Patents by Inventor Frank A. Boner

Frank A. Boner 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: 6545600
    Abstract: A novel vehicle signaling converter is disclosed. In one embodiment, inverted logic gates are used to provide low-true signals to a negative-logic power switch, which powers appropriate trailer lighting. In other embodiments, divergent current paths are provided for multiple signals to pass from a vehicle's lighting system to a trailer's lighting system, with each current path being independently current-limited. In still other embodiments, circuitry is placed within each of multiple lighting control signal paths that handles electrostatic discharge within a vehicle-trailer lighting signal converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Electro-Transfer Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank A. Boner