Patents by Inventor Timothy Joe Felty

Timothy Joe Felty 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: 8977373
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor that may output a physical output value, and a virtual sensor network that may output a virtual output value. The control system may also have an electronic control module that may be configured to receive the physical output value from the physical sensor and receive the virtual output value from the virtual sensor. The electronic control module may be further configured to determine a trust level of the physical sensor based on the physical output value, and determine that the trust level of the physical sensor is below a first threshold trust value. The electronic control module may control a machine based on the virtual output value responsive to determining that the trust level of the physical sensor is below the first threshold trust value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Joe Felty, James Robert Mason, Stuart Paul Smith, Anthony James Grichnik, Gavin Peter Williams
  • Patent number: 8793004
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor configured to measure physical parameter values of a machine. The control system may also have a virtual sensor network system configured to receive the physical parameter values measured by the physical sensor as input parameter values, and generate output parameter values based on the input parameter values. Further, the control system may have an electronic control module configured to store an output parameter value default rate of change and an output parameter value threshold rate of change, compare a rate of change of the output parameter values generated by the virtual sensor network system to the output parameter value threshold rate of change, and control the machine based on the output parameter value default rate of change if the rate of change of the output parameter values exceeds the output parameter value threshold rate of change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony James Grichnik, Timothy Joe Felty, James Robert Mason
  • Publication number: 20140012404
    Abstract: A system for determining a cut location for a machine implement is disclosed. The system may have one or more memories that store instructions and one or more processors that are capable of executing the instructions. The one or more processors may be configured to select a first potential cut location for a machine implement to begin modifying a work surface, and determine a profile extending from the selected first cut location to an end location along which the machine implement will travel to modify the work surface. The one or more processors may be further configured to calculate a volume of material that will be moved by the machine implement as it travels along the profile, and select, based on the calculated volume of material, a second potential cut location for the machine implement to begin modifying the work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Allen Taylor, Timothy Joe Felty, Thandava Krishna Edara
  • Publication number: 20130173028
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor that may output a physical output value, and a virtual sensor network that may output a virtual output value. The control system may also have an electronic control module that may be configured to receive the physical output value from the physical sensor and receive the virtual output value from the virtual sensor. The electronic control module may be further configured to determine a trust level of the physical sensor based on the physical output value, and determine that the trust level of the physical sensor is below a first threshold trust value. The electronic control module may control a machine based on the virtual output value responsive to determining that the trust level of the physical sensor is below the first threshold trust value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy Joe Felty, James Robert Mason, Stuart Paul Smith, Anthony James Grichnik, Gavin Peter Williams
  • Publication number: 20120323343
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor configured to measure physical parameter values of a machine. The control system may also have a virtual sensor network system configured to receive the physical parameter values measured by the physical sensor as input parameter values, and generate output parameter values based on the input parameter values. Further, the control system may have an electronic control module configured to store an output parameter value default rate of change and an output parameter value threshold rate of change, compare a rate of change of the output parameter values generated by the virtual sensor network system to the output parameter value threshold rate of change, and control the machine based on the output parameter value default rate of change if the rate of change of the output parameter values exceeds the output parameter value threshold rate of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Anthony James GRICHNIK, Timothy Joe Felty, James Robert Mason
  • Patent number: 7878052
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a clamping assembly for compressing a plurality of optical plates of a high pressure cavitation system. The clamping assembly may include a mounting frame and a housing coupled to the mounting frame. The clamping assembly may further include a holder distal the housing, the holder having the plurality of optical plates disposed therein. The clamping assembly further including a controllable clamping mechanism operably coupled to a top of the housing, the controllable clamping mechanism applying an axial force to the plurality of optical plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Susannah Elizabeth Danby, Cathy Youngmi Choi, Colin Peter Garner, William Elliott Moser, Drew Douglas Wackerlin, Timothy Joe Felty, Nate B. Keller, Benjamin Alexander Reid, Manolis Gavaises, Emmanouil Giannadakis, Graham Hargrave
  • Publication number: 20100024537
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a clamping assembly for compressing a plurality of optical plates of a high pressure cavitation system. The clamping assembly may include a mounting frame and a housing coupled to the mounting frame. The clamping assembly may further include a holder distal the housing, the holder having the plurality of optical plates disposed therein. The clamping assembly further including a controllable clamping mechanism operably coupled to a top of the housing, the controllable clamping mechanism applying an axial force to the plurality of optical plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Susannah E. Danby, Cathy Youngmi Choi, Colin Peter Garner, William Elliott Moser, Drew Douglas Wackerlin, Timothy Joe Felty, Nate B. Keller, Benjamin Alexander Reid, Manolis Gavaises, Emmanouil Giannadakis, Graham Hargrave