Patents by Inventor William Hegarty

William Hegarty 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: 12230165
    Abstract: A driving simulation system includes a simulated driver cockpit which includes simulated controls, a display control input, and a video display providing a simulated driving environment to the driver. The system further includes a computerized simulation control module including programming to operate a driving simulation. The driving simulation includes driving rules. The module further including programming to monitor performance of the driver during the driving simulation and compare the performance of the driver to the driving rules. The module further includes programming to generate an untextualized feedback regarding performance of the driver relative to the driving rules, monitor an input by the driver to the display control input, and selectively display the untextualized feedback to the driver based upon the input by the driver to the display control input. The selective display is operable to enable private viewing of the untextualized feedback by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: FAAC Incorporated
    Inventors: Chuck Deakins, William Martin, Travis Staley, Steven Olson, Christopher Hegarty, David S. Bouwkamp
  • Publication number: 20240334562
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system with central batteries power remote LED fixtures and exit signs, with all components integrated throughout a single or multiple buildings. Status reports are available on demand and the system will generate written records required by the Life Safety Code. A wide range of fixtures optimized for emergency lighting are available for interior and exterior applications and all can be monitored via internet, with report displays available on any digital device. Easy access to batteries, automated testing, high lumen outputs, efficient optics and long lamp life ensure the lowest possible life cycle costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Publication number: 20200245434
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system with central batteries power remote LED fixtures and exit signs, with all components integrated throughout a single or multiple buildings. Status reports are available on demand and the system will generate written records required by the Life Safety Code. A wide range of fixtures optimized for emergency lighting are available for interior and exterior applications and all can be monitored via internet, with report displays available on any digital device. Easy access to batteries, automated testing, high lumen outputs, efficient optics and long lamp life ensure the lowest possible life cycle costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Publication number: 20160212818
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system with central batteries power remote LED fixtures and exit signs, with all components integrated throughout a single or multiple buildings. Status reports are available on demand and the system will generate written records required by the Life Safety Code. A wide range of fixtures optimized for emergency lighting are available for interior and exterior applications and all can be monitored via internet, with report displays available on any digital device. Easy access to batteries, automated testing, high lumen outputs, efficient optics and long lamp life ensure the lowest possible life cycle costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Patent number: 9277632
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system with central batteries power remote LED fixtures and exit signs, with all components integrated throughout a single or multiple buildings. Status reports are available on demand and the system will generate written records required by the Life Safety Code. A wide range of fixtures optimized for emergency lighting are available for interior and exterior applications and all can be monitored via internet, with report displays available on any digital device. Easy access to batteries, automated testing, high lumen outputs, efficient optics and long lamp life ensure the lowest possible life cycle costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Signtex, Inc.
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Publication number: 20140320011
    Abstract: An emergency lighting system with central batteries power remote LED fixtures and exit signs, with all components integrated throughout a single or multiple buildings. Status reports are available on demand and the system will generate written records required by the Life Safety Code. A wide range of fixtures optimized for emergency lighting are available for interior and exterior applications and all can be monitored via internet, with report displays available on any digital device. Easy access to batteries, automated testing, high lumen outputs, efficient optics and long lamp life ensure the lowest possible life cycle costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Signtex, Inc.
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Patent number: 5851061
    Abstract: An emergency lighting fixture which is recessed within a wall or ceiling is disclosed. The emergency lighting fixture is contained within a housing which is installed into a cavity within the wall or ceiling. During the normal operation of the primary lighting system the emergency lighting fixture remains concealed by a panel which is flush with the wall or ceiling. The panel is attached to the housing by hinges and has a mirrored rear surface. Located within the housing is a high intensity halogen lamp and a solenoid piston assembly. Upon the failure of the primary lighting system the solenoid actuates the arm of the piston opening the panel which activates the halogen lamp. The halogen lamp produces a high intensity beam of light which is reflected by the mirrored rear surface of the panel illuminating the desired area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: William Hegarty
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Patent number: 5276591
    Abstract: An illuminated sign system using high brightness LEDs and a translucent graphic panel with suitable opacity for the transmission of light. The graphic panel is illuminated by light from the LEDs which is injected into the edge of the graphic panel causing graphics applied to a surface of the graphic panel to become illuminated. Although LEDs produce a very narrow beam of light, uniform lighting of the graphic panel is possible due to the efficient internal reflection of light that occurs within the translucent graphic panel. Light injected into the edge of the graphic panel is efficiently diffused without the uses of a diffusing sheet between the LEDs and the graphic panel. Unlike illuminated signs of illumination that use LEDs for direct illumination of a graphic panel, the invention produces an equivalent level of graphic brightness while requiring fewer LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Patent number: 4383382
    Abstract: A self-luminous safety sign with variable legend capability. A housing supports a faceplate having safety warnings or symbols thereon. Self-luminous lights, adapted to illuminate selected characters or symbols on the faceplate without external electrical connections, are selectively mounted in the housing. The lights are removable from and displaceable within the housing so that the desired characters or symbols on the faceplate can be illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: Self-Powered Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: William Hegarty
  • Patent number: 4183595
    Abstract: In the filling of small-bore tubing with a gas under conditions such that the purity of the gas is maintained during the filling operation, a pump-head having large interior and exterior conduits connectable to a high-speed high-vacuum pump provides for rapid evacuation. The tubing can be heated for removal of traces of oxygen-containing contaminants from the interior thereof. Filling is effected by means of small-bore tubing; a valve-plug permits sealing-off of the major portion of the interior conduit so that the volume of the gas remaining in the interior of the pump-head subsequent to the filling operation is small. The pressure in glass tubing is reduced below atmospheric by immersing the tubing in a suitable chilling mixture, thereby making it possible to seal off the tubing by heating it to fusion and allowing it to collapse. The tubing to be filled with gas may be held in a casting which fits to the pump-head sealingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Self-Powered Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventor: William Hegarty