Patents by Inventor Thomas Peter Pinewski

Thomas Peter Pinewski 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).

  • Techniques for controlling A/C power distribution in powered furniture
    Patent number: 10348089
    Abstract: A powered furniture system can include at least a first article of powered furniture having a control circuit, a first number of power outlets, and a first identification circuit, and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second identification circuit. A method of controlling power distribution in the system can include separately communicating with the first and second identification circuits over a communications channel, receiving data representing the first and second numbers of power outlets, determining, using the received data representing the first and second numbers of power outlets, a total number of power outlets in the system, and controlling application of power to the first and second numbers of power outlets using the determined total number of power outlets in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Pinewski, Nicholas Simon Hazzard, Jeffrey Aymond, William Dale Tischer, Jason Charles Jaeger
  • Techniques for controlling A/C power distribution in powered furniture
    Patent number: 10186900
    Abstract: In an example, a method of controlling power distribution in a powered furniture system including a first article of powered furniture having a first controller and a first number of power outlets and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second controller can include determining a first total number of power outlets in the system, wherein the first total number of power outlets includes at least the first number of power outlets of the first article of powered furniture. The method can include controlling application of power to the first number of power outlets associated with the first article of powered furniture using the determined first total number of power outlets in the system, and transmitting the first total number of power outlets to a second controller of a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Pinewski, Nicholas Simon Hazzard, Jeffrey Aymond
  • TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING A/C POWER DISTRIBUTION IN POWERED FURNITURE
    Publication number: 20180351360
    Abstract: A powered furniture system can include at least a first article of powered furniture having a control circuit, a first number of power outlets, and a first identification circuit, and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second identification circuit. A method of controlling power distribution in the system can include separately communicating with the first and second identification circuits over a communications channel, receiving data representing the first and second numbers of power outlets, determining, using the received data representing the first and second numbers of power outlets, a total number of power outlets in the system, and controlling application of power to the first and second numbers of power outlets using the determined total number of power outlets in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Pinewski, Nicholas Simon Hazzard, Jeffrey Aymond, William Dale Tischer, Jason Charles Jaeger
  • TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING A/C POWER DISTRIBUTION IN POWERED FURNITURE
    Publication number: 20180248404
    Abstract: In an example, a method of controlling power distribution in a powered furniture system including a first article of powered furniture having a first controller and a first number of power outlets and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second controller can include determining a first total number of power outlets in the system, wherein the first total number of power outlets includes at least the first number of power outlets of the first article of powered furniture. The method can include controlling application of power to the first number of power outlets associated with the first article of powered furniture using the determined first total number of power outlets in the system, and transmitting the first total number of power outlets to a second controller of a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Pinewski, Nicholas Simon Hazzard, Jeffrey Aymond