Patents by Inventor Donald W. Lane, Sr.

Donald W. Lane, Sr. 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: 5438311
    Abstract: An anti-carjacking circuit for disabling a motor vehicle after the driver of the vehicle has been unwillingly forced to exit the vehicle. The circuit includes: a sensor for sensing the exit of the driver, as by detecting the opening of the seat belt or, alternatively, the opening of the seat belt together with the driver's door; a latching memory such as a relay, responsive to the sensor, for recording the exit of the driver from the vehicle while the motor of the vehicle is powered; a delay circuit such as a comparator sensing the voltage across a capacitor charged by a resistor, responsive to the latching memory and startable thereby, for indicating the passage of a predetermined period of time after the starting thereof; and a disabling circuit, such as a relay, responsive to the indication by the delay circuit of the passage of the predetermined delay period, for disabling the motor of the motor vehicle as by breaking the ignition coil's circuit and possibly sounding an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Inventor: Donald W. Lane, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4747520
    Abstract: A device for allowing liquid to be easily dispensed from a bottle having a mouth and an outwardly extending flange located adjacent the mouth. A stand is supported on a support surface. A body is attached to the upper end of the stand. The body has a bore therethrough for allowing liquid from the bottle to pass therethrough. A dispensing valve is associated with the bore for controlling the passage of liquid from the bottle through the bore. A clamp is attached to the body for engaging and clamping the flange of the bottle to the body with the mouth of the bottle communicating with the inlet end of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Inventor: Donald W. Lane, Sr.