Patents by Inventor John A. Kay
John A. Kay 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).
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Patent number: 11990698Abstract: A conductive terminal for a flat flexible cable comprises a first contact surface, and a second contact surface opposing the first contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces define a space therebetween for receiving a flat flexible cable along a longitudinal direction of the terminal. A structure of protruding elements is defined on the first contact surface and includes a plurality of protruding elements extending from the first contact surface in a direction of the second contact surface. The structure of protruding elements includes at least one protruding element having a first height, and at least one protruding element having a second height, distinct from the first height.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Ryan David Hetrick, John Mark Myer, Marjorie Kay Myers
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Patent number: 11984289Abstract: A motor control center includes an enclosure comprising an isolation switch, a main contactor device, and a ground switch device. The isolation switch is selectively manually operable between a connected state and a disconnected state. In the connected state the isolation switch is adapted to conduct electrical power from an associated power source to the main contactor device and wherein the isolation switch in the disconnected state interrupts conduction of electrical power from the associated power source to the main contactor device.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Navinchandra Bhatt, Paul van Heeswyk, John Kay, Ashwin Baliga B
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Patent number: 11750715Abstract: A system for performing industrial automation control may include a first device that generates a first set of data formatted according to a first protocol and a second device that generates an automation command. The automation command may control the first device based on the first set of data. The second device may interpret data formatted according to a second protocol. The system may include a broker system coupled between the first device and the second device to transform data communicated between the devices, such as the first set of data, the automation command, or both. For example, the broker system may transmit a set of data generated to communicate the first set of data to the second device formatted according to the second protocol as opposed to being formatting according to the first protocol.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David C. Mazur, Rob A. Entzminger, Corey A. Peterson, John A. Kay
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Patent number: 11644065Abstract: A shaft coupling for connecting an upper shaft with a lower shaft within a pumping system is designed to handle a large tensile load between the upper and lower shafts. In some embodiments, the upper shaft includes a shaft ring groove and the coupling has a body and a first receiving chamber within the body that receives an end of the upper shaft. The coupling also includes an upper internal groove extending into the body from the first receiving chamber and an upper split ring that is configured to be compressed into a position occupying both the upper internal groove and the shaft ring groove of the upper shaft. Set screws compress the upper split ring into the shaft ring groove of the upper shaft. In another embodiment, the coupling includes a plurality of locking screws that extend through the body into corresponding lock screw grooves in the upper and lower shafts.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: John Kay Mack, Joseph Scott Thompson, Kenneth O'Grady, David Farnsworth McManus, Mark Levi Bellmyer
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Publication number: 20230100626Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the physical state of a stimulating assembly to, for example, detect the occurrence of an adverse event. More specifically, an elongate stimulating assembly comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced contacts is at least partially implanted into a recipient. Electrical measurements are performed at one or more of the plurality of contacts and the electrical measurements are evaluated relative to one another to determine the physical state of the stimulating assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Benjamin Peter Johnston, Paul Michael Carter, Stuart John Kay, Andrea Lam, Shaun Ashwin Kumar, Joerg Pesch
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Publication number: 20230043360Abstract: A motor control center includes an enclosure comprising an isolation switch, a main contactor device, and a ground switch device. The isolation switch is selectively manually operable between a connected state and a disconnected state. In the connected state the isolation switch is adapted to conduct electrical power from an associated power source to the main contactor device and wherein the isolation switch in the disconnected state interrupts conduction of electrical power from the associated power source to the main contactor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Navinchandra Bhatt, Paul van Heeswyk, John Kay, Ashwin Baliga B
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Patent number: 11484218Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the physical state of a stimulating assembly to, for example, detect the occurrence of an adverse event. More specifically, an elongate stimulating assembly comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced contacts is at least partially implanted into a recipient. Electrical measurements are performed at one or more of the plurality of contacts and the electrical measurements are evaluated relative to one another to determine the physical state of the stimulating assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Benjamin Peter Johnston, Paul Michael Carter, Stuart John Kay, Andrea Lam, Shaun Ashwin Kumar, Joerg Pesch
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Publication number: 20220344913Abstract: A motor control center includes an enclosure comprising an isolation switch, a main contactor device, and a ground switch device. The isolation switch is selectively manually operable between a connected state and a disconnected state. In the connected state the isolation switch is adapted to conduct electrical power from an associated power source to the main contactor device and wherein the isolation switch in the disconnected state interrupts conduction of electrical power from the associated power source to the main contactor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Navinchandra Bhatt, Paul van Heeswyk, John Kay, Ashwin Baliga B
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Patent number: 11476647Abstract: A motor control center includes an enclosure comprising an isolation switch, a main contactor device, and a ground switch device. The isolation switch is selectively manually operable between a connected state and a disconnected state. In the connected state the isolation switch is adapted to conduct electrical power from an associated power source to the main contactor device and wherein the isolation switch in the disconnected state interrupts conduction of electrical power from the associated power source to the main contactor device.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Navinchandra Bhatt, Paul van Heeswyk, John Kay, Ashwin Baliga B
