Patents by Inventor Jerry Simon

Jerry Simon 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).

  • Methods and systems for operating a sequence of events recorder
    Patent number: 8489554
    Abstract: A method for recording a sequence of events is provided. The method includes operating a sequence of events recorder in a normal mode, wherein data stored is related to the sequence of events in a history buffer. The method also includes initiating a snap-shot mode of the events recorder after a triggering event occurs in the sequence of events. The snap-shot mode operates by freezing data related to a moment in the sequence of events that occurred prior to the triggering event, storing data related to the sequence of events at the time of the triggering event in the snap-shot buffer, and continuing to record the data related to the sequence of events to a snap-shot buffer until a predetermined event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Hua Xu, Mark Anthony Lobuono, Robert A. Rucinski, Jerry Simons
  • Method and system for implementing multi-controller systems
    Patent number: 8296527
    Abstract: A method for implementing a high-availability system that includes a plurality of controllers that each includes a shared memory. The method includes storing in the shared memory, by each controller, status data related to each of a plurality of failure modes, and calculating, by each controller, an availability score based on the status data. The method also includes determining, by each controller, one of the plurality of controllers having a highest availability score, and identifying the one of the plurality of controllers having the highest availability score as a master controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Hua Xu, Mark Reitzel, Jerry Simons, Terrance John Walsh
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-CONTROLLER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110119453
    Abstract: A method for implementing a high-availability system that includes a plurality of controllers that each includes a shared memory. The method includes storing in the shared memory, by each controller, status data related to each of a plurality of failure modes, and calculating, by each controller, an availability score based on the status data. The method also includes determining, by each controller, one of the plurality of controllers having a highest availability score, and identifying the one of the plurality of controllers having the highest availability score as a master controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Yan Hua Xu, Mark Reitzel, Jerry Simons, Terrance John Walsh
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDER
    Publication number: 20090094259
    Abstract: A method for recording a sequence of events is provided. The method includes operating a sequence of events recorder in a normal mode, wherein data stored is related to the sequence of events in a history buffer. The method also includes initiating a snap-shot mode of the events recorder after a triggering event occurs in the sequence of events. The snap-shot mode operates by freezing data related to a moment in the sequence of events that occurred prior to the triggering event, storing data related to the sequence of events at the time of the triggering event in the snap-shot buffer, and continuing to record the data related to the sequence of events to a snap-shot buffer until a predetermined event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Yan Hua Xu, Mark Anthony Lobuono, Robert A. Rucinski, Jerry Simons
  • Full cutoff area light fixture
    Publication number: 20050281034
    Abstract: A full cutoff luminaire having a housing with an open bottom, a vertically mounted lamp centrally located within the housing, a radial reflector surrounding a portion of the lamp and a downwardly extending optic lens having an open top enshrouding a lower portion of the lamp wherein light emitted from the luminaire does not exceed 90° above nadir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Genlyte Thomas Group LLC
    Inventors: Robert Summerford, Claude Barozzini, Jerry Simon