Patents by Inventor STEPHEN SCOTT WIELAND

STEPHEN SCOTT WIELAND 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: 10600268
    Abstract: A key fob includes: communicator(s), a battery, memory, and processor(s) configured to: find signal strengths of received polls; determine, based on the signal strengths, that the received polls have: (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) leveled off; and if (a), issue a poll response; if (c), not issue the poll response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Edwin Hanson, Stephen Scott Wieland
  • Publication number: 20190035192
    Abstract: A key fob includes: communicator(s), a battery, memory, and processor(s) configured to: find signal strengths of received polls; determine, based on the signal strengths, that the received polls have: (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) leveled off; and if (a), issue a poll response; if (c), not issue the poll response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: RYAN EDWIN HANSON, STEPHEN SCOTT WIELAND
  • Patent number: 10096184
    Abstract: A key fob includes: communicator(s), a battery, memory, and processor(s) configured to: find signal strengths of received polls; determine, based on the signal strengths, that the received polls have: (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) leveled off; and if (a), issue a poll response; if (c), not issue the poll response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Edwin Hanson, Stephen Scott Wieland
  • Publication number: 20170358159
    Abstract: A key fob includes: communicator(s), a battery, memory, and processor(s) configured to: find signal strengths of received polls; determine, based on the signal strengths, that the received polls have: (a) increased, (b) decreased, (c) leveled off; and if (a), issue a poll response; if (c), not issue the poll response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: RYAN EDWIN HANSON, STEPHEN SCOTT WIELAND