Patents by Inventor Jerome SHANKO, Jr.

Jerome SHANKO, Jr. 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).

  • System and method for risk classification and warning of flashover events
    Patent number: 11816971
    Abstract: A system, wearable device and management device provided for predicting a flashover event. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wearable device for predicting a flashover event is provided. The wearable device includes at least one thermal sensor configured to generate thermal data associated with an environment, and processing circuitry configured to: determine a risk of ignition of at least one combustible gas in the environment based on the thermal data, and trigger at least one action based on the determined risk of ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Andrew Long, Panagiotis D. Stanitsas, Jerome Shanko, Jr., Wesley M. Barbee, Matthew M. Shettel, Matthew Shannon, Johnathan R. Graves, James W. Howard, James B. Snyder, James L. C. Werness, Jr., Jason Patterson, Ravi Raagav Srinivas, Payas Tikotekar
  • ELECTRONIC PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT (EPAR) INTEGRATION
    Publication number: 20210379414
    Abstract: A system, management device, SCBA and wearable device are provided. In one or more embodiments, a wearable device for use with a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is provided. The device includes device processing circuitry configured to: determine a wireless personal accountability report (PAR) signal has been received, and transition into an alarm state based on the received wireless PAR signal. The alarm state configured to trigger at least one notification while in the alarm state where the triggering of at least one notification is configured to recur until an indication is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jerome Shanko, Jr., Jason R. CANNON, William E. PARSON, Wesley M. BARBEE, Matthew SHANNON, Michael S. SABOLCIK
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK CLASSIFICATION AND WARNING OF FLASHOVER EVENTS
    Publication number: 20210366255
    Abstract: A system, wearable device and management device provided for predicting a flashover event. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wearable device for predicting a flashover event is provided. The wearable device includes at least one thermal sensor configured to generate thermal data associated with an environment, and processing circuitry configured to: determine a risk of ignition of at least one combustible gas in the environment based on the thermal data, and trigger at least one action based on the determined risk of ignition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew LONG, Panagiotis D. STANITSAS, Jerome SHANKO, Jr., Wesley M. BARBEE, Matthew M. SHETTEL, Matthew SHANNON, Johnathan R. GRAVES, James W. HOWARD, James B. SNYDER, James L.C. WERNESS, Jr., Jason PATTERSON, Ravi Raagav SRINIVAS, Payas TIKOTEKAR