Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Cobb

Thomas F. 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).

  • Variable or stepped louver activation for active grille system
    Patent number: 9168827
    Abstract: An active grille system which is mounted to a fascia, grille, or carrier, or is part of the carrier of an automobile. Two sets of louvers are rotatably mounted to a frame, and a camming mechanism provides selective actuation of both sets of louvers, and an actuator controls the camming mechanism such that the actuator moves the camming mechanism between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the camming mechanism is in the first position, both the first set and second set of louvers are in a closed position, when the camming mechanism is in the second position, the first set of louvers are in an open position and the second set of louvers are in a closed position, and when the camming mechanism is in the third position both the first set and second set of louvers are in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Povinelli, Thomas F. Cobb
  • VARIABLE OR STEPPED LOUVER ACTIVATION FOR ACTIVE GRILLE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140076646
    Abstract: An active grille system which is mounted to a fascia, grille, or carrier, or is part of the carrier of an automobile. Two sets of louvers are rotatably mounted to a frame, and a camming mechanism provides selective actuation of both sets of louvers, and an actuator controls the camming mechanism such that the actuator moves the camming mechanism between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the camming mechanism is in the first position, both the first set and second set of louvers are in a closed position, when the camming mechanism is in the second position, the first set of louvers are in an open position and the second set of louvers are in a closed position, and when the camming mechanism is in the third position both the first set and second set of louvers are in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Povinelli, Thomas F. Cobb
  • Two-terminal series-connected network
    Patent number: 5093774
    Abstract: An integrated series-connected network is achieved in two-terminal format by providing a multilayer ceramic capacitor in which one set of electrodes is connected directly to one terminal of the network while the second set of electrodes is joined to an end of a resistor or an inductor and the other end of the resistor or inductor is joined to the other terminal of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas F. Cobb