Patents by Inventor David P. Porter

David P. Porter 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: 8083034
    Abstract: A lift control interface is operable to control and monitor a lift system. Each lift column in the system has such a lift control interface. The lift control interface allows a user to assign lift columns to a lift system. One or more of the assigned lift columns may be assigned to a column control group. The user may lock the selection of these columns. The status of the assigned, selected, and locked lift columns may appear on every lift control interface in the lift system. The user may govern operation of the selected columns in the column control group from a single control interface, such as any control interface at any of the selected columns. The lift control interfaces may include visual representations showing the relationships between the lift columns and a vehicle, such as with lift column icons being positioned around a vehicle icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Vehicle Service Group, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Bordwell, Robert W. Elliott, David P. Porter, Jason T. Stewart, Michael A. Swartz
  • Publication number: 20090236183
    Abstract: A lift control interface is operable to control and monitor a lift system. Each lift column in the system has such a lift control interface. The lift control interface allows a user to assign lift columns to a lift system. One or more of the assigned lift columns may be assigned to a column control group. The user may lock the selection of these columns. The status of the assigned, selected, and locked lift columns may appear on every lift control interface in the lift system. The user may govern operation of the selected columns in the column control group from a single control interface, such as any control interface at any of the selected columns. The lift control interfaces may include visual representations showing the relationships between the lift columns and a vehicle, such as with lift column icons being positioned around a vehicle icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Rotary Lift, a Division of Dover Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Bordwell, Robert W. Elliott, David P. Porter, Jason T. Stewart, Michael A. Swartz
  • Patent number: 6964322
    Abstract: A vehicle lift control maintains multiple points of a lift system within the same horizontal plane during vertical movement of the lift engagement structure by synchronizing the movement thereof. A vertical trajectory is compared to actual positions to generate a raise signal. A position synchronization circuit synchronizes the vertical actuation of the moveable lift components by determining a proportional-integral error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Green, David P. Porter
  • Publication number: 20040163894
    Abstract: A vehicle lift control maintains multiple points of a lift system within the same horizontal plane during vertical movement of the lift engagement structure by synchronizing the movement thereof. A vertical trajectory is compared to actual positions to generate a raise signal. A position synchronization circuit synchronizes the vertical actuation of the moveable lift components by determining a proportional-integral error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Delaware Capital Formation
    Inventors: Steven D. Green, David P. Porter
  • Patent number: 6763916
    Abstract: A vehicle lift control maintains multiple points of a lift system within the same horizontal plane during vertical movement of the lift engagement structure by synchronizing the movement thereof. A vertical trajectory is compared to actual positions to generate a raise signal. A position synchronization circuit synchronizes the vertical actuation of the moveable lift components by determining a proportional-integral error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Green, David P. Porter
  • Publication number: 20030192744
    Abstract: A vehicle lift control maintains multiple points of a lift system within the same horizontal plane during vertical movement of the lift engagement structure by synchronizing the movement thereof. A vertical trajectory is compared to actual positions to generate a raise signal. A position synchronization circuit synchronizes the vertical actuation of the moveable lift components by determining a proportional-integral error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Steven D. Green, David P. Porter
  • Patent number: 5082457
    Abstract: A filter electrical connector includes a plug housing, a center housing and a receptacle housing connected in series by a number of connecting screws. The plug housing and center housing define a central filter cavity. The plug housing and receptacle housing provide means for receiving electrical connectors associated with an electronic device requiring EMI filtering. A T-type filter arrangement is provided within the filter cavity of the connector adapter. The filter arrangement includes PC board mounted capacitors, each in electrical connection between a corresponding connecting pin and a robust common ground. This ground is extended through the ground plane of the PC board, to the plug housing, through an electrical gasket to the conductive case of the electrical device requiring the EMI filtered signal. Each connecting pin extends through corresponding openings in a pair of ferrite wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Cummins Electronics Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen N. Wollscheidt, David P. Porter