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Patent number: 11233387Abstract: Described herein are improvements for a power system by operating the power system using updated performance characteristics for a protection device. In one example, a method includes operating the power system based on a first operational curve for a first protection device of the one or more protection devices. The first operational curve indicates conditions upon which the first protection device will trip. The method also provides obtaining trip information describing conditions that cause the first protection device to trip at each of one or more trip occurrences during operation of the power system. The method further provides adjusting the first operational curve to generate an adjusted first operational curve that reflects the trip information and operating the power system based on the adjusted first operational curve.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: David C. Mazur, Troy M. Bellows, Rob A. Entzminger, Kurt R. Mickler, Bruce K. Venne, John A. Kay, Scott D. Day
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Publication number: 20220019199Abstract: A system for performing industrial automation control may include a first device that generates a first set of data formatted according to a first protocol and a second device that generates an automation command. The automation command may control the first device based on the first set of data. The second device may interpret data formatted according to a second protocol. The system may include a broker system coupled between the first device and the second device to transform data communicated between the devices, such as the first set of data, the automation command, or both. For example, the broker system may transmit a set of data generated to communicate the first set of data to the second device formatted according to the second protocol as opposed to being formatting according to the first protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: David C. Mazur, Rob A. Entzminger, Corey A. Peterson, John A. Kay
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Publication number: 20200259323Abstract: Described herein are improvements for a power system by operating the power system using updated performance characteristics for a protection device. In one example, a method includes operating the power system based on a first operational curve for a first protection device of the one or more protection devices. The first operational curve indicates conditions upon which the first protection device will trip. The method also provides obtaining trip information describing conditions that cause the first protection device to trip at each of one or more trip occurrences during operation of the power system. The method further provides adjusting the first operational curve to generate an adjusted first operational curve that reflects the trip information and operating the power system based on the adjusted first operational curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: David C. Mazur, Troy M. Bellows, Rob A. Entzminger, Kurt R. Mickler, Bruce K. Venne, John A. Kay, Scott D. Day
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Publication number: 20200129764Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the physical state of a stimulating assembly to, for example, detect the occurrence of an adverse event. More specifically, an elongate stimulating assembly comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced contacts is at least partially implanted into a recipient. Electrical measurements are performed at one or more of the plurality of contacts and the electrical measurements are evaluated relative to one another to determine the physical state of the stimulating assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Peter Johnston, Paul Michael Carter, Stuart John Kay, Andrea Lam, Shaun Ashwin Kumar, Joerg Pesch
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Publication number: 20200072296Abstract: A shaft coupling for connecting an upper shaft with a lower shaft within a pumping system is designed to handle a large tensile load between the upper and lower shafts. In some embodiments, the upper shaft includes a shaft ring groove and the coupling has a body and a first receiving chamber within the body that receives an end of the upper shaft. The coupling also includes an upper internal groove extending into the body from the first receiving chamber and an upper split ring that is configured to be compressed into a position occupying both the upper internal groove and the shaft ring groove of the upper shaft. Set screws compress the upper split ring into the shaft ring groove of the upper shaft. In another embodiment, the coupling includes a plurality of locking screws that extend through the body into corresponding lock screw grooves in the upper and lower shafts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: John Kay Mack, Joseph Scott Thompson, Kenneth O'Grady, David Farnsworth McManus, Mark Levi Bellmyer
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Patent number: 10549094Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the physical state of a stimulating assembly to, for example, detect the occurrence of an adverse event. More specifically, an elongate stimulating assembly comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced contacts is at least partially implanted into a recipient. Electrical measurements are performed at one or more of the plurality of contacts and the electrical measurements are evaluated relative to one another to determine the physical state of the stimulating assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Benjamin Peter Johnston, Paul Michael Carter, Stuart John Kay, Andrea Lam, Shaun Ashwin Kumar, Joerg Pesch
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Patent number: D842008Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Sealy Technology, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay, Sona Serena Von Hunke
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Patent number: D845669Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Sealy Technology, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Martin John Kay, Fabian Herrmann, Sona Serena Von Hunke
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Patent number: D845677Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Tempur World, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay
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Patent number: D850153Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Sealy Technology, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay, Sona Serena Von Hunke
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Patent number: D852544Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Sealy Technology, LLCInventors: Hortense Desodt, Fabian Herrmann, Martin John Kay, Camilla Georgina Franklin