Patents by Inventor Kevin BERNIER

Kevin BERNIER 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: 11889460
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include an endpoint structured to be coupled to an outdoor power equipment and including an operation sensor structured to provide operational information indicative of an operational status of the outdoor power equipment, and a transmitter structured to wirelessly transmit the operational information; and a gateway including a receiver structured to receive the operational information from the endpoint, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: associate the operational information with a timestamp, record a history of operational information and associated timestamps, and transmit the history to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Bernier, Mario Divis, Peter Douglas Shears
  • Patent number: 11022085
    Abstract: An engine operation detection system includes an engine including a spark plug and a spark plug wire, and an engine run sensor including a signal wire including an antenna, the antenna configured to receive a spark plug signal from the spark plug wire, a data acquisition output wire outputting an engine on/off condition signal, a power supply providing power to the engine run sensing circuit, and an engine run sensing circuit configured to transform the spark plug signal into the engine on/off condition signal output via the data acquisition output wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Raasch, Robert Koenen, Christopher Meyers, Timothy Ogden, Kevin Bernier
  • Publication number: 20210127348
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include an endpoint structured to be coupled to an outdoor power equipment and including an operation sensor structured to provide operational information indicative of an operational status of the outdoor power equipment, and a transmitter structured to wirelessly transmit the operational information; and a gateway including a receiver structured to receive the operational information from the endpoint, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: associate the operational information with a timestamp, record a history of operational information and associated timestamps, and transmit the history to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: BRIGGS & STRATTON, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Bernier, Mario Divis, Peter Douglas Shears
  • Publication number: 20200158072
    Abstract: An engine operation detection system includes an engine including a spark plug and a spark plug wire, and an engine run sensor including a signal wire including an antenna, the antenna configured to receive a spark plug signal from the spark plug wire, a data acquisition output wire outputting an engine on/off condition signal, a power supply providing power to the engine run sensing circuit, and an engine run sensing circuit configured to transform the spark plug signal into the engine on/off condition signal output via the data acquisition output wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason RAASCH, Robert KOENEN, Christopher MEYERS, Timothy OGDEN, Kevin BERNIER