Patents by Inventor George E. Derome

George E. Derome 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).

  • Dual-mode transmitter for railroad crossings
    Patent number: 7164892
    Abstract: A transmitter receivable by broadcast band receivers in nearby vehicles, comprising a first signal generator for simultaneously providing a plurality of selectively spaced carriers having frequency spacings corresponding to the individual channels of the band to be covered and selectively providing amplitude modulation when used for the AM broadcast band, and a second signal generator providing an FM modulated signal, which when combined with the signal from the first signal generator, covers various portions of the FM broadcast band to provide complete coverage thereof. A plurality of signals are generated in a portion of a selected band and modulated, according to the selected band mode, with a pre-stored and selectable voice alarm message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Inventors: George E. Derome, Brad R. Butterworth, Thomas Macone
  • Dual-mode transmitter
    Patent number: 7110731
    Abstract: An emergency and non-emergency transmitter receivable by broadcast band receivers in nearby vehicles, comprising a first signal generator for simultaneously providing a plurality of selectively spaced carriers having frequency spacings corresponding to the individual channels of the band to be covered and selectively providing amplitude modulation when used for the AM broadcast band, and a second signal generator providing an FM modulated signal, which when combined with the signal from the first signal generator, covers various portions of the FM broadcast band to provide complete coverage thereof. A plurality of signals are generated in a portion of a selected band and modulated, according to the selected band mode, with a pre-stored and selectable voice alarm message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Alert Technologies International
    Inventors: George E. Derome, Brad R. Butterworth, Thomas Macone
  • Dual-mode transmitter
    Patent number: 7107023
    Abstract: An emergency and non-emergency transmitter receivable by broadcast band receivers in nearby vehicles, comprising a first signal generator for simultaneously providing a plurality of selectively spaced carriers having frequency spacings corresponding to the individual channels of the band to be covered and selectively providing amplitude modulation when used for the AM broadcast band, and a second signal generator providing an FM modulated signal, which when combined with the signal from the first signal generator, covers various portions of the FM broadcast band to provide complete coverage thereof. A plurality of signals are generated in a portion of a selected band and modulated, according to the selected band mode, with a pre-stored and selectable voice alarm message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Inventors: George E. Derome, Jr., Henry B. Wallace
  • Dual-mode transmitter
    Publication number: 20040166819
    Abstract: An emergency and non-emergency transmitter receivable by broadcast band receivers in nearby vehicles, comprising a first signal generator for simultaneously providing a plurality of selectively spaced carriers having frequency spacings corresponding to the individual channels of the band to be covered and selectively providing amplitude modulation when used for the AM broadcast band, and a second signal generator providing an FM modulated signal, which when combined with the signal from the first signal generator, covers various portions of the FM broadcast band to provide complete coverage thereof. A plurality of signals are generated in a portion of a selected band and modulated, according to the selected band mode, with a pre-stored and selectable voice alarm message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: George E. Derome, Brad R. Butterworth, Thomas Macone