Patents by Inventor William F. Pearson

William F. Pearson 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: 4003314
    Abstract: A plurality of ski lifts are individually monitored and the information displayed at a central location for each of the ski lifts, and further displayed at a common location for all of the ski lifts. Each of the ski lifts is shut down in response to various unsafe conditions automatically with simultaneous production of a corresponding safety signal introduced in the common ski lift power control circuit, each of which safety signal is assigned a frequency or current so that it may be separated at a central location from other signals carried in the circuit for processing display. The safety devices will open switches to reduce the current carrying capacity of the closed power circuit and thereby disconnect the power to the ski lift drive while maintaining a substantially lower current carrying capacity in the circuit for passing the safety signals along the circuit to the central location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Inventor: William F. Pearson