Patents Assigned to Banner Engineering Corporation
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Patent number: 11881366Abstract: A switch is disclosed. In some examples, a switch includes a generally cylindrical housing; one or more sets of contact points enclosed by the housing; an indicator module, such as a multi-color LED illuminator, also enclosed by the housing; and a pushbutton actuator disposed to operate the contact points. The housing includes a display section spanning substantially the entire circumference of the housing such that the indication made by the indicator module is visible from all radial directions. When the pushbutton actuator is pressed, some of the contact points open to cut off power from hazards, while others are reconfigured to change the state of the indicator module to indicate the changed status of the switch. Multiple switches can be interfaced with each other, such as by serial connection, to facilitate multi-switch safety environment. Modular cables can be used to conveniently establish the interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Scott Carlson, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine
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Patent number: 11580828Abstract: An indicator module includes first electrodes disposed on a first support surface, each of the first electrodes having a flexible portion having a sloped section forming an oblique angle with the first support surface, a second electrodes disposed on a second support surface spaced apart from the first support surface along a longitudinal direction, a set of conductors elongated substantially in the longitudinal direction, each of the first electrodes being electrically connected to the a respective one of the second electrodes via a respective one of the conductors, and an indicator circuit, such as a set of LEDs, electrically connected to one or more of the conductors and adapted to generate a human perceptible signal when the indicator circuit receives electrical power from the one or more of the conductors.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Dolezalek, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine, Maximilian John Aponte, Neal A. Schumacher
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Patent number: 11139124Abstract: A switch is disclosed. In some examples, a switch includes a generally cylindrical housing; one or more sets of contact points enclosed by the housing; an indicator module, such as a multi-color LED illuminator, also enclosed by the housing; and a pushbutton actuator disposed to operate the contact points. The housing includes a display section spanning substantially the entire circumference of the housing such that the indication made by the indicator module is visible from all radial directions. When the pushbutton actuator is pressed, some of the contact points open to cut off power from hazards, while others are reconfigured to change the state of the indicator module to indicate the changed status of the switch. Multiple switches can be interfaced with each other, such as by serial connection, to facilitate multi-switch safety environment. Modular cables can be used to conveniently establish the interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Scott Carlson, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine
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Patent number: 10984636Abstract: An indicator module includes first electrodes disposed on a first support surface, each of the first electrodes having a flexible portion having a sloped section forming an oblique angle with the first support surface, a second electrodes disposed on a second support surface spaced apart from the first support surface along a longitudinal direction, a set of conductors elongated substantially in the longitudinal direction, each of the first electrodes being electrically connected to the a respective one of the second electrodes via a respective one of the conductors, and an indicator circuit, such as a set of LEDs, electrically connected to one or more of the conductors and adapted to generate a human perceptible signal when the indicator circuit receives electrical power from the one or more of the conductors.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Banner Engineering CorporationInventors: Charles Dolezalek, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine, Maximilian John Aponte, Neal A. Schumacher
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Patent number: 10566148Abstract: A switch is disclosed. In some examples, a switch includes a generally cylindrical housing; one or more sets of contact points enclosed by the housing; an indicator module, such as a multi-color LED illuminator, also enclosed by the housing; and a pushbutton actuator disposed to operate the contact points. The housing includes a display section spanning substantially the entire circumference of the housing such that the indication made by the indicator module is visible from all radial directions. When the pushbutton actuator is pressed, some of the contact points open to cut off power from hazards, while others are reconfigured to change the state of the indicator module to indicate the changed status of the switch. Multiple switches can be interfaced with each other, such as by serial connection, to facilitate multi-switch safety environment. Modular cables can be used to conveniently establish the interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Scott Carlson, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine
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Patent number: 10475299Abstract: An indicator module in one example has a mounting portion to removably attach the module to another module or base. The indicator module also has a first set of electrodes disposed to be in contact with respective electrodes in the attached module or base. The indicator module further includes an indicator circuit, and a switch module configurable to selectively connect the indicator circuit to one of the electrodes in the indicator module. The indicator module can further include a second set of electrodes connected respectively to the first set of electrodes by conductors. The two sets of electrodes are located at respective ends of the module attach to another module at each end. In visual indicator modules, the conductors can be disposed in a more interior region of the module as compared to the visual indicator elements such as LEDs, which can be distributed near the periphery of the module.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Dolezalek, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine, Maximilian John Aponte, Neal A. Schumacher
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Patent number: 10234547Abstract: A sensor comprises a detector defining a zone axis and adapted to receive a signal from within a zone around the zone axis and to generate an electrical signal, and a display module defining a display plane and adapted to display a pattern in the display plane based on the electrical signal, the display being oriented along an axis forming an angle with the zone axis such that the pattern is visible both from a direction parallel to the zone axis and from a direction perpendicular to the zone axis. In certain examples, the angle is about 45°, 40°-50°, 35°-55° or 25°-65°.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: John Alyn Stecker, Matthew Alexander Payne
