Patents by Inventor Peter L. Olson

Peter L. Olson 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).

  • FALL-PROTECTION ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SOFT, ENDLESS CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20210346739
    Abstract: A fall-protection assembly comprising a lanyard and a rigid fastener that are connected to each other by a soft, endless connector that is non-removably connected to the lanyard and that is removably connected to the rigid fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen D. Shaver, Nathan W. Safe, Peter L. Olson
  • IMPROVEMENTS TO FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20210308502
    Abstract: There is provided fall protection equipment, such as a self-retracting lifeline (SRL), including features that enable the SRL to determine a worker's location and a map of a surface on which the worker is working. There is also provided an SRL having a lifeline with a distal end for connection to a user, at least one sensor adapted to determine the tension in the lifeline, and a computing device comprising a processor and a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew J. Blackford, Michael A. Boraas, Ronald D. Jesme, Nitsan Ben-Gal Nguyen, Peter L. Olson
  • Evidence and property tracking for law enforcement
    Publication number: 20040257231
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting, tagging, searching for, retrieving, inventorying, and transferring evidence by law enforcement officials are described, in which RFID tags associated with pieces of evidence can be interrogated to assist in locating information relating to that evidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mitchell B. Grunes, Gerald L. Karel, Peter L. Olson
  • Evidence and property tracking for law enforcement
    Patent number: 6816075
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting, tagging, searching for, retrieving, inventorying, and transferring evidence by law enforcement officials are described, in which RFID tags associated with pieces of evidence can be interrogated to assist in locating information relating to that evidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mitchell B. Grunes, Gerald L. Karel, Peter L. Olson
  • Evidence and property tracking for law enforcement
    Publication number: 20020113707
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting, tagging, searching for, retrieving, inventorying, and transferring evidence by law enforcement officials are described, in which RFID tags associated with pieces of evidence can be interrogated to assist in locating information relating to that evidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Mitchell B. Grunes, Gerald L. Karel, Peter L. Olson
  • Fault-tolerant distributed database system and method for the management of correctable subtransaction faults by the global transaction source node
    Patent number: 5247664
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant method and system for processing global transactions in a distributed database system. If a fault occurs in the distributed database system, a transaction management system will suspend the processing of a transaction and renew it when the fault is remedied. The transaction management system identifies one or more sites in the distributed database system that contain data needed for a global transaction and divides each transaction into subtransactions for processing at one or more identified sites. If a fault occurs in the distributed database system, the transaction management system maintains the status of each subtransaction. When a fault in the distributed database system is corrected, the transaction management system updates the status of each subtransaction and restarts processing of the transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn R. Thompson, Wen F. Lee, Peter L. Olson, Tom C. Reyes, George F. Thomas, III, Bing Vassaur