Patents by Inventor Dan E. Jennings

Dan E. Jennings 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: 5519414
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for creating visual images on a display area. This invention uses the selective convergence of traveling electrical signals to cause selected display locations located across a display area to illuminate or to change their visual appearances. The apparatus of the invention includes a display mechanism that either illuminates or changes its visual appearance when activated, at least one signal propagation path that directs the propagation of the signals across the display area, and signal control equipment for selectively transmitting the signals. In a preferred embodiment first and second signal propagation paths provide unique propagation paths that pass through each of a the display locations across the area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Off World Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Gold, Dan E. Jennings, Homer L. Webb