Patents by Inventor Alexander Lapayev

Alexander Lapayev 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).

  • Intrinsically safe multi-drop communication hub
    Patent number: 12255448
    Abstract: An intrinsically safe (IS) multi-drop communication hub operable in a hazardous environment, including a power contact; a controller and a first signal input contact; a multiplexer communicatively connected to the controller; and a communication port communicatively connected to the controller to transmit the signal data provided by the multiplexer, wherein when the controller causes the multiplexer to supply power in a predetermined sequence to a first of the IS devices during a first time interval to generate a signal from the first of the IS devices and, after the first time interval, to a second of the IS devices during a second time interval, which does not overlap in time with the first time interval, to generate a signal from the second of the IS devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Franklin Fueling Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Vitaliy Demin, Timothy Dyson, John J. Gillis, Alexander Lapayev
  • AN INTRINSICALLY SAFE MULTI-DROP COMMUNICATION HUB
    Publication number: 20230145314
    Abstract: An intrinsically safe (IS) multi-drop communication hub operable in a hazardous environment, including a power contact; a controller and a first signal input contact; a multiplexer communicatively connected to the controller; and a communication port communicatively connected to the controller to transmit the signal data provided by the multiplexer, wherein when the controller causes the multiplexer to supply power in a predetermined sequence to a first of the IS devices during a first time interval to generate a signal from the first of the IS devices and, after the first time interval, to a second of the IS devices during a second time interval, which does not overlap in time with the first time interval, to generate a signal from the second of the IS devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Vitaliy Demin, Timothy Dyson, John J. Gillis, Alexander Lapayev