Patents by Inventor Brian A. Hanson
Brian A. Hanson 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).
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Publication number: 20240125067Abstract: An auger housing as part of a snowthrower or part of a snowthrower implement for attachment with a vehicle. The auger housing may include a rear wall and spaced-apart first and second sidewalls connected to one another by the rear wall to define a front-facing collection opening. The rear wall may define a lower edge extending between the first and second sidewalls along a transverse direction. The auger housing may also include an oscillating scraper connected to the lower edge of the rear wall. The oscillating scraper extends downwardly from the lower edge toward a ground surface and is configured to move relative to the rear wall in a reciprocating motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Derek S. Duchscherer, Todd A. Porter, Paul F. Koltz, Brian A. Hanson, Chris A. Wadzinski
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Patent number: 5924068Abstract: An electronic news receiving device receives text data for an electronic edition of a newspaper in the evening and audibly reads the newspaper to the user the next day. The newsreader includes a receiver which receives an electronic edition of a newspaper transmitted by a transmitter at an electronic news preparer's facility. The news preparer may mark words that do not conform to conventional letter-to-sound rules with a pronunciation flag and provide pronunciation data for the words with the electronic edition of the newspaper. The data may be compressed by providing a dictionary in the news receiving device and, at the preparer's facility, translating each word into a dictionary address. The transmission channel may include a telephone line, the vertical blanking interval of a television signal, a cable television channel, an AM/FM subcarrier signal or a satellite channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.Inventors: Ronald B. Richard, Kazue Hata, Stephen Johnson, Steve D. Pearson, Judson Hofmann, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: 5536171Abstract: This invention includes a speech training system that allows a student to enter any utterance to be learned and have the articulatory model movements required to produce the utterance displayed on a CRT screen. The system accepts a typed utterance, breaking it down into a set of speech units which could be phonemes or syllables and the onset and offset of the speech units. The set of speech units is sent to a synthesizer, which produces a set of parameters indicating the acoustic characteristics of the utterance. The acoustic parameters are converted into articulatory parameters emphasizing the frequency and nasality required to produce the typed utterance. The speech units and onset and offset of each are used to generate tongue-palate contact patterns required to produce the typed utterance. The articulatory parameters are displayed on the CRT screen. The acoustic parameters are also sent to a formant synthesizer which converts the parameters into speech output.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1994Date of Patent: July 16, 1996Assignee: Panasonic Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hector R. Javkin, Elizabeth G. Keate, Norma Antonanzas-Barroso, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: 5340316Abstract: This invention includes a speech training system that allows a student to enter any utterance to be learned and have the articulatory model movements required to produce the utterance displayed on a CRT screen. The system accepts a typed utterance, breaking it down into a set of phonemes. The set of phonemes is sent to a synthesizer, which produces a set of parameters indicating the acoustic characteristics of the utterance. The acoustic parameters are converted into articulatory parameters emphasizing the frequency, nasality, and tongue-palate contact required to produce the typed utterance. The articulatory parameters are displayed on the CRT screen. The acoustic parameters are also sent to a formant synthesizer which converts the parameters into speech output. The system measures a student's production and then evaluates the student's production against the parameters of the typed utterance for its similarity. Feedback on the similarity is displayed on the CRT screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1993Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: Panasonic Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hector R. Javkin, Elizabeth G. Keate, Norma Antonanzas-Barroso, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: 5335155Abstract: A tail light construction comprising an outer housing having an aperture that extends therethrough. An annular resilient grommet is disposed in the aperture and a metal bulb holder is mounted within the central opening of the grommet and includes a socket which receives the base portion of a light bulb. The axis of the bulb is located at an acute angle with respect to the base of the housing. A lens encloses one end of the central opening of the grommet, while either a lens or an opaque closure plate encloses the opposite end. Electrical connectors are connected to the bulb and extend in sealed relation through the grommet and are connected to electrical leads.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1992Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Wesbar CorporationInventors: Brian A. Hanson, Edgar C. Paffrath
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Patent number: 5150959Abstract: A combination side marker, clearance and reflex lamp for a vehicle. The lamp includes a base which is adapted to be connected to a vehicle. The base is provided with a recess, and a lens in combination with the base define a bulb chamber that houses a light bulb. The base portion of the bulb extends through an opening in the base and into the recess. A pair of electrical conductors are mounted on the base and extend into the recess and are connected to the base portion of the bulb. A resin is potted in the recess to encapsulate the conductors and the base portion of the bulb. The bulb chamber is hermetically sealed to prevent contact of moisture or water with the bulb.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1991Date of Patent: September 29, 1992Assignee: Wesbar CorporationInventors: Edgar C. Paffrath, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: 5060121Abstract: A sealed tail light assembly for a boat trailer including an outer housing and a sealed capsule is contained within the housing. The capsule is composed of a base and a transparent casing that contains a pair of light bulbs. The base is provided with a depression or well. Electrical conductors are connected to the bulbs and extend through openings in the base into the well where the ends of the conductors are connected to electrical leads. The well is filled with an electrically insulating material, such as resin, which encloses the openings in the well and encapsulates the connections between the conductors and the leads. One end of the capsule is provided with a tongue, which is received within a slot in the rear wall of the housing, while the opposite end of the capsule is formed with a lip which is captured between the lower edge of the side marker lens and the rear wall, thus enabling the capsule to be secured within the housing without the need for auxiliary connectors.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1990Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Wesbar CorporationInventors: Alton J. Cunningham, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: 4617617Abstract: A submersible tail light assembly for a boat trailer. The tail light assembly includes an outer housing having an open outer end that is enclosed by a tail light lens. A transparent capsule having an open inner end is sealed to the wall of the housing, and a bulb socket that carries a light bulb is mounted on the inner wall of the housing and is located within the capsule. The electrical leads connected to the bulb socket extend through an opening in the lower portion of the inner wall of the housing. In some cases the housing may also have an open side enclosed by a side marker lens and a side marker bulb socket and bulb are mounted in the housing in alignment with the side marker lens. When the trailer light is submerged in water during launching of a boat, air is entrapped within the capsule preventing water from rising in the capsule to the level of the bulb socket and bulb. The bulb can be conveniently replaced by removing the lens and capsule from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1985Date of Patent: October 14, 1986Assignee: Wesbar CorporationInventors: Alton J. Cunningham, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: 4163275Abstract: Converter means for converting a side marker light for a vehicle such as a trailer to a combination side marker and clearance light comprises an adapter assembly for repositioning the ligh bulb and a multi-sided translucent lens for replacing the original flat lens of the side marker light.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1977Date of Patent: July 31, 1979Assignee: Wesbar CorporationInventors: Bernard R. Weber, Brian A. Hanson, Alton J. Cunningham
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Patent number: D486382Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: E. R. Wagner Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Robin S. Sedgwick, Brian A. Hanson
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Patent number: D994603Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: THE TORO COMPANYInventors: Philip C. Dretzka, David J. Martin, Brian A. Hanson, Timothy Werts