Patents by Inventor William R. Groves

William R. Groves 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: 5829892
    Abstract: A structure for retaining a bracket on a resilient support member for a center bearing assembly includes a bracket having a generally U-shaped body portion and a pair of outwardly extending end portions provided at the ends thereof. Respective apertures are formed through the end portions to permit the bracket to be secured to a cross member of a frame of a vehicle. A plurality of openings is formed through the body portion of the bracket. Each of the openings has axially forward and rearward tabs provided thereon which extend inwardly toward the center of the bracket. The center bearing assembly further includes a resilient support member having an enlarged axially extending opening formed through the center thereof. The outer surface of the support member is formed having a pair of outwardly extending protrusions and an outwardly extending nib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventor: William R. Groves
  • Patent number: 5764492
    Abstract: A radio device such as a radio modem having a radio shielding receptacle (10) with a base (16) and first and second sides (40, 42) and having side walls (14). A first circuit board (e.g. radio frequency circuit board 20) is mounted in the receptacle between the side walls, extending across the first side of the base. A second circuit board (e.g. logic circuit board 22) is mounted across the second side of the base such that the base of the receptacle separates the first and second circuit boards. A radio shielding housing (top assembly cover 26and bottom cover 38) surrounds the receptacle and the first and second circuit boards. In an aspect of the invention the device is dimensioned to conform to a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association standard and has an antenna connection (76). An elongate recess (74) extends between the two sides of the housing and the antenna connection is mounted within the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger W. Ady, William R. Groves, Larry J. Zibrik, Robert Cosbey, Van Oler
  • Patent number: 5733149
    Abstract: A computer peripheral module (10) having a rectangular outline with opposing ends (11, 12) and opposing sides (13, 14). The module has keying elements (19, 31) disposed on the sides, adjacent one end, for keying with a receiving slot in a predetermined orientation. One of the keying elements (31) has upper protruding lugs (32, 33, 34) and lower protruding lugs (36, 37, 38) The upper and lower protruding lugs are offset relative to each other in a direction parallel to the side (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Groves, Roger W. Ady, Tim Courrier
  • Patent number: 5625238
    Abstract: The apparatus permits non-disruptive addition and removal of PCMCIA modules from a host device. The host device includes a signal bus connected to mating pins of the card header. The card header has a three-sided frame into which a module is inserted. A switch disposed on an edge of the header is responsive to insertion and de-insertion of the module. The length of the mating pins vary where selected mating pins of the card header have a first length for detecting substantially complete insertion and partial de-insertion of the module, and pins of a second length for applying bus signals to the module. Pins of a third length facilitate applying electrical power to the module. The computer is responsive to the switch and the mating pins such that the signal bus is deactivated to prevent corruption of the bus signals when the switch detects insertion of the module. The signal bus remains deactivated until the module is in communication with pins of a first length, whereupon the signal bus is then reactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger W. Ady, Charles D. Hood, III, William R. Groves
  • Patent number: 5576720
    Abstract: A mounting assembly to attach an radio frequency antenna to a housing of a communication device for removably securing the antenna to the communication device, the assembly includes an antenna and a circular base member extending from the antenna. The assembly allows for the quick and easy detachment of the antenna from the device without the use of tools. The communication device to which the antenna assembly is attached has a generally tubular shaped opening defining a communication device housing having a circular cross-section for removably receiving the circular base member. The housing includes an outside face, an inside face, and a recessed locking slot extending from the outside face towards the inside face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold J. Gorenz, Jr., William R. Groves, Charles D. Hood, III
  • Patent number: 5569667
    Abstract: Prostate cancer is treated with 5-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-2-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-2H-[1]benzothiopyrano-[4 ,3,2-cd]indazol-8-ol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: William R. Grove, Wilbur R. Leopold
  • Patent number: 5325984
    Abstract: A friction clutch (440) for use with a 360 degree dual pivot point hinge (106) permits rotation about but one pivot point axis (444 or 445) at a time to assure proper 180 degree operation of each hinge member (411, 413 and 412, 414) associated with the hinge (106), thereby eliminating the misalignment problems typically experienced by dual pivot point hinges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger W. Ady, William R. Groves
  • Patent number: D348444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Andronicos Papademetriou, William R. Groves, Roger W. Ady, Harold J. Gorenz, Jr., C. Patrick Richardson, Leonid Soren, Hartmut Esslinger, Daniel K. Harden, Mark B. Friesen
  • Patent number: D349095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold J. Gorenz, Jr., Roger W. Ady, William R. Groves, C. Patrick Richardson, Mark B. Friesen, Hartmut Esslinger, Daniel K. Harden