Patents by Inventor Steve Ferree

Steve Ferree 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).

  • FRAGRANCE DISPENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120286061
    Abstract: A fragrance dispensing system includes a bottle having a bottle body with an outwardly protruding upper abutment member and an outwardly protruding lower abutment member. The fragrance dispensing system also includes a mounting base shaped and dimensioned for selective attachment of the bottle thereto and a fragrance band selectively secured about the bottle between the upper abutment member and the lower abutment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Steve Ferree, Steven Fleming
  • Method and system for detecting faults in an electronic engine control module
    Patent number: 7472337
    Abstract: An algorithm for detecting a fault in an ECM output signal by determining a status of the output signal, incrementing an error timer and a retry timer when the status is abnormal, incrementing a retry counter when the retry timer reaches a maximum retry time, and reporting an intermittent fault if the retry counter reaches a retry limit before the error timer reaches an error timer maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S. Fox, John D. Acton, Glenda R. Henry, Charlie D. Wilson, Steve Ferree
  • Method and system for detecting faults in an electronic engine control module
    Publication number: 20060218443
    Abstract: An algorithm for detecting a fault in an ECM output signal by determining a status of the output signal, incrementing an error timer and a retry timer when the status is abnormal, incrementing a retry counter when the retry timer reaches a maximum retry time, and reporting an intermittent fault if the retry counter reaches a retry limit before the error timer reaches an error timer maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Fox, John Acton, Glenda Henry, Charlie Wilson, Steve Ferree