Patents by Inventor John D. Suryan

John D. Suryan 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).

  • Patent number: 10332381
    Abstract: An embodiment of an intelligent personal device detachment sensor apparatus and system for a lanyard, belt clip, pocket clip, or other worn device for displaying a security device, such as an identification and/or card or badge on an individual user. The device is particularly useful for monitoring the presence of the card, badge or other small asset, with many of such assets employed at security, environmental clearance, and access checkpoints. The apparatus consists of two parts, a user holder and an asset holder, held to one another in a “docked” condition using a permanent magnet of the asset holder attachable to a permanent magnet on the user holder. The user holder has a switch (e.g., a mechanical switch), an alarm device to produce an audible signal to the user, and a transmitter that transmits an alert through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Tech Traks, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Suryan, Edgar R. Neely
  • Publication number: 20170287311
    Abstract: An embodiment of an intelligent personal device detachment sensor apparatus and system for a lanyard, belt clip, pocket clip, or other worn device for displaying a security device, such as an identification and/or card or badge on an individual user. The device is particularly useful for monitoring the presence of the card, badge or other small asset, with many of such assets employed at security, environmental clearance, and access checkpoints. The apparatus consists of two parts, a user holder and an asset holder, held to one another in a “docked” condition using a permanent magnet of the asset holder attachable to a permanent magnet on the user holder. The user holder has a switch (e.g., a mechanical switch), an alarm device to produce an audible signal to the user, and a transmitter that transmits an alert through a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: John D. Suryan, Edgar R. Neely, III
  • Patent number: 9779612
    Abstract: An item loss prevention system for protecting from the loss of items from a user, and more specifically to an electronic device utilizing a wireless connection between a remote unit attached to an item, such as a set of one or more keys, and a host or belt unit attached to the user, to prevent the loss of the item. The system includes magnetic sensors between the item and the belt, which are Hall type magnetic sensors, coupled with an accelerometer. With the additional input from the accelerometer, an alarm activates when the item, such as a key, is separated at a distance from the belt or host unit. Additionally, the key unit can attach to an unpairing station to re-set the remote unite for re-pairing to another host unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Tether Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Darval, Keith W. Kirkwood, John D. Suryan, Scott C. Thielman, George M. Niederauer, Keith M. Brown, Edgar R. Neely, III
  • Publication number: 20160078746
    Abstract: An item loss prevention system for protecting from the loss of items from a user, and more specifically to an electronic device utilizing a wireless connection between a remote unit attached to an item, such as a set of one or more keys, and a host or belt unit attached to the user, to prevent the loss of the item. The system includes magnetic sensors between the item and the belt, which are Hall type magnetic sensors, coupled with an accelerometer. With the additional input from the accelerometer, an alarm activates when the item, such as a key, is separated at a distance from the belt or host unit. Additionally, the key unit can attach to an unpairing station to re-set the remote unite for re-pairing to another host unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew D. Darval, Keith W. Kirkwood, John D. Suryan
  • Patent number: D755506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: TETHER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Edgar R. Neely, III, Keith W. Kirkwood, John D. Suryan