Patents by Inventor Sara B. Masteller

Sara B. Masteller 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: 4604701
    Abstract: In a turbocharger control system which includes fault testing circuitry which automatically senses and compares engine operating parameters of manifold pressure, exhaust temperature, engine speed, and actuator position, compares the sensed values to predetermined norms to establish the validity of the signals, in which substitutes preestablished values for the sensed signals when the sensed signal is determined to be invalid. The substituted value may be a value stored in the memory of a microprocessor used in the system or a value derived from a signal received from a different but corresponding sensor of the engine being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Charles S. Fujawa, Sara B. Masteller
  • Patent number: 4594668
    Abstract: An electronic control (10) for generating control, diagnostic, and fault signals for a diesel engine (12) with a turbocharger (22) and an injection pump (14). The control (10) provides an injection pump control (78), a turbocharger control (80), a fault monitor (82) and a sequencing control (84). These controllers are embodied as a stored program of a microprocessor controlled processor, timing, and memory module (228). The module (228) communicates with an input section receiving analog and discrete inputs via a serial input data line (CRUIN) and further communicates with an output section generating analog and discrete outputs via a serial output data line (CRUOUT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Charles S. Fujawa, Sara B. Masteller
  • Patent number: 4475493
    Abstract: An electronic control (10) for generating control, diagnostic, and fault signals for a diesel engine (12) with a turbocharger (22) and an injection pump (14). The control (10) provides an injection pump control (78), a turbocharger control (80), a fault monitor (82) and a sequencing control (84). These controllers are embodied as a stored program of a microprocessor controlled processor, timing, and memory module (228). The module (228) communicates with an input section receiving analog and discrete inputs via a serial input data line (CRUIN) and further communicates with an output section generating analog and discrete outputs via a serial output data line (CRUOUT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventors: Sara B. Masteller, Charles S. Fujawa