Patents by Inventor Richard M. Edge
Richard M. Edge 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).
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Patent number: 11733276Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of sag in a power line. In an embodiment, a monitoring device may include a distance sensor and an operating parameter sensor. A processor of the monitoring device may acquire, via the distance sensor, a first distance measurement. The processor may acquire, via the operating parameter sensor, a first operating parameter measurement. The processor may provide an output signal indicating that the power line is sagging when a combination of the first distance measurement and the first operating parameter measurement exceed a first combined distance-operating parameter threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Manson, Shankar V. Achanta, Gregary C. Zweigle, Richard M. Edge
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Publication number: 20220344926Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of sag in a power line. In an embodiment, a monitoring device may include a distance sensor and an operating parameter sensor. A processor of the monitoring device may acquire, via the distance sensor, a first distance measurement. The processor may acquire, via the operating parameter sensor, a first operating parameter measurement. The processor may provide an output signal indicating that the power line is sagging when a combination of the first distance measurement and the first operating parameter measurement exceed a first combined distance-operating parameter threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Manson, Shankar V. Achanta, Gregary C. Zweigle, Richard M. Edge
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Patent number: 11424609Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of sag in a power line. In an embodiment, a monitoring device may include a distance sensor and an operating parameter sensor. A processor of the monitoring device may acquire, via the distance sensor, a first distance measurement. The processor may acquire, via the operating parameter sensor, a first operating parameter measurement. The processor may provide an output signal indicating that the power line is sagging when a combination of the first distance measurement and the first operating parameter measurement exceed a first combined distance-operating parameter threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Manson, Shankar V. Achanta, Gregary C. Zweigle, Richard M. Edge
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Publication number: 20210203148Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of sag in a power line. In an embodiment, a monitoring device may include a distance sensor and an operating parameter sensor. A processor of the monitoring device may acquire, via the distance sensor, a first distance measurement. The processor may acquire, via the operating parameter sensor, a first operating parameter measurement. The processor may provide an output signal indicating that the power line is sagging when a combination of the first distance measurement and the first operating parameter measurement exceed a first combined distance-operating parameter threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Manson, Shankar V. Achanta, Gregary C. Zweigle, Richard M. Edge
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Patent number: 10978863Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of sag in a power line. In an embodiment, a monitoring device may include a distance sensor and an operating parameter sensor. A processor of the monitoring device may acquire, via the distance sensor, a first distance measurement. The processor may acquire, via the operating parameter sensor, a first operating parameter measurement. The processor may provide an output signal indicating that the power line is sagging when a combination of the first distance measurement and the first operating parameter measurement exceed a first combined distance-operating parameter threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Manson, Shankar V. Achanta, Gregary C. Zweigle, Richard M. Edge
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Publication number: 20200225273Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of sag in a power line. In an embodiment, a monitoring device may include a distance sensor and an operating parameter sensor. A processor of the monitoring device may acquire, via the distance sensor, a first distance measurement. The processor may acquire, via the operating parameter sensor, a first operating parameter measurement. The processor may provide an output signal indicating that the power line is sagging when a combination of the first distance measurement and the first operating parameter measurement exceed a first combined distance-operating parameter threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott M. Manson, Shankar V. Achanta, Gregary C. Zweigle, Richard M. Edge
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Patent number: 8942954Abstract: Fault location on a non-homogeneous electric power line that includes a plurality of sections by determining a section in which negative-sequence voltage magnitude profiles calculated from each terminal of the power line intersect. The fault location may determine the faulted section and determine the location of the fault within the faulted section. To determine the fault location, the negative-sequence voltage magnitude profiles may be calculated from measurements taken at each terminal of the power line and compared to determine a point where the profiles intersect. The profiles may be calculated using power line properties and measurements from each terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Yanfeng Gong, Armando Guzman-Casillas, Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam, Richard M. Edge
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Publication number: 20120068717Abstract: Fault location on a non-homogeneous electric power line that includes a plurality of sections by determining a section in which negative-sequence voltage magnitude profiles calculated from each terminal of the power line intersect. The fault location may determine the faulted section and determine the location of the fault within the faulted section. To determine the fault location, the negative-sequence voltage magnitude profiles may be calculated from measurements taken at each terminal of the power line and compared to determine a point where the profiles intersect. The profiles may be calculated using power line properties and measurements from each terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Yanfeng Gong, Armando Guzman-Casillas, Mangapathirao Venkata Mynam, Richard M. Edge