Patents by Inventor Robert P. Weil

Robert P. Weil 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).

  • Patent number: 5659145
    Abstract: A foot-operated signal controlling pedal with a series of LED's integrated in the pedal housing to indicate signal level. The pedal may perform one or more of a variety of sound effect functions with any of the common circuits in use currently, with a parallel but separate circuit controlling the LED display. The invention is of the typical rocker pedal design with a linkage joining the foot pedal to variable resistors which control the LED's and the audio signal in a parallel and simultaneous fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Inventor: Robert P. Weil
  • Patent number: 4939501
    Abstract: A foot-operated controller is disclosed herein having a housing enclosing an elongated resistive element carried on the underside of a top panel midway between its opposite sides. The top panel is provided with a slot slidably accommodating an electrical contact in slidable engagement with the resistive element. A foot-engaging treadle is disposed on the top panel from which the electrical contact downwardly depends so as to travel therewith as the treadle moves. The treadle is provided wheeled support riding in a grooved track carried on a bottom panel of the housing. Stops are provided on the opposite ends of the grooves to limit linear movement of the treadle and electrical leads and plugs are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Inventor: Robert P. Weil