Patents by Inventor Bridget Taylor

Bridget Taylor 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
    Publication number: 20160001759
    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 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 which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Judith Clark, Bridget Taylor, Robert Dexter, Kent Larson
  • Brake monitoring system for heavy vehicles
    Patent number: 9156460
    Abstract: A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator 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 associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SafetyWatch Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Judith Clark, Bridget Taylor, Robert Dexter, Kent Larson
  • Brake Monitoring System for Heavy Vehicles
    Publication number: 20130253762
    Abstract: A brake monitoring system for use on a motor vehicle includes a sensor connected to each brake actuator on the motor vehicle for monitoring the position and travel of the brake actuator 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 associated with the particular brake, and wherein said visual indicating devices which are indicative of said safety condition of a particular brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Judith Clark, Bridget Taylor, Robert Dexter, Kent Larson