Patents by Inventor Robert Pinnock

Robert Pinnock 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).

  • Detecting misalignment
    Patent number: 11662460
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting misalignment of a radar unit (2; 22) of a vehicle (3; 23), the apparatus comprising: a magnet (1; 21), which may be a permanent magnet or an electromagnet, arranged to be mounted on the vehicle (3; 23) spaced from the radar unit (2; 22); a magnetic field sensor (4; 24), typically a three-axis magnetic field sensor, such as a Hall Effect Sensor, arranged to be coupled to the radar unit (2; 22) and having an output at which a signal indicative of the magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor (4; 24); and a processor (5; 25) coupled to the output and arranged to determine a misalignment of the radar unit (2; 22) based on the output of the magnetic field sensor (4; 24). Where the magnet is an electromagnet (21), the field strength of the electromagnet (21) can be varied by its drive circuit (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Pinnock, Roger Hazelden
  • DETECTING MISALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20200271776
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting misalignment of a radar unit (2; 22) of a vehicle (3; 23), the apparatus comprising: a magnet (1; 21), which may be a permanent magnet or an electromagnet, arranged to be mounted on the vehicle (3; 23) spaced from the radar unit (2; 22); a magnetic field sensor (4; 24), typically a three-axis magnetic field sensor, such as a Hall Effect Sensor, arranged to be coupled to the radar unit (2; 22) and having an output at which a signal indicative of the magnetic field at the magnetic field sensor (4; 24); and a processor (5; 25) coupled to the output and arranged to determine a misalignment of the radar unit (2; 22) based on the output of the magnetic field sensor (4; 24). Where the magnet is an electromagnet (21), the field strength of the electromagnet (21) can be varied by its drive circuit (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Pinnock, Roger Hazelden
  • DETECTING MISALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20200217928
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting misalignment of a radar unit (2) of a vehicle (3), the apparatus comprising: an accelerometer (4) arranged to determine the acceleration of the radar unit (2) along three axes, and having an output for a signal indicative of the acceleration; and a processor arranged coupled to the output of the accelerometer; in which the processor is arranged to determine the misalignment based on the acceleration measured by the accelerometer (4), and in which the determination of the misalignment is made: about two axes, if the vehicle (3) is stationary; and about a third axis perpendicular to the two axes when the vehicle is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Robert Pinnock, Adam Heenan, Emst Casaban, Navya Ramuni, Martin Thompson, Martin Rändler, Martin Hahn
  • Method for treating chronic pain using MEK inhibitors
    Patent number: 7030119
    Abstract: The invention features a method for treating chronic pain using a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Stephen Douglas Barrett, Alexander James Bridges, Haile Tecle, Alistair Dixon, Kevin Lee, Robert Pinnock