Patents by Inventor Kevin Thomas Mitchell

Kevin Thomas Mitchell 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).

  • Nested serial network configuration for array of serially connected light heads
    Patent number: 10773634
    Abstract: An array (166, 184, 194, 230, 256) of multiple light heads (170, 186, 194, 236) for a vehicle (100) has a primary Controller Area Network (CAN) serial data bus (108, 224) to carry first serial communications among spaced-apart CAN nodes (112, 118, 130, 136, 140, 154, 220, 260, 288) communicatively coupled thereto. The first serial communications initiate a flash sequence from the array via second serial communications provided to the multiple light heads communicatively coupled to a nested CAN serial data bus (180, 190, 200, 238). An array controller (130, 136, 140, 220, 260) segregates the nested CAN serial data bus from the primary CAN serial data bus while providing a communications bridge between nodes of the two buses. Accordingly, light heads on the nested bus provide self-identification and diagnostic information to other nodes such as a computer (288) configuration utility (290) featuring a graphical user interface (292).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Code 3, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Nelson Brower, Daniel Scott Pursley, Christopher Reineke Barber, Kevin Thomas Mitchell
  • NESTED SERIAL NETWORK CONFIGURATION FOR ARRAY OF SERIALLY CONNECTED LIGHT HEADS
    Publication number: 20200215962
    Abstract: An array (166, 184, 194, 230, 256) of multiple light heads (170, 186, 194, 236) for a vehicle (100) has a primary Controller Area Network (CAN) serial data bus (108, 224) to carry first serial communications among spaced-apart CAN nodes (112, 118, 130, 136, 140, 154, 220, 260, 288) communicatively coupled thereto. The first serial communications initiate a flash sequence from the array via second serial communications provided to the multiple light heads communicatively coupled to a nested CAN serial data bus (180, 190, 200, 238). An array controller (130, 136, 140, 220, 260) segregates the nested CAN serial data bus from the primary CAN serial data bus while providing a communications bridge between nodes of the two buses. Accordingly, light heads on the nested bus provide self-identification and diagnostic information to other nodes such as a computer (288) configuration utility (290) featuring a graphical user interface (292).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Nelson Brower, Daniel Scott Pursley, Christopher Reineke Barber, Kevin Thomas Mitchell