US 11,857,818 C1 (13,314th)
Pump operation panel simulator
David S. Bouwkamp, Ann Arbor, MI (US); William Martin, Perrysburg, OH (US); Nikolaos Dimitri Zachary Kazakos, Ypsilanti, MI (US); James R. Mason, Manchester, MI (US); Dale Eammon Atkin, Dundee, MI (US); Travis Staley, Milan, MI (US); Steven Olson, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Joseph Lewis Clift, Signal Mountain, TN (US); Stuart Ball, Uniontown, OH (US); and Philip C. Duczyminski, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Filed by FAAC Incorporated, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to FAAC INCORPORATED, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,890, Mar. 28, 2025.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,857,818, issued Jan. 2, 2024, Appl. No. 18/169,018, Feb. 14, 2023.
Application 90/019,890 is a continuation of application No. 16/570,717, filed on Sep. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,583,716.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,304, filed on Sep. 17, 2018.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Aug. 4, 2026.
Int. Cl. A62C 99/00 (2010.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 99/0081 (2013.01) [A62C 99/009 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G09B 9/00 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1, 10 and 12 are determined to be patentable as amended.
Claims 2-9 and 11, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable.
New claims 13-15 are added and determined to be patentable.
1. An apparatus comprising a pump panel training device , [ configured for training a pump panel operator to operate a fire truck pump panel that controls pump machinery and delivers water to at least one discharge connection, the apparatus ] comprising:
a plurality of simulated gages operable to imitate gages upon a [ the ] fire truck pump panel;
a plurality of simulated controls operable to imitate controls upon the fire truck pump panel; and
a simulated water hose operable to imitate one of water temperature changes , water pressure, and water hose vibration for [ that may occur in actual operation of ] the fire truck pump panel [ ;
wherein the imitated water temperature changes are controlled as a result of simulated operation of the pump machinery and manipulation of the simulated controls by the pump panel operator] .
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of simulated gages are [ is ] rendered as graphics upon the virtual reality visor.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the plurality of simulated gages are [ is ] rendered as graphics upon the computerized device.
[ 13. An apparatus comprising a pump panel training device configured for training a pump panel operator to operate a fire truck pump panel that controls pump machinery and delivers water to at least one discharge connection, said apparatus comprising:
a cabinet;
a plurality of simulated gages disposed upon the cabinet and operable to imitate gages upon the fire truck pump panel during simulated operation of the pump machinery and simulated delivery of the water to provide visual information to the pump panel operator of a status of operation;
a plurality of simulated controls disposed upon the cabinet and operable to imitate controls upon the fire truck pump panel for the pump panel operator to manipulate and simulate operation the pump machinery while maintaining and adjusting the status of operation thereof;
at least one simulated connection fitting extending therefrom;
a simulated water hose having a first end comprising a hose fitting operable to be attached to the at least one simulated connection fitting and a second end defining a hose portion between the first end and the second end, wherein the simulated water hose is operable to imitate one of water temperature changes, water pressure, and water hose vibration that may occur in actual operation of the fire truck pump panel and that may be sensed by the panel operator through contact with the simulated water hose, wherein the imitated one of the water temperature changes, the water pressure, and the water hose vibration are controlled as a result of the simulated operation of the pump machinery and manipulation of the simulated controls by the pump panel operator; and
one of a virtual reality visor or a computerized device operable to operate augmented reality.]
[ 14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising the virtual reality visor; and
wherein the plurality of simulated gages is rendered as graphics upon the virtual reality visor.]
[ 15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising the computerized device operable to operate augmented reality; and
wherein the plurality of simulated gages is rendered as graphics upon the computerized device.]