Patents by Inventor Mills Thomas Robinson, JR.

Mills Thomas Robinson, JR. 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).

  • Patent number: 8498826
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a condition of a machine are provided. The machine monitoring system includes a housing mounted to a surface of a machine, a plurality of sensors configured to generate respective output signals for a parameter indicative of a condition of the machine, and a voting module positioned within the housing and configured to generate a corrected output based on the respective output signals. The machine monitoring system also includes a memory device including a store location configured to store manual input functions relating to a construction of the machine, a life calculator communicatively coupled to the voting module and the memory device wherein the life calculator is configured to determine a life remaining in the machine using the corrected output and the manual input functions, and a display positioned within the housing and configured to display the life remaining in the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roopesh Bhaskaran Nagathil, Mills Thomas Robinson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120136587
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a condition of a machine are provided. The machine monitoring system includes a housing mounted to a surface of a machine, a plurality of sensors configured to generate respective output signals for a parameter indicative of a condition of the machine, and a voting module positioned within the housing and configured to generate a corrected output based on the respective output signals. The machine monitoring system also includes a memory device including a store location configured to store manual input functions relating to a construction of the machine, a life calculator communicatively coupled to the voting module and the memory device wherein the life calculator is configured to determine a life remaining in the machine using the corrected output and the manual input functions, and a display positioned within the housing and configured to display the life remaining in the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Roopesh Bhaskaran Nagathil, Mills Thomas Robinson, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110227723
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a machine includes a monitoring relay for coupling to one or more sensors on the machine and a communication device. The system also includes a remote monitoring unit (RMU) coupled to the monitoring device and the communication device, the RMU receiving data points from the monitoring relay and causing the data points to be provided over a communication to a server via an HTTP POST command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert John Dewey, John Neil Baker, Thomas Gene Gustafson, Mills Thomas Robinson, JR., Michael Edward Sopko