Acr Electronics, Inc.

Other

William Cox

Thomas John Pack

Christopher Paul Hoffman

Santiago Contreras

Ricardo Raimondo

Irek Gora

James A Hagale

Isaac Johnson

Donald B Hunter

This invention relates to an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) that transmits an emergency signal to a global navigational satellite system (GNSS) indicating an aircraft crash location, or an aircraft distress tracker event signal that triggers the ELT to provide location of the aircraft, the ELT including a GNSS RF receiver. The invention ELT includes 406 MHz RF signal blanking switch, a GNSS high pass filter, RF radiator and EMI filter protection for the GNSS receiver to protect the GNSS receiver from 406 MHz emergency signals, unintentional RF radiators and electromagnetic interference (EMI) typically found in aircraft.

Unintentional RF radiators filter protection for a cospas sarsat emergency locator transmitter (ELT) GNSS receiver

A protective metal enclosure box for lithium batteries that includes batteries subject to fire and explosion comprising a rigid metal covered box that includes an aluminum honeycomb grid core mesh that can receive multiple individual batteries spaced apart from each other and protected from each other thermally and from explosion. The protective battery pack box includes a pair of printed circuit boards for interacting with the batteries for transmitting voltage and amperage outside of said battery pack.

Safety battery pack and protective enclosure to reduce battery fire or explosion damage

A bicycle mounting device is provided that includes a base strap having a base strap first end and a base strap second end, where the base strap first end is detachably connected to the base strap second end by an adjustable length connector to form a loop-shape base strap, an upper connection element, where the upper connection element is dimensioned to detachably connect a bicycle frame down tube to the base strap, and at least one lower connection element, where the at least one lower connection element is disposed below the upper connection element, where the at least one lower connection element is dimensioned to detachably connect a bicycle fork arm tube to the base strap.

Tailgate bike strap

An improved D.C. power supply for an emergency locator transmitter ELT mounted on an aircraft that does not require lithium batteries but instead uses conventional alkaline batteries in conjunction with a supercapacitor network to provide a reliable power source even when the ELT that is airborne is subjected to extreme cold temperatures that can affect the alkaline battery operation. Alkaline battery pack with a 12 V output is connected to a supercapacitor network board. The supercapacitors are charged when the ELT is activated ON using the comparator network.

Emergency locating transmitter with alkaline battery and supercapacitor power supply

A bicycle mounting device that is provided that includes a base strap having a soft fabric bottom surface, a flexible protective core, and a durable fabric top surface, having a proximal end and a distal end with a length that spans from the top to bottom regions of a truck tailgate, where the base strap includes an adjustable length securing element to secure the base strap to the tailgate, an upper transverse strap is disposed proximal to the base strap proximal end with a length that wraps about a bicycle frame tube, and includes a top strap fastening element configured to secure about the frame tube, and at least one lower strap that is transverse to the base strap and below the upper transverse strap, where the lower strap has a length that wraps about a bicycle fork arm and secures about the bicycle fork arm.

An external battery pack for protecting against a battery fire or battery explosion, said battery pack connectable to an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) typically mounted in an aircraft. The external replaceable battery pack has a protective metal enclosure and a removable metal cover. The box includes an aluminum honeycomb grid core mesh with passages, each sized to receive a single battery and a pair of printed circuit boards on top and bottom to receive battery power, voltage and current, from multiple batteries for use with an ELT. By using smaller and more batteries together, the possibility of a catastrophic failure is greatly eliminated or reduced in that a smaller battery have a lesser fire or explosion potential. The batteries are isolated from each other from excessive heat or destruction by explosion.

Emergency locator transmitter (ELT) with separated outside battery pack for safety from battery event

Method and apparatus for emergency communications using dual satellite communication systems for redundancy and a means of providing additional information to rescue services support emergency response. The system combines the Cospas-Sarsat emergency system for 406 beacons with a secondary means of distress alerting over a commercial satellite system as well as permitting the government agencies responsible for emergency services to directly interface with the person in distress to know about his/her location and to communicate with him or her to resolve the emergency in the best possible way.

