Patents by Inventor Jacob R. Fish

Jacob R. Fish 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: 20240063588
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to an error proofing system that determines whether an assembled squib device is properly assembled is provided. The assembled squib device has a connector seated within a canister. The error proofing system includes an electronic control unit and an electrical device. The electrical device includes a body and a head portion. The body includes a wireless transmitter. The head portion includes three micro-switches electrically coupled to the wireless transmitter and is shaped and sized to receive a portion of the connector of the assembled squib device to make contact between the connector and at least one of the three micro-switches and to make contact with an uppermost surface of the canister such that a different two micro-switches of the three micro-switches make contact with the uppermost surface when the connector is properly installed within the canister to form the assembled squib device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jamar L. Elzie, Jacob R. Fish, Leigh M. Higby, Lincoln T. Whittington