Patents by Inventor Allen Schultz
Allen Schultz 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).
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Patent number: 11950091Abstract: A system and a method include an onboard communication system configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system and comprising one or more processors. The one or more processors may generate a session key that includes a shared secret key that is known by the onboard communication system and an off-board communication system, generate one or more encryption keys by hashing the session key with an identifier based on a cycle time that is known by the onboard communication system and the off-board communication system, generate one or more encrypted messages by encrypting one or more messages associated with one or more of the vehicle system or a route over which the vehicle system moves based on the one or more encryption keys, and communicate the one or more encrypted messages from the onboard communication system to the off-board communication system.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Joseph Gorman, Scott Sollars, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Claussen
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Publication number: 20240044246Abstract: A downhole assembly includes a tubular body having a bore and a downhole tool connected to the tubular body. The downhole assembly also includes a sensor assembly having a carrier and a sensor. A sensor adapter is used to couple the sensor assembly to the tubular body. The sensor adapter includes an adapter body disposed in the bore of the tubular body; an adapter shaft for connection with the carrier; and a plurality of channels formed between the adapter shaft and the adapter body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: James H. Taylor, JR., William Allen Schultz, Albert C. Odell, II, Glenn Iversen
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Publication number: 20230373457Abstract: A diagnostic system and method obtain a thermal signature for one or more first components of a powered system. The thermal signature represents thermal measurements obtained at different locations of the powered system. The system and method identify an abnormal operating condition of the one or more first components of the powered system or one or more second components of the powered system based on the thermal signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Robert Snyder, Long Wang Lucas Lin, Bill Bailey, Sean Patrick Cillessen, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz, Milan Karunaratne, Evan Sevel, Adam Hausmann, Larry Chalmers, Alan Fisher, Amit Kenjale, Benjamin Henniges, Daniel Spencer, Danial Rice
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Publication number: 20230280157Abstract: A tool, such as a level, including one or more magnetic coupling device is provided. The magnetic coupling device may be a magnetic circuit including metal components surrounding a magnet, such as a permanent rare-earth magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Richard J. LaSota, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Frederick Boehme, Adam Christopher Resnick
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Publication number: 20230211817Abstract: In one example, a wayside device monitoring system is provided. The system may include a wayside device and a controller. The wayside device may detect one or more operating parameters of a vehicle in a vehicle system moving over a route segment. The controller can receive information from the wayside device regarding at least the one or more operating parameters detected, and can control movement the vehicle directly or indirectly based at least in part on the received information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Janmejay Tripathy, Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz, Milan Karunaratne, Evan Sevel, Adam Hausmann, Larry Chalmers, Alan Fisher, Amit Kenjale, Benjamin Henniges, Daniel Spencer, Danial Rice
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Patent number: 11691657Abstract: A vehicle control system and method wirelessly communicate from at least one wireless transmitter positioned proximate a route crossing to a wireless receiver of a vehicle via a wireless wayside transceiver. The system and method communicate an indication of whether the route crossing is clear for passage of the vehicle through the route crossing. The system and method receive the indication by the wireless transmitter and using the vehicle receiver. A vehicle controller or an operator of the vehicle can determine whether it is safe for the vehicle to travel through the route crossing based on the indication received by the vehicle receiver from the portable transmitter. The vehicle can then be operated based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz
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Patent number: 11686579Abstract: A tool, such as a level, including one or more magnetic coupling device is provided. The magnetic coupling device may be a magnetic circuit including metal components surrounding a magnet, such as a permanent rare-earth magnet.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Richard J. LaSota, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Frederick Boehme, Adam Christopher Resnick
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Patent number: 11643892Abstract: A method of separating a downhole tubular includes running a tool into a wellbore to a predetermined location on a work string and actuating flow actuated slips. The method also includes maintaining slips in a set position by providing a first upward force on the work string. The method further includes rotating the work string to separate an upper portion of the tubular from a lower portion using a cutter assembly disposed on the work string below the slips and pulling the upper portion of the tubing and the tool from the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: William Allen Schultz, Jr., David W. Teale, Richard C. Davis
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Patent number: 11535286Abstract: A system (e.g., a target activation system for a transportation network) includes one or more processors configured to be operably coupled onboard a vehicle system having one or more vehicles. The processor(s) are further configured to determine an estimated time of arrival of the vehicle system at a first target location associated with a forward route of the vehicle system, determine a gap time between when the vehicle system leaves the first target location and is estimated to arrive at a second target location, and, based at least in part on the estimated time of arrival, a dwell time of the vehicle system at the first target location, the gap time, an allowable speed or acceleration of the vehicle system, and a designated warning time, generate an activation message configured to control at least one device associated with the second target location.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Allen Schultz, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Scott A. Sollars
