Patents by Inventor JIm Loring

JIm Loring 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).

  • Wireless battery-powered switch
    Patent number: 12009173
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless switch. In some embodiments, the wireless switch includes an input device, a radio, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to place a mode selection indicator in an asserted state in response to a first manipulation of the input device, and to operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode in response to the mode selection indicator being placed in the asserted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Willis, Edward Rivas, Theodore Eric Weber, Jim Loring
  • WIRELESS BATTERY-POWERED SWITCH
    Publication number: 20230109898
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless switch. In some embodiments, the wireless switch includes an input device, a radio, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to place a mode selection indicator in an asserted state in response to a first manipulation of the input device, and to operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode in response to the mode selection indicator being placed in the asserted state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Willis, Edward Rivas, Theodore Eric Weber, JIm Loring
  • Wireless battery-powered switch
    Patent number: 11545314
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless switch. In some embodiments, the wireless switch includes a button, a battery, a radio, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor may be configured to operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode; and in response to a user input from the button, reboot the wireless switch; operate the wireless switch in a Bluetooth operating mode; receive a switch configuration; store the switch configuration in the memory; reboot the wireless switch a second time, and operate the switch in the wireless mesh network communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Willis, Edward Rivas, Theodore Eric Weber, Jim Loring
  • WIRELESS BATTERY-POWERED SWITCH
    Publication number: 20210335557
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless switch. In some embodiments, the wireless switch includes a button, a battery, a radio, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor may be configured to operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode; and in response to a user input from the button, reboot the wireless switch; operate the wireless switch in a Bluetooth operating mode; receive a switch configuration; store the switch configuration in the memory; reboot the wireless switch a second time, and operate the switch in the wireless mesh network communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Willis, Edward Rivas, Theodore Eric Weber, JIm Loring