Patents by Inventor Kevin Bruce Black

Kevin Bruce Black 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).

  • Smoke detector with sound quality enhancement chamber
    Patent number: 7068176
    Abstract: A smoke detector having a sound quality enhancement chamber for increasing the sound quality of alarms produced by a sound producing device in the smoke detector. In at least one embodiment, the sound quality enhancement chamber is formed by a housing and a plate such that the chamber is in communication with a sound producing device, which may be a speaker, for producing sounds, such as a human voice, with enhanced quality. The sound quality enhancement chamber acts as a spring and increases the quality of the sounds produced by the sound producing device of the smoke detector. In at least one embodiment, the sound quality enhancement chamber enables a smoke detector to emit a parent's voice that is clear and easily understandable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: SignalOne Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Bruce Black, John D. Coleman, Matthew P. Lyons, Mathieu D. D. Turpault
  • Smoke detector
    Patent number: D517439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: SignalOne Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Bruce Black, John Detler Coleman, Edmond John Dougherty, Silvio Peter Eberhardt, Matthew Anthony Ferris, Michael Thomas Flanagan, Zoey Leslie Juhng, Thomas Kondziolka, Mathieu Dominic Daniel Turpault, Xavier Vinas