Patents by Inventor Philip W. McLean

Philip W. McLean 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).

  • Airborne thermal printer
    Patent number: 5392126
    Abstract: A mobile printer having features particularly suited for use in a mobile conveyance such as an airplane. The printer stores a first data set in a memory that is accessed under control of a programmable controller. The printer then receives a second data set via a communications transceiver. Data from the first and second data sets are combined to form a composite bit mapped image which is printed by means of a thermal printhead controlled by the programmable controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Summit World Trade Corporation
    Inventors: Goeffrey G. Cochrane, Michael D. Tartamella, Philip W. McLean, Samual K. Taylor, Christ H. Heipp
  • Airborne thermal printer
    Patent number: 5206660
    Abstract: A mobile printer having features particularly suited for use in a mobile conveyance such as an airplane. The printer stores a first data set in a memory that is accessed under control of a programmable controller. The printer then receives a second data set via a communications transceiver. Data from the first and second data sets are combined to form a composite bit mapped image which is printed by means of a thermal printhead controlled by the programmable controller.The thermal printhead uses rolls of thermally sensitive paper which are supported by means of a mandrel roll. The thermal paper is positioned adjacent the print head by means of a platen roll. A biasing force is provided to bias the platen roll away from the print head when a door in the printer housing is opened to provide a space into which the free end of the roll of paper can enter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Summit World Trade Corporation
    Inventors: Goeffrey G. Cochrane, Michael D. Tartamella, Philip W. McLean, Samuel K. Taylor, Christ H. Heipp
  • Device for immobilizing limb of patient
    Patent number: 4941480
    Abstract: Device for immobilizing a patient's limb. The device comprises an elongated, three-sided, resilient support member of generally U-shaped cross-section, open at the top and comprising a base or bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base, and fastener means extending from one side wall to the other across the open top of the support member. The support member is preferably made of a closed cell plastic foam material, coated with a thin adherent washable coating. The side walls are preferably perpendicular to the base, defining an opening of rectangular cross-section for receiving a patient's limb or portion thereof. Fastener means may include either a plurality of transversely extending straps (preferably Velcro) or a plastic sheet having means (such as short Velcro strips) which will engage the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Inventors: Philip W. McLean, Russell R. English