Patents by Inventor Gerald M. Rees

Gerald M. Rees 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).

  • Electronic wire bridge with safety circuit
    Patent number: 9365394
    Abstract: An electronic bridge system includes a first interface to couple to an electrical or electro-mechanical installation to receive system information from the installation, and a second interface to couple to a second component of the installation, wherein the second component is to be bypassed or interrupted by the bridge system. Further, the system includes a bridge circuit coupled to the second interface and having a control port, and a safety circuit coupled to the first interface and having an output coupled to the control port. The bridge circuit is configured to cause bypassing or interrupting the second component upon activation, and the safety circuit is configured to output one of an enable signal and a disable signal as a function of the system information, wherein the enable signal activates the bridge circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Gerald M. Rees, Edward Nowel
  • ELECTRONIC WIRE BRIDGE WITH SAFETY CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140117777
    Abstract: An electronic bridge system includes a first interface to couple to an electrical or electro-mechanical installation to receive system information from the installation, and a second interface to couple to a second component of the installation, wherein the second component is to be bypassed or interrupted by the bridge system. Further, the system includes a bridge circuit coupled to the second interface and having a control port, and a safety circuit coupled to the first interface and having an output coupled to the control port. The bridge circuit is configured to cause bypassing or interrupting the second component upon activation, and the safety circuit is configured to output one of an enable signal and a disable signal as a function of the system information, wherein the enable signal activates the bridge circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Gerald M. Rees, Edward Nowel
  • Method for using door cycle time in dispatching elevator cars
    Patent number: 4784240
    Abstract: An elevator dispatching method which estimates the time of arrival (ETA) of each car at the floor of a hall call to be assigned. A building profile of average door cycle times per floor, over predetermined periods of the day, is tabulated and used in the ETA calculations, to provide more accurate ETA values and thus a lower average call waiting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Robert C. MacDonald, Gerald M. Rees, Elsa Abrego, Matthew Martin, Jon Howard, Marjorie J. Polis, Jeffrey W. Blain