| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D552544 |
Backplane section |
October 9, 2007 |
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| D545762 |
Adapter module |
July 3, 2007 |
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| D544836 |
Modular electrical device |
June 19, 2007 |
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| D544441 |
I/O module |
June 12, 2007 |
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| D500688 |
Housing for a sensor assembly |
January 11, 2005 |
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| 7417848 |
Multiple height, high density horizontal low voltage motor control center |
August 26, 2008 |
| A reduced form factor component support is provided for motor control centers and similar packaged electrical systems. The reduced form factor component support may be used with smaller components, such as small motor starters, motor drives, and so forth. Electrical connections with |
| 7417519 |
Emergency stop relay combination |
August 26, 2008 |
| A switching apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a relay including a relay coil and at least one normally open relay contactor that closes when the relay coil is energized, a normally closed stop contactor and a stop member moveable between a deactivated position in which t |
| 7417392 |
Electronic line shaft with phased lock loop filtering and predicting |
August 26, 2008 |
| An improved electronic line shaft provides for a predictor sending predicted position and/or velocity values to servant drives that may be later strobed in by high speed low-latency strobe signals to eliminate network jitter and delay. The predictor may be implemented as a phase lock |
| 7417386 |
Electronic line shaft |
August 26, 2008 |
| A method and assembly for synchronizing machine operations, the assembly comprising a reference generator for generating a speed reference signal and a position reference signal, a plurality of slave units, each slave unit including, a mechanical device, a separate motor linked to and |
| 7415891 |
Sensor mounting structure with snapping feature |
August 26, 2008 |
| Disclosed herein is a sensing device mounting mechanism allowing for a sensing device to be mounted in relation to a supporting structure. The sensing device mounting mechanism comprises a housing portion having a snapping mechanism. The snapping mechanism allows the housing portion to |
| 7412900 |
Sensor mounting structure with adjustable swivel ball and panel mounting mechanism |
August 19, 2008 |
| A mounting device for supporting a sensing device in relation to a supporting structure, and related method of installing a sensing device, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the mounting device includes a first housing portion having a first appendage, and a second housing |
| 7412548 |
Intelligent self-determining I/O device |
August 12, 2008 |
| A universal input/output device for an industrial automation control system includes a housing, a power supply for connecting to a voltage source, an input/output circuit for communicating with an industrial process, and a network adapter circuit for communicating data to and from a |
| 7412530 |
Pointbus architecture and automatic sequential addressing protocol |
August 12, 2008 |
| A protocol for configuring I/O devices is provided in accordance with the present invention. The protocol includes a first protocol for enabling at least one I/O module to receive network communications, and a second protocol for providing the network communications to the at least one I |
| 7402965 |
DC common bus self-protection method and system |
July 22, 2008 |
| A system and method in accordance with the present technique for protecting motor drives from damage due to misconfiguration while coupled to a common DC bus, comprises sensing electrical operating parameters of the motor drives, automatically determining whether each of the drives is |
| 7400518 |
Modulation methods and apparatus for reducing common mode noise |
July 15, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for reducing common mode noise in a three phase pulse width modulated (PWM) system the method comprising the steps of receiving modulating waveforms, identifying a first of the modulating waveforms that is instantaneously the maximum of the modulating waveforms |
| 7395124 |
Adaptive motor drive method and apparatus including inertia estimator |
July 1, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for use with a plant drive system that receives a reference command signal and generates a torque command to drive a plant, the method for estimating plant inertia and comprising the steps of providing a reference model that models the plant, the model receiving |
| 7394632 |
Line interface module |
July 1, 2008 |
| A power processing module for supplying power to a motion control device from a power source such as a utility power line, and related method of operation, are disclosed. The power processing module includes a first power input terminal, a first power output terminal, branch circuit |
| 7394629 |
Motor overload tripping system and method with multi-function circuit interrupter |
July 1, 2008 |
| A technique is provided for controlling operation of motors of different sized or ratings. Components used to apply and interrupt current to the motors may be shared in control devices for the different motors. The components may include contactors or circuit interrupters, and instan |
| 7392104 |
Material reservation distribution system and method |
June 24, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating material-driven processing in an industrial controller environment. Various models supported by database objects are provided to automatically and dynamically map inventory systems/processes to control systems/pro |
| 7392100 |
