Patents by Inventor Robert C. Burgener

Robert C. Burgener 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).

  • Motor control techniques
    Patent number: 4272707
    Abstract: Improved logic circuitry combined with an efficient and economical motor controller which enables a DC motor to reverse the direction of a vehicle and to maintain the speed of the vehicle within narrow speed boundaries during acceleration, deceleration and constant speed conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: Interlake, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Burgener, Philip T. Martin
  • Rack entry vehicle communication system
    Patent number: 4236255
    Abstract: Improved apparatus for communicating information between a movable rack entry vehicle and a reference station by means of optical radiation, such as infrared radiation. A universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter is located on both the vehicle and the reference station so that information originating in parallel form can be communicated in serial form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: Interlake, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Burgener, Philip T. Martin, John J. Lord