Patents by Inventor James W. Millsap

James W. Millsap 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).

  • Patent number: 4650375
    Abstract: An electric drill safety device is provided for dynamically braking a drill when there is contact between the drill bit and an electrically conductive material. A first direction voltage is applied to the motor winding to turn the motor forward. When contact is detected between the drill bit and an electrically conductive material, voltage to the windings is discontinued momentarily and thereafter a reverse direction voltage is provided to the motor windings for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignees: James W. Millsap, Peter Miller
    Inventor: James W. Millsap
  • Patent number: 4577182
    Abstract: An alarm system is provided in which an alarm condition causes a cellular transceiver automatically to transmit a telephone call to an alarm monitoring station by over-the-air transmission of a signal to a cellular site. A computer at the cellular site will cause communication between the cellular transceiver and an alarm company monitoring station. The alarm system includes a digital communicator with an alarm signal line connected to the digital communicator. The digital communicator is coupled to a cellular transceiver having a programmed keyboard, an audio input and an audio output. The digital communicator has an audio output and an interrogation input. The digital communicator's audio output is coupled to the cellular transceiver's audio input. The cellular transceiver's audio output is coupled to the digital communicator's interrogation input. The digital communicator includes a transmit enable output and a receive enable output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Peter Miller
    Inventors: James W. Millsap, Peter Miller
  • Patent number: RE32856
    Abstract: An alarm system is provided in which an alarm condition causes a cellular transceiver automatically to transmit a telephone call to an alarm monitoring station by over-the-air transmission of a signal to a cellular site. A computer at the cellular site will cause communication between the cellular transceiver and an alarm company monitoring station. The alarm system includes a digital communicator with an alarm signal line connected to the digital communicator. The digital communicator is coupled to a cellular transceiver having a programmed keyboard, an audio input and an audio output. The digital communicator has an audio output and an interrogation input. The digital communicator's audio output is coupled to the cellular transceiver's audio input. The cellular transceiver's audio output is coupled to the digital communicator's interrogation input. The digital communicator includes a transmit enable output and a receive enable output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Peter Miller
    Inventors: James W. Millsap, Peter Miller