ROBERT CHAD GILLING
Pilots at Rivers Edge, Caro, MI

6688503, Feb 10, 2004

Jan 15, 2002

10/047559

Thomas Viazanko - The Villages FL 32159
Robert Gilling - Caro MI 48723
Thomas Kenny - Troy MI 48098

A41D 2722

223 89, 223 94

An adjustable garment hanger is provided which includes a body, a pair of fixed arms extending from the body, such that an upper end of each fixed arm includes a guide rail, and a mid-section of each fixed arm includes an indexing track. The adjustable garment hanger also includes a pair of telescoping arms slidingly disposed on the guide rail for each fixed arm, wherein the telescoping arm includes two side walls joined by an upper wall, and a plurality of opposed indexing arms that travel in the indexing track of the fixed arm to retain a position of the telescoping arm relative to the fixed arm. The adjustable garment hanger further includes a stop integral with the fixed arm for limiting the travel of the telescoping arm relative to the fixed arm in a fully extended position.

8455832, Jun 4, 2013

Jan 14, 2011

13/006870

Mark Statham - Risingsun OH, US
Eric Engler - Cass City MI, US
Steve Fister - Tucson AZ, US
Robert L. Gilling - Caro MI, US
Thomas A. Kenny - Troy MI, US
Rory Sayers - Davison MI, US
Clinton Starrs - Fenton MI, US

Infection Prevention Technologies - Auburn Hills MI

G01J 1/44

2503541, 2503361, 250365, 250395, 2504611, 250504 R

Field balancing may be performed with an irradiation system including a plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters. The irradiation system powers the radiant-energy emitters from a power source and radiant energy is emitted from the radiant-energy emitters, where an amount of radiant energy emitted from each emitter is capable of being varied based on power received from the power source. A plurality of radiant-energy sensors detects an amount of radiant energy which includes radiant energy created directly by at least one of the radiant-energy emitters. The amount of radiant energy detected at at least two of the radiant-energy sensors is compared, and at least one of the radiant-energy emitters is adjusted by varying the power received from the power source so that the amount of radiant energy detected at each of the radiant-energy sensors tends towards becoming approximately equal. The emitting of radiant energy from each radiant-energy emitter is terminated when a total amount of radiant energy emitted from the plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters exceeds a predetermined threshold value, where the threshold value is sufficient to allow the total amount of radiant energy emitted from the plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters to sanitize a particular area in which the emitters are located.

2003020, Oct 30, 2003

Apr 30, 2002

10/136749

Thomas Kenny - Troy MI, US
Raj Chawla - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Carl Szasz - Rochester Hills MI, US
Robert Gilling - Caro MI, US
Thomas Marquardt - Troy MI, US
Ernest Pacsai - Wixom MI, US

G-5 Electronics - Troy MI

F21V001/00

362/183000, 362/276000

A solar powered light assembly having an integral power management system includes a means for collecting solar energy, and a plurality of energy storage devices. The device also includes a control means for selecting to charge one energy storage device and selecting to discharge one energy storage device to a predetermined level before selecting to recharge the selected discharging energy storage device. The device also includes a sensing means for sensing a predetermined charging condition and an energy charge switching means for selectively charging one of the energy storage devices. The device further includes a discharge sensing means and an energy discharge switching means for selectively discharging energy from the selected discharging energy storage device and a load switching means for delivering energy from the selected discharging energy storage device to the load for powering the solar powered device.

2003011, Jun 26, 2003

Dec 21, 2001

10/029090

Robert Fegley - Rochester Hills MI, US
Rajesh Chawla - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Robert Gilling - Caro MI, US
Thomas Kenny - Troy MI, US
Thomas Marquqrdt - Troy MI, US
Carl Szasz - Rochester Hills MI, US

G08B001/00

340/309300, 368/012000, 340/573100, 340/407100

A system and method of providing a silent alarm is provided for tactilely alerting a user. The system includes a timekeeping device having a timekeeping mechanism for tracking real time, an input mechanism operatively connected to the timekeeping mechanism for setting an alarm time, a processor operatively connected to the timekeeping mechanism that monitors the real time and the alarm time, and a wireless data transmitter operatively connected to the processor, such that the wireless data transmitter transmits a signal at a predetermined radio frequency when the real time corresponds to the alarm time. The system also includes a silent alarm signaling device secured to a user, wherein said silent alarm signaling device includes a wireless data receiver, a processor operatively connected to the wireless data receiver, and a signaling mechanism operatively controlled by the processor. The method includes the steps of the user initializing the alarm time for the timekeeping device using the input mechanism, comparing the alarm time to the real time, activating a silent alarm if the alarm time corresponds to the real time by transmitting a predetermined radio frequency signal from the wireless data transmitter to the wireless data receiver, processing the signal using a microprocessor operatively connected to the wireless data receiver, and activating a signaling mechanism to provide the user a tactile alarm.

