| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7266425 |
Systems and methods that facilitate motion control through coordinate system transformations |
September 4, 2007 |
| The subject invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate motion between different coordinate systems in an industrial control environment. The systems and methods accept data in one coordinate system and transform the data to a different coordinate system. Suitable transf |
| 7262571 |
Resistive braking module with thermal protection |
August 28, 2007 |
| A braking module includes a braking load, an input terminal, an output terminal, and control logic. The input terminal is adapted to receive a motor drive signal. The control logic is adapted to receive a motor enable signal, couple the output terminal to the input terminal responsiv |
| 7262522 |
Microelectromechanical isolating power converter |
August 28, 2007 |
| A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device is used to transfer power from a source generator to a power generator that delivers electrical power to a load, while maintaining electrical isolation between the source generator and power generator for size critical applications where |
| 7256356 |
Apparatus and method for coupling a module assembly in a housing |
August 14, 2007 |
| An assembly, such as a sensor assembly, includes an optional housing having an inner surface and an outer surface where the housing includes housing connecting features. The assembly further includes a module assembly with at least one resilient member, and an elongate member coupled |
| 7255613 |
Connector assembly and method of making same |
August 14, 2007 |
| An electrical connector, electrical connection assembly implementing at least one such electrical connector, and method of making such an electrical connector are disclosed. The method includes attaching a wire to a conductive component that includes at least one of a pin and a socke |
| 7253577 |
Independent safety processor for disabling the operation of high power devices |
August 7, 2007 |
| A drive for delivering a high-power signal to a load includes a power circuit and a drive circuit. The power circuit is operable to provide a high power signal to the load in response to a control signal. The control circuit is operable to generate the control signal for activating t |
| 7251535 |
Location based diagnostics method and apparatus |
July 31, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus for use with a component assembly that forms part of an enterprise and at least one processor, the processor programmed to perform at least one diagnostic process on the assembly and to at least periodically perform at least one summary process on the assembly, the |
| 7243173 |
Low protocol, high speed serial transfer for intra-board or inter-board data communication |
July 10, 2007 |
| A method and a circuit for converting parallel CPU information buses within circuit boards to serial data buses, while limiting overhead data to provide a low-level protocol and high rates of data transfer over distances up to forty inches. Larger scale parallel data buses are conver |
| 7242995 |
E-manufacturing in semiconductor and microelectronics processes |
July 10, 2007 |
| Architecture that facilitates management of a semiconductor and/or microelectronics manufacturing process. A manufacturing component in communication with the semiconductor and/or microelectronics process operates according to process conditions to output a product, which manufacturi |
| 7237134 |
Backup power module for industrial control and monitoring network |
June 26, 2007 |
| A technique is provided for applying secondary or backup power to a networked device in the event of a loss or malfunction of network power. In a control and monitoring network. Various devices may receive both power and data signals from a network cable. In the event of loss of netw |
| 7236342 |
In-line passive barrier for intrinsically safe communication network |
June 26, 2007 |
| A passive isolator may fit between two serial network cables to convert a standard serial network to a serial network suitable for use in hazardous environments. |
| 7234864 |
Measurement of multi-channel cold junction temperature |
June 26, 2007 |
| The cold junction temperature of the channels on a multi-channel terminal block are accurately determined for each terminal pair without affixing a thermistor to each terminal. One embodiment provides accurate cold junction measurement of a six channel device (12 terminals) by mounting |
| 7233830 |
Application and service management for industrial control devices |
June 19, 2007 |
| The subject invention provides systems and methods that facilitate accessing and management of information (e.g., instructions, executables, classes, objects . . . ) associated with a control system. The systems and methods enable a control system entity the ability to leverage funct |
| 7232984 |
Sensor with improved gain-setting capability |
June 19, 2007 |
| A method of calibrating a sensor such as a photodetector, and device capable of employing that method, are disclosed. The method includes shining light upon a photosensitive device of the photodetector, receiving a first signal from an operator, and increasing a gain of the photodete |
| 7230344 |
Apparatus and method for transient and uninterruptible power |
June 12, 2007 |
| In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments, the present technique provides methods and apparatus for providing transient and uninterrupted power to protected loads. As one example, the present invention provides an induction device that operates as an induction motor to energize a |
| 7228727 |
Lubricity measurement using MEMS |
June 12, 2007 |
| A system that facilitates in situ determination of lubricity in a fluid comprises a multi-element sensor positioned within a machine, wherein the multi-element sensor obtains data regarding a plurality of parameters of a fluid. A component calculates lubricity of the fluid based at least |
| 7228390 |
Safety controller with hardware memory lock |
June 5, 2007 |
