Patents by Inventor Jeff Seward

Jeff Seward 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: 8125346
    Abstract: An analog-style gauge for displaying the value of a parameter measured or sensed by a remote sensor. The gauge comprises an actuator having a selectively rotatable shaft and a pointer fixedly attached to the actuator shaft and capable of being internally illuminated by light directed into the pointer. A light source is disposed to direct light of at least two colors into the pointer. Control circuitry is operably connected to the actuator, the light source and a remote sensor. The control circuitry rotates the actuator shaft within a range of motion in response to signals received from the remote sensor indicative of changes in the value of the sensed parameter. The control circuitry changes the color of light directed into the pointer when the pointer reaches a pre-determined point within the range of motion, whereby the internal illumination of the pointer will change color when the pointer reaches a predetermined point within the range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Veedims, LLC
    Inventors: Claudio R. Ballard, Jeff Seward
  • Patent number: 7963559
    Abstract: An internally illuminated roll bar has a W-shaped frame with ā€œUā€ shaped cross-section with opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an open top, first and second outer legs, first and second inner legs, a lateral connecting member connecting the inner legs at the lower ends, one or more lenses for covering one or more portions of the rear side of the frame and discrete light sources mounted between the frame and the lenses wherein the some of the discrete light sources may be powered independently of others of the discrete light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventors: Claudio R. Ballard, Gary Fulkerson, Jeff Seward
  • Publication number: 20090272313
    Abstract: An analog-style gauge for displaying the value of a parameter measured or sensed by a remote sensor. The gauge comprises an actuator having a selectively rotatable shaft and a pointer fixedly attached to the actuator shaft and capable of being internally illuminated by light directed into the pointer. A light source is disposed to direct light of at least two colors into the pointer. Control circuitry is operably connected to the actuator, the light source and a remote sensor. The control circuitry rotates the actuator shaft within a range of motion in response to signals received from the remote sensor indicative of changes in the value of the sensed parameter. The control circuitry changes the color of light directed into the pointer when the pointer reaches a pre-determined point within the range of motion, whereby the internal illumination of the pointer will change color when the pointer reaches a predetermined point within the range of motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Claudio R. Ballard, Jeff Seward
  • Publication number: 20090273282
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tail light module comprising a configurable indicator array that includes a plurality of individually controllable lights that may be activated and deactivated to form a plurality of light patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: CLAUDIO R. BALLARD, GARY FULKERSON, JEFF SEWARD
  • Publication number: 20090273942
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a headlight assembly comprising a configurable indicator array that includes a plurality of individually controllable lights that may be activated and deactivated to form a plurality of light patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: CLAUDIO R. BALLARD, GARY FULKERSON, JEFF SEWARD
  • Publication number: 20090273170
    Abstract: An internally illuminated roll bar has a W-shaped frame with ā€œUā€ shaped cross-section with opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an open top, first and second outer legs, first and second inner legs, a lateral connecting member connecting the inner legs at the lower ends, one or more lenses for covering one or more portions of the rear side of the frame and discrete light sources mounted between the frame and the lenses wherein the some of the discrete light sources may be powered independently of others of the discrete light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: CLAUDIO R. BALLARD, GARY FULKERSON, JEFF SEWARD