Patents by Inventor Robert Parks

Robert Parks 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: 9827520
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air handling system including a casing structure formed from a cohesive sheet of material. The air handling system also includes a first side wall of the casing structure including a first section of the cohesive sheet of material. The air handling system also includes a first support portion extending inwardly from the first side wall. The first support portion includes a folded portion of the first side wall. The air handling system also includes a second side wall disposed substantially opposite the first side wall. The second side wall includes a second section of the cohesive sheet of material. The air handling system further includes a second support portion extending inwardly from the second side wall. The second support portion includes a folded portion of the second side wall. The first and second support portions are configured to support a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Nichols, Bart A. Balthazor, Wayne E. Romero, Tony M. Clark, Thomas J. Martin, Carla M. Barrier, Emily E. Zimmerman, Robert A. Parks, George T. Mayo, IV
  • Patent number: 9616997
    Abstract: A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Parks, Adam Woodworth, Tom Vaneck, Justin McClellan
  • Publication number: 20170039648
    Abstract: Systems 100, 1000, methods, and machine-interpretable programming or other instruction products for the management of data processing by multiple networked computing resources 106, 1106. In particular, the disclosure relates to the synchronization of related requests for processing of data using distributed network resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel AISEN, Bradley KATSUYAMA, Robert PARK, John SCHWALL, Richard STEINER, Allen ZHANG, Thomas L. POPEJOY
  • Patent number: 9547565
    Abstract: Embodiments of the Message Retransmission Mechanism Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“MRM”) transform application requests for message journals via MRM components into expedited access to segmented message streams. In one implementation, the MRM may obtain message journal of messages written by applications during system operations and divide up the message obtained from the complete message journal into message segments. In some implementations, the MRM may provide recovering applications access to said message segments for expedited message consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: IEX Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Cape, Robert Park, Allen Zhang, Zoran Perkov, Lieting Yu, Prerak Pukhraj Sanghvi, Beau Tateyama, Constantine Sokoloff, Eric Quinlan
  • Patent number: 9477756
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for classifying structured documents based on the structure of the document. A structured document is received, and the structural elements are parsed from the document to generate a text string representing the structure of the document instead of the semantic textual content of the document. The text string may be broken into N-grams utilizing a sliding window, and a classifier trained from similar structured documents labeled as belonging to one of a number of document classes is utilized to determine a probability that the document belongs to each of the document classes based on the N-grams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Robert Park
  • Publication number: 20160260173
    Abstract: Systems 100, 1000, methods, and machine-interpretable programming or other instruction products for the management of data processing by multiple networked computing resources 106, 1106. In particular, the disclosure relates to the synchronization of related requests for processing of data using distributed network resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel AISEN, Bradley KATSUYAMA, Robert PARK, John SCHWALL, Richard STEINER, Allen ZHANG, Thomas L. POPEJOY
  • Patent number: 9393479
    Abstract: An archery arm guard system for protecting an arm of an archer features a panel. A panel posterior edge features a concave arcuate shape. The panel is constructed from a low-friction flexible material. The system features a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture, and a fourth aperture. The system features a first retaining strap and a second retaining strap with a first strap first component located in the first aperture and a first strap second component located in the second aperture. A second strap first component is located in the third aperture and a second strap second component is located in the fourth aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Park
  • Publication number: 20160205174
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for coordinating processing of data by multiple networked computing resources include monitoring data associated with a plurality of networked computing resources, and coordinating the routing of data processing segments to the networked computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Michael PITIO, Philip IANNACCONE, Robert PARK, John SCHWALL, Richard STEINER, Allen ZHANG, Thomas L. POPEJOY, Daniel Michael AISEN, Bradley KATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160182331
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for coordinating processing of data by multiple networked computing resources include monitoring data associated with a plurality of networked computing resources, and coordinating the routing of data processing segments to the networked computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip IANNACCONE, Walter Michael PITIO, Robert PARK, John SCHWALL, Richard STEINER, Allen ZHANG, Thomas L. POPEJOY, Daniel AISEN, Bradley KATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160182330
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for coordinating processing of data by multiple networked computing resources include monitoring data associated with a plurality of networked computing resources, and coordinating the routing of data processing segments to the networked computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Philip IANNACCONE, Walter Michael PITIO, Robert PARK, John SCHWALL, Richard STEINER, Allen ZHANG, Thomas L. POPEJOY, Daniel Michael AISEN, Bradley KATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160167781
    Abstract: A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT PARKS, ADAM WOODWORTH, TOM VANECK, JUSTIN MCCLELLAN
  • Publication number: 20160144956
