Patents by Inventor Aaron Shelly

Aaron Shelly 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to analyze valve characteristics
    Patent number: 12516750
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to analyze valve characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to determine at least one characteristic of a valve includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to partition a valve stroke curve of the valve to define bins thereof, the valve stroke curve corresponding to stroke data of the valve, filter data points associated with a seat contact portion of the valve stroke curve, fit curves of the bins to define fitted curves, and characterize a seat contact of the valve based on the fitted curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventors: Shannon Jelken, John Fuller, Bret Dahme, Aaron Shelly
  • Methods and apparatus to analyze valve characteristics
    Patent number: 12449062
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to analyze valve characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to determine at least one characteristic of a valve includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to partition a valve stroke curve of the valve to define bins thereof, the valve stroke curve corresponding to stroke data of the valve, filter data points associated with a seat contact portion of the valve stroke curve, fit curves of the bins to define fitted curves, and characterize a seat contact of the valve based on the fitted curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventors: Shannon Jelken, John Fuller, Bret Dahme, Aaron Shelly
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ANALYZE VALVE CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20240167582
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to analyze valve characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to determine at least one characteristic of a valve includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to: partition a valve stroke curve of the valve to define bins thereof, the valve stroke curve corresponding to stroke data of the valve, determine travel edges based on the valve stroke curve, filter data points corresponding to the travel edges, define fitted curves based on data corresponding to the bins, and determine the at least one characteristic of the valve based on the fitted curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shannon Jelken, John Fuller, Bret Dahme, Aaron Shelly
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ANALYZE VALVE CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20240167583
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to analyze valve characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to determine at least one characteristic of a valve includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to partition a valve stroke curve of the valve to define bins thereof, the valve stroke curve corresponding to stroke data of the valve, filter data points associated with a seat contact portion of the valve stroke curve, fit curves of the bins to define fitted curves, and characterize a seat contact of the valve based on the fitted curves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shannon Jelken, John Fuller, Bret Dahme, Aaron Shelly