Patents by Inventor Preston Taylor Thorpe

Preston Taylor Thorpe 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).

  • Container breach detector
    Patent number: 10304299
    Abstract: A container breach detector system, which has a self-contained container breach detector having a housing with a mounting plate. At least one retaining clip retains a collapsible detector device. The self-contained container breach detector is mounted onto a door frame of a transportation container to monitor breaches of the transportation container, whereby the collapsible detector device is in a collapsed configuration when the door is closed, and in a neutral configuration when the door is opened. The self-contained container breach detector further has an electrical system having at least one set of sensors having at least one IR proximity and distance sensor that detects a proximity or distance change of the door internal face when the collapsible detector device changes from the collapsed configuration to the neutral configuration indicating that the door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: E-S Information Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Acosta, Michael Ray Wilkinson, Harley Michael Willey, Preston Taylor Thorpe, Lyndl Brent Duncan, Gustavo Gerardo Suarez, Warren Katzman