Patents by Inventor Peter A. Barton

Peter A. Barton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155474
    Abstract: In one illustrative example, a controller for use in a private mobile network may determine network service requirements for an industrial device. The controller may select, from a set of network slices, a subset of network slices having network service requirement configurations that most closely support the network service requirements. Each network slice of the set may be associated with an affinity ranking value that is indicative of a service performance of the network slice for industrial device operation in a cell or a zone associated with a zone or security level value assigned to the industrial device. The controller may identify, from the subset of network slices, a selected network slice associated with a best affinity ranking value for the zone or security level value assigned to the industrial device. The controller may assign the selected network slice and associated service parameters for the communications of the industrial device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Flemming Stig Andreasen, Robert Edgar Barton, Timothy Peter Stammers
  • Patent number: 11619294
    Abstract: A gear unit having a shaft, particularly an input shaft, a fan impeller being joined in rotatably fixed manner to the shaft, a fan cowl, which at least partially surrounds the fan impeller, being mounted on the gear housing, a separating plate for separating the pressure chamber of the fan from the suction chamber of the fan being joined to the fan cowl, the separating plate having an air inlet for the fan impeller and being disposed on the side of the fan impeller facing away axially from the gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Konstantin Völker, Peter Barton, Stefan Dietrich, Anette Bunka
  • Patent number: 11529718
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for tightening a screw connection having a motor-operated screwdriver unit, wherein the angle of rotation and the torque are determined during the tightening to be able to stop the tightening process on reaching a desired tightening tension. An increase in the torque over the angle of rotation is determined by a determination device in a first tightening region and a change in the increase in the torque over the angle of rotation is determined in a second, following tightening region, with the screwdriver unit being stopped by a control device on reaching or exceeding of a maximum permitted change in the increase and/or of a change speed that is determined with reference to the increase that occurred in the first tightening region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Parlow, Ilaka Mupende, Peter Barton
  • Patent number: 11417227
    Abstract: A method of generating an aircraft display includes receiving data at a device. The data includes information associated with a first aircraft and one or more other aircraft in an airspace associated with the first aircraft. The method includes determining, at the device, estimated flightpaths for the first aircraft and the one or more other aircraft. The method includes generating, at the device, a detect and avoid gauge display based on a current flightpath of the first aircraft and the estimated flightpaths. The method also includes sending, from the device to a display device coupled to the device, the detect and avoid gauge for display. The detect and avoid gauge is configured to display a flightpath indicator to indicate a direction of travel of the first aircraft and is configured to display alert bands related to projected separation violations with respect to the one or more other aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Mecklem, Brendan Patrick Williams, Darcy Lynn Davidson, John W. Benton, Lennon Richard Cork, Peter Barton Popenoe
  • Patent number: 10900555
    Abstract: In a sealing array for a transmission, in particular for the output shaft of a transmission, and a transmission having a sealing array, a spacer ring is situated between a first and a second shaft-sealing ring, a flange part is connected to the coupling flange, in particular by screws, and a coupling flange presses the second shaft-sealing ring against the spacer ring, the spacer ring presses on the first shaft-sealing ring so that the first shaft-sealing ring is positioned against a flange part. The flange part, the coupling flange, the first shaft-sealing ring, the spacer ring, and the second shaft-sealing ring are arranged as a pre-assembled unit, and thus, in particular, as a transportable, integrated unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Reineberg, Peter Barton
  • Patent number: 10808825
    Abstract: A bearing system having a housing component, a shaft being supported in the housing component with the aid of a bearing, especially using a roller bearing, wherein the bearing is accommodated in a stepped bore in the housing component, which especially extends through the housing component, a lid part seals the stepped bore, especially with respect to the outside, the lid part is frictionally connected to the housing component, the lid part is accommodated in the stepped bore, a surface section of the outside of the lid part is situated in alignment with a step of the stepped bore, in particular in such a way that the surface section is situated on an axial position of the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Barton, Stefan Dietrich, Renaud Becker, Markus Wöppermann
  • Publication number: 20200256451
