Patents by Inventor Alan Dutcher

Alan Dutcher 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: 5926093
    Abstract: A highly efficient resonant switching driver circuit includes a matching reactance coupled between an output resonant circuit and a driver circuit. The matching reactance performs a series to parallel impedance match from the driver circuit to the output resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Bowers, Alan Dutcher
  • Patent number: 5877728
    Abstract: A multiple loop antenna is provided which may be connected to either a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, or a transmit/receive circuit. When powered by a transmit circuit, the antenna generates radio frequency magnetic fields in an area or zone proximate to the antenna, but which are substantially canceled at a distance approximately one wavelength and more from the antenna, thereby defining a surveillance zone proximate to the antenna. The loop antenna includes a first, upper loop and a second, lower loop. The upper and loser loops lie in separate, spaced, parallel planes and are preferably disposed at a fixed angle with respect to the surveillance zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Liang Wu, Alan Dutcher