Patents by Inventor Leslie W. Johnson

Leslie W. Johnson 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: 7727044
    Abstract: An animal call includes a mouthpiece, a barrel, and a reed. The mouthpiece defines an air channel therein and has a reed bed proximate the air channel. The barrel is coupled to the mouthpiece and has an internal chamber that is fluidically coupled to the air channel of the mouthpiece. A surface comprising the air channel varies in order to maintain a substantially constant cross-sectional area magnitude along a length of the channel. The reed is disposed adjacent the air channel and proximate the reed bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventor: Leslie W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6385494
    Abstract: A method and system for producing production control software for a plurality of electronic control modules, is provided. The electronic control modules are located on production machines. Each production machine includes a subset of the electronic control modules. The system includes a part file staging area for receiving and storing new production control software from a design engineering group. A product engineering workstation is coupled to the part file staging area and operated by a product engineering user. The product engineering user can review, modify and approve the new production control software. A production staging area, coupled to the product engineering workstation, receives and stores approved production control software and receives an order for a production machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Blahnik, Stephen J. Jackson, Steven D. Monday, Allen B. Peacock, Catherine A. Roling, Leslie W. Johnson, Paul M. McCarron, Bruce W. Day