Patents by Inventor Jim Grady

Jim Grady 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: 20100253499
    Abstract: A method of controlling a plurality of lights on a vehicle lighting system provides a first and second light having a first and second processor. Each is in operative communication with a bus establishing an operative communication between the first and second processor. A master processor is arbitrated among the first and second processors. Thereafter the master processor signals the first and second processors to execute a preconfigured flash pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: HELLA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Haab, Vaughn R. Staheli, Jim Grady
  • Publication number: 20100244748
    Abstract: A light beacon includes a base, a plurality of towers supported on the base, a first set of LEDs having a first color mounted on each of said towers and a second set of LEDs having a second color also mounted on each of said towers. A microprocessor in operative communication with each of the first and second LEDs is configured to illuminate the first set of LEDs through a defined channel either simultaneously or sequentially, at a user's option through a user interface. The processor is further configured to illuminate the second set of LEDs through a defined channel either simultaneously or sequentially at a user's option. A lens mounted on the housing directs light from the LEDs in a preconfigured distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HELLA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Haab, Vaughn R. Staheli, Jim Grady