Patents by Inventor CLIFFORD S. BARNEY

CLIFFORD S. BARNEY 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).

  • Rotary RFID switch
    Patent number: 10679112
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatus embodiments involving RFID are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, includes receiving an excitation signal at a rotary switch associated with a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and a radio frequency (RF) masking material, and orienting the RF masking material with respect to all RFID tags such that a RFID tag is rendered detectable by a nearby RFID reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY INDUSTRIAL AND AUTOMOTIVE, LLC.
    Inventor: Clifford S. Barney
  • ROTARY RFID SWITCH
    Publication number: 20190026620
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatus embodiments involving RFID are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, includes receiving an excitation signal at a rotary switch associated with a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and a radio frequency (RF) masking material, and orienting the RF masking material with respect to all RFID tags such that a RFID tag is rendered detectable by a nearby RFID reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: CLIFFORD S. BARNEY