Patents by Inventor Franklin H. Valade, Jr.
Franklin H. Valade, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 9121201Abstract: A security tag is provided that includes a housing, an electronic sensor held within the housing, an accessory pin provided with the housing and a lock assembly held within the housing. The accessory is pin provided with the tag housing and may be moveable with respect to the housing between locked and unlocked positions. When the accessory pin is in the locked position, the tag housing is secured to the accessory. When the accessory pin is in the unlocked position, the tag housing is disengaged from the accessory. The lock assembly may include a magnetically influenced (MI) member which is movable from a biased position to a relaxed position in the absence of the selected magnetic field to lock the accessory pins.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Qiuxia Hu, Charles T. Turgeon, Thang Tat Nguyen
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Patent number: 8850857Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for a detacher for a security device are disclosed. The detacher (180c) includes a magnet (1820) that can be moved relative to a housing (1810) by a motor (1830). Magnet and motor are mounted inside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Thomas G. Riley, Firas H. Faham, Gilbert Fernandez
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Publication number: 20130036780Abstract: A security tag is provided that includes a housing, an electronic sensor held within the housing, an accessory pin provided with the housing and a lock assembly held within the housing. The accessory is pin provided with the tag housing and may be moveable with respect to the housing between locked and unlocked positions. When the accessory pin is in the locked position, the tag housing is secured to the accessory. When the accessory pin is in the unlocked position, the tag housing is disengaged from the accessory. The lock assembly may include a magnetically influenced (MI) member which is movable from a biased position to a relaxed position in the absence of the selected magnetic field to lock the accessory pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: Franklin H. Valade, JR., Qiuxia Hu, Charles T. Turgeon, Thang Tat Nguyen
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Patent number: 8134464Abstract: An EAS/expulsion detrimental substance tag (101) in which the tag is held to an article by an attaching assembly, a part of which may be releasably prevented from being withdrawn from the body of the tag. The tag body may be provided with one or more sensors, that are disposed in the body. The sensors are positioned adjacent the detrimental substance. The Benefit Denial (Ink portion) of this tag may feature an ink vial. When the tag and its ink vial are attacked, the tag will expel the detrimental substance out and onto the article being protected.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: John L. Lynch, Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Krystyna E. Cwik, Craig R. Szklany
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Patent number: 8089359Abstract: Systems and apparatus for a security device for an article having a constrained elongate member are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Pedro Lopez, Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, legal representative, Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Craig R. Szklany
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Publication number: 20110308284Abstract: A security device having magnetically actuable locking mechanism for security an optical disc is disclosed. The device includes a detectable security tag secured in a housing having an optical disc receptacle formed as a basin. The housing includes one or more arcuate grooves adjacent to the circular basin. A top cover is sized to fit into the circular basin and is configured to be rotatably mateable with the housing. The top includes arcuate lips extending outwardly therefrom adapted for sliding rotatable engagement with the one or more the arcuate grooves in the housing. Locking the device prevents the top cover from being rotated to a position where the arcuate grooves are fully disengaged with the arcuate lips.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Pedro Lopez, Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, Franklin H. Valade, JR.
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Patent number: 8031073Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for a security device for a bottle are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, legal representative, Gilbert Fernandez, Pedro Lopez, Dale W. Raymond, Franklin H. Valade, Jr.
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Patent number: 8006524Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for a magnetically actuable locking mechanism and a security device having a magnetically actuable locking mechanism are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Pedro Lopez, Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, legal representative, Franklin H. Valade, Jr.
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Patent number: 7724146Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are described for an electronic article surveillance security tag having a magnetically releasable tack retaining system, and a magnetic detaching device for use with the electronic article surveillance tag. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Thang T. Nguyen, Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, legal representative
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Publication number: 20100005840Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for a security device for a bottle are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, Gilbert Fernandez, Pedro Lopez, Dale W. Raymond, Franklin H. Valade, JR.
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Patent number: 7602299Abstract: Techniques for linear release for a security tag are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Franklin H. Valade, Jr., John R. B. Chamberlain, Dennis L. Hogan, Thang T. Nguyen
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Publication number: 20090229327Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for a detacher for a security device are disclosed. The detacher (180c) includes a magnet (1820) that can be moved relative to a housing (1810) by a motor (1830). Magnet and motor are mounted inside the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Franklin H. Valade, JR., Thomas G. Riley, Firas H. Faham, Gilbert Fernandez
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Publication number: 20090151404Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for a magnetically actuable locking mechanism and a security device having a magnetically actuable locking mechanism are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Pedro Lopez, Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, Franklin H. Valade Jr.
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Publication number: 20090128331Abstract: Systems and apparatus for a security device for an article having a constrained elongate member are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Pedro Lopez, Dennis L. Hogan, Paul Griffiths, Franklin H. Valade Jr., Craig R. Szklany
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Patent number: 7023348Abstract: Techniques to release a security tag are described. One embodiment may comprise a tag housing, a tack body, and a linear clamp disposed within the tag housing to retain the tack body. The linear clamp may move in a substantially linear direction in response to force to release the tack body from the linear clamp. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Dennis L. Hogan, John Chamberlain, Thang Nguyen, Franklin H. Valade, Jr.
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Patent number: 6504513Abstract: An EAS antenna having uniform antenna thickness along the antenna height is provided. The antenna is contains at least two overlapping coils where the individual coil cross-sections are variable with respect to the circumference. If the individual coil thickness is halved at the overlap, the antenna will have uniform thickness along the antenna height. This is accomplished by reducing the number of wire turns per layer along one or more sections of the coil, and simultaneously increasing the number of wire layers on the same sections.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Mark Tryer, Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Gilbert Fernandez, Pedro Lopez, Dale W. Raymond
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Patent number: 6154135Abstract: An apparatus for capturing data from indicia associated with an article and for deactivating an electronic article surveillance tag associated with the article comprising a housing defining a volume in which a bag can be placed for packaging the article, a scanner positioned adjacent the upper portion of the volume to capture data from the indicia associated with the article as the article is placed into the bag; and deactivation means positioned below the scanner to deactivate the electronic article surveillance tag when the article is in the bag.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1996Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Bradley P. Kane, Wayne H. Martin, Mark D. Krom, Franklin H. Valade, Jr., Jon D. Buzzard