Patents by Inventor Nathaniel E. Schochat

Nathaniel E. Schochat 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: 4188529
    Abstract: A mile post and mileage indicator for maintaining the exact mile post position of a vehicle while said vehicle is travelling upon a roadway containing designated mile post signs, which increase or decrease in a particular direction. This indicator may also be used to indicate exactly how far the vehicle has travelled or how much further it must travel before it reaches a certain destination. The indicator contains electronic circuits for presetting a specific mileage onto a display and for increasing or decreasing the mileage display in conjunction with a pulser unit placed in the speedometer cable of the vehicle. A calibration unit is utilized which corrects minor errors in signals received from the vehicle transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1980
    Inventors: Nathaniel E. Schochat, Fred L. Martin
  • Patent number: 4130755
    Abstract: A mile post and mileage indicator for maintaining the exact mile post position of a vehicle while said vehicle is travelling upon a roadway containing designated mile post signs, which increase or decrease in a particular direction. This indicator may also be used to indicate exactly how far the vehicle has travelled or how much further it must travel before it reaches a certain destination. The indicator contains a plurality of dials, each dial having two columns of numbers. One column is numbered in an increasing sequence, and the second column is numbered in a decreasing sequence. A shutter is provided for enabling only the increasing or the decreasing columns to be viewed at any one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1978
    Inventor: Nathaniel E. Schochat