Patents by Inventor Charles L. Cole

Charles L. Cole 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: 7854685
    Abstract: A training system and method include providing a frame, a user support portion coupled to the frame and arranged to support a user, and a user engagement portion coupled to the frame and arranged to be engaged by the body part. A force sensor is provided for sensing a user-applied force at the user engagement portion, and a position sensor is operably connected to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for sensing a relative position therebetween. A motor is coupled to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for driving a position thereof with respect to the frame over a range of motion at a preprogrammed velocity, and a controller is provided in communication with the motor, the force sensor, and the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventors: Neil M. Cole, Charles L. Cole, Walter N. Cole
  • Publication number: 20100279821
    Abstract: A training system and method include providing a frame, a user support portion coupled to the frame and arranged to support a user, and a user engagement portion coupled to the frame and arranged to be engaged by the body part. A force sensor is provided for sensing a user-applied force at the user engagement portion, and a position sensor is operably connected to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for sensing a relative position therebetween. A motor is coupled to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for driving a position thereof with respect to the frame over a range of motion at a preprogrammed velocity, and a controller is provided in communication with the motor, the force sensor, and the position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Neil M. Cole, Charles L. Cole, Walter N. Cole
  • Patent number: 7785232
    Abstract: A training system and method include providing a frame, a user support portion coupled to the frame and arranged to support a user, and a user engagement portion coupled to the frame and arranged to be engaged by the body part. A force sensor is provided for sensing a user-applied force at the user engagement portion, and a position sensor is operably connected to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for sensing a relative position therebetween. A motor is coupled to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for driving a position thereof with respect to the frame over a range of motion at a preprogrammed velocity, and a controller is provided in communication with the motor, the force sensor, and the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Neil M. Cole, Charles L. Cole, Walter N. Cole
  • Publication number: 20080248926
    Abstract: A training system and method include providing a frame, a user support portion coupled to the frame and arranged to support a user, and a user engagement portion coupled to the frame and arranged to be engaged by the body part. A force sensor is provided for sensing a user-applied force at the user engagement portion, and a position sensor is operably connected to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for sensing a relative position therebetween. A motor is coupled to at least one of the user support portion and the user engagement portion for driving a position thereof with respect to the frame over a range of motion at a preprogrammed velocity, and a controller is provided in communication with the motor, the force sensor, and the position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Neil M. Cole, Charles L. Cole, Walter N. Cole
  • Patent number: 6295612
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for invoking and monitoring of tests executed by multiple, diverse control systems/algorithms on a main controller which allows a single monitor system to be used to monitor the test results without requiring the monitor system to be programmed or individually tailored to process each unique output from the different possible tests. The present invention achieves independence between the monitor system and each of the specific test applications on the main controller by normalizing the unique results of each of the tests to a common value, thereby allowing the monitor system to generate expected results that can be used with any of the possible tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Czuhai, Charles L. Cole, Hui Wang