Patents by Inventor George J. Whalen

George J. Whalen 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: 4334221
    Abstract: A radio control system for a multi-controller, multi-vehicle, independently controlled toy vehicle system provides proportional steering and speed control without mutual interference. Each of a plurality of control sets repetitively transmits low-duty-cycle command bursts containing an identity code and steering and speed commands. The control sets transmit their command bursts asynchronously and, due to the low duty cycle of all transmissions, a high probability exists for non-inteference even when four or more control sets are simultaneously operated to control four or more toy vehicles. Each toy vehicle attempts to match any incoming command burst with a standard including an identity code unique to that vehicle. When a command burst is received which is correct in every respect, including the identity code, the steering and speed commands contained therein are stored and are executed until a new decodeable command burst is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Ideal Toy Corporation
    Inventors: William Rosenhagen, George J. Whalen