Patents by Inventor Joseph T. Charles
Joseph T. Charles 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).
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Publication number: 20110084650Abstract: A battery charger is provided. The charger includes an AC input for connection to a source of AC power and a plurality of DC outputs each being connectable to a battery bank. A user interface is provided for inputting battery information including battery voltage and battery type for each DC output. A main controller is in communication with the user interface and receives the battery information from the user interface. The main controller uses the battery information to provide independent charging instructions for each DC output. At least one power module is in communication with the main controller and receives the charging instructions from the main controller. The power module is configured to convert the AC power from the AC input to DC power and is selectively connectable with each of the plurality DC outputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: Charles Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Jeffrey KAISER, Joseph L. St. Romain, Joseph T. Charles
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Patent number: 7351909Abstract: An outdoor pedestal enclosure for housing telecommunications equipment is provided. The outdoor pedestal enclosure includes a base section and a cover engageable with the base section so as to define an interior space. The base section and cover are made of a multilayered plastic material including an outer layer and an inner layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Walter T. Harwood, Glen E. Ledbury, G. Bruce Dilling, Joseph T. Charles, John Fearncombe
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Patent number: 6658109Abstract: A circuit and supplemental power source connection scheme for a telecommunications modem transmission link are described. The supplemental power source is connectable at any point along a telecommunications wire, including the terminals of repeaters and remote terminals. The combiner circuit includes a diode bridge for ensuring the proper connection of externally connected high voltage power to internal circuitry of the power combiner. The combiner also includes a line polarity matching circuit that automatically configures to signally connect internal positive and negative voltage signals to corresponding positive and negative external signal lines on a telecommunications modem transmission link.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1999Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Charles Industries, Inc.Inventors: Paul D. Steinke, Joseph T. Charles, Jay T. Biondo, Joan M. Cook, Scott M. Keane
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Patent number: 6281454Abstract: A switchable load coil case is provided having a switch assembly connected to the load coil and incoming and outgoing wire pair. The switch assembly has an actuator movable between loaded and bypass positions wherein the switch assembly connects the load coil in series with the incoming and outgoing wire pair when the actuator is in the loaded position and connects the incoming and outgoing wire pair while bypassing the load coil when the actuator is in the bypass position.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1999Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Joseph T. Charles, Steven D. Evans, Steven P. Moehling, Ronald Washburn, Eduardo Leon, Walter Hardwood, Gerald A. Greco
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Patent number: 5929402Abstract: A switchable load coil case is provided having a switch assembly connected to the load coil and incoming and outgoing wire pair. The switch assembly has a switch actuator disposed in a terminal housing cavity movable between loaded and bypass positions. The switch assembly has contacts which connect the load coil in series with the incoming and outgoing wire pair when the switch actuator is in the loaded position and connect the incoming and outgoing wire pair while bypassing the load coil when the switch actuator is in the bypass position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1996Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Joseph T. Charles, Steven D. Evans, Gerald A. Greco, Walter T. Harwood, Eduardo Leon, Steven P. Moehling, Ronald Washburn
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Patent number: 5302857Abstract: An adapter for connecting an electrical load which is mobile, such as the electrical system of a pleasure craft, to a stationary power source, such as the electrical pedestal at a marina. In its preferred embodiment, the adapter serves to connect a higher voltage load (such as a 240 volt electrical load of a pleasure craft) to a pair of conventional 120 volt sources. Input cables include a pair of connectors for independent connection to sources on the pedestal. Isolation means within the adapter serves to isolate the input connectors from each other during the connection operation such that a user holding one connector while connecting the other will not receive an electrical shock. Sensing means within the adapter determines that the sources are in the proper relationship to sum to the level required by the mobile load. When the sensing means determines that the sources are connected and in the proper relationship, contacts are closed connecting the summed inputs to the output for driving the load.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1992Date of Patent: April 12, 1994Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Joseph T. Charles, Michael A. Reinhart
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Patent number: 5160852Abstract: An adapter for connecting an electrical load which is mobile, such as the electrical system of a pleasure craft, to a stationary power source, such as the electrical pedestal at a marina. In its preferred embodiment, the adapter serves to connect a higher voltage load (such as a 240 volt electrical load of a pleasure craft) to a pair of conventional 120 volt sources. Input cables include a pair of connectors for independent connection to sources on the pedestal. Isolation means within the adapter serves to isolate the input connectors from each other during the connection operation such that a user holding one connector while connecting the other will not receive an electrical shock. Sensing means within the adapter determines that the sources are in the proper relationship to sum to the level required by the mobile load. When the sensing means determines that the sources are connected and in the proper relationship, contacts are closed connecting the summed inputs to the output for driving the load.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1990Date of Patent: November 3, 1992Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Joseph T. Charles, Michael A. Reinhart
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Patent number: 4260853Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting and aligning electrical components in a generally cylindrical protective housing including a plurality of generally annular mounting trays having upstanding mounting pins concentrically disposed thereon for receiving annular electrical components with means on the trays for orienting the components on vertically stacked trays in staggered circumferential relation and preferably with radial slits in the trays to permit radial insertion of electrical leads from the outer periphery of the trays to the centrally disposed apertures therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1979Date of Patent: April 7, 1981Inventor: Joseph T. Charles
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Patent number: 4209671Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing the tip-ring polarity of telephone receptacles connected in parallel to a non-working pair includes a battery and an LED, the device being capable of being plugged into a subscriber's telephone receptacle. When a diode is properly placed across the non-working pair, the LED will light if the final terminals of the receptacle are wired with the correct tip-ring polarity. The disclosure teaches that the diode may be incorporated in various types of packages and may be connected across the non-working pair in several different ways.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1978Date of Patent: June 24, 1980Assignee: Coil Sales & Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Joseph T. Charles, James P. Ryan
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Patent number: 4117264Abstract: A device for testing the tip-ring polarity of telephone jacks includes a battery and an LED, the device being capable of being plugged into a jack. When a diode is placed across the jack, the LED will light if the final terminals of the jack are wired with the correct tip-ring polarity. The disclosure teaches that the diode may be incorporated in various types of packages and may be connected across the jack in several different ways.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1977Date of Patent: September 26, 1978Assignee: Coil Sales & Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Joseph T. Charles, James P. Ryan
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Patent number: RE29549Abstract: .[.A package for holding a plurality of encapsulated electrical components comprising a cylindrical case having a lengthwise slot through which the leads of the components extend, and an adjustable mounting means carried by the case which is offset from the lengthwise slot..]..Iadd.In a telephone communication system there is provided a plurality of individual encapsulated electrical components for improving the voice transmission which are held in electrical disconnected relationship and in an end-to-end relation in an elongated hollow, flexible elastic case having a continuous slot with the width of the slot and the elasticity of the flexible case cooperating to allow a selected electrical component to be manually removed through the slot. An electrical component assembly which is capable of being disposed within the case and a mounting bar for mounting a plurality of the electrical component packages are also disclosed. .Iaddend.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1974Date of Patent: February 21, 1978Assignee: Coil Sales & Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Joseph T. Charles