    Abstract: In a sealing array for a transmission, in particular for the output shaft of a transmission, and a transmission having a sealing array, a spacer ring is situated between a first and a second shaft-sealing ring, a flange part is connected to the coupling flange, in particular by screws, and a coupling flange presses the second shaft-sealing ring against the spacer ring, the spacer ring presses on the first shaft-sealing ring so that the first shaft-sealing ring is positioned against a flange part. The flange part, the coupling flange, the first shaft-sealing ring, the spacer ring, and the second shaft-sealing ring are arranged as a pre-assembled unit, and thus, in particular, as a transportable, integrated unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin REINEBERG, Peter BARTON
  • Patent number: 10718353
    Abstract: A gear unit having a shaft, in particular an input shaft, a fan impeller being connected to the shaft in a torsionally fixed manner, a fan hood being connected to the gear unit housing, which at least partially encloses the fan impeller, a separation plate for separating the pressure chamber of the fan from the suction chamber of the fan being connected to the fan hood, where the separation plate has an air intake opening for the fan impeller and is situated on the side of the fan impeller facing axially away from the gear unit, the fan impeller has an upper and a lower cover disk, which are axially set apart from each other, and fan blades are disposed between the cover disks, so that channels are formed, the radial clearance of the air intake opening being disposed within, especially centrally within, the radial clearance region covered by the upper cover disk, and the air intake opening is disposed axially within, especially centrally within, the axial region covered by the upper cover disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO.KG
    Inventors: Konstantin Völker, Peter Barton, Stefan Dietrich, Anette Bunka
  • Publication number: 20200202732
    Abstract: A method of generating an aircraft display includes receiving data at a device. The data includes information associated with a first aircraft and one or more other aircraft in an airspace associated with the first aircraft. The method includes determining, at the device, estimated flightpaths for the first aircraft and the one or more other aircraft. The method includes generating, at the device, a detect and avoid gauge display based on a current flightpath of the first aircraft and the estimated flightpaths. The method also includes sending, from the device to a display device coupled to the device, the detect and avoid gauge for display. The detect and avoid gauge is configured to display a flightpath indicator to indicate a direction of travel of the first aircraft and is configured to display alert bands related to projected separation violations with respect to the one or more other aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Mecklem, Brendan Patrick Williams, Darcy Lynn Davidson, John W. Benton, Lennon Richard Cork, Peter Barton Popenoe
  • Publication number: 20200130152
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for tightening a screw connection having a motor-operated screwdriver unit, wherein the angle of rotation and the torque are determined during the tightening to be able to stop the tightening process on reaching a desired tightening tension. An increase in the torque over the angle of rotation is determined by a determination device in a first tightening region and a change in the increase in the torque over the angle of rotation is determined in a second, following tightening region, with the screwdriver unit being stopped by a control device on reaching or exceeding of a maximum permitted change in the increase and/or of a change speed that is determined with reference to the increase that occurred in the first tightening region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Parlow, Ilaka Mupende, Peter Barton
  • Patent number: 10634232
    Abstract: In a sealing array for a transmission, in particular for the output shaft of a transmission, and a transmission having a sealing array, a spacer ring is situated between a first and a second shaft-sealing ring, a flange part is connected to the coupling flange, in particular by screws, and a coupling flange presses the second shaft-sealing ring against the spacer ring, the spacer ring presses on the first shaft-sealing ring so that the first shaft-sealing ring is positioned against a flange part. The flange part, the coupling flange, the first shaft-sealing ring, the spacer ring, and the second shaft-sealing ring are arranged as a pre-assembled unit, and thus, in particular, as a transportable, integrated unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Reineberg, Peter Barton
  • Patent number: 10539223
    Abstract: A gear unit includes a shaft, in particular an input shaft, a flange part and a housing part. The input shaft is supported by bearings in the housing part, and a fan is connected to the shaft in a torsion-proof manner. The housing part includes cooling fins, in particular cooling fins that extend in the axial direction, i.e. in the axis direction of the shaft, the cooling fins have an offset and/or stepped configuration, and the flange part surrounds the offset or stepped region of the cooling fins, in particular in the manner of a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Schwan, Peter Barton, Jan Knittel, Peter Eller
  • Publication number: 20180372208
    Abstract: A bearing system having a housing component, a shaft being supported in the housing component with the aid of a bearing, especially using a roller bearing, wherein the bearing is accommodated in a stepped bore in the housing component, which especially extends through the housing component, a lid part seals the stepped bore, especially with respect to the outside, the lid part is frictionally connected to the housing component, the lid part is accommodated in the stepped bore, a surface section of the outside of the lid part is situated in alignment with a step of the stepped bore, in particular in such a way that the surface section is situated on an axial position of the step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Barton, Stefan Dietrich, Renaud Becker, Markus Wöppermann
