Patents by Inventor Jay D. Brussels

Jay D. Brussels 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: 6381153
    Abstract: An EMI filter for use with a motor driven blower connectable to an inflatable portion of a patient support powered by two supply lines includes a blower ground isolated from a chassis ground, a first capacitor coupling the blower ground and one of the two supply lines, a second capacitor coupling the blower ground and the other of the two supply lines so that the first and second capacitors cooperate to filter common mode EMI without the aid of an inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay D. Brussels
  • Patent number: 4731818
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a call from a credit card telephone paystation reads magnetic encoded data on a credit card and produces a credit card identification signal. The credit card identification signal is identified as valid prior to enabling the telephone call. Call information data is stored at the telephone paystation including the credit card identification signal, the called number, the time and date of the call and the call duration. The stored call data is transmitted at periodic intervals to a central billing computer upon request by the central billing computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Communication Equipment & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Robert A. Clark, Jr., Jay D. Brussels
  • Patent number: 4672661
    Abstract: A credit card telephone station adapted to permit the initiation of telephone calls in response to the movement of a credit card having a stripe of magnetic characters on one face thereof past a magnetic card reader includes a housing for containing a telephone receiver-transmitter and circuit means including a magnetic card reader for enabling a call to be made. A telephone handset and supporting hook switch is provided and dial means accessible from the exterior of the housing is utilized for dialing calls. The telephone station includes a credit card receiving slot structure having an open edge accessible from outside the housing to permit a magnetic stripe containing portion of the credit card to be moved along a slot while manually gripped by a user. The slot structure includes a pair of spaced apart sidewalls, one of said walls having a window defined along a longitudinal path of movement for the credit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Communications Equipment and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Robert A. Clark, Jr., Jay D. Brussels