Patents by Inventor Vincent Mitchell

Vincent Mitchell 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: 10153581
    Abstract: A system for providing marine shore power to a vessel regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket installed on the shore power source is disclosed. A vessel plug, which is intended to be installed on a vessel's shore power cable, has a male adapter component which accepts a plurality of adapters. The plurality of adapter each have a female socket component and a male adapter component. The male plug component of the vessel plug is compatible with and plugs into the female socket component of each of the plurality of adapters. Each of the male adapter components of the plurality of components are each configured differently so as to enable a vessel to connect to a shore power source regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket installed on the shore power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Vincent Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20170256899
    Abstract: A system for providing marine shore power to a vessel regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket installed on the shore power source is disclosed. A vessel plug, which is intended to be installed on a vessel's shore power cable, has a male adapter component which accepts a plurality of adapters. The plurality of adapter each have a female socket component and a male adapter component. The male plug component of the vessel plug is compatible with and plugs into the female socket component of each of the plurality of adapters. Each of the male adapter components of the plurality of components are each configured differently so as to enable a vessel to connect to a shore power source regardless of the configuration of the shore power source or the configuration of any socket installed on the shore power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: Vincent Mitchell
  • Patent number: 8692673
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for locating devices having a given state by locating a device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds to queries from an RFID tag reader independently of the state of the device, and determining the state of the device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device. A system for locating devices having a given state comprises an RFID tag reader for locating a device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds independently of the state of the device, and an RFID tag reader for determining the state of the device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Lee Hunt, Vincent Mitchel Padua, Robin Radez, William Alexander Reichert, III, Gregory Covert Smith, Oriana Jeannette Williams
  • Publication number: 20090045957
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for locating devices having a given state by locating a device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds to queries from an RFID tag reader independently of the state of the device, and determining the state of the device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device. A system for locating devices having a given state comprises an RFID tag reader for locating a device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds independently of the state of the device, and an RFID tag reader for determining the state of the device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIN
    Inventors: Christian Lee Hunt, Vincent Mitchel Padua, Robin Radez, William Alexander Reichert, III, Gregory Covert Smith, Oriana Jeannette Williams
  • Patent number: 7463153
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for locating devices having a given state by locating a device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds to queries from an RFID tag reader independently of the state of the device, and determining the state of the device using an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device. The invention also includes systems for locating devices having a given state. The systems comprise an RFID tag reader for locating a device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds independently of the state of the device, and an RFID tag reader for determining the state of the device by reading an RFID tag associated with the device that responds selectively in dependence upon the state of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Lee Hunt, Vincent Mitchel Padua, Robin Radez, William Alexander Reichert, III, Gregory Covert Smith, Oriana Jeannette Williams
  • Patent number: 7289027
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for managing a device connected to a network include querying the device using the network, querying the device using a simulated RFID tag, and querying the device using a suppressible RFID tag to determine status information about the device. A system for managing a device connected to a network comprises means for monitoring status of the device using the network, for receiving status information about the device reported by a simulated RFID tag, and for receiving status information about the device reported by a suppressible RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Lee Hunt, Vincent Mitchel Padua, Robin Radez, William Alexander Reichert, III, Gregory Covert Smith, Oriana Jeannette Williams
  • Publication number: 20040174246
    Abstract: A system used to open a vehicle door consisting of a multiple radio frequency transmitter and a similarly coded radio frequency “RF” receiver. Said receiver is capable of generating a momentary RF trigger signal when a valid coded radio frequency signal is received. The system also incorporates a control switch connected to a vehicle transmission shift sensor that will produce an in-park signal when the vehicle's transmission is in park and a controlled on/off switch that will produce an on signal when the switch is in the on position. A control circuit will produce a ready signal when said in-park and on signals are present that is used to enable a door latch release circuit and activate a status indicator. The system will operate a bi-directional electric solenoid to operate a vehicle door latch mechanism in a direction necessary to open a vehicle door when said ready signal and RF trigger signals are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Vincent Mitchell