Patents by Inventor S. Wright

S. Wright 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).

  • Trainable transceiver and mobile communications device systems and methods
    Patent number: 9620005
    Abstract: A trainable transceiver for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a remote device includes a transceiver circuit configured, based on training information, to control the remote device, a communications device configured to communicate with a mobile communications device, an output device, and a control circuit coupled to the transceiver circuit, coupled to the communications device, and coupled to the output device. The control circuit is configured to receive notification information from the mobile communications device via the communications device, and wherein the control circuit is configured to generate an output using the output device based on the notification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven L. Geerlings, Todd R. Witkowski, Thomas S. Wright, Marc A. Smeyers, Jonathan E. Dorst, Douglas C. Papay
  • VIBRATION DAMPING AND MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A LOUDSPEAKER
    Publication number: 20170099542
    Abstract: A loudspeaker damping assembly can mechanically damp or isolate a loudspeaker transducer from a mounting surface. The damping assembly can include a loudspeaker housing or frame that receives a loudspeaker transducer, and a flexible, deformable, or conformable flange damper extending outward from an edge of the loudspeaker housing. The flange damper can be positioned against a loudspeaker wall or ceiling mounting surface. The damping assembly optionally includes a clamp damper opposite the flange damper, or a peripheral edge damper at an outer perimeter edge of the loudspeaker housing. In an example, a loudspeaker system includes a low frequency first transducer and an array of high frequency transducers overlapping a front face of the low frequency transducer. In an example, the transducer array has an arcuate profile, and an axis of the array is non-coaxial with a central axis of the first transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michael L. Strange, Doug S. Wright, Vance Dickason
  • Robot for clamping onto upright frame members
    Patent number: 9610693
    Abstract: A system includes a frame having spaced apart first and second upright members, and a robot including an end effector and a plurality of arms. The arms extend from the end effector and clamp onto the first and second frame members to position the end effector between the first and second frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Branko Sarh, Harinder S. Oberoi, Rodney S. Wright, Charles Y. Hu
  • VEHICLE SECURITY ACCESSORY AND METHODS OF IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20170061110
    Abstract: An accessory configured to authenticate a transaction is disclosed. The accessory comprises a communication circuit configured to communicate with a transaction system. The accessory further comprises at least one data collection device and a processor. The processor is in communication with the communication circuit and the data collection device. The processor is configured to compare captured data captured by the data collection device with stored data to generate an authentication of a previously identified operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas S. Wright, Steven L. Geerlings, Marc A. Smeyers
  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS INTO A CONNECTOR HOUSING
    Publication number: 20170047700
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for installing at least one electrical contact (152) into a connector housing (150) comprises a base (110) configured to fixedly support the connector housing (150), an alignment guide (122), extending from the base (110) and having a central axis (164), and a carrier (124), translatably and pivotally coupled with the alignment guide (122). With the connector housing (150) fixedly supported by the base (110), the alignment guide (122) is configured to be parallel to an insertion axis (160) of a socket (154) of the connector housing (150), and the carrier (124) is movable parallel to the insertion axis (160). The apparatus (100) additionally comprises a tool holder (132), coupled to the carrier (124). The tool holder (132) has a working axis (162), only one degree of freedom relative to the carrier (124), and only three degrees of freedom relative to the base (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: David S. Wright
  • Trainable transceiver systems and methods for channel frequency offset adjustment
    Patent number: 9552723
    Abstract: A trainable transceiver for controlling a device includes a transceiver circuit, a control circuit coupled to the transceiver circuit, and memory coupled to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a signal from the device via the transceiver circuit. The control circuit is configured to determine a frequency of a channel used by the device based on the signal strength of the signal received from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd R. Witkowski, Chris H. Vuyst, Thomas S. Wright, Steven L. Geerlings
  • DIGITAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONTROL FOR LOAD SWITCH CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20160352322
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to controlling a field-effect transistor (FET) switch in a load switch circuit. A digital pulse width modulated (PWM) voltage signal may be applied to a gate of a FET switch. The pulse width of the PWM voltage signal may be set to a first value. The pulse width of the digital PWM voltage signal may be digitally incremented to a second value. The digital PWM voltage signal having the pulse width of the second value may be applied to the gate of the FET switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Robert S Wright, Michael R. Durham, Nam Nguyen
  • DETERMINATION OF A ZERO WATT STATE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
    Publication number: 20160334857
    Abstract: Examples herein disclose determining whether a computing device should implement a zero watt state according to an engagement of a button. The examples disconnect a power source to the computing device based upon the determination the computing device should implement the zero watt state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Louis Hobson, Michael R Durham, Robert S. Wright, Robert S Wright
  • Output Voltage to Serial Communication Port
    Publication number: 20160335093