2011003, Feb 17, 2011

Aug 10, 2010

12/806313

Thomas Arthur Kenny - Troy MI, US
Timonthy P. Lyon - Daerborn MI, US
Steven Fister - Tuscon AZ, US
Ernest Pacsai - Wixom MI, US
James Richard Heim - Kakamazoo MI, US
Robert Lawerence Gilling - Caro MI, US

G08B 5/22

340480

A shut off safety device and method for reducing accidental activation of electrically controlled devices in a vehicle such as awnings, electrically controlled jacks, electrically controlled brakes in a towed RV is described and claimed. Instead of the electrically controlled device being deactivated based on the memory of a human to do a safety shut off device comprising a controller that is automatically activated in response to an act occurring within that or a second vehicle associated with said first vehicle, to provide a shutdown signal, a RF receiver responsive to the activation of the controller to provide a second signal, and an electrical means associated with said electrically activated and operated device said electrical means being responsive to said second signal to shut down and de-energize said device until reactivated by an operator of said vehicle.

8596916, Dec 3, 2013

May 25, 2011

13/068970

Joseph M Rohde - Bay City MI, US
Richard A Rohde - Saginaw MI, US
Robert L Gilling - Caro MI, US
James R. Heim - Kalamazoo MI, US
Michael J Kenny - Cedarburg WI, US
Thomas A Kenny - Troy MI, US

E02F 5/10

405184, 405174

Apparatus for forming an underground passageway and simultaneously laying therein a conduit or other elongate components comprises a rotary drill member coupled to a rotary and axially movable drill stem. The coupling is one which virtually automatically enables the drill stem to be coupled to and uncoupled from the drill member and comprises as one embodiment interlocking driving lugs carried by the drill stem and the drill member. The driving lugs are sandwiched between telescoped portions of the drill member and the drill stem and thereby are reinforced by such portions of the drill stem and the drill member in such manner as to preclude movement of the driving lugs in both radially inward and radially outward directions. Other couplings can be used.

2008011, May 22, 2008

Nov 17, 2006

11/601022

Thomas Kenny - Troy MI, US
Ernest Pacsai - Wixom MI, US
Robert Gilling - Caro MI, US

B60C 23/00, G08B 21/00

340447, 3405391, 340442, 717168

Programmable wireless sensors are disclosed that comprise a power supply, a sensing component, a transmitting component adapted to transmit information obtained by the sensing device or information derived from information obtained by the sensing component, a receiving component adapted to receive software, a memory component adapted to store received software, and control logic. The control logic includes logic operable to execute stored software. The stored software, when executed, is operable to program at least one operating characteristic of the programmable wireless sensor. Also disclosed are systems useful in selecting software to program or reprogram programmable wireless sensors. The programmable wireless sensors may be programmed or reprogrammed to emulate conventional wireless sensors, such as conventional TPMS sensors.

6904796, Jun 14, 2005

Apr 21, 2003

10/420175

Ernest Pacsai - Wixom MI, US
Thomas Kenny - Troy MI, US
Carl Szasz - Ortonville MI, US
Robert Gilling - Caro MI, US

G-5 Electronics, LLC - Troy MI

G01M017/02

731468, 73146

A tire positioning tool is provided that can be utilized to work with remote tire monitoring systems made by different manufacturers. The tire positioning tools are capable of activating RTMS tire sensors using one of a plurality of methods. Tire positioning tools can be manufactured that are cable of receiving signals from RTMS tire sensors using a plurality of different frequencies. Tire positioning tools can be manufactured that are also capable of transmitting data to a RTMS receiving unit and/or receiving data from a RTMS receiving unit using a plurality of signal frequencies. Using the provided tire positioning tool, a technician tasked to install a new tire or to rotate tires can utilize a single tool to work with remote tire monitoring systems made by different manufacturers.

2011030, Dec 15, 2011

Jun 11, 2010

12/802674

James Richard Heim - Kalamazoo MI, US
Steven Hammond Strickland - Kure Beach NC, US
Thomas Arthur Kenny - Troy MI, US
Robert Lawrence Gilling - Caro MI, US

F04D 29/00

416 62

A ceiling fan cover that can be easily placed onto and removed from a ceiling fan to provide the fan from dust, wind, water, moisture, paint and other potentially harmful element. The cover can be constructed of a flexible or non-flexible material that contains opening and closing means that permit the cover to be placed onto and closed around said fan and then opened to remove the cover from the fan. The cover preferably is made of a material to permit its reuse.

6989741, Jan 24, 2006

Aug 7, 2002

10/214642

Thomas Kenny - Troy MI, US
Raj Chawla - Neenah WI, US
Ernest Pacsai - Wixom MI, US
Carl Szasz - Rochester Hills MI, US
Robert Gilling - Caro MI, US
Thomas Marquardt - Troy MI, US

G-5 Electronics - Troy MI

G08B 26/00

340505, 3405391, 34053911, 34053913, 34053932, 3405721

Methods and systems for tracking objects. Systems of the present invention include a base station capable of transmitting and receiving signals at multiple frequencies. Each object to be tracked has attached to it what for the purpose of the present specification is referred to as an electronic tag (“E-Tag”). Each E-Tag can transmit signals that can be received and interpreted by the base station and each E-Tag can receive and interpret signals transmitted by the base station. The transmitting (and receiving) of signals between the base station and an E-Tag allows the base station to track the E-Tag, and therefore, track the object to which the E-Tag is attached. Methods utilized to track objects in accordance with the present invention vary depending on the distance of the object from a base station (“range” of the object). The distances from the base station are divided into zones with the lowest numbered zone (that is, zone ) being closest to the base station and the highest numbered zone being farthest away from the base station. Typically, embodiments of the present invention are adapted to track objects in four different zones.