  • Patent number: 10151422
    Abstract: A drivetrain package includes a motor which includes a rotor shaft, a gear unit, and a carrier structure. The carrier structure has a carrier part which includes a gear unit support section and a motor support part, the carrier part and the gear unit support section being arranged in one piece. The motor is mounted on the carrier structure with the aid of the motor support part, the motor support part in particular being situated between the motor and the carrier part. The gear unit is supported on the gear unit support section and connected to the carrier structure with the aid of the gear unit support section. The carrier part includes a sheet metal part, and the motor support part includes a sheet metal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Lauer, Peter Barton
  • Patent number: 10066731
    Abstract: A bearing system having a housing component, a shaft being supported in the housing component with the aid of a bearing, especially using a roller bearing, wherein the bearing is accommodated in a stepped bore in the housing component, which especially extends through the housing component, a lid part seals the stepped bore, especially with respect to the outside, the lid part is frictionally connected to the housing component, the lid part is accommodated in the stepped bore, a surface section of the outside of the lid part is situated in alignment with a step of the stepped bore, in particular in such a way that the surface section is situated on an axial position of the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Barton, Stefan Dietrich, Renaud Becker, Markus Wöppermann
  • Patent number: 10036688
    Abstract: An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB for a drive, including gear unit and motor, provided for a load, an operational reliability factor SB is determined for the drive or its gear unit from a load collective that is at least three-dimensional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Barton, Roman Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20180119794
    Abstract: A gear unit includes a shaft, in particular an input shaft, a flange part and a housing part. The input shaft is supported by bearings in the housing part, and a fan is connected to the shaft in a torsion-proof manner. The housing part includes cooling fins, in particular cooling fins that extend in the axial direction, i.e. in the axis direction of the shaft, the cooling fins have an offset and/or stepped configuration, and the flange part surrounds the offset or stepped region of the cooling fins, in particular in the manner of a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias SCHWAN, Peter BARTON, Jan KNITTEL, Peter ELLER
  • Publication number: 20180045359
    Abstract: A drivetrain package includes a motor which includes a rotor shaft, a gear unit, and a carrier structure. The carrier structure has a carrier part which includes a gear unit support section and a motor support part, the carrier part and the gear unit support section being arranged in one piece. The motor is mounted on the carrier structure with the aid of the motor support part, the motor support part in particular being situated between the motor and the carrier part. The gear unit is supported on the gear unit support section and connected to the carrier structure with the aid of the gear unit support section. The carrier part includes a sheet metal part, and the motor support part includes a sheet metal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Christian LAUER, Peter BARTON
  • Publication number: 20180023682
    Abstract: In a sealing array for a transmission, in particular for the output shaft of a transmission, and a transmission having a sealing array, a spacer ring is situated between a first and a second shaft-sealing ring, a flange part is connected to the coupling flange, in particular by screws, and a coupling flange presses the second shaft-sealing ring against the spacer ring, the spacer ring presses on the first shaft-sealing ring so that the first shaft-sealing ring is positioned against a flange part. The flange part, the coupling flange, the first shaft-sealing ring, the spacer ring, and the second shaft-sealing ring are arranged as a pre-assembled unit, and thus, in particular, as a transportable, integrated unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Martin REINEBERG, Peter BARTON
  • Publication number: 20160053775
    Abstract: A gear unit having a shaft, in particular an input shaft, a fan impeller being connected to the shaft in a torsionally fixed manner, a fan hood being connected to the gear unit housing, which at least partially encloses the fan impeller, a separation plate for separating the pressure chamber of the fan from the suction chamber of the fan being connected to the fan hood, where the separation plate has an air intake opening for the fan impeller and is situated on the side of the fan impeller facing axially away from the gear unit, the fan impeller has an upper and a lower cover disk, which are axially set apart from each other, and fan blades are disposed between the cover disks, so that channels are formed, the radial clearance of the air intake opening being disposed within, especially centrally within, the radial clearance region covered by the upper cover disk, and the air intake opening is disposed axially within, especially centrally within, the axial region covered by the upper cover disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO.KG
    Inventors: Konstantin VOLKER, Peter BARTON, Stefan DIETRICH, Anette BUNKA