Patents by Inventor Brian Burlage

Brian Burlage has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8864104
    Abstract: Apparatus to mount process control devices to actuators are described. An example includes a mounting plate having a first side to receive the process control device and a second side opposite the first side, where the second side includes a first clamping finger extending away from the second side and configured to engage a first edge of an actuator yoke. The example apparatus also includes an elongated clamp arm having second and third clamping fingers adjacent respective ends of the elongated clamp arm, where each of the second and third clamping fingers is configured to engage a second edge of the actuator yoke opposite the first edge, and where the elongated clamp arm is slidably coupled to the mounting plate. Additionally, the example apparatus includes a fastener adjustable to cause the elongated clamp arm and the mounting plate to slide toward each other so that the first, second and third clamping fingers engage the respective edges of the yoke to fix the mounting plate relative to the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Koch, Brian Burlage
  • Publication number: 20130032217
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for level loop control are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes determining via a sensor a first pressure of a liquid in a tank, determining via a turbine flow meter a second pressure of the liquid in the tank, determining if the first pressure is within a specified range of deviation from the second pressure to determine an operational state of the turbine flow meter, and transmitting a diagnostic message indicating that the turbine flow meter needs to be serviced based on the state of the turbine flow meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Pesek, Brian Burlage
  • Patent number: 8087638
    Abstract: Apparatuses to control a fluid flow characteristic of fluid regulator bypass valves are described. An example apparatus includes an insert having a body sized to be inserted in a passage of a bypass valve. The body includes an opening to fluidly couple a bore of the body to an outer surface of the body. The opening being shaped to produce a predetermined flow characteristic in response to at least a portion of a restrictor of the bypass valve moving relative to the opening to vary a fluid flow through the opening and the bypass valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Burlage, Chris Metschke, Kurtis Jensen, Chee Wee Goh, Eva Loh, Wendy Ang
  • Publication number: 20100207045
    Abstract: Apparatus to mount process control devices to actuators are described. An example includes a mounting plate having a first side to receive the process control device and a second side opposite the first side, where the second side includes a first clamping finger extending away from the second side and configured to engage a first edge of an actuator yoke. The example apparatus also includes an elongated clamp arm having second and third clamping fingers adjacent respective ends of the elongated clamp arm, where each of the second and third clamping fingers is configured to engage a second edge of the actuator yoke opposite the first edge, and where the elongated clamp arm is slidably coupled to the mounting plate. Additionally, the example apparatus includes a fastener adjustable to cause the elongated clamp arm and the mounting plate to slide toward each other so that the first, second and third clamping fingers engage the respective edges of the yoke to fix the mounting plate relative to the yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Ben Koch, Brian Burlage
  • Publication number: 20100025603
    Abstract: Apparatuses to control a fluid flow characteristic of fluid regulator bypass valves are described. An example apparatus includes an insert having a body sized to be inserted in a passage of a bypass valve. The body includes an opening to fluidly couple a bore of the body to an outer surface of the body. The opening being shaped to produce a predetermined flow characteristic in response to at least a portion of a restrictor of the bypass valve moving relative to the opening to vary a fluid flow through the opening and the bypass valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Brian Burlage, Chris Metschke, Kurtis Jensen, Chee Wee Goh, Eva Loh, Wendy Ang