Apparatus for emergency communications using dual satellite communications systems for redundancy and a means of providing additional information to rescue services to support emergency response

A dual-satellite emergency locator beacon and method for programming and updating such emergency locator beacons over the air. The system uses a second commercial satellite as the carrier for the data back to the beacon together with the means of coupling these parts together. The system can be manually updated or can be part of a registration system that gets automatically updated. In a second embodiment a method and apparatus for implementing emergency locator beacon registration is provided. The system provides data concerning the user into a backend service which can be utilized to provide all necessary information needed to register the emergency beacon.

Dual-satellite emergency locator beacon and method for registering, programming and updating emergency locator beacon over the air

A dual-satellite emergency locator beacon including a first satellite communications transmitter, a second satellite communications transmitter, a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor. The first microprocessor controls the first transmitter and the second microprocessor controls the second transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to communicate over a first satellite communications system, such as the Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz system, and the second transmitter is configured to communicate over a second satellite communications system, such as a commercial satellite communications system. The beacon includes a shared section comprising an antenna system comprising a first and second antenna, the first for the 406 Mhz transmitter and the second for the commercial satellite transmitter. The first and second microprocessors of the beacon are interconnected to permit data transfer between the two sections of the beacon.

Apparatus for emergency communications using dual satellite communications systems in a compact housing

An emergency locator beacon device that includes sending a test signal from a first satellite transmitter of the device to a Cospas-Sarsat emergency monitoring service; receiving from a beacon testing service a test confirmation signal corresponding to the test signal, the confirmation signal being received on a second satellite receiver of the beacon; wherein the emergency monitoring service and the beacon testing service are in communication over the Internet. The first satellite transmitter comprises a 406 MHz emergency transmitter configured to communicate with a Cospas-Sarsat satellite system. The second satellite receiver comprises a SEND receiver configured to communicate with a commercial satellite system. The emergency monitoring service is in communication with a rescue coordination center and the rescue coordination center is further in communication with the beacon testing service by way of the Internet. The test signal includes a beacon identification number which is pre-registered with the beacon testing service.

Method and apparatus for testing emergency locator beacons incorporating over the air responses back to the emergency locator beacon

An emergency locating communications device that includes an emergency locator beacon that transmits emergency signals at 406 MHz and a SEND commercial satellite transmitter and receiver is provided. The communications device can be identified for both 406 MHz originator and SEND capable emergency locator device to an emergency services provider by sending a first message to the emergency services provider including a unique identity number of the 406 MHz transmitter of the device and. sending a second message to the emergency services providing including an International Mobile Equipment Identity number of the SEND transmitter of the device. The second message further includes at least a portion of the unique identity number of the 406 MHz transmitter of said device such that the emergency services provider can process the first and second messages to identify both the 406 MHz transmitter and the SEND transmitter of said emergency locator device.

Method of providing additional information to emergency services about emergency locator beacons

An orthotic foot device with a walking boot is provided. The orthotic foot device with a walking boot includes at least one boot wall having at least one guide disposed along an anteroposterior direction of the boot wall. At least one upright bar is disposed to attach to an individual's lower leg and is disposed to translatably engage the at least one guide. At least one fastener fixedly holds the at least one upright bar to the at least one guide when the at least one upright bar is desirably positioned the anatomical ankle axis and calf midline of a patient suffering from an injured Achilles tendon, hair line fractures of the foot and ankle, plantar fasciitis, diabetes, or other foot and ankle pathologies that require a cam boot.

Orthotic device with sliding mechanism

A seismic shut off valve includes a cripple column responsive to seismic movement. A toggle spring overlies the cripple column. Latch pins extend from the toggle spring into a valve body to hold a popper valve in an open position. During an earthquake, the cripple column buckles causing the toggle spring to bow upwardly under spring force exerted on the toggle spring through the latch pins from the popper valve. The latch pins release the poppet valve which shifts to seal against a valve seat in a valve body. A ball joint connecting the valve body and cripple column allow the cripple column to be vertically aligned despite use of the valve on a non-vertical pipe.

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William Cox