Joseph M Charles

US Patent:

6658109, Dec 2, 2003

Filed:

Jun 22, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/338949

Inventors:

Paul D. Steinke - Elk Grove IL
Joseph T. Charles - Inverness IL
Jay T. Biondo - Bloomingdale IL
Joan M. Cook - Palatine IL
Scott M. Keane - Mt. Prospect IL

Assignee:

Charles Industries, Inc. - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H04M 908

US Classification:

379413, 37941301, 37939901

Abstract:

A circuit and supplemental power source connection scheme for a telecommunications modem transmission link are described. The supplemental power source is connectable at any point along a telecommunications wire, including the terminals of repeaters and remote terminals. The combiner circuit includes a diode bridge for ensuring the proper connection of externally connected high voltage power to internal circuitry of the power combiner. The combiner also includes a line polarity matching circuit that automatically configures to signally connect internal positive and negative voltage signals to corresponding positive and negative external signal lines on a telecommunications modem transmission link.

US Patent:

7351909, Apr 1, 2008

Filed:

Jun 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/149639

Inventors:

Walter T. Harwood - Streamwood IL, US
Glen E. Ledbury - Quincy IL, US
G. Bruce Dilling - Elgin IL, US
Joseph T. Charles - Arlington Heights IL, US
John Fearncombe - Lake Barrington IL, US

Assignee:

Charles Industries, Ltd. - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H02G 3/08

US Classification:

174 50, 174 60, 174 37, 174 39, 220 38

Abstract:

An outdoor pedestal enclosure for housing telecommunications equipment is provided. The outdoor pedestal enclosure includes a base section and a cover engageable with the base section so as to define an interior space. The base section and cover are made of a multilayered plastic material including an outer layer and an inner layer.

US Patent:

20110084650, Apr 14, 2011

Filed:

Oct 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/901089

Inventors:

Jeffrey KAISER - Roselle IL, US
Joseph L. St. Romain - Fair Oaks Ranch TX, US
Joseph T. Charles - Jupiter FL, US

Assignee:

Charles Industries, Ltd. - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H02J 7/00

US Classification:

320107

Abstract:

A battery charger is provided. The charger includes an AC input for connection to a source of AC power and a plurality of DC outputs each being connectable to a battery bank. A user interface is provided for inputting battery information including battery voltage and battery type for each DC output. A main controller is in communication with the user interface and receives the battery information from the user interface. The main controller uses the battery information to provide independent charging instructions for each DC output. At least one power module is in communication with the main controller and receives the charging instructions from the main controller. The power module is configured to convert the AC power from the AC input to DC power and is selectively connectable with each of the plurality DC outputs. The power module is configured such that the charging instructions from the main controller direct the power module as to which DC output to connect and a charge voltage and a charge amps to be provided by the power module to that DC output.

US Patent:

51608529, Nov 3, 1992

Filed:

May 11, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/522652

Inventors:

Joseph T. Charles - Inverness IL
Michael A. Reinhart - Gering NE

Assignee:

Charles Industries, Ltd. - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H02J 304

US Classification:

307 77

Abstract:

An adapter for connecting an electrical load which is mobile, such as the electrical system of a pleasure craft, to a stationary power source, such as the electrical pedestal at a marina. In its preferred embodiment, the adapter serves to connect a higher voltage load (such as a 240 volt electrical load of a pleasure craft) to a pair of conventional 120 volt sources. Input cables include a pair of connectors for independent connection to sources on the pedestal. Isolation means within the adapter serves to isolate the input connectors from each other during the connection operation such that a user holding one connector while connecting the other will not receive an electrical shock. Sensing means within the adapter determines that the sources are in the proper relationship to sum to the level required by the mobile load. When the sensing means determines that the sources are connected and in the proper relationship, contacts are closed connecting the summed inputs to the output for driving the load.

US Patent:

42608538, Apr 7, 1981

Filed:

Aug 30, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/071019

Inventors:

Joseph T. Charles - Barrington Hills IL

International Classification:

H03H 300
H01F 1708

US Classification:

178 46

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for mounting and aligning electrical components in a generally cylindrical protective housing including a plurality of generally annular mounting trays having upstanding mounting pins concentrically disposed thereon for receiving annular electrical components with means on the trays for orienting the components on vertically stacked trays in staggered circumferential relation and preferably with radial slits in the trays to permit radial insertion of electrical leads from the outer periphery of the trays to the centrally disposed apertures therein.

US Patent:

41172647, Sep 26, 1978

Filed:

Aug 2, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/821244

Inventors:

Joseph T. Charles - Barrington Hills IL
James P. Ryan - Marengo IL

Assignee:

Coil Sales & Manufacturing Company - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H04Q 100

US Classification:

179 1PC

Abstract:

A device for testing the tip-ring polarity of telephone jacks includes a battery and an LED, the device being capable of being plugged into a jack. When a diode is placed across the jack, the LED will light if the final terminals of the jack are wired with the correct tip-ring polarity. The disclosure teaches that the diode may be incorporated in various types of packages and may be connected across the jack in several different ways.

US Patent:

42096715, Jun 24, 1980

Filed:

Jul 20, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/926572

Inventors:

Joseph T. Charles - Barrington Hills IL
James P. Ryan - Marengo IL

Assignee:

Coil Sales & Manufacturing Company - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H04M 124

US Classification:

179175

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for testing the tip-ring polarity of telephone receptacles connected in parallel to a non-working pair includes a battery and an LED, the device being capable of being plugged into a subscriber's telephone receptacle. When a diode is properly placed across the non-working pair, the LED will light if the final terminals of the receptacle are wired with the correct tip-ring polarity. The disclosure teaches that the diode may be incorporated in various types of packages and may be connected across the non-working pair in several different ways.

US Patent:

62814540, Aug 28, 2001

Filed:

Jun 21, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/337137

Inventors:

Joseph T. Charles - Inverness IL
Steven D. Evans - Algonquin IL
Steven P. Moehling - Crystal Lake IL
Ronald Washburn - Marshall IL
Eduardo Leon - Hanover Park IL
Walter Hardwood - Streamwood IL
Gerald A. Greco - Elk Grove IL

Assignee:

Charles Industries, Ltd. - Rolling Meadows IL

International Classification:

H01H 1958
H01H 904

US Classification:

200 11R

Abstract:

A switchable load coil case is provided having a switch assembly connected to the load coil and incoming and outgoing wire pair. The switch assembly has an actuator movable between loaded and bypass positions wherein the switch assembly connects the load coil in series with the incoming and outgoing wire pair when the actuator is in the loaded position and connects the incoming and outgoing wire pair while bypassing the load coil when the actuator is in the bypass position.