| A safety controller provides for reliable mixed execution of standard and safety control programs held in a common memory by providing a hardware lock that is locked at times when the safety program is not executing to minimize potential corruption of the safety program by the standard |
| 7228363 |
Pointbus architecture and automatic sequential addressing |
June 5, 2007 |
| A system for automatically configuring I/O devices is provided in accordance with the present invention. The system includes a plurality of I/O devices operatively coupled to each other and a sub-system for determining physical locations of the I/O devices with respect to one another |
| 7228187 |
System and method for interfacing multi-agent system |
June 5, 2007 |
| A system and method of interacting with a multi-agent distributed control system employing a plurality of controllers on which are programmed a plurality of agents in which the controllers are coupled by a network are disclosed. The method includes providing a computer program capable of |
| 7227326 |
System and method for transient-based motor speed estimation with transient excitation |
June 5, 2007 |
| AC motor control systems and speed controllers are presented, including a transient-based speed estimation system that provides a rotor speed estimate based on a measured speed-related motor transient signal, and a transient excitation system which selectively modifies at least one s |
| 7223957 |
Sensor including circuitry for recovering time-varying information and removing DC offsets |
May 29, 2007 |
| An amplification circuit for implementation in sensors such as photodetectors and other devices, and related method of amplification, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the amplification circuit includes a first amplifier that receives an input signal at least indirectly from a phot |
| 7222131 |
System and methodology facilitating data warehousing of controller images in a distributed indus |
May 22, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating storage, access, and version control of PLC-based images. An object is provided that mediates access between a database server and an application that desires access to such images. Before access can be achieved, |
| 7215559 |
Method and apparatus to reduce common mode voltages applied to a load by a drive |
May 8, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus for reducing common mode voltage applied to a load by a drive, the drive including a rectifier linked between three AC supply lines and positive and negative DC buses that converts AC supply voltage to DC voltage across the DC buses and an inverter linked between |
| 7215339 |
Method and apparatus for video underflow detection in a raster engine |
May 8, 2007 |
| An improved raster engine adapted to render video data from a frame buffer to one of a plurality of disparate displays is disclosed which comprises apparatus for detecting one or more video underflow conditions. The raster engine includes a first in first out (FIFO) memory, which obtains |
| 7214895 |
Illuminated disconnecting handle for use with CDM |
May 8, 2007 |
| An apparatus for use with a control assembly including a power source and a circuit disconnector located on a first side of a planar member forming an opening, the disconnector including a first mechanical linkage having open and closed positions, the apparatus for manipulating the mecha |
| 7213168 |
Safety controller providing for execution of standard and safety control programs |
May 1, 2007 |
| A safety controller may execute both standard and safety programs using shared architecture in which two processors symmetrically execute the safety program and check each other for errors, and one processor only executes the standard program to minimize undetected symmetrical corrup |
| 7212407 |
Electrical power converter method and system employing multiple output converters |
May 1, 2007 |
| A support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. The support, in conjunction with other packaging features may form a shield from both external EMI/RFI and from interfere |
| 7212406 |
Cooling of electrical components with split-flow closed-end devices |
May 1, 2007 |
| A cooling system (11) is provided for electrical components (10, 90) in which passageways (21) are inserted in non-magnetic cores of the electrical components, and in which the passageways (21) provide both inflow and outflow of a cooling medium. The passageways (21) can be formed by |
| 7212391 |
Grounded isolation system |
May 1, 2007 |
| An system and method are disclosed for isolating and grounding a load device, where grounding only occurs after the voltage(s) on the load device have been reduced to acceptable levels. The system includes power and grounding contacts, a sensing device, and a control device. The power |
| 7209838 |
System and method for energy monitoring and management using a backplane |
April 24, 2007 |
| An energy monitoring and management system and method are provided herein. The system and method centralize load metering by utilizing at least one sensor for observing load characteristics (e.g., Volts, Amperes, Watts, active energy . . . ) communicatively coupled via a backplane to a |
| 7208909 |
Motor protection inhibit circuit |
April 24, 2007 |
| A circuit for inhibiting a protection device of a motor includes first, second, and third comparators and an inhibit signal generator. The first comparator is operable to determine if a motor current signal associated with the motor exceeds a starting threshold to identify a starting sta |
| 7205818 |
Current loop drive module with dynamic compliance voltage |
April 17, 2007 |
| A current loop drive module includes a drive circuit and a compliance voltage controller. The drive circuit is configured to receive a compliance voltage and operable to generate a current loop signal based on the compliance voltage for receipt by an associated load coupled to the dr |
| 7203885 |
Safety protocol for industrial controller |
April 10, 2007 |
| Messages in a high reliability industrial control system are associated with safety messages that enable reliable detection of data errors caused during transmission of the message over the network. In particular, error detection codes are generated and transmitted along with message dat |
| 7203575 |
