Patents Assigned to PASCO scientific
  • Publication number: 20200096532
    Abstract: Described herein are wireless smart devices having integrated force, position, acceleration, and rotational sensing for science education (e.g., Newton's laws of motion, kinematics, etc.). An integrated wireless device includes an accelerometer to generate acceleration data based on detecting a current rate of acceleration of the integrated wireless device, a shaft encoder to detect angular positional changes of a shaft or axle of the integrated wireless device over time, and at least one processing unit coupled to the accelerometer. The at least one processing unit is configured to decode angular position data of the shaft encoder into positional data and to synchronize acceleration data received from the accelerometer with the positional data. In one example, a force load cell is coupled to the at least one processing unit. The force load cell measures applied force or impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: PASCO scientific
    Inventors: Richard A. Escott, Thomas Reineking, Phillip Gulley, Scott E. Wild, Jon D. Hanks, Ann D. Hanks
  • Publication number: 20170192034
    Abstract: Described herein are wireless smart devices having integrated force, position, acceleration, and rotational sensing for science education (e.g., Newton's laws of motion, kinematics, etc.). An integrated wireless device includes an accelerometer to generate acceleration data based on detecting a current rate of acceleration of the integrated wireless device, a shaft encoder to detect angular positional changes of a shaft or axle of the integrated wireless device over time, and at least one processing unit coupled to the accelerometer. The at least one processing unit is configured to decode angular position data of the shaft encoder into positional data and to synchronize acceleration data received from the accelerometer with the positional data. In one example, a force load cell is coupled to the at least one processing unit. The force load cell measures applied force or impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: PASCO scientific
    Inventors: Richard A. Escott, Thomas Reineking, Phillip Gulley, Scott E. Wild, Jon D. Hanks, Ann D. Hanks
  • Patent number: 7286894
    Abstract: A handheld computer device for data acquisition is described. The device includes a hardware interface to be connected to a processing device and to an attachable sensor. The device also includes a data module to interact with the sensor and with the processing device and a display module to display data collection results on a display of the processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: PASCO scientific
    Inventors: Wayne Clinton Grant, David Kent Johnson, Paulo Raffaelli, Rhonda Laureen Rosales
  • Patent number: D613285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pasco Scientific
    Inventors: Clinton Wayne Grant, Phillip Gulley, Brian Patrick Perone, Rhonda L. Rosales, Sandrine Lebas