Patents by Inventor Sylvester C. Maier, JR.

Sylvester C. Maier, JR. 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).

  • Systems and methods for controlling electrical current and associated appliances and notification thereof
    Patent number: 10438472
    Abstract: A digital electronic system used for receiving an audio alarm from a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector and like detectors. The system amplifies and converts the alarm to a digital encoded radio frequency signal for shutting off power to a kitchen appliance. The system includes a microphone and an amplifier connected to a comparator circuit. This circuit provides for outputting a logic 0 or logic 1 and outputs logic 1, in the form of the digital radio frequency signal, if an audio alarm is received. The comparator circuit is connected to a transmitter and encoder circuit, which receives the frequency signal and transmits it to a radio frequency receiver and decoder circuit. This circuit then decodes the signal and disconnects the power to the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventors: Michael L. Haynes, Sylvester C. Maier, Jr.
  • Systems and Methods for Controlling Electrical Current and Associated Appliances and Notification Thereof
    Publication number: 20150269821
    Abstract: A digital electronic system used for receiving an audio alarm from a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector and like detectors. The system amplifies and converts the alarm to a digital encoded radio frequency signal for shutting off power to a kitchen appliance. The system includes a microphone and an amplifier connected to a comparator circuit. This circuit provides for outputting a logic 0 or logic 1 and outputs logic 1, in the form of the digital radio frequency signal, if an audio alarm is received. The comparator circuit is connected to a transmitter and encoder circuit, which receives the frequency signal and transmits it to a radio frequency receiver and decoder circuit. This circuit then decodes the signal and disconnects the power to the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Michael L. Haynes, Sylvester C. Maier, JR.