Patents by Inventor Michael Ness

Michael Ness 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: 11380212
    Abstract: An electrode assembly attaches to a garment using a pad supporting one or more electrodes for mounting against an inner surface of the garment and a housing arranged to be supported externally on the garment. Connectors on the pad and the housing are arranged to be penetrated through the garment in a non-destructive manner to form a mechanical connection between the pad and the housing that also conductively connects the electrodes on the pad to an electronic component in the housing whereby an electrical signal can be communicated to the electrodes from the housing, for example to deliver an electrical impulse generated by the electronic component through the electrodes in a painful yet non-injurious manner to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Quail, Michael Ness
  • Publication number: 20210366305
    Abstract: An electrode assembly attaches to a garment using a pad supporting one or more electrodes for mounting against an inner surface of the garment and a housing arranged to be supported externally on the garment. Connectors on the pad and the housing are arranged to be penetrated through the garment in a non-destructive manner to form a mechanical connection between the pad and the housing that also conductively connects the electrodes on the pad to an electronic component in the housing whereby an electrical signal can be communicated to the electrodes from the housing, for example to deliver an electrical impulse generated by the electronic component through the electrodes in a painful yet non-injurious manner to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Quail, Michael Ness
  • Patent number: 6296278
    Abstract: The invention addresses a rollover protection apparatus for motor vehicles with a protection system assigned to each vehicle seat. The invention provides that the profile unit is designed in the form of a box profile rigidified against bending with guide elements on the narrow sides of the profile elements and one single spring drive mechanism disposed centrally in the profile bar unit and with a pawl/ratchet mechanism mounted parallel to the bar width in a curved projection of the profile bar unit. These measures create a rollover protection apparatus that comprises only a few parts, is simple to manufacture and the depth of which can be kept very shallow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: ISE Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Manuela Zupancic, Michael Ness, Reinhard Nowack