Patents by Inventor James Skleba

James Skleba 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to determine belt condition in exercise equipment
    Patent number: 7938027
    Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media related to determining a condition of an exercise machine belt are disclosed. An example system includes a sensor to detect an event related to the exercise machine belt. The example system also includes a counter to selectively change a count based on the event as well as an output device to output a notification associated with the condition of the exercise machine belt based on the count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory John Topel, Gary E. Oglesby, Jack Hough, Emil Golen, James Skleba, Kimberly Halsted
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE BELT CONDITION IN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20100326207
    Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media related to determining a condition of an exercise machine belt are disclosed. An example system includes a sensor to detect an event related to the exercise machine belt. The example system also includes a counter to selectively change a count based on the event as well as an output device to output a notification associated with the condition of the exercise machine belt based on the count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory John Topel, Gary E. Oglesby, Jack Hough, Emil Golen, James Skleba, Kimberly Halsted
  • Methods and apparatus to determine belt condition in exercise equipment
    Patent number: 7814804
    Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media related to determining a condition of an exercise machine belt are disclosed. An example system includes a sensor to detect an event related to the exercise machine belt. The example system also includes a counter to selectively change a count based on the event as well as an output device to output a notification associated with the condition of the exercise machine belt based on the count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory John Topel, Gary E. Oglesby, Jack Hough, Emil Golen, James Skleba, Kimberly Halsted
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE BELT CONDITION IN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20080242510
    Abstract: Systems, methods and machine readable media related to determining a condition of an exercise machine belt are disclosed. An example system includes a sensor to detect an event related to the exercise machine belt. The example system also includes a counter to selectively change a count based on the event as well as an output device to output a notification associated with the condition of the exercise machine belt based on the count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory John Topel, Gary E. Oglesby, Jack Hough, Emil Golen, James Skleba, Kimberly Halsted