System and methodology that facilitate factory automation services in a distributed industrial a |
June 24, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing automation services in a distributed industrial controller environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a data access service is provided that includes, sending and receiving data to and from a data access se |
| 7391610 |
Thermal cooling of industrial electronic module by conductive structure |
June 24, 2008 |
| An electronic module and chassis/module installation are disclosed. The installation comprises a chassis including a metallic heat input region. An electronic module including an electronic component is adapted to be connected to the chassis. An uninterrupted thermal pathway thermally |
| 7389278 |
Detection of pump cavitation/blockage and seal failure via current signature analysis |
June 17, 2008 |
| A system and method is provided for monitoring the operating condition of a pump by evaluating fault data encoded in the instantaneous current of the motor driving the pump. The data is converted to a frequency spectrum which is analyzed to create a fault signature having fault attribute |
| 7388491 |
Mobile RFID reader with integrated location awareness for material tracking and management |
June 17, 2008 |
| A portable RFID reader (or reader/writer) that also employs a location determination subsystem that facilitates determination of the reader (or reader/writer) location. The location subsystem can employ a satellite-based GPS (Global Positioning System) location technology where such |
| 7388342 |
System and method for controlling a motor using forced speed control |
June 17, 2008 |
| A system and method for operating a motor drive unit. The motor drive unit is coupled to a motor driving a load and is configured to selectively control the motor according to a torque control mode and a speed control mode. The motor drive unit includes a circuit configured to generate a |
| 7387737 |
Method for fabricating an isolated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device using an internal |
June 17, 2008 |
| A method for fabricating an electrically isolated MEMS device having an outer stationary MEMS element and an inner movable MEMS element is provided that does not use a sacrificial layer. Rather, a pair of spacers are defined on the outer portions of the upper surface of a conductive |
| 7379480 |
Fast frequency adjustment method for synchronizing network clocks |
May 27, 2008 |
| A method of precisely synchronizing clocks held in separate nodes on a communication network is provided that adjusts clock frequency based on a measure of relative clock rates and absolute clock offsets. In one embodiment, clock convergence is obtained with one synchronization sessi |
| 7373491 |
Processor with versatile external memory interface |
May 13, 2008 |
| A processor architecture suitable for embedded systems and compatible with different kinds of external memory, executes a bootstrap program to determine the characteristics of the external memory before connection with the external memory. For this purpose, system storage structures |
| 7373267 |
System performance monitoring system |
May 13, 2008 |
| An industrial controller performance monitoring system includes a detector connected to a controller. The detector is optically coupled to an output, such as a display, of equipment under test and the controller is configured to receive a signal from the equipment under test that is |
| 7373222 |
Decentralized energy demand management |
May 13, 2008 |
| A decentralized load management and control system and method are provided herein. A plurality of loads in a system are associated with a multitude of respective networked load controllers. If energy demand exceeds optimum limits in operation then the networked load controllers colla |
| 7371986 |
Pushbutton with replaceable mode cam |
May 13, 2008 |
| A pushbutton provides an operator with a replaceable cam ring that converts the operating mode of the operator from push-pull to twist-to-release. |
| 7368890 |
Power converter with active discharging for improved auto-restart capability |
May 6, 2008 |
| A method of operating a power converter in response to an interruption in an input power being provided to the power converter, as well as a power converter capable of performing such method and including a rectifier and an inverter coupled at least indirectly with one another, are discl |
| 7366774 |
Network delay monitor for safety control networks |
April 29, 2008 |
| A high reliability network provides for measurements of network delays through pairs of transmissions of local clock values used in a first message to deduce clock value offsets and in a second message to reveal network delays. |
| 7359870 |
System design, proposal and programming method and apparatus |
April 15, 2008 |
| A technique is provided or integrating system design, sales, and manufacturing functions. Systems including networked and programmable electrical components, such as motor control centers, and other electrical power control arrangements are designed, and a database is created for the |
| 7358819 |
Reduced-size sensor circuit |
April 15, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to circuits configured for implementation in sensors, sensors employing such circuits, and methods of operating and manufacturing such sensors and/or circuits. In at least some embodiments, the circuit includes a capacitor having a first input terminal and a |
| 7358700 |
Induction motor controller |
April 15, 2008 |
| An induction motor controller that may include three phase paths leading from a power input to a power output, a solid-state switching device interposed between the power input and the power output on each of the three phase paths, a voltage sensor coupled to two of the phase paths b |
| 7358620 |
