Patents by Inventor Robert W. Simons

Robert W. Simons 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: 20240068238
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to roofing products, for example, suitable for use covering and protecting the roofs of structures. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a roofing product including an upper section and an exposed section. The roofing product includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of zones of roofing granules disposed on the top surface of the substrate. The plurality of zones includes first, second and third zones within the exposed section. The first zone includes a first collection of algae-resistant roofing granules and has a first algae-resistance intensity. The second zone includes a second collection of algae-resistant roofing granules and has a second algae-resistance intensity. The third zone has a third algae-resistance intensity that is different from the first algae-resistance intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Shuang Liu, Robert L. Jenkins, Mark W. Simon
  • Publication number: 20140181088
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems request and receive network service activity data for a user. The received activity data is parsed to identify one or more subjects of the user activity. A plurality of cells is searched for a cell corresponding to the identified subject. Each of the plurality of cells includes displayable data about a subject and links assigned, respectively, to a causal context relationship, inclusion contextual relationship, temporal contextual relationship, and spatial contextual relationship. Each of the links provides a navigation link from the cell to the corresponding context cell. In response to the search, it is determined that a first cell within the plurality of cells includes displayable data about the identified subject and one of the links is identified as being defined as a highlighted contextual relationship and transmitted with a representation of the identified subject to a user device for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Pierre R. Schwob, Robert W. Simons
  • Patent number: 4643051
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an earth boring bit of the type having a bearing pin which extends from a head section of the drill bit for rotatably mounting a cutter. A container is provided having opposing end openings with sidewalls therebetween which define a container interior. The container is placed over a portion of the head section so that the pin extends within the interior of the container. A spring spacer is then installed within the interior of the container about at least a portion of the circumference of the bearing pin at at least one axial location. The container is then packed with a particulate treating medium, the container is covered, and the pin and container are placed into a furnace for a time and at a temperature sufficient to activate the treating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Hughes Tool Company-USA
    Inventors: Robert W. Simons, Danny E. Scott, John R. Poland
  • Patent number: 4040059
    Abstract: A telemetry system for a tactical missile having a central multiplexer wh receives in parallel high frequency digital data and analog data, and outputs a serial PCM NRZ-L bit stream with the data word-interlaced. The central multiplexer also provides timing for elements of the telemetry system to maintain system synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert W. Simons, Martin G. Troop