TMCnet News
U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Minnesota (Aug. 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** Fluke Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Fluke, Everett, Wash., has been assigned a patent (7,994,480) developed by Kirk R. Johnson, Rogers, Minn., Thomas McManus, Plymouth, Minn., and John W. Pratreu, Minnetonka, Minn., for a "visible light and IR combined image camera." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An infrared (IR) light camera or sensor that provides temperature alarms. The temperature alarms may be audible, vibrational, and visual to indicate when a portion of the IR image meets user-defined alarm criteria. Visual alarms may be provided by displaying on a camera display unit the portions of the IR image that meet the alarm criteria." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2006 (11/458,600). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,94,480.PN.&OS=PN/79,94,480&RS=PN/79,94,480 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cutsforth Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Cutsforth Products, Cohasset, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,994,683) developed by David L. Cutsforth, Cohasset, Minn., and Robert S. Cutsforth, Bellingham, Wash., for a "brush holder assembly with spring clip." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A brush holder assembly of an electrical device is disclosed. The brush holder assembly includes a brush holder, a spring clip removable from the brush holder, a spring detachably coupled to the spring clip, and a spring retainer for retaining the spring on the spring clip. The spring clip is slidably disposed in channels of the brush holder. The detachable spring includes an end region extending around the end of the spring clip such that a first portion of the spring is facing a first side of the spring clip and a second portion of the spring is facing a second side of the spring clip. The spring retainer extends around the end of the spring clip over the end region of the spring." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2011 (12/984,962). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,994,683.PN.&OS=PN/7,994,683&RS=PN/7,994,683 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Minnesota Inventor Develops Patent for Beverage Mate ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Randy Traylor, Worthington, Minn., has developed a patent (7,994,454) for a beverage mate. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Beverage Mate consists of at least some of the following: a base, metal adaptor, power switch, power cord, cold/hot switch, adjustable flanges, heating coil, an external cooling unit and a line connecting the cooling unit to the adjustable flanges. To use Beverage Mate, a person places a beverage between the metal flanges and onto the base, plugs the unit into a cigarette lighter using the adaptor attached to the power cord and activates the power switch. The hot or cold setting is then chosen. If the user selects the hot setting, the heating coil in the base is activated allowing the beverage to heat or remain warm if it is already hot. If the user selects the cold setting, the cooling unit is activated allowing the beverage to cool or remain cool if it is already cold." The patent application was filed on May 9, 2006 (11/430,419). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7994454.PN.&OS=PN/7994454&RS=PN/7994454 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Rosemount Aerospace Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Rosemount Aerospace, Burnsville, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,994,940) developed by Alexander Grichener, Plymouth, Minn., and Chuang-Chia Lin, Lakeville, Minn., for a "mechanical latch locking detection sensors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention provides a sensor for determining when a latch for securing an engine cowl on an aircraft is secured by detecting the proximity of a latch hook and a latch pin. The sensor includes a resonant circuit configured and adapted to transmit a status signal when the latch is in a secured state. The sensor also includes a means for conveying status information of the latch to a location remote from the latch based on the status signal, the conveying means being operably connected to the resonant circuit. The invention also provides a method of determining when a latch is open or secured by detecting the proximity of a latch hook and a latch pin." The patent application was filed on Sept. 2, 2010 (12/807,351). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,994,940&OS=7,994,940&RS=7,994,940 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Round Rock Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Round Rock Research, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (7,994,922) developed by Scott Hahn, Apple Valley, Minn., and Mark T. Van Horn, Boise, Idaho, for a "communications system and method with A/D converter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A communications system includes a radio frequency identification device including an integrated circuit having a single die including a microprocessor, a receiver coupled to the microprocessor, and a backscatter transmitter coupled to the microprocessor, the integrated circuit having a digital input, and the receiver being configured to receive wireless communications from a remote interrogator; and an analog to digital converter external of the single die and having a digital output coupled to the digital input of the integrated circuit, and having an analog input configured to be coupled to an analog measuring device, wherein the radio frequency identification device is configured to transmit a signal indicative of the analog input using the backscatter transmitter. A communications method includes coupling an analog to digital converter to a radio frequency identification device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2007 (11/855,788). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,994,922&OS=7,994,922&RS=7,994,922 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Honeywell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,995,600) developed by four co-inventors for a "monitoring receiver having virtual receiver and line numbers." The co-inventors are Glenn A. Wontorcik, Corcoran, Minn., Narine Boodoosingh, Ozone Park, N.Y., Christopher D. Martin, Plainview, N.Y., and Richard H. Hinkson, Plainview, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A virtual receiver having multiple communication ports for connecting a link to a plurality of local security systems. The virtual receiver is programmed with a virtual receiver number and a virtual line number for each physical communication port on the receiver. The virtual receiver has a master/slave operational mode such that the data received from the plurality of local security systems by each receiver is transmitted from at least one selected slave receiver to a selected master receiver. The virtual receiver number and virtual line number is used to create a part of a subscriber number. In master/slave operation mode, M number of receivers are linked together and the possible number of virtual receiver lines in a virtual receiver is M times the number in a normal mode of operation." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2005 (11/089,767). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,995,600&OS=7,995,600&RS=7,995,600 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1057445 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |