Patents by Inventor Clifford B. Strang

Clifford B. Strang 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: 5057831
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simulator which when used aboard a vehicle normally undetectable by a traffic signal control system (e.g. A.C. energized buried sensing loop type which detects predetermined changes in the characteristics of an electromagnetic field due to the presence of a detectable vehicle therewithin), will substantially simulate the characteristics of a detectable vehicle within its field and thereby cause any activation of the system. Operationally, the simulator derives an electrical signal from the field (e.g. via a receiving antenna), converts the electrical signal into a modified transmittable signal of an amplitude which when impressed upon the field (e.g. via a transmitting antenna) simulates electromagnetic influence of a detectable vehicle therewithin which is sensed by the detector circuitry and activates an associated traffic signal controller to provide the necessary signals (e.g. a green arrow) to allow safe and unobstructed traffic flow at an intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Signalmatic International, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford B. Strang, John R. Frus