Patents by Inventor Robert S. Benward

Robert S. Benward 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: 20150311815
    Abstract: A solid state power controller (SSPC) includes a support structure, and a first solid state power switch die arranged relative to the support structure, the solid state power switch die including a solid state power switch having an input terminal for connecting to a power source and an output terminal for providing power to an electrical component. A first gate driver is electrically coupled to the first solid state power switch die, and a control module is operatively coupled to the first gate driver. A hermetic enclosure surrounds at least the first solid state power switch die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Velimir NEDIC, Robert S. BENWARD, William D. HENRY
  • Patent number: 5365249
    Abstract: An LCD display with a high resolution moveable pointer has a first image pane (10) with slanted conductive first segments (12) on a surface thereof. A second image pane (16) has second segments (18) and a surface thereof. The second segments are slanted opposite of the first segments. The LCD has the image panes mounted parallel to one another with the surfaces with the segments thereon facing one another with a dichroic liquid crystal material in between. A first set (26) of segments on the first image pane and a third set (30) of segments on the second pane are driven by first electrical signals of fixed amplitude and frequency. A second set of segments (28) on the first pane and a fourth set (32) on a second pane are driven by second signals 180.degree. out of phase with the first signals. A pointer is formed at an area (38) where the dichroic material is subject to an electrical potential sufficient to make the dichroic material transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Parker Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: Robert S. Benward