Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Spivey

Thomas R. Spivey 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).

  • Publication number: 20040220708
    Abstract: A vehicle-mountable, suspension monitoring system produces suspension-analysis information which can be used to determine adjustments to a vehicle suspension. Sensor structure located adjacent the vehicle suspension is connected to a control/processing/display (CPD) unit located adjacent the vehicle operator. The sensor structure senses suspension related information and communicates the suspension related information to the CPD unit. The CPD unit receives the suspension related information and converts it to suspension-analysis information. The CPD unit stores the suspension-analysis information and displays it to the vehicle operator. Alternatively, the suspension-analysis information is downloaded from the CPD unit to a digital computer for display as waveform data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Donald M. Owen, Thomas R. Spivey, J. Michael Halter, William H. Righter, Trev Hammon
  • Patent number: 6418360
    Abstract: A vehicle-mountable, suspension monitoring system produces suspension-analysis information which can be used to determine adjustments to a vehicle suspension. Sensor structure located adjacent the vehicle suspension is connected to a control/processing/display (CPD) unit located adjacent the vehicle operator. The sensor structure senses suspension related information and communicates the suspension related information to the CPD unit. The CPD unit receives the suspension related information and converts it to suspension-analysis information. The CPD unit stores the suspension-analysis information and displays it to the vehicle operator. Alternatively, the suspension-analysis information is downloaded from the CPD unit to a digital computer for display as waveform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Shockware
    Inventors: Thomas R. Spivey, Donald M. Owen, Trev Hammon, J. Michael Halter, William H. Righter
  • Patent number: 5586556
    Abstract: A pacemaker and heart monitoring and transmitting device connects by telephone to a remote receiving station by both cradle coupling to a patient telephone handset and hands-free communication modes. The device collects an analog patient signal, including electrical EKG activity and pacemaker stimulation pulse width information, and applies such analog signal to a microcontroller executing conversion to digital form and application of digital signal processing (DSP) to produce a digitally generated tone representing patient EKG and stimulation pulse width information for delivery by telephone connection to a remote receiving station. The device further reacts to DTMF tones originating from the remote station to alter operation including increase or decrease in speaker volume, activation of a patient alert signal, initiation of hands-free mode, and a variety of other command features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: T Z Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Spivey, Byron G. Zahler