Patents by Inventor Darrel L. Thompson

Darrel L. Thompson 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).

  • WIRELESS SYNCHRONOUS TIME SYSTEM WITH SOLAR POWERED TRANSCEIVER
    Publication number: 20080159080
    Abstract: A primary device for a synchronous event system. In one construction, the primary device includes a solar panel operable to convert light into electricity; a receiver operable to receive a global positioning system time signal; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to process the global positioning system time signal to produce a processed time component; an internal clock coupled to the processor and operable to store the processed time component and to increment relative to the processed time component thereafter to produce an internal time; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and operable to transmit the internal time to a secondary device for wireless reception by the secondary device and synchronization of the secondary device relative to the primary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Mark A. Abbott, Jerald M. Cayo, Darrel L. Thompson, Derek J. Brykowski, Terrence J. O'Neill, James F. Stoffer
  • Wireless synchronous time system with solar powered transceiver
    Patent number: 7369462
    Abstract: A primary device for a synchronous event system. In one construction, the primary device includes a solar panel operable to convert light into electricity; a receiver operable to receive a global positioning system time signal; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to process the global positioning system time signal to produce a processed time component; a internal clock coupled to the processor and operable to store the processed time component and to increment relative to the processed time component thereafter to produce an internal time; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and operable to transmit the internal time to a secondary device for wireless reception by the secondary device and synchronization of the secondary device relative to the primary device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Quartex, Division of Primex, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Abbott, Jerald M. Cayo, Jr., Darrel L. Thompson, Derek J. Brykowski, Terrence J. O'Neill, James F. Stoffer