Patents by Inventor Andrew Rady

Andrew Rady 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).

  • Brake monitoring system for heavy vehicles
    Patent number: 7373224
    Abstract: A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator shaft on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator shaft and for generating and transmitting a brake condition signal; a data processor carried in an axle box associated with each axle and connected to sensors associated with brakes for the axle for receiving, interpreting, storing, and upon request, transmitting the brake condition signal, wherein each data processor includes an auto-address mechanism to identify its position on the vehicle; and a master station, wherein said master station includes a display for identifying a particular vehicle brake, a quantitative indication of the travel on the brake actuator shaft associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices include plural indicia which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: SafetyWatch Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard V. Goetz, Dennis A. Duffy, Randall J. Goetz, Andrew Rady
  • Brake monitoring system for heavy vehicles
    Publication number: 20060020377
    Abstract: A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator shaft on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator shaft and for generating and transmitting a brake condition signal; a data processor carried in an axle box associated with each axle and connected to sensors associated with brakes for the axle for receiving, interpreting, storing, and upon request, transmitting the brake condition signal, wherein each data processor includes an auto-address mechanism to identify its position on the vehicle; and a master station, wherein said master station includes a display for identifying a particular vehicle brake, a quantitative indication of the travel on the brake actuator shaft associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices include plural indicia which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Howard Goetz, Dennis Duffy, Randall Goetz, Andrew Rady