Patents by Inventor Gordon E. Gustafson

Gordon E. Gustafson 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).

  • Publication number: 20080174283
    Abstract: A communication card including a card substrate, a power interface adapted to receive power from a power source and distribute it to elements mounted on the card substrate and a ground start detection circuit on the card substrate. The card additionally includes an active current regulating circuit adapted to receive electrical power through the power interface, regulate a provided current responsive to the received electrical power and provide the regulated current to the ground start detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Michel Ivgi, Offir Assayag, Gordon E. Gustafson, Jeffrey Robert Clobes, Yuval Cohen
  • Patent number: 5329078
    Abstract: An elevator car position indicator utilizes a plurality of indicating pins whereby a visually impaired passenger in the elevator car is able to determine the actual car position by touch. The pins are arranged in a Braille configuration at a face plate of the car control station. The indicating pins are connected with armatures of electromagnets and are guided in apertures formed in the face plate. The electromagnets are connected through a control circuit to a coding circuit to which is supplied the car position information wherein the car position is transformed into the corresponding number in Braille and the corresponding indicating pins are pushed out from the face plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventor: Gordon E. Gustafson