Patents by Inventor Mark Paul Lill

Mark Paul Lill 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).

  • Thermal-operated pump
    Patent number: 10215165
    Abstract: A thermal operated fluid pump has a plunger which is moved by a thermally expandable element to compress a fluid, such as natural gas, into a storage cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Paul Lill
  • Ignition lock mechanism
    Patent number: 9604596
    Abstract: A lock mechanism for a motor vehicle ignition switch includes a housing defining a barrel and a locking cylinder fitted for rotation in the barrel. A cap is fitted over one end of the housing capturing a frangible lock insert between the housing and cap. The frangible lock insert includes an electrically conductive pathway between radially displaced connection points on the rim of the insert. A circuit includes the electrically conductive pathway which is interrupted by disintegration of the frangible lock insert. Such disintegration occurs upon efforts to tamper with the lock mechanism or application of brute force to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Paul Lill
  • THERMAL-OPERATED PUMP
    Publication number: 20160061197
    Abstract: A thermal operated fluid pump has a plunger which is moved by a thermally expandable element to compress a fluid, such as natural gas, into a storage cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Paul Lill
  • IGNITION LOCK MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160039388
    Abstract: A lock mechanism for a motor vehicle ignition switch comprises a housing defining a barrel and a locking cylinder fitted for rotation in the barrel. A cap is fitted over one end of the housing capturing a frangible lock insert between the housing and cap. The frangible lock insert includes an electrically conductive pathway between radially displaced connection points on the rim of the insert. A circuit includes the electrically conductive pathway which is interrupted by disintegration of the frangible lock insert. Such disintegration occurs upon efforts to tamper with the lock mechanism or application of brute force to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Paul Lill
  • Enabling/enhancing a feature of an electronic device using radio frequency identification technology
    Patent number: 7057492
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Miles R. Jackson, Joseph F. Wodka, Timothy James Collins, Patrick L. Rakers, Mark Paul Lill
  • Enabling/enhancing a feature of an electronic device using radio frequency identification technology
    Publication number: 20020093426
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Miles R. Jackson, Joseph F. Wodka, Timothy James Collins, Patrick L. Rakers, Mark Paul Lill