Patents by Inventor Edward A. Wilson

Edward A. Wilson 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: 9531865
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160044158
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8965341
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140335846
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130337772
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8380170
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20110165861
    Abstract: A system for restricting operation of wireless devices, for example cell phones, comprises a controller and a plurality of sensors. The system restricts device usage, while permitting emergency phone calls, for example 911 calls. The sensors receive transmissions from devices, and use the transmissions for identification and determining whether a device is within a restricted zone. One disclosed method is triangulation, using time of arrival of transmissions at the sensors. If the device is within the zone, the controller sends device identification, and possibly a customized restriction request, to a remote node, for example a control node of a cell phone network operator. The operator then uses its network resources to implement the requested restrictions. Communication between the controller and the remote node is secure, possibly encrypted, to minimize malicious interference. A wireless control can define vertices of the zone and exempt certain devices from restrictions. Jamming is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Kristine A. Wilson, Kelce S. Wilson, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6677922
    Abstract: A pixel for use in a visual matrix display including a frame having front and rear surfaces and defining an aperture; a light source oriented in the aperture; a first retroreflective surface borne by the frame and positioned adjacent to the aperture; a flap borne by the front surface and moveable along a given path of travel between a first position wherein the pixel is nonoperational, and the flap is disposed in covering relation relative to the light source, and a second operational position, wherein the flap has a second retroreflective surface which is exposed when the flap is in the second position; an assembly borne by the frame for moving the flap along the given path of travel; and an assembly for energizing the light source when the flap is in one of the given positions along the path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jerry L. Johnson, Kevin M. Hanson, Kenneth R. Cummings, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6137460
    Abstract: A pixel for use in a visual matrix display including a frame having front and rear surfaces and defining an aperture; a light source oriented in the aperture; a first retroreflective surface borne by the frame and positioned adjacent to the aperture; a flap borne by the front surface and moveable along a given path of travel between a first position wherein the pixel is nonoperational, and the flap is disposed in covering relation relative to the light source, and a second operational position, wherein the flap has a second retroreflective surface which is exposed when the flap is in the second position; an assembly borne by the frame for moving the flap along the given path of travel; and an assembly for energizing the light source when the flap is in one of the given positions along the path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: American Electronic Sign Company
    Inventors: Jerry L. Johnson, Kevin M. Hanson, Kenneth R. Cummings, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6118418
    Abstract: A pixel for use in a visual matrix display including a frame having front and rear surfaces and defining an aperture; a light source oriented in the aperture; a first retroreflective surface borne by the frame and positioned adjacent to the aperture; a flap borne by the front surface and moveable along a given path of travel between a first position wherein the pixel is nonoperational, and the flap is disposed in covering relation relative to the light source, and a second operational position, wherein the flap has a second retroreflective surface which is exposed when the flap is in the second position; means borne by the frame for moving the flap along the given path of travel; and means for energizing the light source when the flap is in one of the given positions along the path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: American Electronic Sign Company
    Inventors: Jerry L. Johnson, Kevin M. Hanson, Kenneth R. Cummings, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6115013
    Abstract: A pixel for use in a visual matrix display including a frame having front and rear surfaces and defining an aperture; a light source oriented in the aperture; a first retroreflective surface borne by the frame and positioned adjacent to the aperture; a flap borne by the front surface and moveable along a given path of travel between a first position wherein the pixel is nonoperational, and the flap is disposed in covering relation relative to the light source, and a second operational position, wherein the flap has a second retroreflective surface which is exposed when the flap is in the second position; an assembly borne by the frame for moving the flap along the given path of travel; and an assembly for energizing the light source when the flap is in one of the given positions along the path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: American Electronic Sign Company
    Inventors: Jerry L. Johnson, Kevin M. Hanson, Kenneth R. Cummings, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 5790088
    Abstract: A pixel for use in a visual matrix display including a frame having front and rear surfaces and defining an aperture; a light source oriented in the aperture; a first retroreflective surface borne by the frame and positioned adjacent to the aperture; a flap borne by the front surface and moveable along a given path of travel between a first position wherein the pixel is nonoperational, and the flap is disposed in covering relation relative to the light source, and a second operational position, wherein the flap has a second retroreflective surface which is exposed when the flap is in the second position; means borne by the frame for moving the flap along the given path of travel; and means for energizing the light source when the flap is in one of the given positions along the path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: American Electronic Sign Company
    Inventors: Jerry L. Johnson, Kevin M. Hanson, Kenneth R. Cummings, Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4142231
    Abstract: An improved high current low voltage switching regulator power supply in which the major heat producing components of the power modules of the power supply are mounted on a pair of chill plates with a liquid cooled heat exchanger between the plates. The chill plates are electrically isolated from each other and the heat exchanger. One chill plate also serves as the positive power output bus and the other as the negative power output bus of the power supply which significantly reduces the parasitic inductance of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Wilson, John R. Nowell
  • Patent number: 4109707
    Abstract: A fluid cooling system for electronic systems particularly adapted to cool large scale integrated circuit chips mounted on substrates. The system has one or more heat exchangers through which a liquid coolant is circulated. Each heat exchanger has a flexible wall and is mounted so that its flexible wall is in close proximity to a surface of the substrate to be cooled. A low thermal impedance contact is made through the flexible wall of the heat exchanger between the substrate to be cooled and the coolant flowing through the heat exchanger because of the pressure of the coolant in the heat exchanger. The heat exchangers are connected into the cooling system through flexible conduits so that a heat exchanger can readily be moved out of contact with a substrate without disrupting the flow of coolant through the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Wilson, James D. Fredenberg
  • Patent number: 4072188
    Abstract: A fluid cooling system for electronic systems particularly adapted to cool large scale integrated circuit chips mounted on substrates. The system has one or more heat exchangers through which a liquid coolant is circulated. Each heat exchanger has a flexible wall and is mounted so that its flexible wall is in close proximity to a surface of the substrate to be cooled. A low thermal impedance contact is made through the flexible wall of the heat exchanger between the substrate to be cooled and the coolant flowing through the heat exchanger because of the pressure of the coolant in the heat exchanger. The heat exchangers are connected into the cooling system through flexible conduits so that a heat exchanger can readily be moved out of contact with a substrate without disrupting the flow of coolant through the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1978
    Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Wilson, James D. Fredenberg
  • Patent number: 4009423
    Abstract: A liquid cooled heat exchanger particularly adapted to cool heat sinks of an electrical power supply for large electronic systems. The heat exchanger has thin flexible walls. Pressure of the coolant within the heat exchanger assures a positive mechanical contact between the heat exchanger and the heat sink, one that can accommodate changes in dimensions of the heat sink or heat exchanger and a lack of planarity of the surfaces of the heat sink without increasing the thermal impedance between the liquid in the heat exchanger and the heat sink. Fluid flow within the heat exchanger is controlled so that heat transfer efficiency between certain areas of the flexible walls and the coolant is maximized, which areas are proximate to the heat sources mounted on the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Assignee: Honeywell Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward A. Wilson
  • Patent number: D362426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Wilson, Norman Ellison, Clyde L. Fauss, Mike O. Arrieta