Patents by Inventor William J. Cussen

William J. Cussen 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).

  • Clock device including hour, decade and unit minute stations
    Patent number: 5365495
    Abstract: A clock device utilizing a hollow housing having stackable--columnar--first, second and third stations, each having a blinking light emitting diode (LED) controllably connected to a battery through a firm-wired or hardwired circuit with: the upper hour LED being energized first in sequence to present the hour of the predetermined time of day, by flashing such LED in accordance with a control algorithm or first pulse subcode to proved a total number of flashes contained in the time of day, viz., between 1 and 12; a mid-LED being next energized in accordance with a control algorithm or second pulse subcode that is decimally based, i.e., each flash denoting the number of ten minutes blocks or decades contained in the time of day; and a lower-LED being next being energized in accordance with a control algorithm or third pulse subcode that is also decimally based, each flash denoting a number of minute units in a particular 10-minute block, such number being between zero and nine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventor: William J. Cussen