Patents by Inventor David J. Shannon

David J. Shannon 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).

  • Publication number: 20240122502
    Abstract: One or more radar sensors can be used to monitor patients in a variety of different environments and embodiments. In one embodiment, radar sensors can be used to monitor a patient's breathing, including monitoring of tidal volume, chest expansion distance, breathing rate, etc. In another embodiment, a patient position can be monitored in a patient bed, which can be used as feedback for control of bladders of a patient bed. Additional embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, David L. Ribble, Eric R. Meyer, Michael S. Hood, Gregory J. Shannon, Yue Wang, Charles A. Lachenbruch (Deceased), Steven D. Baker
  • Patent number: 5981289
    Abstract: A hydrogen sulfide analyzer that continuously samples waste water from a waste stream or reservoir and measures the concentration of purgeable H.sub.2 S present (H.sub.2 SP) This information, when combined with the volume of water present, provides a control quality signal that regulates the feed rate of the destructor chemical into the waste stream. This results in chemical savings for the user. A second result is the reduction in odor complaints and the corrosion problems associated with H.sub.2 S emissions. The analyzer measures only the purgeable H.sub.2 S contained in the liquid sample. The analyzer violently agitates the sample containing dissolved H.sub.2 S in solution to simulate actual conditions at points of agitation in the waste water stream. It also provides nearly optimal partial pressure conditions for the H.sub.2 S to exit the solution as a free gas. Any H.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Wright, David J. Shannon, Lowell R. Nickolaus, Randy J. Forman, Clifford L. McDonald, Bennett K. Horenstein
  • Patent number: 4975154
    Abstract: A distillation type of water purification system has a raw water inlet valve for admitting raw water continuously to a boiling tank at a rate greater than the rate at which raw water is converted to treated water. A drain valve located at the bottom of the boiling tank is energized by a raw water level sensing means whenever the raw water level reaches a predetermined level, to discharge water from the boiling tank. Treated water is stored in a storage tank having a pump for discharging treated water to the user upon demand. A single conductivity sensor in the storage tank controls the pump to allow it to operate only if the sensed conductivity is above a first predetermined value but not at or above a second predetermined value greater than the first value. An improved condenser has two sets of tubes, each set is arranged in a pair of planes oriented transverse the flow of cooling air with the tubes parallel. The internal cross-sectional area of one set is about twice that of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Pure Water, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Palmer, David J. Shannon, Keith L. Vacha
  • Patent number: 4943353
    Abstract: A modular water distillation apparatus includes a distillation unit which may be manually operated by adding water manually to the steam generator. The apparatus further includes an add-on holding tank and an add-on control unit which mounts to the holding tank and provides automatic control of the distillation unit by providing feedwater to the steam generator when the steam generator is deenergized and the holding tank is not full. The add-on control further includes a power receptacle for an add-on distilled water demand pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Pure Water, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Shannon
  • Patent number: 4888097
    Abstract: A distillation type of water purification system has a raw water inlet valve for admitting raw water continuously to a boiling tank at a rate greater than the rate at which raw water is converted to treated water. A drain valve located at the bottom of the boiling tank is energized by a raw water level sensing device whenever the raw water level reaches a predetermined level, to discharge water from the boiling tank. Treated water is stored in a storage tank having a pump for discharging treated water to the user upon demand. A single conductivity sensor in the storage tank controls the pump to allow it to operate only if the sensed conductivity is above a first predetermined value but not at or above a second predetermined value greater than the first value. An improved condenser has two sets of tubes, each set is arranged in a pair of planes oriented transverse the flow of cooling air with the tubes parallel. The internal cross-sectional area of one set is about twice that of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Pure Water, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Palmer, David J. Shannon, Keith L. Vacha
  • Patent number: D306338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Pure Water, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale A. Rempe, David J. Shannon, Keith L. Vacha
  • Patent number: D314225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Pure Water, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Palmer, David J. Shannon