Patents by Inventor Julie A. Jacono

Julie A. Jacono 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).

  • Method and apparatus for setting speed/response performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair
    Patent number: 7379793
    Abstract: A method of setting values of a multiplicity of performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair into a controller comprises the steps of: grouping the multiplicity of performance parameters into at least two groups; for each group, (a) establishing a corresponding relationship between a selected performance parameter and each of the other performance parameters; and (b) presetting the established relationships into the controller; determining a value for each selected performance parameter based on the user's capabilities of operating the wheelchair; entering the determined value for each selected performance parameter into the controller; deriving automatically for each group a value for each of the other performance parameters based on the entered value of the selected performance parameter and the corresponding established relationships of each of the other performance parameters with the selected performance parameter; and storing the entered and derived values of the performance parameters into the c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore D. Wakefield, II, Julie A. Jacono
  • Method and apparatus for setting speed/response performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair
    Publication number: 20050071059
    Abstract: A method of setting values of a multiplicity of performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair into a controller thereof for use by the controller in the operation of the wheelchair by a user comprises the steps of: grouping the multiplicity of performance parameters of the wheelchair into at least two groups, each group including more than one performance parameter; for each group, (a) establishing a corresponding relationship between a selected performance parameter of the group and each of the other performance parameters of the group; and (b) presetting the established relationships into the controller of the wheelchair; determining a value for the selected performance parameter of each group based on the user's capabilities of operating the wheelchair; entering the determined value for the selected performance parameter of each group into the controller; deriving automatically by the controller for each group a value for each of the other performance parameters of the group based on the entered valu
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Theodore Wakefield, Julie Jacono
  • Method and apparatus for setting speed/response performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair
    Patent number: 6819981
    Abstract: A method of setting values of a multiplicity of performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair into a controller thereof comprises the steps of: grouping the multiplicity of performance parameters into at least two groups; for each group, (a) establishing a corresponding relationship between a selected performance parameter and each of the other performance parameters; and (b) presetting the established relationships into the controller; determining a value for each selected performance parameter based on the user's capabilities of operating the wheelchair; entering the determined value for each selected performance parameter into the controller; deriving automatically by the controller for each group a value for each of the other performance parameters based on the entered value of the selected performance parameter and the corresponding established relationships of each of the other performance parameters with the selected performance parameter; and storing the entered and derived values of the pe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore D. Wakefield, II, Julie A. Jacono
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING SPEED/RESPONSE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF A POWER DRIVEN WHEELCHAIR
    Publication number: 20040210351
    Abstract: A method of setting values of a multiplicity of performance parameters of a power driven wheelchair into a controller thereof for use by the controller in the operation of the wheelchair by a user comprises the steps of: grouping the multiplicity of performance parameters of the wheelchair into at least two groups, each group including more than one performance parameter; for each group, (a) establishing a corresponding relationship between a selected performance parameter of the group and each of the other performance parameters of the group; and (b) presetting the established relationships into the controller of the wheelchair; determining a value for the selected performance parameter of each group based on the user's capabilities of operating the wheelchair; entering the determined value for the selected performance parameter of each group into the controller; deriving automatically by the controller for each group a value for each of the other performance parameters of the group based on the entered valu
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Theodore D. Wakefield, Julie A. Jacono