Robert Snowden Clarke

US Patent:

7096811, Aug 29, 2006

Filed:

May 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848198

Inventors:

Robert A. Clarke - Poolesville MD, US

Assignee:

Advanced Engineering & Planning Corporation, Inc. - Rockville MD

International Classification:

B63B 25/00

US Classification:

114 72, 114256

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus, method and system for delivery of commercial cargo containers shore side without container terminals. The present invention utilizes containers made autonomous by coupling a container with a detachable propulsion system, having a motor and navigation and steering controls, permitting the rapid, controlled, efficient and safe delivery of cargo containers individually by water. Ballast units, deployment systems and control via remote units are also disclosed. These improvements allow the containers, utilizing their inherent buoyancy, to approach a shore autonomously according to a preplanned or remote controlled route to a specific location and in a specific order of arrival, thereby reducing the number of cargo handlers required, speeding the delivery process to the shore, and eliminating the need for high-technology pier-side equipment. The present invention allows the transfer of cargo at primitive shore sites as well modern pier facilities, and expedites the delivery of such cargo wherever needed.

US Patent:

7320289, Jan 22, 2008

Filed:

Aug 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/505307

Inventors:

Robert A. Clarke - Poolesville MD, US

International Classification:

B63B 25/00

US Classification:

114 72, 114256

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus, method and system for delivery of commercial cargo containers shore side without container terminals. The present invention utilizes containers made autonomous by coupling a container with a detachable propulsion system, having a motor and navigation and steering controls, permitting the rapid, controlled, efficient and safe delivery of cargo containers individually by water. Ballast units, deployment systems and control via remote units are also disclosed. These improvements allow the containers, utilizing their inherent buoyancy, to approach a shore autonomously according to a preplanned or remote controlled route to a specific location and in a specific order of arrival, thereby reducing the number of cargo handlers required, speeding the delivery process to the shore, and eliminating the need for high-technology pier-side equipment. The present invention allows the transfer of cargo at primitive shore sites as well modern pier facilities, and expedites the delivery of such cargo wherever needed.

US Patent:

62808753, Aug 28, 2001

Filed:

Mar 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/275466

Inventors:

B. Leo Kwak - La Palma CA
Robert A. Clarke - Thousand Oaks CA
Richard F. David - Rancho Palos Verdes CA

Assignee:

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

H01M 612
H01M 646

US Classification:

429162

Abstract:

A thin-film rechargeable battery and its method of manufacture having a substrate over which may be formed layered battery components. The layered components include, in series, a first electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer. The layered arrangement reduces reactivity between the layered components and provides improved battery performance.

US Patent:

50915231, Feb 25, 1992

Filed:

Dec 3, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/620853

Inventors:

Abdolhossen Talebian - Herndon VA
Dianna Green - Falls Church VA
Charles Hammer - Washington DC
Philip Schein - Bryn Mawr PA
Alem Ghiorghis - Washington DC
Robert R. Clarke - Bethesda MD

Assignee:

Georgetown University - Washington DC

International Classification:

A61K 3140
A61K 2100
C07D48714

US Classification:

536 173

Abstract:

The invention relates to certain derivatives of mitomycins A and C and the use thereof to treat bacterial infections and to supress the growth of cancer cells. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the mitomycin derivatives of the invention.