Patents by Inventor Michael Lawrence McManus

Michael Lawrence McManus 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).

  • Home system including a portable fob having a rotary menu and a display
    Patent number: 7440767
    Abstract: A home wellness system includes a server having a wireless transceiver, a plurality of sensors each of which has a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the server wireless transceiver, and a portable display and configuration fob, the portable fob includes a rotary thumbwheel encoder, a display and a wireless transceiver communicating with the server wireless transceiver, the thumbwheel encoder and the display cooperate to provide a first rotary menu for displaying the sensor information of the sensors and a second rotary menu for configuring the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Milan Ballay, Michael Lawrence McManus