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Patent number: 9997031Abstract: An indicator module in one example has a mounting portion to removably attach the module to another module or base. The indicator module also has a first set of electrodes disposed to be in contact with respective electrodes in the attached module or base. The indicator module further includes an indicator circuit, and a switch module configurable to selectively connect the indicator circuit to one of the electrodes in the indicator module. The indicator module can further include a second set of electrodes connected respectively to the first set of electrodes by conductors. The two sets of electrodes are located at respective ends of the module attach to another module at each end. In visual indicator modules, the conductors can be disposed in a more interior region of the module as compared to the visual indicator elements such as LEDs, which can be distributed near the periphery of the module.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Charles Dolezalek, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine, Maximilian John Aponte, Neal A. Schumacher
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Patent number: 9880279Abstract: A method and device for object detection are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises transmitting a plurality of signals into a region; measuring a noise level during a noise measurement time interval corresponding to each respective one of the plurality of transmitted signals; generating a threshold signal dependent on the noise level; and comparing a first plurality of signals received by a sensor, each of the received signals corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of the transmitted signals, with the respective threshold signal. In another aspect, a device comprising components adapted to carry out the steps of object detection is disclosed. In one example, a thresholding circuit is adapted to generate a threshold signal have a level corresponding to substantially a peak-to-peak level of the measured noise level.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventor: John Alyn Stecker
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Patent number: 9831047Abstract: A switch is disclosed. In some examples, a switch includes a generally cylindrical housing; one or more sets of contact points enclosed by the housing; an indicator module, such as a multi-color LED illuminator, also enclosed by the housing; and a pushbutton actuator disposed to operate the contact points. The housing includes a display section spanning substantially the entire circumference of the housing such that the indication made by the indicator module is visible from all radial directions. When the pushbutton actuator is pressed, some of the contact points open to cut off power from hazards, while others are reconfigured to change the state of the indicator module to indicate the changed status of the switch. Multiple switches can be interfaced with each other, such as by serial connection, to facilitate multi-switch safety environment. Modular cables can be used to conveniently establish the interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Scott Carlson, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine
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Patent number: 9753178Abstract: An example method for stabilizing a sensor component includes: positioning the sensor component relative to a support with retaining members in contact with the sensor component, a first of the retaining members being a resilient biasing member and a second one of the retaining members being an adjustable retaining member; adjusting the adjustable retaining member to reposition the sensor component and deform the resilient retaining member; immobilizing the sensor component with an additional, rigid retaining member in contact with the sensor component; and filling a space between the sensor component and the support with a glue. An example holder of a sensor component includes support members; retaining members adapted to cooperatively adjustably retain the sensor component support members; and an additional, rigid retaining member adapted to cooperate with other retaining members to fixedly retain the sensor component.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Beckey, Neal Andrew Schumacher, Wade David Oberpriller
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Patent number: 9606228Abstract: A method of determining a timing of an occurrence of a signal includes: propagating the signal (such as an electrical signal) along a series of digital delay elements, or a delay line. Each delay element can have at least two states, each indicative of presence or absence of a signal. The distribution of states of at least a portion of the delay elements along the delay line are recorded multiple times during the time it takes a point (such as an edge) in the signal to propagate through the portion of the delay elements. The multiple recorded distributions are combined to determine the timing of occurrence of the signal to a greater resolution than the minimum system clock period and the minimum delay of each delay element.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventor: Ashley Karl Wise
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Patent number: 7612707Abstract: Multiple signal characteristics representing an entire field of view of an FMCW (FM-CW) sensor are evaluated to determine whether the field of view has changed. Signal characteristics representing the field can be compared to representative signal characteristics obtained from previous scans. At least one signal characteristic representing at least a portion of the scene can be evaluated by comparing the signal characteristic to a dynamic threshold. The dynamic threshold can be redefined after each scan from the statistics of the signal characteristic. The dead zone of a sensor can be reduced by filtering out noise that would otherwise overshadow a signal representing the near-field region of a scene. The noise can be filtered by subtracting a polynomial curve from a time-domain signal representing the scene after fitting the polynomial curve to a representative signal generated based on previous scene scans.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Banner Engineering CorporationInventors: Ashley Wise, Michael Dean, Haozhe Dong, Wade D. Oberpriller
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Patent number: 7492276Abstract: An indicator device includes an indicator module, a control module, and a communications module. The indicator module is configured to emit a plurality of light signals. The control module is operationally coupled to the indicator module and is configured to operate the indicator module based on one of a plurality of logic functions stored in the control section. The communications module is operationally coupled to the control section and is configured to receive an input signal corresponding to one of the logic functions.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Banner Engineering CorporationInventor: Robert W. Fayfield
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Patent number: D616481Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Banner Engineering CorporationInventor: Darin Wampler
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Patent number: D700149Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Banner Engineering CorporationInventors: Michael Scott Carlson, Maximilian John Aponte
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Patent number: D748506Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Banner Engineering CorporationInventors: John Alyn Stecker, Matthew Alexander Payne
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Patent number: D768013Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventors: John Alyn Stecker, Matthew Alexander Payne
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Patent number: D953184Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventor: Maximilian John Aponte
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Patent number: D1018347Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATIONInventor: Maximilian John Aponte