Patents by Inventor Scott McKinnon

Scott McKinnon 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).

  • WIRELESSLY ELECTRICALLY-COUPLED DEPLOYABLE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220379810
    Abstract: A wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus comprising a deployable structure supported on a supporting structure for motion between a stowed position and a deployed position, an electrically-powered device carried by the deployable structure, a wireless electrical power receiving circuit carried by the deployable structure and connected between the device and a wireless electrical power receiver, and a wireless electrical power transmitting circuit carried by the supporting structure and connected between an electrical power supply and a wireless electrical power transmitter. The wireless electrical power transmitter is carried by the supporting structure, and the wireless electrical power receiver is carried by the deployable structure, in respective positions where wireless electrical power transfer between the wireless electrical power transmitter and receiver powers the device via the receiving circuit when the deployable structure is in its deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Quigley, Vishwatej Mane, Nathaniel Fuller, Scott McKinnon
  • Wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus
    Patent number: 11437850
    Abstract: A wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus comprising a deployable structure supported on a supporting structure for motion between a stowed position and a deployed position, an electrically-powered device carried by the deployable structure, a wireless electrical power receiving circuit carried by the deployable structure and connected between the device and a wireless electrical power receiver, and a wireless electrical power transmitting circuit carried by the supporting structure and connected between an electrical power supply and a wireless electrical power transmitter. The wireless electrical power transmitter is carried by the supporting structure, and the wireless electrical power receiver is carried by the deployable structure, in respective positions where wireless electrical power transfer between the wireless electrical power transmitter and receiver powers the device via the receiving circuit when the deployable structure is in its deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Lippert Components Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Quigley, Vishwatej Mane, Brian Carlson, Evan Whitney, Nathaniel Fuller, Scott McKinnon
  • WIRELESSLY ELECTRICALLY-COUPLED DEPLOYABLE APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200274391
    Abstract: A wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus comprising a deployable structure supported on a supporting structure for motion between a stowed position and a deployed position, an electrically-powered device carried by the deployable structure, a wireless electrical power receiving circuit carried by the deployable structure and connected between the device and a wireless electrical power receiver, and a wireless electrical power transmitting circuit carried by the supporting structure and connected between an electrical power supply and a wireless electrical power transmitter. The wireless electrical power transmitter is carried by the supporting structure, and the wireless electrical power receiver is carried by the deployable structure, in respective positions where wireless electrical power transfer between the wireless electrical power transmitter and receiver powers the device via the receiving circuit when the deployable structure is in its deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Quigley, Vishwatej Mane, Brian Carlson, Evan Whitney, Nathaniel Fuller, Scott McKinnon