Patents by Inventor Joseph John Olson

Joseph John Olson 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).

  • Exercise device and system
    Patent number: 9095492
    Abstract: A bilateral upper limb exercise device (10) for exercising a user's arms comprising a central mounting structure (12) that is mountable to a fixed surface or structure (15), left and right limb supports (14a, 14b) for supporting the forearm and/or hand of a respective arm of the user, and a pair of articulated linkage arms (22a, 22b) that are pivotably coupled to opposite sides of the central mounting structure (12) and which are arranged to support a respective limb support (14a, 14b) for movement in at least two degrees of freedom in a two-dimensional (2D) movement plane. A mirroring mechanism is also operatively coupled to the articulated linkage arms (22a, 22b) such that movement of the opposing limb support relative to a central line of symmetry of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Research Limited
    Inventors: Julian Kyle Verkaaik, Jason Murray Nicholls, Marcus James King, Joseph John Olson
  • Powered vehicle convoying systems and methods of convoying powered vehicles
    Patent number: 8326473
    Abstract: A vehicle convoy system for use in connection with a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes at least one drive mechanism to impart drive to the vehicle, includes at least a first processor that is adapted to be placed in operative or communicative connection with the drive mechanism to effect control of the drive mechanism based upon data of the position of a leading vehicle in front of the vehicle so that the vehicle moves to follow movement of the leading vehicle. The vehicle can, for example, be a self-propelled wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Rich Callaghan Simpson, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Joseph John Olson, Jeremy Robert Puhlman, Edmund Frank LoPresti, Leonard Casimir Mostowy, Jr.
  • Exercise Device and System
    Publication number: 20110300994
    Abstract: A bilateral upper limb exercise device (10) for exercising a user's arms comprising a central mounting structure (12) that is mountable to a fixed surface or structure (15), left and right limb supports (14a,14b) for supporting the forearm and/or hand of a respective arm of the user, and a pair of articulated linkage arms (22a,22b) that are pivotably coupled to opposite sides of the central mounting structure (12) and which are arranged to support a respective limb support (14a,14b) for movement in at least two degrees of freedom in a two-dimensional (2D) movement plane. A mirroring mechanism is also operatively coupled to the articulated linkage arms (22a,22b) such that movement of the opposing limb support relative to a central line of symmetry of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: Julian Kyle Verkaaik, Jason Murray Nicholls, Marcus James King, Joseph John Olson