Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Fox

Thomas Michael Fox 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: 6397720
    Abstract: A novel resizing die (100/300) for a cartridge case has been provided for efficiently and quickly resizing a cartridge case during a reloading operation. The novel die includes a precise measuring system (122, 124, 108/122, 306, 108) for being able to accurately and precisely adjust the position of the resizing die when already threaded into an internal bore of a reloading press so that after a first resizing process is performed, the resizing die of the present invention may be precisely adjusted by the length that the cartridge's headspace distance is too long or too short so that the next resizing process will yield a cartridge headspace distance that is in substantial accordance with a predetermined length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Fox, Jay Robert Mitchell
  • Patent number: 5973616
    Abstract: A local traffic signal controller (3) is interfaced to a conventional pager (16) to provide for centralized control of the traffic signals controlled by the local controller. The central controller (7) may use the existing pager infrastructure (12) to provide for the transfer of program control information to local controllers. A two-way pager may be utilized to provide for the return of information from the local traffic signal controller. Such return information may include indications of lamp failures, traffic pattern information and other status or traffic related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Grebe, Thomas Michael Fox
  • Patent number: 5943624
    Abstract: A cellular telephone (10) incorporates the electronics for implementing both a cellular telephone function (46) and a smartcard function (45). This allows the electronics to be protected from damage by the housing associated with the cellular telephone and also decreases the likelihood that the smartcard will be lost or stolen. The cellular telephone 10 also includes an RF interface (40) for wireless communication between the smartcard and an external reader. Further, by making use of the cellular telephone function, information associated with the smartcard function may be updated or modified via existing cellular telephone infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Fox, Gerald Vincent Piosenka, Kenneth Henry Schmidt