Patents by Inventor William A. Pick

William A. Pick 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: 11958491
    Abstract: A target vehicle, for example a two-wheeled vehicle, for mounting onto an ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) testing platform is provided. The target vehicle comprises one or more sensors and an actuation assembly comprising an actuator. The sensors are arranged to measure a parameter relating to the dynamics of the target vehicle and may for example comprise accelerometers. The actuation assembly adjusts the tilt of the target vehicle in dependence on the output of the sensor(s), for example by means of a control unit. The tilting of the vehicle during cornering may thus be simulated. The measuring of such a parameter and the adjusting of the tilt may be conducted remotely from the testing platform. The sensor(s), control unit and actuator assembly may be self-contained within the target vehicle. A method of modeling a VRU (Vulnerable Road User) for ADAS testing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Anthony Best Dynamics Ltd.
    Inventors: William Bright, Colin Martin, Gabriele Cocco, Andrew Pick
  • Patent number: 5336861
    Abstract: A switch is provided with a button frame which has two openings and two associated cam surfaces. A pivot pin can be assembled with a support structure and the button frame can be assembled onto the pivot pin by distorting the button frame. One end of the pivot pin is first inserted into a first opening of the button frame. Then the button frame is pushed downward to cause a second end of the pivot pin to move along a cam surface associated with a second opening. Further downward force causes the second end of the pivot pin to snap into the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Brad L. Cummins, William A. Pick, Ronald R. Sorn, Karl F. Stocker
  • Patent number: 5108470
    Abstract: A charging element having odor and gas adsorbing properties for use in electrostatic air filters of the charged media type is disclosed. The charging element improves the efficiency of such air filters and significantly broadens the range of pollutants removed from air filtered therethrough. The charging element comprises an electrically conductive, air pervious structure impregnated with an odor and gas absorbing agent, preferably activated charcoal. The charging element replaces any one or more of the traditional metallic charging elements in known electrostatic air filters of the charged media type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Inventor: William Pick
  • Patent number: 5059218
    Abstract: A construction for supporting a flexible sheet is disclosed which includes a U-shaped channel having opposing flanges that are adapted to receive a complimentary spline member for frictionally engaging a flexible sheet, such as window screen, between a surface of the spline member and an adjacent inner surface of one flange of the U-shaped channel. The structure has several practical applications including the construction of window screens, electrostatic air filters of the charged media type, storm windows of plastic film and the like. An improved construction for an electrostatic air filter of the charged media type is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventor: William Pick
  • Patent number: 4978372
    Abstract: An electrostatic air filtration system of the charged media type wherein contact between the filter media and the electrostatic charging media of the filter is minimized or eliminated to increase the efficiency of the filter. The fibrous filter media is either corrugated to minimize its contact with the charging media or separated from the charging media by nonconductive spacers. This dramatically increases the efficiency of the filter by reducing the voltage drop on the charged media caused by conduction across a filter medium in close contact with both a charged and a grounded medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Inventor: William Pick