Patents by Inventor Robert Rolland Fox

Robert Rolland Fox 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: 9578907
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a passive-assist glove comprising an impact portion, having a plurality of palm sections configured and arranged in the glove to cover a palm of the hand and allow manipulation of the palm, such that the palm may configure to receive an object during use of the glove. The glove additionally includes a dexterity portion comprising (i) a thumb compartment configured and arranged in the glove to receive a thumb of the hand and allow manipulation of the thumb such that the thumb may configure to receive an object during use of the glove and (ii) at least one finger compartment to configured and arranged in the glove to receive at least one of multiple fingers of the hand and allow manipulation of the at least one finger such that the at least one finger may configure to receive an object during use of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Diana Marie Wegner, Robert Rolland Fox
  • Patent number: 9451798
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for configuring a passive-assist glove comprising measuring, in a first measuring operation, force associated with receiving an object into a stress zone at a palmar surface of the hand, the stress zone; measuring, in a second measuring operation, force associated with receiving an object into a dexterity zone at a palmar surface of the hand, the dexterity zone; providing a plurality of palm sections for the glove; and arranging the plurality of palm sections being in the glove based on results of the measuring operation and to allow manipulation of the palm and the at least one of the multiple fingers to receive the object during use of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Diana Marie Wegner, Robert Rolland Fox
  • Publication number: 20150320126
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a passive-assist glove comprising an impact portion, having a plurality of palm sections configured and arranged in the glove to cover a palm of the hand and allow manipulation of the palm, such that the palm may configure to receive an object during use of the glove. The glove additionally includes a dexterity portion comprising (i) a thumb compartment configured and arranged in the glove to receive a thumb of the hand and allow manipulation of the thumb such that the thumb may configure to receive an object during use of the glove and (ii) at least one finger compartment to configured and arranged in the glove to receive at least one of multiple fingers of the hand and allow manipulation of the at least one finger such that the at least one finger may configure to receive an object during use of the glove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Diana Marie Wegner, Robert Rolland Fox
  • Publication number: 20150320127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for configuring a passive-assist glove comprising measuring, in a first measuring operation, force associated with receiving an object into a stress zone at a palmar surface of the hand, the stress zone; measuring, in a second measuring operation, force associated with receiving an object into a dexterity zone at a palmar surface of the hand, the dexterity zone; providing a plurality of palm sections for the glove; and arranging the plurality of palm sections being in the glove based on results of the measuring operation and to allow manipulation of the palm and the at least one of the multiple fingers to receive the object during use of the glove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Diana Marie Wegner, Robert Rolland Fox