Patents by Inventor Daniel Joseph Koch

Daniel Joseph Koch 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).

  • Sensor devices having a movable structure
    Patent number: 5914521
    Abstract: A sensor (11) has a movable plate (16) that moves in response to an external acceleration. The movable plate (16) has a finger (17) that is capacitively coupled to fingers (13,14) that are attached to a substrate (12). A travel stop (19) is used to stop the movable plate (16) before the finger (17) on the movable plate (16) collides into the fingers (13,14) on the substrate (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald James Gutteridge, Daniel Nicolas Koury, Jr., Daniel Joseph Koch, Jonathan Hale Hammond