Patents Assigned to Performance Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140192814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a point code emulation apparatus and method for dividing a Common Channel Signaling System No. 7 (or SS7) signaling network into two or more networks. The point code emulator is adapted to receive TCAP messages from two or more subnets and converts, for the messages crossing over the subnets, the information of the TCAP messages, including originating point code, destination point code, and transaction identifier, (and optionally, calling party number and called party number), and forwards to the other one of the two or more subnets. Correspondence among the two or more subnets may be provisioned by an authorized user of the system, may be learned automatically by the system based on ISUP message correspondences or previous TCAP transactions, or may be automatically discovered by the system broadcasting messages to nodes in the destined one of the two or more subnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Normand Glaude, Charles Wesley-James, Christine Aubry, Pierre Laporte
  • Patent number: 8746100
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly includes a pinion gear having a gear stem extending axially through a tubular output stem of an output member with a threaded portion protruding from an output flange of the output member. A pinion nut includes a threaded inner bore threadably engaging the threaded portion of the gear stem to retain the output member to the pinion gear. An outer rim of the pinion nut defines an outer circumference having a tool recess and a deformation spaced circumferentially apart from the tool recess. The tool recess is adapted for receiving a tool to rotate the pinion nut in a first direction relative to the gear stem. The deformation engages an inner circumference of the output flange to prevent the pinion nut from rotating in a second direction relative to the gear stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: McLaren Performance Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Cook, Jonathan M. Adler
  • Patent number: 8689657
    Abstract: A gearbox transmits rotational movement from a driving member to a driven member. The gearbox includes a pinion gear disposed inside a housing. The gear defines an axial bore and rotates in response to rotation of the driving member. An output member extends through the axial bore and engages therewith such that the output member rotates in response to rotation of the gear. The output member extends to a position outside the housing to rotate the driven member. A clamping nut is threadably coupled to the output member and abuts the gear thereby retaining the output member and the gear together. A bearing is disposed radially between the gear and the housing. The bearing rotatably supports the gear and the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M Adler, Dennis Cook
  • Publication number: 20130157648
    Abstract: A control system of a remotely-controlled device using a mobile telephone, the control system comprising a software application executing in the mobile telephone, the software application including a graphical user interface enabling a user to enter commands, the system includes a first wireless communication interface operable to communicate with a second wireless communication interface of the mobile telephone, a memory storing coded instructions, a processor operable to execute the coded instructions and receive timer setting commands from the mobile telephone, set at least one timer in response to the received timer setting commands, and control the remote controlled device according to the day, time, and duration settings of the at least one timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Quadzilla Performance Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Alvin Henry Boenker, IV
  • Patent number: 8452890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a point code emulation apparatus and method for dividing a Common Channel Signaling System No. 7 (or SS 7) signaling network into two or more networks. The point code emulator is adapted to receive TCAP messages from two or more subnets and converts, for the messages crossing over the subnets, the information of the TCAP messages, including originating point code, destination point code, and transaction identifier, (and optionally, calling party number and called party number), and forwards to the other one of the two or more subnets. Correspondence among the two or more subnets may be provisioned by an authorized user of the system, may be learned automatically by the system based on ISUP message correspondences or previous TCAP transactions, or may be automatically discovered by the system broadcasting messages to nodes in the destined one of the two or more subnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Performance Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Normand Glaude, Charles Wesley-James, Christine Aubry
  • Publication number: 20120186390
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly includes a pinion gear having a gear stem extending axially through a tubular output stem of an output member with a threaded portion protruding from an output flange of the output member. A pinion nut includes a threaded inner bore threadably engaging the threaded portion of the gear stem to retain the output member to the pinion gear. An outer rim of the pinion nut defines an outer circumference having a tool recess and a deformation spaced circumferentially apart from the tool recess. The tool recess is adapted for receiving a tool to rotate the pinion nut in a first direction relative to the gear stem. The deformation engages an inner circumference of the output flange to prevent the pinion nut from rotating in a second direction relative to the gear stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Cook, Jonathan M. Adler
  • Publication number: 20110162472
    Abstract: A gearbox transmits rotational movement from a driving member to a driven member. The gearbox includes a pinion gear disposed inside a housing. The gear defines an axial bore and rotates in response to rotation of the driving member. An output member extends through the axial bore and engages therewith such that the output member rotates in response to rotation of the gear. The output member extends to a position outside the housing to rotate the driven member. A clamping nut is threadably coupled to the output member and abuts the gear thereby retaining the output member and the gear together. A bearing is disposed radially between the gear and the housing. The bearing rotatably supports the gear and the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M Adler, Dennis Cook
  • Patent number: 7272483
    Abstract: A power enhancement control system for operation with at least one power enhancement device installed in a vehicle comprises a user interface having a display screen operable to display data and a plurality of buttons operable to receive user input, and a control unit coupled to the user interface and in data communication with the at least one power enhancement device. The control unit is operable to set at least one select one of the at least one power enhancement device to a discrete power level setting in response to at least in part to user input and input from a sensor measuring a vehicle operating condition parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Quadzilla Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin H. Boenker, IV, Mark D. Siegel
  • Publication number: 20070024117
    Abstract: A power enhancement control system for operation with at least one power enhancement device installed in a vehicle comprises a user interface having a display screen operable to display data and a plurality of buttons operable to receive user input, and a control unit coupled to the user interface and in data communication with the at least one power enhancement device. The control unit is operable to set at least one select one of the at least one power enhancement device to a discrete power level setting in response to at least in part to user input and input from a sensor measuring a vehicle operating condition parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Quadzilla Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Boenker, Mark Siegel
