Kenneth Wayne Jackson

US Patent:

46959173, Sep 22, 1987

Filed:

Dec 4, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/805072

Inventors:

Kenneth R. Jackson - Huntington Beach CA
Farshid Tofigh - Mission Viejo CA

Assignee:

Leach Corporation - Buena Park CA

International Classification:

H02H 908

US Classification:

361 58

Abstract:

Power to a load is controlled by actuation of an inductive circuit from a first condition of low inductance to a second condition of higher inductance in response to a preselected overcurrent condition. In a first preferred embodiment, the inductive circuit comprises a pair of coils electrically connectible so that magnetic fields produced by current flow in the coils oppose each other in the first condition, reducing the magnetic flux and thus the effective inductance of the circuit. The magnetic fields are either neutral to each other or reinforce each other in the second condition, giving rise to a higher inductance. Alternatively, the inductive circuit may include one or more fixed value inductors interposed between a power supply and a load in response to an overcurrent condition.

US Patent:

20220223027, Jul 14, 2022

Filed:

Jul 6, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/595899

Inventors:

- King of Prussia PA, US
Mark EIKE - Clermont FL, US
Kenneth Maurice JACKSON - Colorado Springs CO, US
Baiju Paul MATHEWS - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

G08B 25/01
A61J 1/03
G16H 20/13
G16H 40/63

Abstract:

A contingent aid device, system, and method are disclosed including a cavity with lid to hold a medicine, a control module, a lid status sensor, a medicine status sensor, a user-activatable tactile input, a status indicator module, a display screen, a communication module, a global positioning system module, an altimeter, a voice-in module, an audio-out module, a digital-in module, and a power source, wherein the device is configured to, without further user-initiated instruction or action, initiate communication with an emergency contact following removal of the medicine from the cavity, following user activation of the user-activatable tactile input, following a first predetermined period of time after opening of the lid without removal of the medicine from the cavity, or following a second predetermined period of time after removal of the medicine from the cavity without user activation of the user-activatable tactile input confirming the medicine has been administered.