Patents Assigned to Controls, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10132664
    Abstract: A flow meter assembly having a longitudinal axis includes an upstream member including a first end, a second end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second ends, a downstream member including a first end and a second end, and a first throat member including a first end, a second end, and a fluid passageway extending between the first and second ends, wherein the fluid passageway of the first throat member has a minimum diameter that is less than a minimum diameter of the fluid passageway of the upstream member, wherein the first throat member is configured to releasably couple to the upstream member and the downstream member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventor: David Lelan Jones
  • Publication number: 20180326877
    Abstract: Embodiments of a car seat include an outer protective shell, an inner seat, a suspension system connecting and permitting relative movement between the inner seat and the outer protective shell. The suspension system may include a plurality of deformable metal straps. Also, embodiments of a car seat system include a frame constructed to couple to a vehicle seat. The frame has a vertical portion that extends upwardly substantially along a vehicle seatback. The vertical portion extends at least half of the height of vehicle seatback. Also, the system includes a car seat constructed to couple to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Pidyon Controls Inc.
    Inventors: Yochanan Cohen, Velissa Van Scoyoc, Ahmet T. Becene, Ekaterina Kravchenko, Peter Byar
  • Publication number: 20180328348
    Abstract: An actuation mechanism used in, for example, a missile assembly is disclosed, as are methods of its use. The actuation mechanism is locked in a first orientation and is unlocked in a second orientation. Locking and unlocking of the actuation mechanism is achieved by way of a locking mechanism that responds to a certain stimulus. In some embodiments, the actuation mechanism is incorporated into a sub-assembly of a missile to assist in controlling the missile's flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Marotta Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Albright
  • Patent number: 10124184
    Abstract: A modular external defibrillator system in embodiments of the teachings may include one or more of the following features: a base containing a defibrillator to deliver a defibrillation shock to a patient, (b) one or more pods each connectable to a patient via patient lead cables to collect at least one patient vital sign, the pods operable at a distance from the base, (c) a wireless communications link between the base and a selected one of the two or more pods to carry patient data from the selected pod to the base, the selection being based on which pod is associated with the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Pearce, Thomas J. McGrath, Randy L. Merry, John C. Daynes, Kenneth J. Peterson, Peter Wung, Michael D. McMahon, D. Craig Edwards, Eric T. Hoierman, Rockland W. Nordness, James S. Neumiller
  • Patent number: 10124181
    Abstract: A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL., INC.
    Inventors: David Dean Aoyama, Matthew Lawrence Bielstein, Barry D. Curtin, Kevin C. Drew, Mina Lim, E. Thomas McKay, Randy L. Merry, Ken Peterson
  • Publication number: 20180320914
    Abstract: A pneumatic control converter, preferably acting as a pneumatic thermostat, includes a pneumatic section, and electronic section and a piezo electric linkage section. A piezo electric rotary motor drives a rotary cam, with a cam follower linked via a W-shaped flexure linkage to bias the ball nozzle which controls the pneumatic control output pressure. The input to the piezo electric rotary motor is an electrical signal dependent upon electronically sensed pressure relative to the programmed set point. The pneumatic control converter consumes little electrical energy and is preferably battery powered, and the pneumatic control output pressure can be maintained even in the absence of electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: KMC Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul E. Kreuter
  • Patent number: 10118048
    Abstract: A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: David Dean Aoyama, Ryan William Apperson, Matthew Lawrence Bielstein, Barry D. Curtin, John Daynes, Kevin C. Drew, Karen Kraft Langman, Mina Lim, Neil G. McIlvaine, E. Thomas McKay, Randy L. Merry, Ken Peterson
  • Publication number: 20180312279
    Abstract: An electronic pressure regulation system includes an electronic control unit and a fluid assembly, with the fluid assembly including a fluid control branch having a proportional control valve and a heater. The heater may be a strip heater applied to or a coil wrapped around an external surface of the proportional control valve. The system may further include a latching isolation valve. A secondary fluid control branch can be included, and the fluid control branches can be in parallel. The electronic pressure regulation system can be included in an all-electric satellite. Another electronic pressure regulation system includes an electronic control unit and a fluid assembly, with the fluid assembly including a fluid control branch having a proportional control valve, the proportional control valve including two independently-controlled coils for magnetostrictive actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Marotta Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Boyle, James LaGrotta
  • Publication number: 20180314273
    Abstract: An electronically-controlled pressure regulator includes an inlet through which a gas or liquid is introduced at an inlet pressure, an outlet through which the gas or liquid exits at an outlet pressure, and a valve disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the valve defining a passage including a throat and having a pintle with an enlarged shoulder, the valve movable between a closed configuration in which the enlarged shoulder seals the throat to prevent the gas or liquid from passing from the inlet to the outlet through the valve, and an open configuration in which the gas or liquid can pass from the inlet to the outlet through the valve. In a valve flow path, the enlarged shoulder is disposed between the inlet and the throat. All of the gas or liquid that enters through the inlet can exit through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Marotta Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: James Ponzo, Victor Kaminski, James LaGrotta
  • Publication number: 20180313456
    Abstract: A valve assembly for use in a fracturing pump including a valve member movable into and out of engagement with a valve seat body. The valve seat body includes an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface forming a fluid bore extending between a first end and a second end of the valve seat body. The body further includes a seating surface extending radially from the inner surface and facing the valve member, the seating surface having a recessed area. An insert is disposed in the recessed area forming at least a portion of the inner surface and at least portion of the seating surface. The valve seat body first end has a diameter different from a diameter valve seat body second. The difference between diameters allows the valve seat body outer surface to be supported by the fluid passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: S.P.M. Flow Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob A. Bayyouk, Keith Peach
