Patents by Inventor Charles M. Sulik

Charles M. Sulik 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).

  • Universal automotive maintenance component controller apparatus
    Patent number: 7272476
    Abstract: A computer-implemented universal automotive maintenance component controller apparatus that may be used as common core enabling a user to interface with, control, and analyze data from, various modular automotive maintenance or diagnostic equipment and/or components regardless of the type or manufacturer of the component. The universal controller of the invention may include a processor and a control application, the control application including one or more software modules that enable the processor to control one or more connected automotive maintenance components. The universal controller may also include one or more component interfaces operatively connected to the processor, wherein each of the one or more component interfaces is configured for one of the plurality of automotive maintenance components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Environmental Systems Products Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: David L Ortiz, Mark A. Davis, Charles M. Sulik, Arun Raj Pandey, James R. Newton