Patents by Inventor Frederick J. Roger

Frederick J. Roger 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).

  • Battery monitoring in a networked inventory control system
    Patent number: 9352905
    Abstract: An inventory control device, such as an electronic toolbox, monitors the identity of battery packs that are mounted in the device and used to provide electrical power to the device. The device retrieves a unique identifier for each battery pack, and monitors the operation of each battery pack. The monitored data can be logged into memory for future use, communicated to a user of the inventory control device, and/or used to predict the future performance or replacement date for a battery pack. The monitored data can also be communicated across a communication network to an inventory control server that monitors the operation and performance of battery packs throughout an electronic tools control system including multiple toolboxes. The server can further track the operation and locations of battery packs through all of the toolboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SNAP-ON INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David C. Fly, Preston C. Phillips, Matthew J. Lipsey, Joseph Chwan, Jason Newport, Frederick J. Roger
  • BATTERY MONITORING IN A NETWORKED INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140350716
    Abstract: An inventory control device, such as an electronic toolbox, monitors the identity of battery packs that are mounted in the device and used to provide electrical power to the device. The device retrieves a unique identifier for each battery pack, and monitors the operation of each battery pack. The monitored data can be logged into memory for future use, communicated to a user of the inventory control device, and/or used to predict the future performance or replacement date for a battery pack. The monitored data can also be communicated across a communication network to an inventory control server that monitors the operation and performance of battery packs throughout an electronic tools control system including multiple toolboxes. The server can further track the operation and locations of battery packs through all of the toolboxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SNAP-ON INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David C. FLY, Preston C. Phillips, Matthew J. Lipsey, Joseph Chwan, Jason Newport, Frederick J. Roger