Patents by Inventor Peter R. Knight

Peter R. Knight 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: 11500366
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for monitoring an asset. For example, there is provided a method that includes executing, by a system configured to monitor the asset, a series of operations that can include fetching, from a database communicatively coupled to the system, a data structure including information relative to one or more sources containing event data relative to the asset. The method may include generating, from the data structure, a first table including a list of sources. The method may include generating, from the data structure, a second table including a list of unique consolidated events. The method may include generating, based on a set of predetermined rules, a mapping table configured to relate the first table and the second table. The method may include associating, based on the mapping table, an event in the second table to the one or more sources in the first table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter R. Knight, Paul Butterley
  • Publication number: 20200310402
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for monitoring an asset. For example, there is provided a method that includes executing, by a system configured to monitor the asset, a series of operations that can include fetching, from a database communicatively coupled to the system, a data structure including information relative to one or more sources containing event data relative to the asset. The method may include generating, from the data structure, a first table including a list of sources. The method may include generating, from the data structure, a second table including a list of unique consolidated events. The method may include generating, based on a set of predetermined rules, a mapping table configured to relate the first table and the second table. The method may include associating, based on the mapping table, an event in the second table to the one or more sources in the first table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter R. Knight, Paul Butterley
  • Patent number: 5489826
    Abstract: A projection television receiver has a cathode ray tube with an electron gun for emitting an electron beam incident on a screen, an electromagnetic deflection yoke and an electromagnetic focusing coil. The focusing coil is included in a resonant circuit. The resonant circuit is energized by switching operation of a switching transistor in the vicinity of a retrace interval. Variations of the focusing coil current in the vicinity of the retrace interval provide dynamic focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Knight, Ronald E. Fernsler
  • Patent number: 5036257
    Abstract: A voltage at a control grid of a cathode ray tube is generated at a blanking level to provide beam current blanking when horizontal deflection loss occurs. The control grid voltage at the blanking level is developed in a capacitor prior to an instant in which the horizontal deflection loss occurs. When the capacitor voltage is applied to the control grid to provide the blanking level, the capacitor is discharged slowly. To maintain the capacitor charged, prior to such instant when horizontal deflection is lost, the capacitor voltage is not applied to the control grid as long as the horizontal deflection is normal, regardless of whether vertical deflection loss occurs. Either horizontal deflection loss or vertical deflection loss will disable a video driver stage that controls the cathode of the cathode ray tube for providing additional beam current blanking capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin N. Norman, Lawrence E. Smith, Peter R. Knight
  • Patent number: 4329729
    Abstract: A side pincushion corrected deflection circuit for a television receiver includes a deflection winding, a trace capacitor and a first switch for generating scanning current in the deflection winding. A modulator circuit includes a modulator inductor and capacitor and a second switch for generating a sawtooth modulator current in the inductor. The trace and modulator capacitors are charged from a B+ operating voltage source through the primary winding of a flyback transformer. A transistor stage in the modulator circuit shunts current away from the modulator capacitor to control the modulator and trace capacitor voltages. A vertical rate bias voltage is applied to the transistor stage and varies the shunt current at a vertical rate in a parabolic manner to provide side pincushion correction. Under fault conditions, such as an open-circuited deflection winding or trace capacitor, the modulator capacitor voltage tends to undesirably increase above the peak voltage developed under normal operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Peter R. Knight
  • Patent number: 4321513
    Abstract: The retrace pulse voltage developed across a television receiver flyback transformer winding is rectified and filtered to develop a voltage representative of picture tube ultor voltage. This representative voltage is applied to an input terminal of a comparator. A beam current representative voltage, obtainable, for example, at the input of a beam limiter circuit, is applied to a filter. The filter output voltage, which is the time integration voltage of the beam current representative voltage, is applied to another input terminal of the comparator. The comparator develops a disabling signal that is utilized to disable normal television operation when the ultor voltage exceeds a magnitude which differs with different values of the filter output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Peter R. Knight
  • Patent number: 4298830
    Abstract: A horizontal deflection generator includes the series arrangement of a horizontal deflection winding and a trace capacitor, a retrace capacitor, and a horizontal trace switch. The trace switch comprises a damper diode and a horizontal output transistor. Base drive for the horizonal output transistor is provided by a horizontal driver stage through a driver transformer. A secondary winding of a flyback transformer is coupled to a high impedance cascade rectifier arrangement to form a DC supply which provides collector supply voltage for the driver stage. The DC supply has a relatively large source impedance to changes in the load current being drawn from the supply by the driver stage. Such a large impedance is desirable in order to limit the base driver to the horizontal output transistor during picture tube arc-over and to allow for duty cycle tolerances in the horizontal oscillator output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Peter R. Knight
  • Patent number: 4254365
    Abstract: A side pincushion corrected deflection circuit for a television receiver includes a deflection winding, a trace capacitor and a first switch for generating scanning current in the deflection winding. A modulator circuit includes a modulator inductor, a modulator capacitance and a second switch for generating a sawtooth modulator current in the inductor. The trace and modulator capacitors are charged from a voltage source through a flyback transformer winding. Reflected load currents from other television receiver circuits also flow in the flyback transformer winding. A transistor stage in the modulator circuit shunts current away from the modulator capacitor to control the modulator and trace capacitor voltages. A vertical rate bias voltage is applied to the transistor stage and varies the shunt current at the vertical rate to provide side pincushion correction. The transistor stage is operated in an open loop manner with no voltage feedback of the modulator capacitor voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Peter R. Knight