Mark Michael Kotik

US Patent:

7316358, Jan 8, 2008

Filed:

Nov 12, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/712935

Inventors:

Mark M. Kotik - Santa Monica CA, US

Assignee:

Precision Dynamics Corporation - San Fernando CA

International Classification:

G06K 19/06

US Classification:

235492, 235486

Abstract:

An improved identification band such as a wristband or the like is provided of the type including a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit for communicating wearer information with a remote reader. A pair of electronic coupling elements such as capacitor plates are formed at opposite head and tail ends of the identification band, and are adapted for adhesive securement in mutually coupled relation to enable the RFID circuit with a predetermined circuit resonance frequency fortuned communication with the remote reader. Upon attempted separation of the band head and tails ends, for removal of the identification band from the wearer, one or both of the coupling elements is physically distorted to alter the circuit resonance frequency, thereby detuning the circuit and preventing subsequent communication with the remote reader.

US Patent:

7454855, Nov 25, 2008

Filed:

Jun 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/427054

Inventors:

Mark M. Kotik - Santa Monica CA, US
Dean D. Peterson - Sylmar CA, US

Assignee:

Precision Dynamics Corporation - San Fernando CA

International Classification:

A44C 5/00

US Classification:

40633

Abstract:

An improved identification band such as a wristband is provided for mounting onto a specific person or object. The improved identification band includes a primary identification zone adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine readable information as by printing and/or programming of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit. The band further includes multiple detachable adhesive labels forming a portion of the band and multiple detachable cards forming a tail end extension thereof, wherein each label is adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine readable information as by printing and/or programming of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit. In use, such as when worn by a patient in a hospital or the like, the detachable labels and cards are individually separable from the identification band on an as-needed basis for association with other objects associated with the band wearer, such as a vial containing a patient blood sample or the like.

US Patent:

20050019943, Jan 27, 2005

Filed:

Jul 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/616892

Inventors:

Sam Chaoui - Diamond Bar CA, US
Walter Mosher - West Hills CA, US
Mark Kotik - Santa Monica CA, US

International Classification:

G01N021/03

US Classification:

436165000

Abstract:

An automatic blood analysis and identification system permits patient identification and other vital information, such as blood type and Rh factor, to be automatically printed directly on a container holding a bodily fluid sample almost immediately after the sample has been drawn and analyzed. There is no manual handling of the sample between the draw and the identification. The system includes a carrier unit for holding at least one clear sample container, and a printer disposed within the unit for printing information onto the sample container. A photo-analyzer analyzes a bodily fluid sample within the sample container, and sends information to the printer which prints the information onto the sample container. The system may also be configured to utilize radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to imprint electronic data bearing the information onto a microchip implanted within the sample container.

US Patent:

20050091896, May 5, 2005

Filed:

Oct 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/699493

Inventors:

Mark Kotik - Santa Monica CA, US
Dean Peterson - Sylmar CA, US
Walter Mosher - West Hills CA, US

International Classification:

A44C005/00

US Classification:

040633000

Abstract:

An improved identification band such as a wristband is provided for mounting onto a specific person or object. The improved identification band includes a primary identification zone adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine readable information as by printing and/or programming of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit. The band further includes multiple detachable adhesive labels forming a portion of the band or alternately forming a tail end extension thereof, wherein each label is adapted to receive human-readable and/or machine readable information as by printing and/or programming of a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit. In use, such as when worn by a patient in a hospital or the like, the detachable labels are individually separable from the identification band on an as-needed basis for adherence to other objects associated with the band wearer, such as a vial containing a patient blood sample or the like.

US Patent:

20050106747, May 19, 2005

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/958984

Inventors:

Sam Chaoui - Diamond Bar CA, US
Walter Mosher - West Hills CA, US
Mark Kotik - Taylor MI, US

International Classification:

G01N021/00

US Classification:

436165000

Abstract:

An automatic blood analysis and identification process permits patient identification and other vital information to be automatically printed directly on a container holding a sample of a body fluid sample almost immediately after the sample has been drawn and analyzed. There is no manual handling of the sample between the draw and the identification. The process for analyzing the body fluid includes placing the body fluid sample in a container which is placed in a fluid analyzing unit. The sample is analyzed to determine characteristics of the body fluid which are then transferred to the container. The system may utilize radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to communicate electronic data bearing the information to an RFID inlet associated with the container.

US Patent:

20050262747, Dec 1, 2005

Filed:

Nov 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/993209

Inventors:

Sherif Ali - Los Angeles CA, US
Mark Kotik - Taylor MI, US

International Classification:

A44B001/04

US Classification:

040633000

Abstract:

A flexible, substantially non-stretchable, imprintable tape which includes lines of weakness constituting tear lines defining in outline a longitudinal series of identification bracelets. Each bracelet has a generally rectangular imprintable portion, an elongated strap portion at one end of the imprintable portion, and a stubby strap portion at an opposite end of the imprintable portion. The imprintable portion has a width equal to the width of the tape and the elongated and stubby portions each have a width less than that of the tape. The elongated strap portion has a longitudinal edge aligned with one of the side edges of the tape and an opposite longitudinal edge defined by one of the lines of weakness. The stubby strap portion has a longitudinal edge aligned with an opposite side edge of the tape relative to the elongated strap portion and an opposite longitudinal edge defined by another one of the lines of weakness.

US Patent:

20220255170, Aug 11, 2022

Filed:

Mar 29, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/600022

Inventors:

Mark KOTIK - Rochester Hills MI, US
Adam BISARO - Shelby Township MI, US
Kevin Mitchell LYNK - Phoenix AZ, US
Anthony Albert HEATON - Chandler AZ, US
Sebastian SCHOCH - Ingersheim, DE
- Stuttgart, DE
- Phoenix AZ, US

International Classification:

H01M 50/209
H01M 50/317
H01M 50/271
H01M 50/572

Abstract:

A battery pack includes a battery pack housing having a lid joined to an open end via a fluid-impermeable seal. The battery pack further includes a battery module disposed within the battery housing and comprising a plurality of electrochemical cells. In addition, the battery pack includes a pressure compensation device positioned within the battery pack housing, the pressure compensation device having a first bladder fluidly coupled to a second bladder by a primary fitting. The battery pack housing is filled with a dielectric fluid. And further, the pressure compensation device has a second fluid.

US Patent:

20210367261, Nov 25, 2021

Filed:

May 17, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/055020

Inventors:

- Stuttgart, DE
Bernd Schumann - Rutesheim, DE
Florian Schmid - Korntal, DE
Joerg Thielen - Briedel, DE
Christian Diessner - Muehlacker-Muehlhausen, DE
Mark Kotik - Rochester Hills MI, US
David Naughton - Oxford MI, US
Jerome Homann - Renningen, DE
Anne Serout - Stuttgart, DE
Laura Bauer - Altendorf, DE
Steve Scott - Fairborn OH, US
Dan Schneider - Orion MI, US
Gary Mosley - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

H01M 10/04
H01M 10/0562
H01M 10/0585
H01M 50/186

Abstract:

A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and an edge insulating device that is disposed between the peripheral edges of the substrates of each pair of adjacent cells. A support frame surrounds the cell stack and is configured to receive and support the outer peripheral edge of the edge insulating device of each cell.