Patents by Inventor Joseph V. Bledsoe, Jr.

Joseph V. Bledsoe, Jr. 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).

  • Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling
    Patent number: 6152265
    Abstract: In an elevator system utilizing up-peak channeling which displays the floors of the sectors to be served by each elevator during its next trip, visually handicapped persons alert the system by means of a signal transmission from a portable device, and are then enabled to enter a car call for any floor in the building. An embodiment with a lobby receiver enables calls to any floor in the next several elevators which may leave the lobby floor. An embodiment with receivers in every car enables calls to any floor in a car which receives the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Otis Elevator
    Inventors: Joseph Bittar, Joseph V. Bledsoe, Jr., Bruce A. Powell, Steven M. Skolnick, Michael H. Wilson