Patents by Inventor Michael B. Staal

Michael B. Staal 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).

  • Reconfigurable compact electric transport device
    Patent number: 12005988
    Abstract: An electric transport device included an outer casing including a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and an interior space. A rear wheel assembly is mounted to the outer casing. The rear wheel assembly extends rearward of the back of the outer casing when the electric transport device is in a riding configuration. A locking mechanism is configurable in a first configuration to engage the rear wheel assembly to lock the rear wheel assembly in a riding position. The locking mechanism is configurable in a second configuration to disengage the locking mechanism from the rear wheel assembly permitting the rear wheel assembly to be moved relative to the outer casing to move the rear wheel assembly from the riding position to a stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew B. Staal, Jackie P. Porchay, Michael J. Kim, Ming Hsein Lee, Ding Jong Chou, Sheng Yu Huang
  • Method and apparatus for stacked waveguide horns using dual polarity feeds oriented in quadrature
    Patent number: 7864128
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stacked waveguide horns using dual polarity feeds oriented in quadrature have been disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Michael B. Staal
  • Method and apparatus for stacked waveguide horns using dual polarity feeds oriented in quadrature
    Patent number: 7423603
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stacked waveguide horns using dual polarity feeds oriented in quadrature have been disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Inventor: Michael B. Staal
  • Method and apparatus for stacked waveguide horns using dual polarity feeds oriented in quadrature
    Patent number: 7239284
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for stacked waveguide horns using dual polarity feeds oriented in quadrature have been disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Michael B. Staal