Patents by Inventor Richard G. Stine

Richard G. Stine 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).

  • Publication number: 20110037602
    Abstract: A tilt protection apparatus applied to electric energy generating installations, where possibility of tilting or tipping over exists. In certain installations of electric energy generating facilities, the means of energy production, such as but not limited to solar photovoltaic panels, must be mounted on support system that can be susceptible to mechanical failure due to impact, wind induced vibration, ground vibration or ground displacement. In the event of the structural tilt, the apparatus detects such condition and disconnects the means of energy generation minimizing possibility of exposure to dangerous levels of electric potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Wojciech Marek Chrosny, Michael Charles Overturf, Robert J. Applegate, Richard G. Stine, William D. Taylor