Patents by Inventor Paul M. Gergets
Paul M. Gergets 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).
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Patent number: 10883695Abstract: Light bars, and lighting systems and vehicles that include light bars. The light bars include a plurality of light emitting modules coupled together at flexible joints to allow a single light bar to be affixed to surfaces of varying curvatures, such as an interior window surface of a vehicle. The size of the light bar is easily customizable due to its modular nature. In some examples, a controller or other electronic element is adapted to detect a number and/or configuration of modules in a given light bar.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Duane P. Belitz, Tim Skertich, Jr., Robert A. Czajkowski, Paul M. Gergets, Jeffery M. Loftus
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Patent number: 10607474Abstract: A safety system can include: at least one wearable device configured to communicate with a central hub of a facility; and the central hub programmed to determine a location of the at least one wearable device within the facility, and to provide emergency instructions to the at least one wearable device based upon the location.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: David Louis Strebel, Paul M. Gergets, Michael K. Pula, Justin Barth, Paul John Ferrara, Albena Plamenova Iotova-Gagnaire, Jorge Manuel Jacinto Guerreiro
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Publication number: 20190368680Abstract: Light bars, and lighting systems and vehicles that include light bars. The light bars include a plurality of light emitting modules coupled together at flexible joints to allow a single light bar to be affixed to surfaces of varying curvatures, such as an interior window surface of a vehicle. The size of the light bar is easily customizable due to its modular nature. In some examples, a controller or other electronic element is adapted to detect a number and/or configuration of modules in a given light bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Tim Skertich, JR., Robert A. Czajkowski, Paul M. Gergets, Jeffery M. Loftus
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Publication number: 20190236931Abstract: A safety system can include: at least one wearable device configured to communicate with a central hub of a facility; and the central hub programmed to determine a location of the at least one wearable device within the facility, and to provide emergency instructions to the at least one wearable device based upon the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: David Louis Strebel, Paul M. Gergets, Michael K. Pula, Justin Barth, Paul John Ferrara, Albena Plamenova Iotova-Gagnaire, Jorge Manuel Jacinto Guerreiro
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Patent number: 9878656Abstract: An emergency system for a vehicle integrates many disparate equipment into single housing, including the power supply for the equipment. In one embodiment of the invention, the emergency system is a light bar. The light bar houses a power source comprising solar cell panels, a Lithium-Ion battery pack and a connection to an external supply such as the vehicle's electrical power. Energy for operating the light bar is provided by one or more of the power sources, depending on operating conditions of the light bar and each of the power sources.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Jacek J. Jozwik
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Patent number: 9550453Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Patent number: 9346397Abstract: An emergency system for a vehicle integrates many disparate equipment into single housing, including the power supply for the equipment. In one embodiment of the invention, the emergency system is a light bar. The light bar houses a power source comprising solar cell panels, a Lithium-Ion battery pack and a connection to an external supply such as the vehicle's electrical power. Energy for operating the light bar is provided by one or more of the power sources, depending on operating conditions of the light bar and each of the power sources.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Jacek J. Jozwik
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Publication number: 20150175052Abstract: An emergency system for a vehicle integrates many disparate equipment into single housing, including the power supply for the equipment. In one embodiment of the invention, the emergency system is a light bar. The light bar houses a power source comprising solar cell panels, a Lithium-Ion battery pack and a connection to an external supply such as the vehicle's electrical power. Energy for operating the light bar is provided by one or more of the power sources, depending on operating conditions of the light bar and each of the power sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Paul M. GERGETS, Jacek J. JOZWIK
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Patent number: 9002313Abstract: An emergency system for a vehicle integrates many disparate equipment into single housing. In one embodiment of the invention, the emergency system is a light bar. The light bar houses various modules for monitoring and responding to events. Example modules include license plate recognition systems and chemical agent detection sensors. The light bar also houses at least one transceiver for wirelessly connecting the light bar to a wide area network, allowing the modules in the light bar to communicate data to and from a remote site. A data terminal in the vehicle is connected to the light bar and receives and displays data to the vehicle operate generated by the modules in the light bar and also from data received over the network.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Gregory A. Sink, Paul M. Gergets
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Patent number: 8950913Abstract: An emergency system for a vehicle integrates many disparate equipment into single housing, including the power supply for the equipment. In one embodiment of the invention, the emergency system is a light bar. The light bar houses a power source comprising solar cell panels, a Lithium-Ion battery pack and a connection to an external supply such as the vehicle's electrical power. Energy for operating the light bar is provided by one or more of the power sources, depending on operating conditions of the light bar and each of the power sources.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Jacek J. Jozwik
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Publication number: 20140347179Abstract: An example system for wirelessly changing a light flash pattern in a light element of a vehicle includes: a light element attached to a vehicle; a controller circuit located in the light element configured for receiving a light flash pattern signal, wherein the controller circuit includes: an antenna; a microcontroller configured for data communication; a lighting control circuit configured for controlling a light flash pattern of the light element; and an EEPROM used for storing the light flash pattern signal; and a transmitter device capable of transmitting the light pattern signal to the controller circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Vincent S. Fleszewski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Paul M. Gergets
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Publication number: 20140125476Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Patent number: 8636395Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Publication number: 20120201041Abstract: An emergency system for a vehicle integrates many disparate equipment into single housing, including the power supply for the equipment. In one embodiment of the invention, the emergency system is a light bar. The light bar houses a power source comprising solar cell panels, a Lithium-Ion battery pack and a connection to an external supply such as the vehicle's electrical power. Energy for operating the light bar is provided by one or more of the power sources, depending on operating conditions of the light bar and each of the power sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATIONInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Jacek J. Jozwik
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Publication number: 20110156589Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Patent number: 7905640Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Publication number: 20090141511Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Patent number: 7476013Abstract: A light bar is described that is of a modular construction based on one or more large circuit boards that are populated with light beam assemblies and then fastened to an interior space of the light bar housing. Keys that automatically align the light beam assemblies on each of the boards precisely control placement of the assemblies on the board. In turn, each of the boards is keyed to the interior of the light bar housing so that when the board is fastened to the housing the light beam assemblies are automatically registered into alignment with the lenses in the housing so that the beams from the assemblies are properly oriented. The light bar is inexpensive to fabricate and can be assembled quickly and reliably, yet it provides for a high degree of customization, which is a requirement in the emergency vehicle lighting industry.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Paul M. Gergets, Vince S. Fleszewski, Allan J. Mostello
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Patent number: 6966682Abstract: A signaling system for mounting to an exterior surface of an emergency vehicle opposite an interior surface of the vehicle to which objects are mounted is provided. The signaling system includes a light bar having a plurality of signaling devices supported on and distributed along a base member and enclosed by a cover. A plate is secured to the exterior surface of the emergency vehicle by one or more fasteners of a first type, which pass through the vehicle into its interior. The plate includes a surface for engaging the base of the light bar such that the light bar can be suspended from the plate. An opening is provided in the plate for communicating electrical wiring to the light bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: George R. Frank, Paul M. Gergets
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Publication number: 20040252021Abstract: A signaling system for mounting to an exterior surface of an emergency vehicle opposite an interior surface of the vehicle to which objects are mounted is provided. The signaling system includes a light bar having a plurality of signaling devices supported on and distributed along a base member and enclosed by a cover. A plate is secured to the exterior surface of the emergency vehicle by one or more fasteners of a first type, which pass through the vehicle into its interior. The plate includes a surface for engaging the base of the light bar such that the light bar can be suspended from the plate. An opening is provided in the plate for communicating electrical wiring to the light bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: George R. Frank, Paul M. Gergets