Patents by Inventor J. Lynn Saunders
J. Lynn Saunders 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).
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Publication number: 20170230622Abstract: Improved systems and methods for timing athletic events. A radio-based starter unit and a radio based timer unit communicate wirelessly via radio. Push buttons/switches and lights and a speaker in the units provide an intuitive, easy to use interface. Handshaking occurs between the starter unit and the timer unit, and lights indicate that the event is ready to start. Real time clocks in the units are synchronized. Upon detection of race or other event start, such as from a starter's pistol, information indicative of the race start time is transmitted from the start unit to the timer unit. A camera in communication with the timer unit provides video frames, and the timer unit encodes and inserts elapsed time information in the video frames, which are then output from the timer unit for review and analysis on a computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: FlashTiming LLCInventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Sarah J. Marlino, Philip S. Crosby, Eric Christopher Carlson
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Publication number: 20150362551Abstract: Improved contact devices and methods for producing contact devices and using such contact devices to produce electronic devices are disclosed. A contact device having a plurality of nominally coplanar first contact elements makes electrical contact with corresponding nominally coplanar second contact elements of an electronic device such an integrated circuit or liquid crystal or other display when the contact device and the electronic device are positioned so that the plane of the first contact elements is substantially parallel to the plane of the second contact elements and relative displacement of the devices is effected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first contact elements and the plane of the second contact elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Publication number: 20150271454Abstract: Improved systems and methods for timing athletic events. A radio-based starter unit and a radio based timer unit communicate wirelessly via radio. Push buttons/switches and lights and a speaker in the units provide an intuitive, easy to use interface. Handshaking occurs between the starter unit and the timer unit, and lights indicate that the event is ready to start. Real time clocks in the units are synchronized. Upon detection of race or other event start, such as from a starter's pistol, information indicative of the race start time is transmitted from the start unit to the timer unit. A camera in communication with the timer unit provides video frames, and the timer unit encodes and inserts elapsed time information in the video frames, which are then output from the timer unit for review and analysis on a computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Sarah J. Marlino, Philip S. Crosby, Eric Christopher Carlson
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Patent number: 8756537Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device is disclosed. A design description of the electronic device is generated using one or more computer aided design tools. Physical device data are generated that represent a physical description of the electronic device, which includes data determining connection points for connecting the electronic device to one or more external circuits. A physical embodiment of the electronic device is produced in accordance with the physical device data. Physical test member data is determined that represents conductors and contact points of a test member for testing the electronic device. The test member is produced in accordance with the test member data. The electronic device is tested with the test member.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Microconnect Corp.Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 8675452Abstract: Improved systems and methods for timing athletic events. A radio-based starter unit and a radio based timer unit communicate wirelessly via radio. Push buttons/switches and lights and a speaker in the units provide an intuitive, easy to use interface. Handshaking occurs between the starter unit and the timer unit, and lights indicate that the event is ready to start. Real time clocks in the units are synchronized. Upon detection of race or other event start, such as from a starter's pistol, information indicative of the race start time is transmitted from the start unit to the timer unit. A camera in communication with the timer unit provides video frames, and the timer unit encodes and inserts elapsed time information in the video frames, which are then output from the timer unit for review and analysis on a computer.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Flashtiming LLCInventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Sarah J. Marlino, Philip S. Crosby, Eric Christopher Carlson
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Publication number: 20120187970Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device is disclosed. A design description of the electronic device is generated using one or more computer aided design tools. Physical device data are generated that represent a physical description of the electronic device, which includes data determining connection points for connecting the electronic device to one or more external circuits. A physical embodiment of the electronic device is produced in accordance with the physical device data. Physical test member data is determined that represents conductors and contact points of a test member for testing the electronic device. The test member is produced in accordance with the test member data. The electronic device is tested with the test member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Publication number: 20120170427Abstract: Improved systems and methods for timing athletic events. A radio-based starter unit and a radio based timer unit communicate wirelessly via radio. Push buttons/switches and lights and a speaker in the units provide an intuitive, easy to use interface. Handshaking occurs between the starter unit and the timer unit, and lights indicate that the event is ready to start. Real time clocks in the units are synchronized. Upon detection of race or other event start, such as from a starter's pistol, information indicative of the race start time is transmitted from the start unit to the timer unit. A camera in communication with the timer unit provides video frames, and the timer unit encodes and inserts elapsed time information in the video frames, which are then output from the timer unit for review and analysis on a computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Sarah J. Marlino, Philip S. Crosby, Eric Christopher Carlson
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Publication number: 20120169881Abstract: Improved systems and methods for timing athletic events. A radio-based starter unit and a radio based timer unit communicate wirelessly via radio. Push buttons/switches and lights and a speaker in the units provide an intuitive, easy to use interface. Handshaking occurs between the starter unit and the timer unit, and lights indicate that the event is ready to start. Real time clocks in the units are synchronized. Upon detection of race or other event start, such as from a starter's pistol, information indicative of the race start time is transmitted from the start unit to the timer unit. A camera in communication with the timer unit provides video frames, and the timer unit encodes and inserts elapsed time information in the video frames, which are then output from the timer unit for review and analysis on a computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Sarah J. Marlino, Philip S. Crosby, Eric Christopher Carlson
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Publication number: 20110285254Abstract: A self-starting electromotor having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, to where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: APEX DRIVE LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: John E. Bales, Edward Failing Ritz, JR., Tommy Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Mohamed Sabri
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Patent number: 8056031Abstract: Improved contact devices and methods for producing contact devices and using such contact devices to produce electronic devices are disclosed. A contact device having a plurality of nominally coplanar first contact elements makes electrical contact with corresponding nominally coplanar second contact elements of an electronic device such an integrated circuit or liquid crystal or other display when the contact device and the electronic device are positioned so that the plane of the first contact elements is substantially parallel to the plane of the second contact elements and relative displacement of the devices is effected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first contact elements and the plane of the second contact elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Microconnect Corp.Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 7863784Abstract: An electromechanical machine having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Apex Drive Laboratories, IncInventors: Edward Failing Ritz, Jr., John E. Bales, Tommy Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Ray Nelke, Mohamed Sabri
