Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Gould

Mark Alan Gould 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for monitoring auxiliary contact status
    Patent number: 10175299
    Abstract: A system includes a circuit interruption device, such as a circuit breaker, contactor or other switch of an automatic transfer switch (ATS) or a similar device providing power to an input of an ATS, and a monitoring circuit, such as a controller of the ATS, coupled to the circuit interruption device and configured to monitor voltages at inputs and outputs of the circuit interruption device, to monitor an auxiliary contact signal associated with auxiliary contacts of the circuit interruption device, and to determine a status of the auxiliary contacts responsive to the monitored voltages and auxiliary contact signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Mark Alan Gould, Mark Steven Tomassi
  • Transfer switch apparatus and methods using transition time monitoring and adaptation
    Patent number: 10110057
    Abstract: Methods of operating an automatic transfer switch (ATS) include detecting a first transition of an auxiliary contact set mechanically linked to a switch that selectively couples first and second AC power sources to an output of the ATS, determining a transition duration based on the detected first transition and a first assertion time of a first command for the first transition, identifying a second assertion time based on the determined transition duration, and asserting a second command for a second transition of the switch at the identified second assertion time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Mark Alan Gould
  • TRANSFER SWITCH APPARATUS AND METHODS USING TRANSITION TIME MONITORING AND ADAPTATION
    Publication number: 20170366040
    Abstract: Methods of operating an automatic transfer switch (ATS) include detecting a first transition of an auxiliary contact set mechanically linked to a switch that selectively couples first and second AC power sources to an output of the ATS, determining a transition duration based on the detected first transition and a first assertion time of a first command for the first transition, identifying a second assertion time based on the determined transition duration, and asserting a second command for a second transition of the switch at the identified second assertion time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Alan Gould
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AUXILIARY CONTACT STATUS
    Publication number: 20170254852
    Abstract: A system includes a circuit interruption device, such as a circuit breaker, contactor or other switch of an automatic transfer switch (ATS) or a similar device providing power to an input of an ATS, and a monitoring circuit, such as a controller of the ATS, coupled to the circuit interruption device and configured to monitor voltages at inputs and outputs of the circuit interruption device, to monitor an auxiliary contact signal associated with auxiliary contacts of the circuit interruption device, and to determine a status of the auxiliary contacts responsive to the monitored voltages and auxiliary contact signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Alan Gould, Mark Steven Tomassi