Patents by Inventor Stephen William McMahon

Stephen William McMahon 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).

  • Portable data collection apparatus for collecting maintenance data from a field tour
    Patent number: 5956658
    Abstract: A data collection system (20) is described which includes a hand-held data collector (22) for connecting to a computer processing station (PC) (24) which has software which provides a grouping of machines, from which data is to be collected, which are not ordered in a predetermined or measurement sequence. The grouped information is downloaded from the PC (24) to the data collector (22) and, once in the data collector, the user lists or rearranges the grouping as desired using the keys of the data collector to specify a desired sequence in the field. This means that the user is able to create the sequence of measurements"live", that is on tour or during the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Diagnostic Instruments Limited
    Inventor: Stephen William McMahon