Patents by Inventor Doug Odom

Doug Odom 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: 9671096
    Abstract: A system for focused lighting on a remote control including: a bracket, where the bracket includes a cradle and a release clip, where the release clip enables the placement of the bracket onto the remote control; a first set of clamps extending from a first side of the cradle, where the first set of clamps extend around a first side of the remote control; a second set of clamps extending from a second side of the cradle, where the second set of clamps extend around a second side of the remote control; a stem extending from the cradle; and a LED light at a distal end of the stem, where the LED light illuminates a control panel of the remote control. Preferably, the cradle and release clip abut an underside of the remote control. Also preferably, the stem extends from the underside of the remote control to the control panel side and the direction of the LED light is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Doug Odom
  • Publication number: 20170030562
    Abstract: A system for focused lighting on a remote control including: a bracket, where the bracket includes a cradle and a release clip, where the release clip enables the placement of the bracket onto the remote control; a first set of clamps extending from a first side of the cradle, where the first set of clamps extend around a first side of the remote control; a second set of clamps extending from a second side of the cradle, where the second set of clamps extend around a second side of the remote control; a stem extending from the cradle; and a LED light at a distal end of the stem, where the LED light illuminates a control panel of the remote control. Preferably, the cradle and release clip abut an underside of the remote control. Also preferably, the stem extends from the underside of the remote control to the control panel side and the direction of the LED light is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Doug Odom
  • Patent number: 6015163
    Abstract: A vehicle has a seat configured to receive a person or object. An array of flexible potentiometers is positioned in the seat to sense the mass or weight and the footprint or profile of that which is in the seat. The flexible potentiometers supply a signal through circuitry to enable or disable an air bag system in the vehicle. The air bag system operates under selected conditions such as what may be experienced in a crash of the vehicle to deploy the air bag to preclude movement of a seat occupant into vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventors: Gordon B. Langford, Cesar A. Montano, Doug Odom, Thomas Danielson, Richard Allen, Greg Putnam, David Beck