adapted to contact opposing surfaces to produce a net force in a direction generally defined by a longitudinal offset between the appendage base and the appendage tip of the two or more appendages as the vibrating mechanism causes the apparatus to vibrate. The net force can allow the apparatus to climb when the opposing surfaces are inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Jeffrey R. Waegelin, Gregory E. Needel, Guijiang Lj
  • Publication number: 20130091689
    Abstract: A wall mountable rack for equipment, and an associated method of assembly for the rack and a method of use for the rack is disclosed. Exemplary equipment that may be mounted in the rack includes power strips, patch panels, servers, tower computers, tape drives, hubs, switches, cabling and other equipment related thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Jeffrey R. Waegelin, Michael Cummings
  • Publication number: 20130084771
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a base, a drive mechanism attached to the base for causing the base to move across a support surface, a bobble head rotatably coupled to the base and rotatable about at least one axis, and a vibrating mechanism adapted to cause the bobble head to oscillate about at least one axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Raul Olivera
  • Publication number: 20130084774
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: INNOVATION FIRST, INC.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Raul Olivera
  • Publication number: 20130084773
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a base, a drive mechanism attached to the base for causing the base to move across a support surface, a bobble head rotatably coupled to the base and rotatable about at least one axis, and a vibrating mechanism adapted to cause the bobble head to oscillate about at least one axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Raul Olivera
  • Publication number: 20130084775
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Raul Olivera, Gregory E. Needel
  • Patent number: D676506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Gregory Lavender, Brian Richard Delaney, Raul Olivera
  • Patent number: D677347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Gregory Lavender, Brian Richard Delaney, Raul Olivera
  • Patent number: D677740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Joel Carter, Gregory Lavender, Gregory Needel, Christopher Robert Troyak, Jeffrey Russell Waegelin, Brian Richard Delaney
  • Patent number: D677742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Gregory Lavender, Brian Richard Delaney, Raul Olivera
  • Patent number: D678428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Gregory Lavender, Brian Richard Delaney, Raul Olivera
  • Patent number: D679763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Raul Olivera, Douglas Michael Galletti, James Anthony Trzaskos
  • Patent number: D682368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Douglas Michael Galletti, Gregory Needel
  • Patent number: D682953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Douglas Michael Galletti, Gregory Needel
  • Patent number: D683411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Joel Carter, Gregory Lavender, Gregory Needel, Christopher Robert Troyak, Jeffrey Russell Waegelin, Brian Richard Delaney
  • Patent number: D684218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Galletti, Gregory Lavender, Brian Richard Delaney, Raul Olivera
  • Patent number: D684221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David A. Norman, Douglas Michael Galletti, Jeffrey Russell Waegelin, Gregory Needel, Raul Olivera
  • Patent number: D687903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Douglas Michael Galletti, Joel Reagan Carter, Paul David Copioli