  • Patent number: 6566844
    Abstract: A method to extend the functionality of a battery, the method comprising drawing a current greater than the minimum rejuvenation current from the battery thereby increasing a functionality of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Battery Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Schlicht
  • Patent number: 6469473
    Abstract: A method to extend the functionality of a battery, the method comprising drawing power from the battery, and repetitively drawing a current pulse greater than the minimum conditioning current from the battery, thereby conditioning the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Battery Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Schlicht
  • Patent number: 5902478
    Abstract: An aviation filter including an injection molded plastic ring that is formed with only a slight clearance relative to the outer diameter of the cylindrical metal filter. The ring includes an inner circumferential lip that snaps into a recess formed in a rolled seam on an end of the filter, and secured via an adhesive. The ring includes holes that receive a wire connected to corresponding tie downs formed on the mount. A method of manufacturing an aviation filter includes the steps of snapping the plastic lock ring into place on the filter, and using an adhesive to hold the ring in place against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Performance Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam O'Ryan
  • Patent number: 5855780
    Abstract: A filter assembly including a filter housing having a standpipe extending upwardly therethrough, in which is located a spring-biased flow element, and about which is received a replaceable filter element. A screw threaded cover is removably attached to the housing. The filter element includes an upper endcap, a center tube, a lower endcap and cylindrical filter media around the center tube. The lower endcap includes a central opening which receives upwardly therethrough the standpipe in sealed relation. A separate actuator with a projection formed to extend therefrom is located in the center tube, either fixedly or movably, below the upper endcap. When the filter element is placed over the standpipe, and the cover attached to the housing, the projection on the actuator pushes down against the spring-biased flow element, putting cavities formed in the flow element and openings formed in the standpipe in fluid communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Performance Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dye, John Lowsky, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5817234
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic injection molded filter housing has a first end and a second open end. An injection molded end plate member includes a circumferential annular flange, and an inward annular projection. Opposing, one-piece plastic upper and lower end caps include spaced flanges to receive the respective ends of a filter media therebetween. The upper end cap also includes an upper annular projection. The upper end cap is mechanically, removably connected to the end plate member via corresponding threads or a protuberance/recess interference fit combination. The end plate member is fixedly connected to the housing via a rib that fits into a recess on the housing via an interference fit, or by spin welding. The method for manufacturing the filter includes the following steps: connecting a plastic upper end cap to the media to form a media element; removably, mechanically connecting the upper end cap to the end plate member; and fixedly connecting the end plate member to the second end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Advanced Performance Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dye, John Lowsky
  • Patent number: 5667678
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic injection molded filter housing having first and second open ends, the first end being threaded to receive a separate water collection bowl, and the second end including an external annular recess. An injection molded end plate member includes a circumferential annular flange with an interior annular rib formed thereon, and an inward annular projection with an external thread formed thereon. Opposing, one-piece plastic upper and lower end caps include spaced flanges to receive the respective ends of a filter media therebetween. The upper end cap also includes an upper annular projection that has an internal thread. A hollow plastic molded center tube is used inside a cylindrical paper media. The upper end cap is screwed into the end plate member via the corresponding threads. The rib has an inner diameter less than the outer diameter of the second end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Advanced Performance Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dye, John Lowsky
  • Patent number: 4823914
    Abstract: A monitor system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator, or the like. The monitor system includes a series of monitor devices for responding to the status control lines. Each one of the monitor devices corresponds to an individual one of the group of controls, for diagnosing the operational problems associated therewith. A computing device is located remotely from the groups of controls, for monitoring them remotely and continuously. A plurality of individual single communication links correspond individually to one of the monitor devices, for facilitating connection selectively and individually of the monitor devices to the remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Elevator Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. McKinney, Lloyd F. Perry, Scott T. Boden
  • Patent number: 4813436
    Abstract: A motion analysis system and apparatus incorporates markers which are secured at various joints of the subject's body as well as pressure sensitive shoes or insoles which are worn by the subject. The subject is caused to perform motion such as walking or running. While performing this motion, the subject is televised by means of two video cameras. The video signal from the cameras is stored by means of video recorders and then processed on a frame-to-frame basis to provide digitized data. The pressure sensitive insoles provide signals which are processed according to analog to digital conversion techniques whereby a display is also provided which indicates the pressure applied to the subject's foot while performing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Human Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jan C. Au
  • Patent number: 4699519
    Abstract: A grain temperature monitor for use with one or more grain bins, the monitor including one or more temperature sensors, an analog sensor indicator unit, and a non-analog sensor indicator unit. The analog sensor indicator unit provides a signal when one or more of the temperature sensors senses a temperature in the monitored grain that equals or exceeds a predetermined reference temperature. In addition, an operator controllable switch can be manipulated to determine the approximate temperature of the highest sensed temperature. The non-analog sensor indicator unit provides a visual indication as to which of the temperature sensors then currently senses the highest temperature, without regard as to whether such sensed temperature exceeds the predetermined temperature threshold or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Performance Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gleelynn W. Persson
  • Patent number: D302056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Performance Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Lyle Lumsden