Patents by Inventor Joe Paradiso

Joe Paradiso 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).

  • Self-powered wireless switch
    Patent number: 6700310
    Abstract: A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignees: Lear Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: H. Winston Maue, Richard Meinzer, Joe Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier
  • Self-powered wireless switch
    Publication number: 20020074898
    Abstract: A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photovoltaic device are used in a second embodiment, while a black light source and photovoltaic device are used in a third embodiment. The energy harvesting wireless switch arrangement of the present invention can be combined, for example, with a vehicle side mirror switch, to reduce the complexity of the wire harness feeding the door. The wireless switch can be located without regard to accessability of a wiring harness or connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: H. Winston Maue, Richard Meinzer, Joe Paradiso, Mark Feldmeier