Patents by Inventor Tom Cullinan

Tom Cullinan 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).

  • Dock management system with GFCI failure indication
    Patent number: 11437805
    Abstract: In a method of warning of a hazardous electrical condition at a dock with wiring coupled to a voltage source via a dock breaker, an electric voltage between a ground and at least one of the dock frame or the water is detected. A plurality of voltage values of the electric voltage is stored. When at least two successive voltage values of the plurality voltage values exceeds a baseline safe voltage by a preset margin, then a shock warning signal is asserted, a dock breaker is opened and a shock warning indication is transmitted to a remote unit via a communication chipset. When at a voltage is sensed in the dock wiring system after the dock breaker has been opened, then a faulty dock breaker warning indication is transmitted to the remote unit via the communication chipset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DockIQ, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, Jr., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas, Tom Cullinan
  • Dock Management System with GFCI Failure Indication
    Publication number: 20220045501
    Abstract: In a method of warning of a hazardous electrical condition at a dock with wiring coupled to a voltage source via a dock breaker, an electric voltage between a ground and at least one of the dock frame or the water is detected. A plurality of voltage values of the electric voltage is stored. When at least two successive voltage values of the plurality voltage values exceeds a baseline safe voltage by a preset margin, then a shock warning signal is asserted, a dock breaker is opened and a shock warning indication is transmitted to a remote unit via a communication chipset. When at a voltage is sensed in the dock wiring system after the dock breaker has been opened, then a faulty dock breaker warning indication is transmitted to the remote unit via the communication chipset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Matthews Thompson, JR., Brandon Loyal Turner, Mark Joseph Gordon, Daniel Steven Haligas, Tom Cullinan