Patents by Inventor Thomas Cobb

Thomas Cobb 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: 20120119059
    Abstract: A modular a bracket which forms a cavity such that the bracket surrounds and supports an actuator. In one embodiment, the bracket is made of multiple pieces and also connects together without the use of fasteners. The pieces are connected together through the use of several attachment features, with a portion of each of the attachment features integrally formed as part of each half. The bracket also includes a plurality of alignment features integrally formed as part of the bracket. The alignment features support and properly position the actuator within the cavity. The design of the bracket reduces and simplifies design and tooling, and also has minimal components and fasteners, which also simplifies and reduces labor time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Crane, Thomas Cobb, Anthony J. Povinelli, James J. Kowalski, Steven R. Roddy
  • Publication number: 20100057545
    Abstract: A computerized system for sending sponsored data is disclosed, including but not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; a computer program containing instructions to monitor video data for products data presented in the video data; instructions to encode product advertising data for at least one of the products data presented in the video data; instructions to send at least one of a plurality of products sponsor passwords data to a first end user device for decoding the products advertising data encoded in the video data; instructions to receive message data from the first end user device; instructions to send message sponsor password data to a second end user device selected by the first end user device; and instructions to send the message data encoded using the message destination password data to the second end user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Jean, Thomas Cobb
  • Publication number: 20090126681
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved rotary internal combustion engine having: a housing structure (19) with an internal stationary cavity, an intake air aperture (23), an exhaust aperture (30), an ignition aperture (21) and a fuel aperture (22) located on the surface of the stationary cavity, a rotational body (15) which contains combustion chambers (17, 18) that form internal cavities within the rotational body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Cobb
  • Publication number: 20070038991
    Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus manages deployment of a software patch (“patch”) by creating a given patch comprising at least one file and associating information with the given patch that prevents other patches from being installed over the given patch. In one some embodiments, patches are no longer delivered directly from a software engineer to a customer. Instead, the software engineer works with a patch manager that, among other tasks, may track a state of software on the customer's machine, allowing for installing another patch without producing adverse effects that may be caused by installing over the given patch. To install another patch, software on the customer's machine is set into a known state by uninstalling the given patch. Once in the known state, the other patch may be installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Ryan Schuft, Thomas Cobb, Manjunatha Ramanathpura, Paul Russell, Christopher Warren