Patents by Inventor Michael Gilpatrick

Michael Gilpatrick 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).

  • Publication number: 20240128727
    Abstract: A power management system includes a relay connected to an electrical load, a power management module configured to receive electrical power from each of a battery and a utility source, and in communication with the relay, and a controller in communication with the battery and the power management module. The controller monitors a battery load on the battery and communicates to the power management module to selectively disconnect the relay connected to the electrical load based on the battery load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Miller, Gary Gracyalny, David A. Kratz, Richard Gilpatrick, Dean Weigand, Sie Teong Lim, Nicholas Demos
  • Patent number: 6443186
    Abstract: The weft threads (14) of a textile product (10) run at an angle of at least approximately 70 degrees with respect to its warp threads (12) and the weft threads (14) protrude, by a piece, beyond the outermost warp threads (12′), on at least one side of the strip-shaped textile product (10) in a strip-shaped textile product (10), consisting, in particular, of filaments, threads, or a yarn, for use as a reinforcement layer for hoses, tubes, pressure containers, and similar hollow objects. Alternately or in addition, the warp threads (12) are formed thinner than the remaining warp threads (12) in at least one boundary area (R) of the textile product (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Willy De Meyer, Michael Gilpatrick
  • Patent number: 6405763
    Abstract: The weft threads (14) of a textile product (10) run at an angle of at least approximately 70 degrees with respect to its warp threads (12) and the weft threads (14) protrude, by a piece, beyond the outermost warp threads (12′), on at least one side of the strip-shaped textile product (10) in a strip-shaped textile product (10), consisting, in particular, of filaments, threads, or a yarn, for use as a reinforcement layer for hoses, tubes, pressure containers, and similar hollow objects. Alternately or in addition, the warp threads (12) are formed thinner than the remaining warp threads (12) in at least one boundary area (R) of the textile product (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Willy De Meyer, Michael Gilpatrick
  • Publication number: 20020059963
    Abstract: The weft threads (14) of a textile product (10) run at an angle of at least approximately 70 degrees with respect to its warp threads (12) and the weft threads (14) protrude, by a piece, beyond the outermost warp threads (12′), on at least one side of the strip-shaped textile product (10) in a strip-shaped textile product (10), consisting, in particular, of filaments, threads, or a yarn, for use as a reinforcement layer for hoses, tubes, pressure containers, and similar hollow objects. Alternately or in addition, the warp threads (12) are formed thinner than the remaining warp threads (12) in at least one boundary area (R) of the textile product (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Willy De Meyer, Michael Gilpatrick
  • Publication number: 20020056485
    Abstract: The weft threads (14) of a textile product (10) run at an angle of at least approximately 70 degrees with respect to its warp threads (12) and the weft threads (14) protrude, by a piece, beyond the outermost warp threads (12′), on at least one side of the strip-shaped textile product (10) in a strip-shaped textile product (10), consisting, in particular, of filaments, threads, or a yarn, for use as a reinforcement layer for hoses, tubes, pressure containers, and similar hollow objects. Alternately or in addition, the warp threads (12) are formed thinner than the remaining warp threads (12) in at least one boundary area (R) of the textile product (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Willy De Meyer, Michael Gilpatrick
  • Patent number: 6378568
    Abstract: The weft threads (14) of a textile product (10) run at an angle of at least approximately 70 degrees with respect to its warp threads (12) and the weft threads (14) protrude, by a piece, beyond the outermost warp threads (12′), on at least one side of the strip-shaped textile product (10) in a strip-shaped textile product (10), consisting, in particular, of filaments, threads, or a yarn, for use as a reinforcement layer for hoses, tubes, pressure containers, and similar hollow objects. Alternately or in addition, the warp threads (12) are formed thinner than the remaining warp threads (12) in at least one boundary area (R) of the textile product (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Willy De Meyer, Michael Gilpatrick