Decentralized autonomous control for complex fluid distribution systems |
April 10, 2007 |
| A control system for a complex distribution network uses autonomous control units that may bid among themselves to reconfigure the distribution network in light of fluctuation demand or failures. The autonomous control units may also be enlisted to detect and isolate as well as recon |
| 7203560 |
System and methodology facilitating remote and automated maintenance procedures in an industrial |
April 10, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating remote maintenance in an industrial control environment. An industrial control system is provided that includes an industrial controller to communicate with a network. Explicit and/or implied maintenance events ar |
| 7201345 |
Reeled material splicing method and apparatus |
April 10, 2007 |
| A system and method for splicing reeled media using operational feedback. According to certain embodiments, the method of operating a media production system involves sensing speed parameters of first and second reeled media, tracking an unwinding parameter of the first reeled media, |
| 7200649 |
Adaptive method for duplicative IP address detection |
April 3, 2007 |
| A method for detecting and preventing the use of duplicate IP addresses is provided. The method involves sending ARP probes onto a network to determine whether an IP address that a device desires to employ is a duplicate IP address. The method further involves determining whether a p |
| 7200580 |
System and method for run-time data reduction |
April 3, 2007 |
| The present invention generally relates to industrial automation, and in particular to systems and methods that facilitate rendering data in an industrial automation environment. Specifically, the invention gathers data via a high-speed data collection device and transmits high-resol |
| 7200502 |
Dual connection power line parameter analysis method and system |
April 3, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the power line parameters of a system. Specifically, there is provided a method comprising perturbing a voltage waveform through a first connection, measuring a characteristic of the perturbation through a second connection, and cal |
| 7200448 |
System and method for function block execution order generation |
April 3, 2007 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically generating an execution order for a control system function block diagram. The input data availability is determined for the inputs of the function blocks in the diagram, and an execution order is generated for the function block di |
| 7194446 |
Location-based execution of software/HMI |
March 20, 2007 |
| A system and/or method that configures a HMI based at least upon a current state of parameters and a predefined protocol. A processing component queries an industrial automation environment receiving a current state of parameters relating to a human machine interface (HMI). A rendering |
| 7193387 |
System and method for motor speed estimation using hybrid model reference adaptive system |
March 20, 2007 |
| Motor drives, motor speed controllers, motor speed estimation systems, and methods are presented for controlling motor startup speed and for estimating motor speed during startup, in which a speed estimate controller provides a rotor speed estimate based on a first error term from a |
| 7191351 |
Method and network for providing backup power to networked devices |
March 13, 2007 |
| A network is configured to apply power and data signals to networked devices for operation of the devices. A backup power supply module is coupled to the source of network power and to a secondary power source. The secondary power source may have an adjustable voltage level or a leve |
| 7190382 |
Real time system view method and apparatus |
March 13, 2007 |
| A technique for generating a physical representation of networked components makes use of data stored within the individual components, which may be polled by a monitoring station. The data includes identification of the respective component, and data representative of a physical dis |
| 7190268 |
Multi-angle viewable indicator apparatus |
March 13, 2007 |
| An indicator apparatus facilitates visibility of one or more indicators from multiple angles. The apparatus includes a housing having an outer sidewall portion. The sidewall portion, for example, has a first side extending between two adjacent sides. One or more elongated slots are f |
| 7190143 |
Pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier with variable switching frequency |
March 13, 2007 |
| A method for controlling a device including a plurality of switching devices operated in accordance with a pulse width modulation technique includes receiving a reference voltage signal associated with a first pair of the switching devices. A switching signal is generated. The first |
| 7187568 |
Power converter having improved terminal structure |
March 6, 2007 |
| A terminal structure for power electronics circuits reduces the need for a DC bus and thereby the incidence of parasitic inductance. The structure is secured to a support that may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits throug |
| 7187548 |
Power converter having improved fluid cooling |
March 6, 2007 |
| A thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support, which may be controlled in a closed-loop manner. Interfacing between circuits, circuit mounting structure, and the |
| 7187155 |
Leakage inductance saturation compensation for a slip control technique of a motor drive |
March 6, 2007 |
| An electronic drive for vector control of an induction motor controls slip and operating frequency in response to changes in stator voltage. The drive includes a torque control loop, a flux control loop and a frequency control loop. The control is based on a commanded stator current that |
| 7187142 |
Motor drive with velocity noise filter |
March 6, 2007 |
| A drive unit for controlling a motor includes a position feedback device and a velocity noise filter. The position feedback device is operable to generate a position signal relating to a position of the motor. The velocity noise filter is coupled to the position feedback device and o |
