Patents by Inventor Eric D. De Wilde

Eric D. De Wilde 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: 7106182
    Abstract: A power distribution unit useful in a truck tractor to apply electrical power to a selected one or more of a plurality of signal terminals of a tractor-mounted connector in a tractor-to-trailer electrical connection. The power distribution unit comprises a power bus adapted for connection to a power source, an output terminal corresponding to each signal terminal of the connector, a switch connected between each output terminal and the power bus, and an actuator associated with each switch and operable upon receipt of a respective control signal to operate the associated switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric D. De Wilde
  • Publication number: 20040069850
    Abstract: Correct removal of cargo units 14 from the cargo space 10 of a cargo delivery vehicle uses RFID tags 15 on the cargo units. A RFID transceiver 18 is in the cargo space. A sensor 16 responds to closure of a door to the cargo space to initiate operation of the transceiver to interrogate the RFID tags and to create an inventory of the cargo units then in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Eric D. De Wilde