Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Robinson

Thomas Edward Robinson 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: 11752817
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detachable receiver apparatus for a hitch assembly. The apparatus includes a body having an attachment portion and a receiver portion. The attachment portion may be selectively attached to a frame of a towing vehicle. The receiver portion may be selectively attached to a receiver member. The receiver member may selectively attach to a hitch bar. In one embodiment, the receiver portion is received within the receiver member. In another embodiment, the receiver portion defines a cavity for receiving the receiver member. The attachment portion may include at least one locking member for selectively locking or unlocking the attachment portion to the frame of the towing vehicle. The assembly may include an actuator for selectively locking and unlocking the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Robinson, Henry J. Guthard, Jordan Mazurek
  • Publication number: 20210061033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detachable receiver apparatus for a hitch assembly. The apparatus includes a body having an attachment portion and a receiver portion. The attachment portion may be selectively attached to a frame of a towing vehicle. The receiver portion may be selectively attached to a receiver member. The receiver member may selectively attach to a hitch bar. In one embodiment, the receiver portion is received within the receiver member. In another embodiment, the receiver portion defines a cavity for receiving the receiver member. The attachment portion may include at least one locking member for selectively locking or unlocking the attachment portion to the frame of the towing vehicle. The assembly may include an actuator for selectively locking and unlocking the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Robinson, Henry J. Guthard, Jordan Mazurek
  • Patent number: 10836225
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detachable receiver apparatus for a hitch assembly. The apparatus includes a body having an attachment portion and a receiver portion. The attachment portion may be selectively attached to a frame of a towing vehicle. The receiver portion may be selectively attached to a receiver member. The receiver member may selectively attach to a hitch bar. In one embodiment, the receiver portion is received within the receiver member. In another embodiment, the receiver portion defines a cavity for receiving the receiver member. The attachment portion may include at least one locking member for selectively locking or unlocking the attachment portion to the frame of the towing vehicle. The assembly may include an actuator for selectively locking and unlocking the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Robinson, Henry J. Guthard, Jordan Mazurek
  • Publication number: 20180056739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a detachable receiver apparatus for a hitch assembly. The apparatus includes a body having an attachment portion and a receiver portion. The attachment portion may be selectively attached to a frame of a towing vehicle. The receiver portion may be selectively attached to a receiver member. The receiver member may selectively attach to a hitch bar. In one embodiment, the receiver portion is received within the receiver member. In another embodiment, the receiver portion defines a cavity for receiving the receiver member. The attachment portion may include at least one locking member for selectively locking or unlocking the attachment portion to the frame of the towing vehicle. The assembly may include an actuator for selectively locking and unlocking the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Edward Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160203009
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and emulation manager computing device for obtaining a stored emulation of a selected one of a plurality of type of mobile computing devices embedded with a one of a plurality of software versions. Availability of an updated version of the embedded one of the plurality of software versions for the stored version is determined. An updated emulation is generated where the updated emulation includes the selected one of the plurality of types of mobile computing devices embedded with the updated version of the embedded one of the plurality of software versions. The generated updated emulation is provided to the requesting user computing device without requiring the requesting client computing device to download or install additional software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: David G. Catalano, Thomas Edward Robinson, Charles Wall, Alex B. Miller