Patents by Inventor Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers 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).
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Patent number: 11957577Abstract: Embodiments of delivery systems, devices and methods for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device to a heart chamber for expanded implementation are disclosed. More specifically, methods, systems and devices are disclosed for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic mitral valve device to the left atrium, with no engagement of the left ventricle, the native mitral valve leaflets or the annular tissue downstream of the upper annular surface during delivery, and in some embodiments with no engagement of the ventricle, mitral valve leaflets and/or annular tissue located downstream of the upper annular surface by the delivered, positioned and expanded prosthetic mitral valve device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Chambers, Gregory G. Brucker, Joseph P. Higgins, Saravana B. Kumar, Jason S. Diedering, Karl A. Kabarowski, Robert J. Thatcher, James E. Flaherty, Jeffrey R. Stone
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Patent number: 7690162Abstract: The invention provides technology for building houses and many other structures using logs. Log-positioning apparatuses are provided. Also provided are assemblies that include a plurality of logs and a plurality of log-positioning apparatuses. Finally, various log building methods are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Accelerated Log Building, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 7318299Abstract: Kits for building log structures, and methods for producing such kits. A kit for building a structure having a plurality of log walls each including multiple layers. The kit comprises a combination of logs which when assembled form the structure. Logs of multiple layers are marked for long groove cuts and for final corner notch cuts. These marked logs substantially retain the natural contour of the tree boles from which they came. In other embodiments, final corner notches have been cut in logs of multiple layers and long groove cuts are marked but uncut. In still other embodiments, long grooves have been cut in logs of multiple layers and final corner cuts are marked but uncut. Certain embodiments provide kits wherein logs of multiple layers each have cut therein at least one final corner notch or long groove, with the remaining cut(s) marked but uncut.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2004Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Accelerated Log Building, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Publication number: 20040182023Abstract: A method is provided for building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs. Kits for building log structures are also provided as are methods for producing such kits. In certain embodiments, there is provided a kit for building a structure having a plurality of log walls each including a plurality of log layers. The kit comprises a combination of logs which when assembled form said structure. Logs of a plurality of the log layers are marked for desired long groove cuts and for desired final corner notch cuts. In the present embodiments, these marked logs substantially retain the natural contour of the tree boles from which they came. In other embodiments, final corner notches have been cut in logs of a plurality of the log layers and desired long groove cuts are marked but uncut on these logs. In still other embodiments, long grooves have been cut in logs of a plurality of the layers and desired final corner cuts are marked but uncut on these logs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Publication number: 20040074172Abstract: A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap existing between the pairs of logs at each layer, determining groove cuts to be made for every log in the same layer using the same vertical groove dimension, determining a dimension of a final notch cut to be made in the logs of the lowest layer stacked according to this invention, and determining the final notch cuts to be made at layers above according to a relationship among the vertical groove dimensions that were marked for each of the grooves in a single layer and the dimension of the final notch cut determined for the lowest layer of logs stacked according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 6564526Abstract: A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap existing between the pairs of logs at each layer, determining groove cuts to be made for every log in the same layer using the same vertical groove dimension, determining a dimension of a final notch cut to be made in the logs of the lowest layer stacked according to this invention, and determining the final notch cuts to be made at layers above according to a relationship among the vertical groove dimensions that were marked for each of the grooves in a single layer and the dimension of the final notch cut determined for the lowest layer of logs stacked according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Accelerated Log Building, Inc.Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Publication number: 20020088200Abstract: A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap existing between the pairs of logs at each layer, determining groove cuts to be made for every log in the same layer using the same vertical groove dimension, determining a dimension of a final notch cut to be made in the logs of the lowest layer stacked according to this invention, and determining the final notch cuts to be made at layers above according to a relationship among the vertical groove dimensions that were marked for each of the grooves in a single layer and the dimension of the final notch cut determined for the lowest layer of logs stacked according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2002Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 6412241Abstract: A method of building a log structure using naturally-shaped logs is provided. The method involves stacking layers of the log structure upon one another in a rough approximation of the final desired positioning, determining the distance of the greatest gap existing between the pairs of logs at each layer, determining groove cuts to be made for every log in the same layer using the same vertical groove dimension, determining a dimension of a final notch cut to be made in the logs of the lowest layer stacked according to this invention, and determining the final notch cuts to be made at layers above according to a relationship among the vertical groove dimensions that were marked for each of the grooves in a single layer and the dimension of the final notch cut determined for the lowest layer of logs stacked according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Inventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 5083764Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for moving sheets from substrates without substantially moving the substrate and, specifically, where the sheets are sheets of X-ray film and the substrates are screens found in conventional X-ray cassettes or other sheets in a closely packed stack of sheets. The method and apparatus use at least one suction cup for curling and, thereby, lifting a portion of a sheet near an edge thereof allowing air to partially enter underneath the sheet. The suction cup has a sheet contacting face with a recess extending into the face where the recess is defined by an inner conical surface, a first planar surface and a second planar surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1990Date of Patent: January 28, 1992Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 4706796Abstract: A pallet is releasably attached to a car which is stopped automatically at a work station in a coarse alignment with a robotic system at the work station. A movable plate, which tends to be distorted from a given shape, is releasably secured to the car and lifted from the car at the work station, aligned in the desired fine alignment during the lifting and then clamped in place relative to a reference plane in the fine alignment relative to the robotic system to remove the distortion. The plate is later dropped by gravity onto the car in a given alignment therewith for transfer to the next work station which repeats the fine alignment and distortion removal action.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1985Date of Patent: November 17, 1987Assignee: RCA CorporationInventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 4689835Abstract: A face guard for an athletic helmet having at least one horizontal bar structure with the bar structure including a plurality of rotatable elements to inhibit gripping the bar structure by hand.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1981Date of Patent: September 1, 1987Inventors: Howard J. Draft, Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 4586702Abstract: A television receiver is located on a pallet assembly via molded-in-place locating elements in the receiver base. Two elements have corresponding openings which mate with respective resilient structures on the pallet assembly to locate the receiver in two orthogonal horizontal directions about a vertical axis. A set of the elements on the receiver base abut a set of corresponding elements on the pallet assembly for positioning a plurality of spaced points on the receiver cabinet in the vertical direction in a reference horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1985Date of Patent: May 6, 1986Assignee: RCA CorporationInventor: Robert W. Chambers
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Patent number: 4379686Abstract: A molding apparatus for molding a recorded disc includes a pair of mold plates adapted to form a mold cavity therein and a center hole forming pin slidably mounted in one of the mold plates. The center hole forming pin is larger in diameter than the hole to be formed and has a projection on its end which is of a diameter equal to the hole to be formed and a length about one-half the length of the hole to be formed. The other mold plate includes a projection extending therefrom of a diameter equal to the diameter of the hole to be formed and a length one-half the length of the hole. In the molding of the disc the projection on the center hole forming pin engages the projection on the other mold plate to form a hole in which a flash is spaced from the edges of the hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1982Date of Patent: April 12, 1983Assignee: RCA CorporationInventors: Robert W. Chambers, Michael L. McNeely, Leslie A. Torrington
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Patent number: 4326325Abstract: The flash is removed from a freshly molded recorded disc by first bringing a knife against the edge of the disc and rotating the disc about its center to remove the major portion of the flash. A rotary cutter is then brought into contact with the edge of the rotating disc to remove the remaining portion of the flash. The rotary cutter provides the disc with a smooth edge and allows an accurate control of the diameter of the disc. The cutter is mounted on a pivotal bracket which is selectively moved toward and away from the disc by means of an air cylinder and piston which is connected to the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1980Date of Patent: April 27, 1982Assignee: RCA CorporationInventors: Robert W. Chambers, Frank Cuomo, Jr.