Patents by Inventor James Rutledge Hilleary

James Rutledge Hilleary 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).

  • Publication number: 20110238347
    Abstract: A cathodic protection system comprising remote test units for measuring various voltages and currents at remote locations on a cathodically-protected pipeline. The remote test units may comprise a processor configured to store measurements taken with the voltmeter and a wireless transceiver for communicating with other test units and/or a Web server or host computer in a daisy-chain or mesh radio configuration. The remote test units may comprise an instant-off switch which electrically connects the pipeline with a buried protected coupon of the same material as the pipeline, and a voltmeter configured to measure the instant-off potential of the protected coupon when the switch is opened. The test units may also comprise a millivoltmeter configured to measure a voltage across a critical bond current shunt resistor and an ammeter configured to measure AC and DC current flowing between the pipeline and the protected coupon with the instant-off switch is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Elecsys Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Bernhard Gemperli, James Rutledge Hilleary, Michael Reed