Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Michael

Jeffrey A. Michael 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: 20120217765
    Abstract: A portable privacy barrier is positionable between two side-by-side motor vehicle seats or between two portions of a single, multiple occupant motor vehicle seat. A first elongated support member is configured to be removably secured between a floor and a ceiling of the motor vehicle fore of the seat or seats, and a second elongated support member configured to be removably secured between the ceiling of the motor vehicle and the floor of the motor vehicle aft of the two seats or between the ceiling of the motor vehicle and the seat bottom of the single seat. A flexible sheet is attached to the first and second elongated support members and extends between the first and second elongated support members to provide the privacy barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Catherine M. Michael, Jeffrey A. Michael
  • Publication number: 20120010531
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for measuring contractile torque of skeletal muscles, performing muscle training programs, and inducing contraction-induced injury. The system is versatile and precise to measure contractile torque, train muscles, and perform contraction-induced injury protocols on living rodents. The system also allows for repeated studies of the same animal over time, thus resembling longitudinal human studies, minimizing the effect of animal-to-animal variability, and reducing the total number of animals that need to be studied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Robert J. Bloch, Joseph A. Roche, Richard M. Lovering, Patrick G. De Deyne, Wenlong Tang, Victor T. Grubbs, Jeffrey A. Michael, William T. Sinclair
  • Patent number: 6223910
    Abstract: A device for displaying and storing baseball-style caps includes a spine-like support to which one or more individual cap supports can be detachably connected and adjusted as to position. The cap supports can be detachably connected and adjusted without requiring detachment or adjustment in the position of other cap holders on the spine. The cap holders support the cap to avoid the distortion of the shape of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Perfect Curve, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg M. Levin, Benjamin J. Beck, Glen V. Walter, Ulrike A. Graf, Jeffrey A. Michael, Samuel B. Breneman, David G. Harting, Douglas A. Marsden
  • Patent number: 5068595
    Abstract: An adjustable temperature dependent current generator includes a transconductance current multiplier, a current mirror, two temperature dependent current generating circuits and a current source to generate currents capable of having an adjustable linear relation to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Delco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Mark B. Kearney, Dennis M. Koglin, Jeffrey A. Michael