Patents by Inventor Paul J. Byrne

Paul J. Byrne 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: 7908896
    Abstract: Implementations of biometric deadbolt lock assemblies having various aspects relating to lock housing; a fingerprint sensor in the housing; a controller in the housing and electrically coupled to the fingerprint sensor, the controller configured to store data and compare stored data to data from the fingerprint sensor; a deadbolt mechanism; a manual actuator couplable to the deadbolt mechanism; a controlled actuator electrically coupled to the controller that couples or uncouples the deadbolt mechanism from the manual actuator to enable or disable manual operation of the deadbolt lock through the manual actuator. A battery may also be included within the housing and in particular implementations a biometric deadbolt lock assembly may be configured to fit in the same size opening as a conventional deadbolt lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventors: Timothy L. Olson, Paul J. Byrne, Robert A. Johannsen, Kenneth C. Blaisdell, John Tysver
  • Patent number: 6036444
    Abstract: A protective air passing shield has a top shield resiliently releasably connected by a plurality of mounts to an end portion of a side shield. The protective air passing shield is disposed about a fan and connected to a shroud of a cooling system and blocks large particles from the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian W. Barney, Paul J. Byrne, Gary L. Heiser, Gary E. Philipsen
  • Patent number: 5499674
    Abstract: The design and assembly of past modular cooling systems required that cooling modules with different fluids be separated, lowering the efficiency of the system. The present invention overcomes this problem by providing a modular cooling system with a plurality of cooling modules, one of which is a hydraulic oil cooler. The cooling modules are connected to a bottom tank which has a top plate with a pair of openings 64,68 therethrough in each cooling module location so that fluid communication is established between the plurality of cooling modules and the bottom tank. However, fluid communication is blocked between the hydraulic oil cooler module and the bottom tank by inserting a plug in the openings so that fluid within the bottom tank is not leaked to the atmosphere. This results in the ability to mount the hydraulic oil cooler module on the bottom tank along with the remaining plurality of cooling modules having a different fluid therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Bartz, Paul J. Byrne
  • Patent number: 4868132
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and reagents for determining amphetamine and methamphetamine in a biological fluid such as urine. In particular, this disclosure relates to a fluorescence polarization immunoassay procedure for determining the presence of amphetamine and methamphetamine in a single assay and to a novel class of tracer compounds employed as reagents in such procedures. The procedure described includes pretreatment of the biological sample to eliminate cross-reactants such as .beta.-hydroxyphenethylamine by preincubating the sample solely with an aqueous periodate solution having a pH from about 4.0 to about 7.5 without adjustment to an alkaline pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Paul J. Byrnes, Cynthia M. Molina, Janis A. Martinus, Kenward S. Vaughan, Catherine M. Smith