Patents by Inventor Roberto Schipp

Roberto Schipp 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).

  • Mobile controllable strobe light system and method for directing the movements of fish
    Patent number: 5937791
    Abstract: A mobile system for directing fish away from danger points at an underwater structure includes multiple submersible flash heads operatively connected to a power and control center installed inside a trailer. The flash sequence, rate and intensity are adjustable by the system operator in real time using a system control unit which can be remotely controlled. The flash heads, connected in a tri-pack configuration, are strobed in a manner intended to alter the behavior of the fish. The system may include means to generate an air curtain near the flash heads to improve light dispersion and water jet means to clean the lenses on the flash heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Flash Technology Corporation of America
    Inventors: Susan Ann Baugher, Ronald Earl Brown, Dale A. Johnson, Roberto Schipp, Mark Stevens Newsom, Tien Nguyen, Christopher Joel Shumate, David Michael Terry
  • Controllable strobe light system and method for directing the movements of fish
    Patent number: 5850806
    Abstract: A system for directing fish away from danger points at an underwater structure includes multiple submersible flash heads operatively connected to a flash head control unit. The flash sequence, rate and intensity are adjustable by the system operator in real time using a system control unit which can be remotely located. The flash heads are strobed in a manner intended to alter the behavior of the fish. The system may include means to generate an air curtain near the flash heads to improve light dispersion and water jet means to clean the lenses on the flash heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Flash Technology Corporation of America
    Inventors: Fred Mark, Richard Northrup, Larry Ouellette, Roberto Schipp, Ronald Ihrie, Edward Boyer, William F. Somers
  • Automatic telephone line monitoring and selection apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5392341
    Abstract: An automatic telephone line call monitoring and line assignment device is installed at a subscriber location to assign incoming calls on a master ringing line to a user selected slave line in response to taking that line off-hook. A programmable logic unit detects incoming calls, off-hook lines, and directs the device to automatically dial a central office call intercept service to move incoming calls off the master line to the slave lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Inventors: Charles L. Wilkinson, Roberto Schipp