Patents by Inventor Joseph Schaeffer

Joseph Schaeffer 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: 10287026
    Abstract: A power demand anticipation system for a rotorcraft includes an engine subsystem having an engine with a power output. The power demand anticipation system also includes one or more sensors including a cyclic control sensor. The one or more sensors are operable to detect one or more flight parameters of the rotorcraft to form sensor data including a cyclic control position. A power demand anticipation module is in data communication with the engine subsystem and the one or more sensors. The power demand anticipation module is operable to anticipate a power demand of the engine using the sensor data to form a power demand anticipation signal. The engine subsystem is operable to adjust the power output of the engine based on the power demand anticipation signal received from the power demand anticipation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Covington, Joseph Schaeffer, Robert Earl Worsham, II
  • Publication number: 20180222597
    Abstract: A power demand anticipation system for a rotorcraft includes an engine subsystem having an engine with a power output. The power demand anticipation system also includes one or more sensors including a cyclic control sensor. The one or more sensors are operable to detect one or more flight parameters of the rotorcraft to form sensor data including a cyclic control position. A power demand anticipation module is in data communication with the engine subsystem and the one or more sensors. The power demand anticipation module is operable to anticipate a power demand of the engine using the sensor data to form a power demand anticipation signal. The engine subsystem is operable to adjust the power output of the engine based on the power demand anticipation signal received from the power demand anticipation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Covington, Joseph Schaeffer, Robert Earl Worsham, II
  • Publication number: 20050156081
    Abstract: A toilet tissue dispenser comprises a housing and an access cover mounted on the housing. The housing has an interior space configured for having a roll of toilet tissue positioned therein. The housing includes spaced-apart side walls, a central wall extending between said side walls and an access opening provided between said side walls adjacent the central wall. The interior space is at least partially defined by the side walls and the central wall. The access cover is mounted on the housing over the access opening and is movable between an open position and a closed position with respect to the access opening. The access opening is configured for enabling the roll of toilet tissue to be inserted therethrough into the interior space. A tissue dispensing passage is provided in the central wall for allowing sheets of the toilet tissue to be dispensed through the central wall from within the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventor: Joseph Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20030062990
    Abstract: A system whereby existing powerlines are utilized as a data transport medium whereby computer network data, audio data, video data, control signals, native communication signals, and any combinations thereof are transported via powerlines, wherein powerline access portals are provided at any electrical power outlets to thereby enable data to be transmitted onto and received from standard powerlines, and wherein filters can be installed at power boxes to ensure that data is not transported to any powerlines that are not considered part of a data network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Schaeffer, James Russell, Haroon I. Yunus