Patents by Inventor Dave COVINGTON

Dave COVINGTON 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).

  • Method and apparatus for connecting to a heavy duty vehicle and performing a vehicle roadworthiness check
    Patent number: 10347055
    Abstract: A vehicle roadworthiness assessment system may include a diagnostic apparatus for performing diagnostics on a vehicle, where the diagnostic apparatus is configured to connect to and request a status of components of the vehicle; a processor to determine a diagnostic assessment for each vehicle based on the diagnostics; a monitoring station connected to the diagnostic apparatus to receive the diagnostic assessment and score for each vehicle where the diagnostics were performed; and storage connected to the diagnostic apparatus and configured to store data of the diagnostic assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NOREGON SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bill Hathaway, Dave Covington, Lee Lackey
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING TO A HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE AND PERFORMING A VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS CHECK
    Publication number: 20170092020
    Abstract: A vehicle roadworthiness assessment system may include a diagnostic apparatus for performing diagnostics on a vehicle, where the diagnostic apparatus is configured to connect to and request a status of components of the vehicle; a processor to determine a diagnostic assessment for each vehicle based on the diagnostics; a monitoring station connected to the diagnostic apparatus to receive the diagnostic assessment and score for each vehicle where the diagnostics were performed; and storage connected to the diagnostic apparatus and configured to store data of the diagnostic assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NOREGON SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bill HATHAWAY, Dave COVINGTON, Lee LACKEY