Patents by Inventor Ira A. Klein
Ira A. Klein 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).
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Publication number: 20240132167Abstract: Systems and methods determines that a trailer being towed by an autonomous electric tractor has its brakes applied when a motor current value of a drive motor of the autonomous electric tractor reaches or exceeds a first current threshold. a recover handler initiates a set of actions to recover resolve the trailer brake problem. A trailer lift status indicating whether a landing gear of the trailer is off the ground and a lift metric indicative of a height of the landing gear off the ground are determined by a perception module using one or more of images, point clouds, and radar data that include the trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Ira Alexander Renfrew, Luciano Spinello, James McKenna, Tessa Ronan, Vittorio Ziparo, Lawrence Klein, Ky Woodard
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Patent number: 7774030Abstract: The send, end, and/or push-to-talk functions of a combination cellular telephone/two-way radio, are controlled with a single button on a hands-free device having a cable attached to the button, a microphone, and an earpiece. The button is pressed to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to transmit in a half-duplex communications mode for a two-way radio conversation. The user speaks while continuing to press the button, to transmit the user's words in the two-way radio conversation. Next, the user releases the button, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to cease transmitting, to permit the user to hear words transmitted by the other party to the two-way radio conversation. Additionally, in some examples the user may answer an incoming cellular telephone call by pressing the button used during the two-way radio conversation, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to establish communications for a full duplex cellular telephone conversation.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Klein Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Richard Ira Klein
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Patent number: 7647080Abstract: The send, end, and/or push-to-talk functions of a combination cellular telephone/two-way radio, are controlled with a single button on a hands-free device having a cable attached to the button, a microphone, and an earpiece. The button is pressed to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to transmit in a half-duplex communications mode for a two-way radio conversation. The user speaks while continuing to press the button, to transmit the user's words in the two-way radio conversation. Next, the user releases the button, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to cease transmitting, to permit the user to hear words transmitted by the other party to the two-way radio conversation. Additionally, in some examples the user may answer an incoming cellular telephone call by pressing the button used during the two-way radio conversation, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to establish communications for a full duplex cellular telephone conversation.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Klein Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Richard Ira Klein
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Patent number: 7474208Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a system for locating an object. The system may include, for example, an object electromagnetic receiver, an audio amplifier, an audio transducer, and an object microprocessor coupled to the object electromagnetic receiver and the audio amplifier. The object microprocessor is configured to ascertain whether a valid activation signal has been received by the object electromagnetic receiver, and if so, read a digital sound file, and ascertain whether the signal strength of the received valid activation signal is above a first threshold. If the signal strength is not above the first threshold, the object microprocessor outputs a maximum sound level indicator signal; and if the signal strength is above the first threshold, the object microprocessor outputs a second tier sound level indicator signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Inventor: Richard Ira Klein
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Patent number: 7254420Abstract: The send, end, and/or push-to-talk functions of a combination cellular telephone/two-way radio, are controlled with a single button on a hands-free device having a cable attached to the button, a microphone, and an earpiece. The button is pressed to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to transmit in a half-duplex communications mode for a two-way radio conversation. The user speaks while continuing to press the button, to transmit the user's words in the two-way radio conversation. Next, the user releases the button, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to cease transmitting, to permit the user to hear words transmitted by the other party to the two-way radio conversation. Additionally, in some examples the user may answer an incoming cellular telephone call by pressing the button used during the two-way radio conversation, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to establish communications for a full duplex cellular telephone conversation.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Klein Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Richard Ira Klein
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Patent number: 6970727Abstract: The send, end, and push-to-talk functions of a combination cellular telephone/two-way radio, are controlled with a single button on a hands-free device having a cable attached to the button, a microphone, and an earpiece. The button is pressed to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to transmit in a half-duplex communications mode for a two-way radio conversation. The user speaks while continuing to press the button, to transmit the user's words in the two-way radio conversation. Next, the user releases the button, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to cease transmitting, to permit the user to hear words transmitted by the other party to the two-way radio conversation. Additionally, the user may answer an incoming cellular telephone call by pressing the button used during the two-way radio conversation, to instruct the cellular telephone/two-way radio to establish communications for a full duplex cellular telephone conversation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Klein Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Richard Ira Klein
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Patent number: 6174865Abstract: This invention relates to a method for treating humans having hypertriglyceridemia. Specifically, this invention provides for administration of an erythromycin compound that reduces triglyceride levels in human plasma. In particular, this invention teaches administration of clarithromycin, troleandomycin, erythromycin, and azithromycin for treating human patients with hypertriglyceridemia.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1997Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Inventor: Ira Klein
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Patent number: 5786338Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel method for treating human patients with hypercholesterolemia with a macrolide antibiotic. More specifically, this invention is directed to the oral administration of an erythromycin compound or an erythromycin derivative for treating hypercholesterolemia. Most specifically, this invention teaches the novel oral administration of clarithromycin, troleandomycin, erythromycin, or azithromycin for treating human patients with hypercholesterolemia.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1996Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Inventor: Ira Klein
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Patent number: 5760010Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel method for treating humans with liver diseases or liver disorders with a macrolide antibiotic. Many different liver disorders can be treated with the claimed invention but this invention is specifically directed to treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, and Reye's Syndrome. More specifically, this invention is directed to the oral administration of an erythromycin compound or an erythromycin derivative for the treatment of liver disease or liver disorders. The routes of administration can include oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, transdermal, intravenous or other common routes of administering a drug to a patient. Alternate routes for patients diagnosed with alcoholic hepatitis or Reye's Syndrome are extremely important as oral administration would not be effective due to the patient's clinical symptoms.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Inventor: Ira Klein
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Patent number: 5498424Abstract: The present invention provides a simple, pharmacological method for treating obesity without risk of undesirable side effects. It has been discovered that intake of a megadose of a macrolide antibiotic creates an anorexigenic reaction in the human sufficient to result in weight loss. This method can also be used advantageously to assist non-obese persons in losing weight. The present invention relates to a method of treating obesity, comprising the steps of identifying a patient needing to lose weight and administering an appetite suppressing dose of a macrolide antibiotic compound to the patient. The dose of the macrolide antibiotic preferably ranges between a dose greater than a normal clinical dose used to treat bacterial infections and a maximum dose capable of being safely received by the patient without toxicity.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1994Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Inventor: Ira Klein
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Patent number: 5404527Abstract: An apparatus and method for retrieving and sending the bootstrap loader and the DOS code from disk storage on a file server in a network to a workstation in the network during the boot process of the workstation where there are one or more file servers in the network and where the file servers may be different types of computer systems including mainframe computers.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1992Date of Patent: April 4, 1995Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: James S. Irwin, Robert A. Johnson, Ira A. Klein
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Patent number: D717291Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventor: Richard Ira Klein