Patents by Inventor Roy Schafer

Roy Schafer 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: 10053094
    Abstract: A system for overriding a vehicle speed limit setting via accelerator pedal override is disclosed, comprising a vehicle including steering, an accelerator pedal, brakes, a processor, and memory, and a vehicle speed limit override module coupled to the processor and configured to override the speed limit setting by calculating an override threshold based on the set speed limit and accounting for variable vehicle weight, road grade or other unknown loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Carl Mukkala, II, Roy Schafer, Andreas Ediger, Benjamin Baecker, Stephen Cole
  • Publication number: 20170291604
    Abstract: A system for overriding a vehicle speed limit setting via accelerator pedal override is disclosed, comprising a vehicle including steering, an accelerator pedal, brakes, a processor, and memory, and a vehicle speed limit override module coupled to the processor and configured to override the speed limit setting by calculating an override threshold based on the set speed limit and accounting for variable vehicle weight, road grade or other unknown loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Carl Mukkala, II, Roy Schafer, Andreas Ediger, Benjamin Baecker, Stephen Cole
  • Patent number: 5805531
    Abstract: A watch composed of at least one guide element, at least one time indicator element, and a dial interposed between the at least one guide element and the at least one time indicator element. The at least one guide element is movable as a function of time and the at least one time indicator element is magnetically coupled to the at least one guide element for movement with the at least one guide element to provide a detectable time indication. The watch is further provided with a cage space for maintaining the at least one time indicator element secure against loss, and the magnetic coupling between the at least one time indicator element and the at least one guide element extends over at least a partial area of the cage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Erich Lacher Uhrenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Roy Schafer