Patents by Inventor Joseph Forster

Joseph Forster 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: 11562604
    Abstract: The present invention concerns systems, a kit and methods for monitoring coupling of a vehicle and a trailer or a trailer and another trailer. The system includes two sensors associated with a turntable of a towing vehicle, said sensors consisting of: a contact sensor configured to detect when a skid plate of a vehicle to be towed is in contact with the turntable; and a locking sensor configured to detect when the locking mechanism is in a locked configuration. The system further including a controller operatively connected to the two sensors and configured to receive output signals from the contact sensor and the locking sensor and to determine whether safe coupling has been achieved based on the output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Trailer Safe Global Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Joseph Forster, Colin Neave, Brent Dangerfield, Daryl Dangerfield
  • Publication number: 20210272397
    Abstract: The present invention concerns systems, a kit and methods for monitoring coupling of a vehicle and a trailer or a trailer and another trailer. The system includes two sensors associated with a turntable of a towing vehicle, said sensors consisting of: a contact sensor configured to detect when a skid plate of a vehicle to be towed is in contact with the turntable; and a locking sensor configured to detect when the locking mechanism is in a locked configuration. The system further including a controller operatively connected to the two sensors and configured to receive output signals from the contact sensor and the locking sensor and to determine whether safe coupling has been achieved based on the output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Trailer Safe Global Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Joseph FORSTER, Colin NEAVE, Brent DANGERFIELD, Daryl DANGERFIELD
  • Publication number: 20100014188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for moving to a predetermined position of a carrier tape 2 moving continuously in a displacement direction, wherein a displacement head 4 is moved to the predetermined position, wherein the displacement head 4 is moved to the predetermined position in the displacement direction at a speed which corresponds essentially to the displacement speed of the carrier tape 2; wherein a procedure is carried out at the predetermined position on the moving carrier tape 2 by means of the displacement head 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Muehlbauer AG
    Inventors: Jens-Uwe Timm, Sigmund Niklas, Joseph Forster, Heinrich Strobl
  • Patent number: D794138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Joseph Forster, Jr.