Patents by Inventor David E. Locke

David E. Locke 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: 5351529
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing components of an electronic engine governor is disclosed. The governor to be tested has a speed control unit responsive to a control signal for producing a fuel control signal and an amplifier coupled to the speed control for compensating engine load, and may have a load computer for producing a load signal indicative of engine loading. A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in the test apparatus is adapted to be coupled to the speed controller for simulating engine speed as a variable frequency output in response to an input voltage. A summing node is adapted to be responsive to the output of the speed control unit and the load computer for producing a summed input control signal to the VCO. Substitute voltage and current signals are provided as input to the load computer to check the load computer operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Inventor: David E. Locke, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4096474
    Abstract: A seismic detection system for detecting persons hidden in vehicles inclu a seismic transducer used as a sensing device and electronic processing circuitry for processing the output signals from the seismic transducer. The electronic circuitry detects output signals from the seismic transducer, and, by counting the number of times the signal crosses a preset threshold during a given time window, makes a logic choice between there being personnel or no personnel in the vehicle. If a person or persons are in the vehicle an output is produced and this output is used to actuate audio and/or visual indicators thereby indicating that a person or persons are in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Charles B. Greer, Nathan Alter, David E. Locke