Patents by Inventor Paul Anthony Turnbull

Paul Anthony Turnbull 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).

  • Portal antenna
    Patent number: 8154465
    Abstract: A portal antenna (10) particularly suited for enabling low frequency RFID devices carried by animals to be read when animals are proceeding through a stock race or the like. The portal antenna includes a portal structure (11) through which an animal can pass and about which is wound at least one coil (18/19) of antenna conductor. At least one elongate radiator element (21) preferably projects to at least one side of the portal structure (11). Preferably the radiator(s) (21) is/are of ferrous/magnetically conductive metal. The radiator(s) can form a separate structure or be part of the wall structure of a stock race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Allflex Australia Pty. Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Bernard Gunston, Kevin Paul Ford, Christopher John McLoughin, Paul Anthony Turnbull, David Low Scott
  • Portal Antenna
    Publication number: 20090213023
    Abstract: A portal antenna (10) particularly suited for enabling low frequency RFID devices carried by animals to be read when animals are proceeding through a stock race or the like. The portal antenna includes a portal structure (11) through which an animal can pass and about which is wound at least one coil (18/19) of antenna conductor. At least one elongate radiator element (21) preferably projects to at least one side of the portal structure (11). Preferably the radiator(s) (21) is/are of ferrous/magnetically conductive metal. The radiator(s) can form a separate structure or be part of the wall structure of a stock race.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Patrick Bernard Gunston, Kevin Paul Ford, Christopher John McLoughin, Paul Anthony Turnbull, David Low Scott