Patents by Inventor Kristopher Miller

Kristopher Miller 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 of removing electrical runout in a machine shaft surface
    Patent number: 9108288
    Abstract: A method of removing electrical runout from a measurement surface of a rotatable machine shaft is disclosed. The method includes providing a sensor adjacent to the measurement surface of the rotatable machine shaft, rotating the rotatable machine shaft, measuring a combined runout of the measurement surface, determining an angular location of one or more local valleys on the measurement surface, and re-working the measurement surface at the angular location of the one or more local valleys. Re-work may be by polishing at the one or more local valleys. Various alternative methods are disclosed, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS INUDSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Queen, Kristopher Miller, Michael Graman
  • METHODS OF REMOVING ELECTRICAL RUNOUT IN A MACHINE SHAFT SURFACE
    Publication number: 20140051337
    Abstract: A method of removing electrical runout from a measurement surface of a rotatable machine shaft is disclosed. The method includes providing a sensor adjacent to the measurement surface of the rotatable machine shaft, rotating the rotatable machine shaft, measuring a combined runout of the measurement surface, determining an angular location of one or more local valleys on the measurement surface, and re-working the measurement surface at the angular location of the one or more local valleys. Re-work may be by polishing at the one or more local valleys. Various alternative methods are disclosed, as are other aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Queen, Kristopher Miller, Michael Graman
  • Ice bin
    Patent number: D455158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Hoshizaki America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomas Gray, Kristopher Miller, Hiroyuki Sugie