Patents by Inventor Paul Joseph Smalser, Sr.

Paul Joseph Smalser, Sr. 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).

  • Patent number: 5754220
    Abstract: Portable apparatus for inspecting the interior of a pipe comprises a battery operated television camera connected to one end of a coaxial cable which is adapted to be stored in a rotatable storage drum. The battery is mounted on the storage drum for rotation therewith and the drum is rotatably mounted on a stand. Relatively rotatable inductive coupling components are provided between the drum and stand for transmitting the camera output signal to a camera monitor such as a television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Company
    Inventor: Paul Joseph Smalser, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5677688
    Abstract: A full N-key rollover capability information entry device includes first and second sets of intersecting light guides oriented at an angle to one another which may comprise a mesh of waveguides that together form a self-supporting planar sheet of a substantially transparent material at the wavelength of light introduced into one end of at least one of the first and second sets of light guides. This permits each intersection to comprise a common portion of both a light guide of the first set and a light guide of the second set that intersect at that intersection. Detection of changes in the intensity of the light in at least one of the sets of light guides in response to key actuation that blocks a portion of the light at a certain intersection is indicative of that actuated key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Kerry Dennis O'Mara, Robert Richard Demers, William John Bachman, Paul Joseph Smalser, Sr.