Patents by Inventor Lou Filo

Lou Filo 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 for detecting faults in a combplate and sensor combplate
    Patent number: 7334672
    Abstract: A combplate closes the terminal ends of a continuous belt transport system having grooved carrier plates. The combplate has a plurality of protrusions and a communications board. The plurality of spaced apart projections are located along the one lateral edge with a portion thereof extending forward of the one lateral edge, shaped to align with and pass between the carrier plate grooves, and provided with a detector that senses a break in its integrity and a circuit for communicating its status externally. The communications board is in electrical contact with each of the projections for repeatedly monitoring the status of each projection to detect a break in a projection's integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Motor Drives & Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Sheehan, Paul J. Gandolfo, Lou Filo
  • Method for detecting faults in a combplate and sensor combplate
    Publication number: 20070137979
    Abstract: A combplate closes the terminal ends of a continuous belt transport system having grooved carrier plates. The combplate has a plurality of protrusions and a communications board. The plurality of spaced apart projections are located along the one lateral edge with a portion thereof extending forward of the one lateral edge, shaped to align with and pass between the carrier plate grooves, and provided with a detector that senses a break in its integrity and a circuit for communicating its status externally. The communications board is in electrical contact with each of the projections for repeatedly monitoring the status of each projection to detect a break in a projection's integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Motor Drives & Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: John Sheehan, Paul Gandolfo, Lou Filo