Patents by Inventor Robert Stearns

Robert Stearns 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: 20070191082
    Abstract: Provided are display devices for scale model race cars and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: John Robert Stearns
  • Publication number: 20060025488
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a composition and a process for forming a flexible polyurethane foam sealing device having improved compression set properties at increased temperatures. The sealing device is formed without the use of chemical blowing agents. The composition includes an isocyanate component for reaction with a resin component comprising an isocyanate-reactive component having a functionality of least four and a hydroxyl number of less than 40, a graft dispersion, and a physical blowing agent. The most preferred physical blowing agent is HFC-245 fa or 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Stearns, Steven Hicks, John Erickson, Raghuram Gummaraju, John Cook
  • Publication number: 20050263996
    Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a steering column having a selectively collapsible structure that enables said column to collapse in the event of an impact force resulting from a vehicle crash. An adaptive energy absorbing device is associated with said column and operates in a first condition to absorb a first level of energy of the collapsing column and in a second condition to absorb a second level of energy of the collapsing column. The assembly includes a telltale detection device that is associated with the adaptive energy absorbing device and is responsive to a change in condition of the energy absorbing device prior to a collapse event to provide a signal to a user of the condition of the energy absorbing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Marvin Manwaring, Richard Riefe, Ray Armstrong, Lee Tinnin, Ravindra Jwalapathy, Robert Stearns
  • Patent number: 4162650
    Abstract: An enclosed cooking apparatus for barbequeing meat in which a fire box is provided for the burning of charcoal and logs. A pan is supported over the burning area and is filled with water which is heated into steam. The steam entrains the smoke generated during the cooking process and provides for rapid heat transfer while the pan additionally serves to receive fat and grease drippings from the meat for subsequent removal. Meat such as ribs are supported within the apparatus over the pan by a plurality of removable skewer assemblies arranged in side-by-side relationship, each of the skewer assemblies includes upstanding skewers on which the ribs are impaled, the upper ends of the skewers being arranged to support one or more racks in a horizontally disposed position so that the smoke and steam circulating through the enclosed apparatus performs a cooking and smoking operation on both the skewered meat and the meat supported on the racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Inventors: McKinley D. Davis, Robert Stearnes, Lemuel Carter, Jr.
  • Patent number: D569128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Inventors: John Robert Stearns, Douglas Warren Scott