Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Phelan

Joseph P. Phelan 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: 6005236
    Abstract: A sun-following solar panel stand that includes a frame, a hollow box, rotating and pivoting apparatus, first, second, and third light apparatus, comparing apparatus, and combination determining and comparing apparatus. The frame is horizontally rotatively mountable to a surface and the hollow box is vertically pivotally mounted to the frame. The rotating apparatus rotates the frame as the sun traverses horizontally and the pivoting apparatus pivots the hollow box as the sun traverses vertically. The first light apparatus provide a first light apparatus output responsive to the horizontal position of the sun. The second light apparatus provide a second light apparatus output responsive to the vertical position of the sun. The third light apparatus provide a third light apparatus output responsive to the general position of the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Inventors: John J. Phelan, Joseph P. Phelan, Richard L. Miller
  • Patent number: 5614908
    Abstract: A system for assistance in landing a helicopter and for the detection of electro-magnetic anomalies utilizing helicopter blades as carriers of receiving devices in a wide spectrum of electro-magnetic fields with a predicted sensitivity and resolution far in advance of previous systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Inventors: Joseph P. Phelan, Yakov Treskov