Patents by Inventor Greg C. Mackie

Greg C. Mackie 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).

  • OPTICALLY CONTROLLED MOTORIZED LINEAR FADER
    Publication number: 20140334079
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a control device and control device operation. In one embodiment a control device includes a slider configured to support a control knob, a rack coupled to the slider and configured to linearly displace the slider. The rack including slots. The control device may further include a drive element configured to displace the rack and position the control knob, and an optical detection module configured to detect position of the control knob based on one or more optical signals detected relative to slots of the rack. According to another embodiment, a control console is provided including control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: QSC Audio Products, LLC
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Chuck T. Jensen, Peter F. Watts
  • Optically controlled motorized control device
    Patent number: 8680452
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a control device and control device operation. In one embodiment a control device includes a slider configured to support a control knob, a rack coupled to the slider and configured to linearly displace the slider. The rack including slots. The control device may further include a drive element configured to displace the rack and position the control knob, and an optical detection module configured to detect position of the control knob based on one or more optical signals detected relative to slots of the rack. According to another embodiment, a control console is provided including control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: QSC Audio Products, LLC
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Chuck T. Jensen, Peter F. Watts
  • OPTICALLY CONTROLLED MOTORIZED CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110168870
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a control device and control device operation. In one embodiment a control device includes a slider configured to support a control knob, a rack coupled to the slider and configured to linearly displace the slider. The rack including slots. The control device may further include a drive element configured to displace the rack and position the control knob, and an optical detection module configured to detect position of the control knob based on one or more optical signals detected relative to slots of the rack. According to another embodiment, a control console is provided including control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Chuck T. Jensen, Peter F. Watts
  • Compression driver cover
    Patent number: D436603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Mackie Designs Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Joseph L. Erno
  • Speaker
    Patent number: D439238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Joseph L. Erno
  • Speaker basket
    Patent number: D451908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Joseph L. Erno
  • Speaker basket
    Patent number: D451909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Joseph L. Erno
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D455731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Mackie Designs Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Charles T. Jensen, Jeffrey G. Gilbert
  • Digital mixer
    Patent number: D419563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Joseph L. Erno
  • Power mixer housing
    Patent number: D423507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Joseph L. Erno
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D426231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg C. Mackie
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D434407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg C. Mackie
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D435250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Mackie Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg C. Mackie, Charles T. Jensen
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D715267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: QSC Audio Products, LLC
    Inventors: Gerry Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, Jim Young
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D743942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gerald Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, James A. Young, IV
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D772200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: QSC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, James A. Young, IV
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D783001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: QSC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, James A. Young, IV, Jon Graves, Chris Jubien
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D807860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: QSC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, James A. Young, IV, Jon Graves, Chris Jubien
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D824367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: QSC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, James A. Young, IV
  • Mixer
    Patent number: D902178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: QSC, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Tschetter, Greg C. Mackie, James A. Young, IV, Jon Graves, Chris Jubien