    Abstract: A system and method enabled to increase efficiency during a VTOL aircraft's transition. A VTOL aircraft enabled to operate multiple lift fans arranged into separately controllable groups, wherein the VTOL aircraft initially has vertical flight but transitions to horizontal flight. A first group of lift fans may be kept at full throttle, a second group of lift fans may be throttled to balance thrust and/or weight, and a third group of lift fans may be shut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: ROBERT PARKS
  • Patent number: 9341457
    Abstract: A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Parks, Adam Woodworth, Tom Vaneck, Justin McClellan
  • Patent number: 9296270
    Abstract: A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Parks, Adam Woodworth, Tom Vaneck, Justin McClellan
  • Publication number: 20160067643
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air handling system including a casing structure formed from a cohesive sheet of material. The air handling system also includes a first side wall of the casing structure including a first section of the cohesive sheet of material. The air handling system also includes a first support portion extending inwardly from the first side wall. The first support portion includes a folded portion of the first side wall. The air handling system also includes a second side wall disposed substantially opposite the first side wall. The second side wall includes a second section of the cohesive sheet of material. The air handling system further includes a second support portion extending inwardly from the second side wall. The second support portion includes a folded portion of the second side wall. The first and second support portions are configured to support a filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey N. Nichols, Bart A. Balthazor, Wayne E. Romero, Tony M. Clark, Thomas J. Martin, Carla M. Barrier, Emily E. Zimmerman, Robert A. Parks, George T. Mayo, IV
  • Publication number: 20160055581
    Abstract: In order to protect a trading party from predatory trading strategies employed by some market participants, especially during certain periods when quotes for a particular security are experiencing rapid changes or transitions, embodiments of the present invention facilitate and support a new type of trading orders whose booking and execution behaviors are dynamically varied in response to environmental market conditions. Pursuant to predefined rules for the new type of trading orders, the orders may be allowed to trade at more aggressive price levels if the market is relatively stable, and the orders can only trade at less aggressive price levels when the market is unstable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Bradley Toshio Katsuyama, Matthew Norbert Trudeau, Constantine Sokoloff, Benjamin Aaron Small, Robert Park, Daniel Aisen, Adrian Branko Facini, Donald Bollerman, Francis Chung
  • Publication number: 20160019368
    Abstract: A medicament dispensing cabinet is comprised of a frame, at least one controller, and a plurality of drawers each movably carried by the frame and each defining a plurality of dispensing cells. A plurality of removable dispensing devices is provided with each one carried by one of the dispensing cells. Each of the dispensing cells further comprises a motor for providing rotary motion to one of the removable dispensing devices in response to the controller, a sensor operating in conjunction with the controller for counting medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices, a chute for receiving medicament dispensed from one of the removable dispensing devices and a chute gate for controlling access to the chute. The cabinet may additionally comprise a chute gate release responsive to the controller for controlling the chute gate and a chute gate sensor connected to the controller and responsive to the position of the chute gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Randall Shows, Robert Parks, Ryan Kaintz, Eric Lamont Holmes, Matthew Goodworth, Stuart Morgan, Matthew Stuart Beale, Michael A. Bergeron, Stan Jankowski
  • Patent number: 9235814
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to management of evaluated rule data sets. Specifically, a unreduced evaluated rule data set may contain a number of items to be compared or analyzed according to a number of rules, and may also contain the results of such analysis. An illustrative reduced evaluated data set can include the results of evaluated rules. When utilized in conjunction with an item data set and a rule data set, the information contained within the unreduced evaluated rule data set may be maintained. The reduce memory requirements of the reduced evaluated rule data set may facilitate storage of the reduced evaluated rule data set in faster to access memory, or may facilitate distributed computation of the reduced evaluated rule data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jue Wang, Madhu M. Kurup, Jared S. Lundell, Thomas Robert Park
  • Publication number: 20150375586
    Abstract: A combined submersible vessel and unmanned aerial vehicle preferably includes a body structure, at least one wing structure, at least one vertical stabilizer structure, and at least one horizontal stabilizer structure. A propulsion system is coupled to the body structure and is configured to propel the flying submarine in both airborne flight and underwater operation. Preferably, the propulsion system includes a motor, a gearbox coupled to the motor and configured to receive power generated by the motor and provide variable output power, a drive shaft coupled to the gearbox and configured to transfer the variable output power provided by the gearbox, and a propeller coupled to the drive shaft and configured to accept power transferred to it from the drive shaft. The propeller is further configured to rotate and propel the flying submarine in both an airborne environment and in an underwater environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: ROBERT PARKS, ADAM WOODWORTH, TOM VANECK, JUSTIN MCCLELLAN
  • Patent number: 9180048
    Abstract: An eye shape modification (ESM) system such as a scleral buckle featuring a band having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a first side; and a fixation zone disposed on the first side of the band. The fixation zone is adapted to accept sutures and can be sutured to a scleral surface. The ESM system may also feature a closure system for closing the two ends of the band together. The ESM system may also feature a calibrated shortening mechanism allowing a calibrated reduction in circumference and diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Park