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Publication number: 20090309463Abstract: An electromechanical machine having a stator and a rotor, the stator including at least one stator module of N toroid shaped electromagnets, the electromagnets arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the electromagnets has at least one gap. The rotor includes a disc adapted to pass through the at least one gap. The disc includes a plurality of permanent magnets spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. The permanent magnets are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of permanent magnets to electromagnets is N+1 to N, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2006Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: APEX DRIVE LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Edward Failing Ritz, JR., John E. Bales, Tommy Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Ray Nelke, Mohamed Sabri
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Publication number: 20090115439Abstract: Improved contact devices and methods for producing contact devices and using such contact devices to produce electronic devices are disclosed. A contact device having a plurality of nominally coplanar first contact elements makes electrical contact with corresponding nominally coplanar second contact elements of an electronic device such an integrated circuit or liquid crystal or other display when the contact device and the electronic device are positioned so that the plane of the first contact elements is substantially parallel to the plane of the second contact elements and relative displacement of the devices is effected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first contact elements and the plane of the second contact elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 7386816Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device such as an integrated circuit or display device is provided. A design description of the electronic device is generated using a computer aided design tool. Physical device data representing a physical description of the electronic device are electronically determined based on the design description. The physical device data includes data defining connection points for connecting the electronic device to external circuits and data identifying a plurality of connection points of the electronic device. A physical embodiment of the electronic device is produced in accordance with the physical device data. Physical test member data representing conductors and contact points of a test member for testing the electronic device are electronically determined. The test member is produced in accordance with the test member data and used to test the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Microconnect LLCInventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 6957405Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device such as an integrated circuit or display device is provided. A design description of the electronic device is generated using a computer aided design tool. Physical device data representing a physical description of the electronic device are electronically determined baded on the design description. The physical device data includes data defining connection points for connecting the electronic device to external circuits and data indentifying a plurality of connection points of the electronic device. A physical embodiment of the electronic device is produced in accordance with the physical device data. Physical test member data representing conductors and contact points of a test member for testing the electronic device are electronically determined. The test member is produced in accordance with the test member data and used to test the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2003Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Microconnect LLCInventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 6930433Abstract: An electromotive machine having a stator element and a rotor element, the stator element including at least one set of N preferably toroidally shaped electromagnetic members, the electromagnetic members arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the members has a slot, and the rotor element includes a disc adapted to pass through the slots. The disc contains a plurality of permanent magnet members spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. These permanent magnet members are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of stator members to permanent magnet members is N to N+1, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets. The electromagnetic members are energized to create high torque and smooth operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Apex Drives Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: John E. Bales, Tom Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Mohamed Sabri
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Publication number: 20040207286Abstract: An electromotive machine having a stator element and a rotor element, the stator element including at least one set of N preferably toroidally shaped electromagnetic members, the electromagnetic members arranged along an arc a predetermined distance apart defining a stator arc length. Each of the members has a slot, and the rotor element includes a disc adapted to pass through the slots. The disc contains a plurality of permanent magnet members spaced side by side about a periphery thereof and arranged so as to have alternating north-south polarities. These permanent magnet members are sized and spaced such that within the stator arc length the ratio of stator members to permanent magnet members is N to N+1, where N is the number of electrical excitation phases applied to the electromagnets. The electromagnetic members are energized to create high torque and smooth operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: John E. Bales, Tom Long, J. Lynn Saunders, Mohamed Sabri
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Publication number: 20040034839Abstract: Improved contact devices and methods for producing contact devices and using such contact devices to produce electronic devices are disclosed. A contact device having a plurality of nominally coplanar first contact elements makes electrical contact with corresponding nominally coplanar second contact elements of an electronic device such an integrated circuit or liquid crystal or other display when the contact device and the electronic device are positioned so that the plane of the first contact elements is substantially parallel to the plane of the second contact elements and relative displacement of the devices is effected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first contact elements and the plane of the second contact elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 6622289Abstract: Improved contact devices and methods for producing contact devices and using such contact devices to produce electronic devices are disclosed. A contact device having a plurality of nominally coplanar first contact elements makes electrical contact with corresponding nominally coplanar second contact elements of an electronic device such an integrated circuit or liquid crystal or other display when the contact device and the electronic device are positioned so that the plane of the first contact elements is substantially parallel to the plane of the second contact elements and relative displacement of the devices is effected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first contact elements and the plane of the second contact elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Microconnect, LLCInventors: J. Lynn Saunders, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Patent number: 6496026Abstract: A contact device having a plurality of nominally coplanar first contact elements makes electrical contact with corresponding nominally coplanar second contact elements of an electronic device when the contact device and the electronic device are positioned so that the plane of the first contact elements is substantially parallel to the plane of the second contact elements and relative displacement of the devices is effected in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first contact elements and the plane of the second contact elements. The contact device comprises a stiff substrate having a major portion with fingers projecting therefrom in cantilever fashion, each finger having a proximal end at which it is connected to the major portion of the substrate and an opposite distal end and there being one or two contact elements on the distal end of each finger. It is necessary to effect relative displacement of the devices by a distance d from first touchdown to achieve last touchdown.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2000Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Microconnect, Inc.Inventors: Tommy Long, Mohamed Sabri, J. Lynn Saunders