Patents by Inventor Fred Yates

Fred Yates 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).

  • Throttle control method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7210453
    Abstract: A throttle control device for transmitting signals to an electronic fuel control system for a vehicle engine is provided that includes an electromagnetic field generator and first and second electromagnetic field sensors positioned proximal to electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field and the first and second sensors being manipulatable relative to each other, and the sensors being responsive to the relative manipulation. The sensors configured to independently transmit signals representative of said relative manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Williams Control Industries Inc.
    Inventors: John Herrick, Fred Yates, Jeffrey Scott Morgan, Edward Ramsden
  • Throttle control method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20060201483
    Abstract: A throttle control device for transmitting signals to an electronic fuel control system for a vehicle engine is provided that includes an electromagnetic field generator and first and second electromagnetic field sensors positioned proximal to electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field and the first and second sensors being manipulatable relative to each other, and the sensors being responsive to the relative manipulation. The sensors configured to independently transmit signals representative of said relative manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: John Herrick, Fred Yates, Jeffrey Morgan, Edward Ramsden
  • Non-contact sensor idle validation switch
    Publication number: 20050219047
    Abstract: A switch is disclosed having first and second switch elements each configured to provide power to a sensor when in one state and configured to switch to a second state and provide positional information, for example. The sensor configured to effect the first and second switches to switch to the second state and to switch back to the one state, the first and second switch elements configured to switch alternately and in a complementary way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventor: Fred Yates
  • plant named ‘ARG B07’
    Patent number: PP21311
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘ARG B07’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy habit; freely flowering habit; semi-double-type inflorescences with bright yellow-colored ray florets and darker yellow-colored disc florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Inventor: Fred Yates