Patents by Inventor Thomas Zevin

Thomas Zevin 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: 9308825
    Abstract: A portable electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) kit or system includes a docking connector having a docking head engagable with the charging port of an electric vehicle and a barrel or handle fixed to the docking head and having a barrel electrical connector. An EVSE controller is embedded within the docking connector. An electric power cable has a first connector for engaging the barrel electrical connector and a second connector at an opposite end of the cable for connection to an electrical utility receptacle. The embedded EVSE controller enables the docking connector to function as an EVSE unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Hayashigawa, Albert Joseph Flack, Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV, David Paul Soden, Scott Berman, Ronald Lee Norton, Michael Thomas Zevin, Michael Bissonette
  • Publication number: 20140035527
    Abstract: A portable electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) kit or system includes a docking connector having a docking head engagable with the charging port of an electric vehicle and a barrel or handle fixed to the docking head and having a barrel electrical connector. An EVSE controller is embedded within the docking connector. An electric power cable has a first connector for engaging the barrel electrical connector and a second connector at an opposite end of the cable for connection to an electrical utility receptacle. The embedded EVSE controller enables the docking connector to function as an EVSE unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Larry Hayashigawa, Albert Joseph Flack, Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV, David Paul Soden, Scott Berman, Ronald Lee Norton, Michael Thomas Zevin, Michael Bissonette
  • Publication number: 20070063092
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a notch finding mechanism that at least partially supports and drives a core carrying printer media. The notch finding mechanism includes a notch finding spring and a plurality of support posts that extend from a support disk. The notch finding spring includes a plurality of fingers constructed of a flexible sheet material, and the fingers are positioned circumferentially and adjacent each other to define a plurality of spaces between the fingers. In addition, the fingers are biased radially outwardly, and each of the fingers has a free end that has a width that is approximately matched to a width of a notch in an end of the core. The bias of one of the fingers urges the free end of the finger into the notch aligned with the finger when the core is placed over the fingers and is rotated a small amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Zevin, James Engel