Patents by Inventor David A. Hintz

David A. Hintz 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: 6731098
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing alternator current levels are disclosed. The system includes the combination including an operational amplifier having an input and an output, an input resistor connecting the input to a signal indicative of an alternator current level, and a feedback resistor connected between the input and the output. The system further includes an adjustment resistor and a switching element coupled in series between the input and the output, in parallel with the feedback resistor, and a processor coupled to the output. The processor is operable, based upon a current indication related to a level of alternator current indicated at the output, to control the operation of the switching element such that the switching element is closed when the current indication increases to exceed a first threshold, and such that the switching element is opened when the current indication decreases to fall below a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: David A. Hintz, Kenneth R. Bornemann
  • Patent number: 5780390
    Abstract: An agricultural spray adjuvant composition that can be added to an agricultural spray to enhance the deposition of the agricultural spray by preventing evaporation, reducing surface tension, stabilizing dynamic surface tension and enhancing stickability comprising coconut acid diethanolamide and a method employing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: GB Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Sherwin David Hintz, Julio Jose Bordas