Patents by Inventor Charles B. Winterble

Charles B. Winterble 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).

  • Early fire detection using temperature and smoke sensing
    Patent number: 6195011
    Abstract: A fire detection system cross correlates the responses of a temperature and smoke sensing units to achieve early-detection characteristics. The system also performs threshold-type detection on the smoke obscuration, temperature, and rate of temperature rise. If any of the thresholds are surpassed, the same alarm condition will be set. As a result, the detection characteristics of the resulting detector can be no worse than the conventional threshold-only systems. The system advantageously, however, provides for the early detection of fires that satisfy the cross correlation characteristics. Thus, it achieves the best performance characteristics of both approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Simplex Time Recorder Company
    Inventors: Charles B. Winterble, Rony R. Seyouri
  • Early fire detection using temperature and smoke sensing
    Patent number: 5818326
    Abstract: A fire detection system cross correlates the responses of a temperature and smoke sensing units to achieve early-detection characteristics. The system also performs threshold-type detection on the smoke obscuration, temperature, and rate of temperature rise. If any of the thresholds are surpassed, the same alarm condition will be set. As a result, the detection characteristics of the resulting detector can be no worse than the conventional threshold-only systems. The system advantageously, however, provides for the early detection of fires that satisfy the cross correlation characteristics. Thus, it achieves the best performance characteristics of both approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Simplex Time Recorder Company
    Inventors: Charles B. Winterble, Rony R. Seyouri