Patents by Inventor Aimee Willoz

Aimee Willoz 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).

  • Motor start acceleration profile
    Patent number: 5682334
    Abstract: A start-up controller is programmed to continuously monitor the start-up acceleration of a motor using a stored acceleration profile to check the acceleration time against specification limits for the particular motor in which the controller is incorporated. The acceleration profile is an ordinal series of acceleration profile points in which each point is associated with a profile motor speed and a profile elapsed time. The controller terminates the acceleration of the motor if overall time elapsed since the start of acceleration is greater than the profile elapsed time associated with a profile point that is designated by the motor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Western Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene F. Plutowski, Aimee Willoz