Patents by Inventor Arthur Beck

Arthur Beck 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: 8217591
    Abstract: Lighting is controlled by receiving an input signal, determining whether the input signal is an AC signal or a DC signal and generating a dimming command signal based on the determination of whether the input signal is an AC signal or a DC signal. For example, determining whether the input signal is an AC signal or a DC signal may include generating an average signal indicative of an average duty cycle of the input signal and determining whether the average signal meets a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Chobot, Michael James Harris, Paul Arthur Beck
  • Publication number: 20100301751
    Abstract: Lighting is controlled by receiving an input signal, determining whether the input signal is an AC signal or a DC signal and generating a dimming command signal based on the determination of whether the input signal is an AC signal or a DC signal. For example, determining whether the input signal is an AC signal or a DC signal may include generating an average signal indicative of an average duty cycle of the input signal and determining whether the average signal meets a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Chobot, Michael James Harris, Paul Arthur Beck
  • Patent number: 7025556
    Abstract: An agricultural transfer table enables rapid transfer of harvested agricultural material from a dump truck to a silo or the like. The agricultural transfer table comprises a box with an open front end. Apron chains in the box propel the material to the box back end, where cross chains discharge the material out a selected side. A prime mover and hydraulic system are part of the agricultural transfer table, so no source of external power is required to operate it. A tongue is closeable to enable the agricultural transfer table to be towed by a tractor. The tongue is openable to allow the truck to back up close to the agricultural transfer table front end. The front end is tiltable downwardly toward the ground. The truck back wheels back up ramps at the front box end. The ramps are storable inside the box when the agricultural transfer table is towed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventors: Michael J. Koffman, Arthur Beck
  • Patent number: 6571965
    Abstract: A dishwasher rack which includes a basket supporting a plurality of fences rotatably about a common axis. The basket has a plurality of wires forming a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a front and back wall. The bottom wall has a plurality of upwardly oriented tines connected to and extending from the bottom wall in a first area and further has an open area without upwardly oriented tines. A first fence is provided having an axle wire and a plurality of support wires. The axle wire is rotatably supported adjacent the bottom wall such that the first fence may be rotated between a front position and a back position. A second fence is provided having a connection wire and a plurality of support wires. The connection wire is rotatably connected to axle wire such that the second fence may rotate about the axle wire between a front position and a back position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Casey Brian Arthur Beck, Mark H. Nelson, John Irven Smith, Jeffrey Ray Taylor