Methods and apparatus for ride-through operation of a complementary device to a transient power |
April 15, 2008 |
| In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments, the present technique provides methods and apparatus for providing operating power to a complementary device to an induction device based uninterruptible power source (UPS) via a direct current (dc) bus. In one embodiment, the UPS inc |
| 7358442 |
Bus structure for power switching circuits |
April 15, 2008 |
| A bus system is disclosed for use with switching devices, such as power electronic devices. The system includes generally parallel bus elements that define electrical reference planes, such as for a dc bus. The bus elements are separated from one another by insulative layers, with ad |
| 7356441 |
Junction temperature prediction method and apparatus for use in a power conversion module |
April 8, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for predicting junction device temperature of at least a first switching device in a power conversion module that includes the first switching device and at least a second switching device, the method comprising the steps of identifying a cross thermal impedance |
| 7355865 |
Method and apparatus for rejecting the second harmonic current in an active converter with an un |
April 8, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for altering converter control as a function of the degree of unbalance in supply line voltages to substantially eliminate second harmonics on the supply lines caused by active control of the converter including identifying supply line peak amplitude values and |
| 7345474 |
Detector for magnetizable material using amplitude and phase discrimination |
March 18, 2008 |
| A detector for magnetizable materials operates remotely to determine a amplitude and phase modification of an exciting magnetic field caused by the magnetizable materials. These amplitude and phase measurements are used to create a phase-amplitude trajectory in phase amplitude space, |
| 7343062 |
Safety light curtain with MEMS |
March 11, 2008 |
| A safety light curtain comprises a light emitter and a first micro-machined electromechanical system (MEMS), wherein the first MEMS receives light emitted by the emitter and sequentially reflects the received light to a first plurality of light wave guides. A detector receives an opt |
| 7342761 |
Apparatus and method for limiting application of electrical power to a load |
March 11, 2008 |
| The application of electric power from a power source to a load is controlled by detecting the magnitude of electric current flowing to the load and producing a first signal level that is indicative of that magnitude. The first signal level is compared to a reference signal level whi |
| 7342589 |
System and method for managing graphical data |
March 11, 2008 |
| A system and method for managing graphical information are disclosed. The system includes a processing device, first and second memory portions within at least one memory device coupled to the processing device. The first memory portion stores a first plurality of files having a first |
| 7342380 |
System and method for adjustable carrier waveform generator |
March 11, 2008 |
| A system and method for controlling an inverter of a motor control unit includes a controller having a user interface configured to allow user selection of a waveform increment value or a waveform amplitude threshold. The controller also includes an integrator configured to receive t |
| 7342194 |
Dual function reset operator for an electrical device |
March 11, 2008 |
| In certain embodiments, a system includes a mechanical actuator having a first member configured to engage a contact block to move a contact slide for a first distance between open and closed positions of an electrical contact pair. The mechanical actuator also has a second member config |
| 7340574 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing an industrial controller with a redundant controller |
March 4, 2008 |
| A method for identifying memory modifications includes designating a first portion of a first memory as read-only. An abort condition is identified responsive to receiving a write instruction having a target address within the first portion. In response to the abort condition, a second |
| 7339948 |
Industrial controller providing deterministic communication on ethernet |
March 4, 2008 |
| A transmission schedule is overlaid on the Ethernet protocol to allow use of this readily available high speed protocol for transmission of I/O data communicated in an industrial control environment and requiring a high degree of determinism. Scheduling improves load leveling and ban |
| 7339476 |
Systems and methods that integrate radio frequency identification (RFID) technology with industr |
March 4, 2008 |
| The subject invention relates to systems and methods that provide electronic data (e.g., Electronic Product Code (EPC) data) obtained from Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags by RFID readers and/or from servers to one or more industrial components (e.g., controllers, programma |
| 7336509 |
Method and apparatus for estimating line inductance for PWM rectifier control |
February 26, 2008 |
| A rectifier includes a switching circuit and a controller. The switching circuit is coupled between positive and negative buses and a plurality of input voltage sources. The switching circuit includes a plurality of pairs of switching devices. Each pair is associated with one of the inpu |
| 7334159 |
Self-testing RAM system and method |
February 19, 2008 |
| A self-testing and correcting random access memory (RAM) device and methodology is disclosed herein. The device includes at least one array of memory to enable data storage and self-testing RAM interface for evaluating, correcting, and/or compensating for memory cell errors. The RAM |
