John Gregory Gibbs

US Patent:

20030047370, Mar 13, 2003

Filed:

Oct 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/268489

Inventors:

John Gibbs - Mooresville IN, US

International Classification:

B60R021/00

US Classification:

180/271000

Abstract:

This invention is a bumper device for the front part of an existing train. A railroad car coupler can attach or detach the bumper device. The most important feature of this bumper device is; if a train collides with a vehicle at a cross intersection, the bumper device distributes the train's inertial force into a pressure force over some portion of the vehicle's surface area. By this action; the vehicle will incur less structural damage than just metal to metal contact. The three preferred versions of the bumper device are; the airbag bumper device, the spring bumper device and the starfoam bumper device. The airbag bumper device can be all one giant airbag or a collection of smaller airbags threaded together and lifted off the railroad tracks. An individual airbag can have an inner airbag in case the outer airbag ruptures. It is also possible to fill individual airbags with a liquid that will increase the resistance of the impact force. The spring bumper device is two plates with coiled springs in-between them. The exterior plate has a larger surface area than the inner plate because it is in contact with the vehicle. The starfoam bumper device is a variation of the spring bumper device. Instead of springs in-between plates, starfoam strips is in-between structural plates. Again, the outer plate has a greater surface area than the inner plate.

US Patent:

52725855, Dec 21, 1993

Filed:

Jun 27, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/722306

Inventors:

John H. Gibbs - Mooresville IN

International Classification:

H02H 300

US Classification:

361 64

Abstract:

A system to stop or reduce electrical short circuits in homes. This invention is a refinement of the breaker box function. A computer controls breaker switching in the breaker box. A sum of the theoretical power consumption in a given breaker helps the computer determine if an electrical short is present. Outlet modules attach themselves to the home's standard electrical outlet (socket). They tell the computer when a new load (finite resistance) is to change the old theoretical breaker limit. The computer adjusts the theoretical limit to a new limit (never above maximum permitted) and allows the power drain on the breaker.

US Patent:

59012323, May 4, 1999

Filed:

Sep 3, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/707308

Inventors:

John Ho Gibbs - Mooresville IN

International Classification:

H04R 300

US Classification:

381 92

Abstract:

An acoustical sound system that triangulates the position of an unknown external sound source by computer analysis. The external sound intensity is measured in three fixed sound sensors. The computer inputs the sound intensities and by the inverse square law of intensity vs distance calculates the coordinates of the external sound source. In addition, once the source's position is known, the computer points a paraboloid microphone and speaker combined, towards the direction of the sound source. This allows a more localized bidirectional link between the source and other electronic connection source.

US Patent:

50501429, Sep 17, 1991

Filed:

Apr 30, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/516903

Inventors:

John H. Gibbs - Mooresville IN

International Classification:

G04B 4706

US Classification:

368 11

Abstract:

A wrist watch with a sound alarm is used for pill takers. The wrist watch is a standard wrist watch (displays time and date) except for two temperature sensors (one on the bottom and the other on the top). These temperture sensors prove when an owner is wearing the wrist watch. A pill taker can make a schedule of alarms based on when he/she wakes up, when they go to sleep, relative time (from when they wake up or go to sleep) or absolute time of day and date.

US Patent:

56545088, Aug 5, 1997

Filed:

Feb 23, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/393184

Inventors:

John Harvey Gibbs - Mooresville IN

International Classification:

G01L 116
C01N 2920

US Classification:

73599

Abstract:

New physical principles are used to determine the number of inventory goods on a store's display shelves. One principle involves transmitting waves (mechanical, sound or ultrasound) thru an unknown number of goods resting on an insulated plate. Another principle to determine the unknown mass is the inertial response caused by mechanical vibration. By measuring the reflected waves or response time, a computer or processor can determine the steady state condition. For the absorption method, the device receives waves and determines when the phase angle difference (between the transmitter's wave profile and the receivers' average wave profile) is zero. This zero phase angle means a standing wave exists in the insulated plate and its goods. By subtracting the intensities of the waves (transmitter minus receivers' average) the total absorption energy can be determined. Since the aborption energy of one item of goods added to itself equals the aborption energy of two items (or the aborption energy is additive), a calculation can determine the total number of unknown goods on the insulated plate.