  • Patent number: 10113679
    Abstract: A manifold through which a fluid is adapted to flow. The manifold includes an elongated member at least partially defining a fluid chamber through which the fluid is adapted to flow, a longitudinal axis, and an interior surface; a fluid liner disposed within the fluid chamber and adapted to dynamically respond to pressure fluctuations within the fluid chamber as the fluid flows therethrough; and a wear indicator positioned radially between the interior surface of the elongated member and the longitudinal axis. The fluid liner is subject to wear and/or erosion due to the flow of the fluid therethrough and/or the dynamic response of the fluid liner to the pressure fluctuations within the fluid chamber. The wear indicator is adapted to indicate the degree to which the fluid liner has been subjected to the wear and/or erosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: S.P.M. FLOW CONTROL, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Ben Shuck
  • Patent number: 10113336
    Abstract: A device and method for securing an orifice flowmeter and preventing unauthorized access to the flowmeter while in service is disclosed. The security device includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a closed end, an open end, a front surface, and a back surface forming a cavity. Through bores extend coaxially through the top surface and the bottom surface proximate the open end. Some embodiments include protrusions coupled to the interior of cavity. The protrusions together with the back surface of the housing are configured to surround exposed portions of the flowmeter, such that the addition of a shackle portion of a locking device through the through bores will prevent removal of the security device from the flowmeter and subsequently prevent access to the flowmeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred Knoll
  • Patent number: 10116135
    Abstract: A system for controlling voltage for an electric power system comprising: at least two substations and at least one load using voltage control devices, with one voltage control module required for each substation with appropriate control elements for OLTC equipped transformers or turbo generator's automatic voltage regulators. Utilizing the system, methods of the like have the purpose of controlling the distribution of reactive power to minimize power losses, maintain each busbar voltage in accordance to selected set point, maintain active and reactive power reserves, and minimizing the reactive power drawn from the transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Statistics & Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Vadim Shapiro, Ilya Markevich, Dmitriy Khots
  • Patent number: 10114807
    Abstract: Embodiments operate in contexts where field data have been generated from a field event, and annotations have been generated from the field data, which purport to identify events within the field data, such as CPR compressions and ventilations. Metrics are generated from the annotations, which are used in training. In such contexts, a grade may be assigned that reflects how well the annotations meet one or more accuracy criteria. The grade may be used in a number of ways. Reviewers may opt to disregard field data and metrics that have a low grade. Expert annotators may be guided as to precisely which annotations to revise, saving time. A low grade may decide that the results are not emailed to reviewers, but to annotators. A learning medical device can use the grade internally to adjust its own internal parameters so as to improve its annotating algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Esibov, Isabelle Banville, Robert Marx, Fred Chapman, Randy Merry
  • Publication number: 20180304323
    Abstract: Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Loci Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Campanella, Melinda Sims, Nathan Pallo, Ian Martin
  • Patent number: 10105546
    Abstract: A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Barry D. Curtin, John Daynes, Karen Kraft Langman, Mina Lim, Neil G. McIlvaine, E. Thomas McKay, Randy L. Merry, Ken Peterson, Mitchell Allen Smith
  • Patent number: 10108782
    Abstract: A pneumatic coupler having a pneumatic control device and a coupler detection module. The coupler detection module coupled to the pneumatic control device. The pneumatic coupler also having a signal bearing medium that is communicatively coupled to the coupler detection module and to a pneumatic device coupled to the pneumatic coupler. The signal bearing medium storing one or more of an identification of the pneumatic coupler and instructions for the pneumatic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Barry Curtin, Matthew Bielstein, Ian Barnes, Ryan Apperson
  • Patent number: 10107409
    Abstract: A valve is disclosed and comprises a main valve body having first and second ports and a movable poppet positioned within the main valve body. The movable poppet is moveable from a first closed position in which the poppet establishes a fluid-tight seal with a sealing member, which is effective to prevent fluid flow from the first port to the second port, to a second open position in which the poppet is spaced apart from the sealing member and fluid is permitted to flow from the first port to the second port. The valve also has a piezoelectric actuator engaged with the poppet and effective to move the poppet from the first closed position to the second open position. Methods of use of the valve are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Marotta Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Kluz, Joseph Youssef
  • Publication number: 20180299022
    Abstract: A solenoid operated valve includes a valve block defining a valve lumen, a poppet slidably disposed within the valve lumen, a solenoid including a core defining a core lumen aligned with the valve lumen, and an armature assembly. The armature assembly includes an armature disc, an armature guide having a hollow cylindrical body defining an armature guide passage, and an armature stud disposed within the armature guide passage. The armature stud is in communication with the poppet so that axial movement of one is translated into axial movement of the other. The valve further includes a coil cover enclosing the solenoid, and a guard disposed to prevent contact between the armature assembly and an adjacent component of the valve. A method of assembling a solenoid operated valve includes placing a shim between the armature disc and the core, and pressurizing and energizing the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Marotta Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Colletti, Brian Ippolitto, James LaGrotta, Christian Skawski, Christopher Strianse, Maxwell Wolfinger
  • Publication number: 20180298894
    Abstract: A valve seat for a reciprocating pump includes a generally cylindrical body that defines a bore axially therethrough and has a tapered outer surface. An annular surface is configured to form a seal with a displaceable portion of a valve. An annular channel is disposed circumferentially around the generally cylindrical body, and it has a floor surface that is delimited by an upper wall and a lower wall, where at least one of the upper wall and the lower wall forms a non-perpendicular angle with the floor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: S.P.M. FLOW CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan Wagner, Justin R. Cummings