    Abstract: One of a first voltage and a second voltage may be selected based on input from a basic input/output system (BIOS). One of the selected voltage and no voltage may be output to a carrier detect (CD) pin and a ring Indicator (RI) pin of a serial communication port, based on the input from the BIOS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nam Nguyen, ROBERT S. WRIGHT, BINH T. TROUNG
  • TRAINABLE TRANSCEIVER WITH HANDS FREE IMAGE BASED OPERATION
    Publication number: 20160321914
    Abstract: A method for automatically transmitting an activation signal from a trainable transceiver to a remote electronic system, includes receiving, at a control circuit of the trainable transceiver, image data from an image data source; determining, using the control circuit, if the received image data matches one or more reference images stored in memory and associated with the remote electronic system; and determining, in response to a match between the received image data and the one or more reference images, if the trainable transceiver is approaching the remote electronic system. The method includes, in response to determining that the trainable transceiver is approaching the remote electronic system, formatting an activation signal to control the remote electronic system and transmitting, using a transceiver circuit, the activation signal formatted to control the remote electronic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Geerlings, Thomas S. Wright, David M. Bostrom
  • Bridge circuit for Ethernet powered device
    Patent number: 9485103
    Abstract: A network powered device includes field effect transistors connected as bridge circuit. The bridge circuit includes control circuitry to enable the FETs based on completion of a powered device detection sequence performed by power sourcing equipment coupled to the device via an Ethernet link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert S Wright, Robert C Brooks
  • Riveting tool and method with electromagnetic bucking bar normalization
    Patent number: 9440284
    Abstract: A riveting tool including a magnet, a magnetically attractive housing, a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in the housing, the bucking bar being moveable relative to the housing along a bucking bar axis, and an actuation mechanism to move the bucking bar along the bucking bar axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Branko Sarh, David H. Amirehteshami, Rodney S. Wright, Harinder Oberoi
  • Electrical connector assembly for data traces on a structural surface
    Patent number: 9413102
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly may include a connector body and a resilient spring contact configured to electrically contact a data trace formed on a structural surface. The resilient spring contact being enclosed within the connector body when the connector body is attached to the structural surface. The electrical connector assembly may also include a connector arrangement configured to electrically couple the resilient spring contact to a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert S. Wright, Jeffrey Lynn Duce, Robert Nye, Jason Yim
  • System and method for quantifying X-ray backscatter system performance
    Patent number: 9398676
    Abstract: A system for quantifying x-ray backscatter system performance may include a support, a plurality of rods mounted on the support, the rods of the plurality of rods arranged in parallel to each other, having generally curved outer surfaces, and being arranged in groups of varying widths, each group of the groups having at least two of the rods of a same width, and a user interface configured to be connected to receive a backscatter signal from an x-ray backscatter detector associated with an x-ray tube, and generate a display representing photon counts of x-ray backscatter for each rod of the plurality of rods from x-rays transmitted by the x-ray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew T. Grimshaw, Talion Edwards, Gary E. Georgeson, Daniel J. Wright, James E. Engel, Morteza Safai, Yuan-Jye Wu, Taisia Tsukruk Lou, Rodney S. Wright
  • TRAINABLE TRANSCEIVER WITH SINGLE CAMERA PARK ASSIST
    Publication number: 20160203721
    Abstract: A trainable transceiver for controlling a device and providing vehicle position information to a vehicle occupant includes a transceiver circuit, an output device, and a control circuit coupled to the transceiver circuit and the output device. The control circuit is configured to receive, using the transceiver circuit or a secondary transceiver, image data corresponding to a position of the vehicle. The control circuit is further configured to determine a vehicle position status based on the image data and to control the output device to convey information to the vehicle occupant based on the vehicle position status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas S. Wright, Steven L. Geerlings, David M. Bostrom
  • Cough and sneeze arrestor
    Patent number: 9357805
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to hygienic devices to control the spread of airborne viruses and bacteria emanating from coughing or sneezing. In one embodiment, the hygienic device is a cough and sneeze arrestor in the form of a “coughing cup.” The coughing cup may incorporate one or more filters with a plurality of apertures of varying sizes and/or no apertures. In some embodiments, the filters may be embedded or infused with a microbicide such as an antibacterial or viricide. The filters may be pre-attached within the coughing cup at certain predetermined locations. The coughing cup may have one or more recesses to accommodate the nose and/or a chin of a person when using the coughing cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Victor S. Wright
  • Storage tank for an agricultural implement
    Patent number: D755253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis George Thompson, Darwin L. Zacharias, Jared S. Wright, Douglas Vern Montgomery, Russell Alan Meyer, Robin Bruno Schilling, Aaron Roland Richard
  • Storage tank for an agricultural implement
    Patent number: D763325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis George Thompson, Darwin L. Zacharias, Jared S. Wright, Douglas Vern Montgomery, Russell Alan Meyer, Aaron Roland Richard
  • Storage tank for an agricultural implement
    Patent number: D763326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis George Thompson, Darwin L. Zacharias, Jared S. Wright, Douglas Vern Montgomery, Russell Alan Meyer, Aaron Roland Richard
  • Storage tank for an agricultural implement
    Patent number: D763327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis George Thompson, Darwin L. Zacharias, Jared S. Wright, Douglas Vern Montgomery, Russell Alan Meyer, Aaron Roland Richard