Patents by Inventor Theodore Cutler Johnson, JR.

Theodore Cutler Johnson, JR. 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).

  • DYNAMIC MONITORING OF MOBILE RAILWAY CAR UNDERCARRIAGE
    Publication number: 20140025256
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a mobile railway car monitoring system. The mobile railway car monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car, and a control node coupled to the railway car. Each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node. The control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Cartasite, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Armitage, Gregory Froim Kushnir, Mark Alvin Mason, Theodore Cutler Johnson, JR.
  • Dynamic monitoring of mobile railway car undercarriage
    Patent number: 8560151
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a mobile railway car monitoring system. The mobile railway car monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car, and a control node coupled to the railway car. Each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node. The control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cartasite, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Armitage, Gregory Froim Kushnir, Mark Alvin Mason, Theodore Cutler Johnson, Jr.
  • DYNAMIC MONITORING OF MOBILE RAILWAY CAR UNDERCARRIAGE
    Publication number: 20110282540
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a mobile railway car monitoring system. The mobile railway car monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car, and a control node coupled to the railway car. Each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node. The control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: David L. Armitage, Gregory Froim Kushnir, Mark Alvin Mason, Theodore Cutler Johnson, JR.