Patents by Inventor Francis Cole

Francis Cole 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).

  • Publication number: 20050253459
    Abstract: An energy conversion device is used to capture energy from vehicles in a roadway and produce electric energy. This energy is distributed to homes, businesses, or government facilities through an electric distribution network. A shaft or flywheel is placed in a roadway with a portion exposed so as to come in contact with tires of passing vehicles. Kinetic energy is transferred from the vehicle's tires to the shaft which, in turn, powers an electric generator. The resulting electricity is delivered to homes, business, or government facilities through an electric distribution system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Francis Cole
  • Patent number: 5712679
    Abstract: A security system comprises a locatable portable electronic camera image transmission unit which both identifies its own location by utilising the capabilities of an integral position location apparatus module while at the same time electronically photographing and otherwise recording the immediate scene. This combined navigational and photographic information is at the same time both stored within the locatable portable electronic camera transmission unit and transmitted, along with any other desired information such as user name, address and time of day to a distant remote receiver. The remote receiver converts the transmitted navigational information into a display of the location of the locatable portable electronic camera transmission unit upon a map, and this navigational and the other visual information is suitably displayed upon a television screen and is also presented as a hard copy on a facsimile receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Christopher Francis Coles
  • Patent number: 4868108
    Abstract: An assay employing two antibodies. A microporous carrier supports a plurality of layers, in which conjugates form between test antigens and antibodies. Quantitative results are obtained from an immobilized antibody within an indicating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Hygeia Sciences, Incorporated
    Inventors: Izak Bahar, Francis Cole