Patents by Inventor Munro Howard Sykes

Munro Howard Sykes 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).

  • Articles using persistent phosphors
    Patent number: 8333907
    Abstract: An article of manufacture that comprises a structure that is a security system device (or portion thereof) or a fire system device (or portion), where a persistent phosphor and/or a persistent phosphor blend is either integrated in a coating on the structure; applied on the structure; or integrated in the structure, wherein the persistent phosphor comprises certain phosphors or phosphor blends. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Corporation
    Inventors: Holly Ann Comanzo, Alok Mani Srivastava, Steven Jude Duclos, Lucas Lemar Clarke, Munro Howard Sykes
  • System and methods for providing mass notification using existing fire system
    Patent number: 8013755
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to integrate with existing fire system strobe/horn plates. The apparatus may be a mass notification plate. Also disclosed are embodiments of a strobe housing configured to mix and/or reflect light emitted from one or more light emitters, such as high intensity LEDs, through a lens. The lens may be configured to produce a mass notification pattern. Further disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods that may be configured to deliver strobe control signals and/or strobe color control signals over a two-wire fire system powerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Ted Rock, Steven Hein, Munro Howard Sykes, Gary Pollack
  • ARTICLES USING PERSISTENT PHOSPHORS
    Publication number: 20100136302
    Abstract: An article of manufacture that comprises a structure that is a security system device (or portion thereof) or a fire system device (or portion), where a persistent phosphor and/or a persistent phosphor blend is either integrated in a coating on the structure; applied on the structure; or integrated in the structure, wherein the persistent phosphor comprises certain phosphors or phosphor blends. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Holly Ann Comanzo, Alok Mani Srivastava, Steven Jude Duclos, Lucas Lemar Clarke, Munro Howard Sykes
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MASS NOTIFICATION USING EXISTING FIRE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090072989
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to integrate with existing fire system strobe/horn plates. The apparatus may be a mass notification plate. Also disclosed are embodiments of a strobe housing configured to mix and/or reflect light emitted from one or more light emitters, such as high intensity LEDs, through a lens. The lens may be configured to produce a mass notification pattern. Further disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods that may be configured to deliver strobe control signals and/or strobe color control signals over a two-wire fire system powerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Dennis Ted Rock, Steven Hein, Munro Howard Sykes, Gary Pollack