Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Hildebrand

Jeffrey Hildebrand 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: 20240111039
    Abstract: A system for detecting human entry into a container using electromagnetic imaging to generate image maps of the container. The system includes a door monitor configured to detect an entry door open event associated with the container. The system uses one or more processors and a memory with instructions to generate a baseline image map of the container, detect an entry door open event with the door monitor associated with the container, generate a post entry door open event image map of the container, and compare the baseline image map generated before the entry door open event with image map generated after the entry door open event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: IAN JEFFREY, COLIN GERALD GILMORE, JOE LOVETRI, Jitendra PALIWAL, MOHAMMAD ASEFI, WILLIAM KURT HILDEBRAND, ERIC CONNER HAWLEY
  • Patent number: 5911240
    Abstract: A self-closing faucet includes a hollow body with a spout. The hollow body contains an integral plumbing sub-assembly that has a solenoid valve supplied by an inlet tube and connected to a spout tube that extends through the spout to an outlet opening at a remote end of the spout. An actuator assembly coupled to the housing includes a timer circuit that controls the solenoid valve to send water from the faucet for a predefined period of time. A switch triggers the timer circuit upon activation by a user operable mechanism on the faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Anton J. Kolar, Jeffrey Hildebrand