Patents by Inventor Patrick B. Mullaney

Patrick B. Mullaney 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 apparatus for monitoring solenoid valve health
    Patent number: 11028941
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring solenoid valve health are disclosed. A switchbox includes a state manager, a position detector, and a notification generator. The state manager changes an activation state of a solenoid valve between a first state and a second state in response to an initiation signal of a solenoid valve test. The position detector determines, based on position data obtained at the switchbox from an integrated position sensor of the solenoid valve, whether a core of the solenoid valve has moved by at least a threshold change in position within a predetermined time period following the change of the activation state of the solenoid valve. The notification generator generates a notification in response to the position detector determining that the core did not move by at least the threshold change in position within the predetermined time period. The notification indicates that the solenoid valve failed the solenoid valve test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Thiago Caetano Ferreira, Patrick B. Mullaney, Bruce S. Rigsby
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING SOLENOID VALVE HEALTH
    Publication number: 20210054949
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring solenoid valve health are disclosed. A switchbox includes a state manager, a position detector, and a notification generator. The state manager changes an activation state of a solenoid valve between a first state and a second state in response to an initiation signal of a solenoid valve test. The position detector determines, based on position data obtained at the switchbox from an integrated position sensor of the solenoid valve, whether a core of the solenoid valve has moved by at least a threshold change in position within a predetermined time period following the change of the activation state of the solenoid valve. The notification generator generates a notification in response to the position detector determining that the core did not move by at least the threshold change in position within the predetermined time period. The notification indicates that the solenoid valve failed the solenoid valve test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Thiago Caetano Ferreira, Patrick B. Mullaney, Bruce S. Rigsby
  • Audio processing system
    Patent number: 6804504
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a digital audio processing system that includes a mainframe chassis, a central processor card, a plurality of analog input cards, and a plurality of analog output cards for accepting a plurality of audio inputs and producing a plurality of mixed audio outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Innovative Electronic Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Johnson, Patrick B. Mullaney, Robert A. Ponto, Brian E. Flinn