Patents by Inventor Vincent Duffy

Vincent Duffy 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: 20240100296
    Abstract: A package for a medical device such as an intermittent catheter has a case and a cap connected by threads. The case includes a hollow tube which is closed at one end and open at the other. A shoulder is formed near one end of the case. Above the shoulder is a cylindrical ferrule that includes external threads. The cap has internal threads selectably engageable with the threads on the ferrule to form a liquid-tight seal between the cap and case when the cap is installed on the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel E. O'Brien, Vincent Naughton, Martin McMenamin, Joseph N. Hanley, David A. Knauz, Martin P. Creaven, Stephen Collum, Jeanne E. Lee, Siobhan Duffy, Marine Veronique Germaine Richard, Eugene Canavan, Daniel A. March
  • Patent number: 9521299
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a camera (3, 4) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein a cover (10, 11) is moved between an operating position, in which the camera (3, 4) provides images of an environmental region (12, 13) of the motor vehicle (1), and a covering position, in which the cover (10, 11) covers the camera (3, 4) against the environmental region (12, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Connaught Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Thomas Deegan, Patrick Eoghan Denny, John Toner, Vincent Duffy, Fergal Lydon
  • Publication number: 20150334272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a camera (3, 4) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein a cover (10, 11) is moved between an operating position, in which the camera (3, 4) provides images of an environmental region (12, 13) of the motor vehicle (1), and a covering position, in which the cover (10, 11) covers the camera (3, 4) against the environmental region (12, 13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: CONNAUGHT ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Thomas Deegan, Patrick Eoghan Denny, John Toner, Vincent Duffy, Fergal Lydon
  • Patent number: 7123145
    Abstract: An anti-theft system (1) for a motor vehicle detects movement in the motor vehicle, while at the same time avoiding false alarms. A movement detector (2) comprises a transmitter circuit (3) which transmits a microwave signal in bursts of around six nanoseconds duration and a receiver circuit (4) which receives the transmitted signals and reflected signals. The transmitted and reflected signals are mixed, and envelope detected in an envelope detector (22). The signals from the envelope detector (22) are passed through three filters, namely, a low pass filter (25) which passes low frequency signals in the range of 1 Hz to 40 Hz, a high pass filter (26) which passes high frequency signals of greater than 100 Hz and a band pass filter 15 (27) which passes intermediate frequency signals in the range of 40 Hz to 80 Hz. The signals from the filters (25,26,27) are analysed in a microprocessor (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Hi-Key Limited
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Reilly, Derek Anthony Savage, Vincent Duffy
  • Publication number: 20040246124
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for analysing a signal from a movement detector for determining if movement has been detected in an area under surveillance, and an anti-theft system” An anti-theft system (1) for a motor vehicle detects movement in the motor vehicle, while at the same time avoiding false alarms. A movement detector (2) comprises a transmitter circuit (3) which transmits a microwave signal in bursts of around six nanoseconds duration and a receiver circuit (4) which receives the transmitted signals and reflected signals. The transmitted and reflected signals are mixed, and envelope detected in an envelope detector (22). The signals from the envelope detector (22) are passed through three filters, namely, a low pass filter (25) which passes low frequency signals in the range of 1 Hz to 40 Hz, a high pass filter (26) which passes high frequency signals of greater than 100 Hz and a band pass filter 15 (27) which passes intermediate frequency signals in the range of 40 Hz to 80 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Reilly, Derek Anthony Savage, Vincent Duffy