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Publication number: 20220145711Abstract: A method of separating a downhole tubular includes running a tool into a wellbore to a predetermined location on a work string and actuating flow actuated slips. The method also includes maintaining slips in a set position by providing a first upward force on the work string. The method further includes rotating the work string to separate an upper portion of the tubular from a lower portion using a cutter assembly disposed on the work string below the slips and pulling the upper portion of the tubing and the tool from the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: William Allen SCHULTZ, JR., David W. TEALE, Richard C. DAVIS
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Patent number: 11248428Abstract: A method and apparatus for a locking system for a downhole tool. The locking system includes a first portion having a plurality of displaceable members, a second portion disposed around the first portion; a locked position wherein axial movement between the members is prevented; and an unlocked position wherein axial movement between the members is permitted.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: William Allen Schultz, Jr., David W. Teale, Richard C. Davis
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Publication number: 20210361402Abstract: A prosthetic implant, suitable for implantation to the human body, comprising a shell and a gel filling, wherein the shell comprises an innermost layer and at least an additional layer; wherein the innermost layer is in contact with the gel; wherein the innermost layer is adapted to adhere to said gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Haim DVIR, Dael GOVREEN-SEGAL, Wesley Allen SCHULTZ
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Publication number: 20210329448Abstract: A system and a method include an onboard communication system configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system and comprising one or more processors. The one or more processors may generate a session key that includes a shared secret key that is known by the onboard communication system and an off-board communication system, generate one or more encryption keys by hashing the session key with an identifier based on a cycle time that is known by the onboard communication system and the off-board communication system, generate one or more encrypted messages by encrypting one or more messages associated with one or more of the vehicle system or a route over which the vehicle system moves based on the one or more encryption keys, and communicate the one or more encrypted messages from the onboard communication system to the off-board communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Joseph Gorman, Scott Sollars, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Claussen
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Publication number: 20210293539Abstract: A tool, such as a level, including one or more magnetic coupling device is provided. The magnetic coupling device may be a magnetic circuit including metal components surrounding a magnet, such as a permanent rare-earth magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Richard J. LaSota, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Frederick Boehme, Adam Christopher Resnick
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Patent number: 11053741Abstract: A sidetrack assembly for forming a lateral wellbore includes a cutting device having a body having a passage, and a mill head configured to connect to the body so that an interior of the mill head and the body form a pressure chamber in fluid communication with the outlet passage. The mill head includes a first port in fluid communication with the pressure chamber, a second port in fluid communication with the pressure chamber, and a blade arranged on a face of the mill head. A whipstock connected to the cutting device includes a tubing having a first end removably inserted in the first port and the passage and a second end connectable to a downhole tool, an inclined surface for guiding the mill at a non-zero angle relative to a central axis of an existing wellbore, and an attachment section removably connecting the cutting device and the whipstock.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Richard C. Davis, Jeremy Lee Stone, James H. Taylor, Jr., William Allen Schultz, Jr., David W. Teale
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Patent number: 11054257Abstract: A tool, such as a level, including one or more magnetic coupling device is provided. The magnetic coupling device may be a magnetic circuit including metal components surrounding a magnet, such as a permanent rare-earth magnet.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Richard J. LaSota, Timothy Allen Schultz, Christopher Frederick Boehme, Adam Christopher Resnick
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Publication number: 20200346674Abstract: A locomotive control method includes wirelessly communicating from at least one wireless transmitter positioned proximate a railroad crossing to a wireless locomotive receiver of a locomotive, either directly or indirectly via a wireless wayside transceiver, an indication if the railroad crossing is clear for passage of the locomotive through the railroad crossing, and receiving by the locomotive receiver the indication wirelessly communicated by the at least one portable transmitter. A locomotive controller or an operator of the locomotive can determine, based on the indication received by the locomotive receiver from the at least one portable transmitter, if it is safe for the locomotive to travel through the railroad crossing. The locomotive 4 can then be operated based on the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Timothy Allen Schultz
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Patent number: 10808481Abstract: A tool for cutting a tubular includes a housing, a first blade having a first cutting surface, and a second blade having a second cutting surface. The first blade and the second blade are configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The first blade and the second blade are disposed in the housing in the retracted position. The first cutting surface and the second cutting surface overlap in the retracted position. In another embodiment, a tool for cutting a tubular in a wellbore, includes a housing having a longitudinal axis; a pin connected to the housing and disposed on a first side of the longitudinal axis; and a blade including a cutting surface, the blade configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position about the pin, wherein the cutting surface is disposed at least in part on a second side of the longitudinal axis in the retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventor: William Allen Schultz, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200256142Abstract: A method and apparatus for a locking system for a downhole tool comprising: a first portion having a plurality of displaceable members, a second portion disposed around the first portion; a locked position wherein axial movement between the members is prevented; and an unlocked position wherein axial movement between the members is permitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: William Allen Schultz, JR., David W. TEALE, Richard C. DAVIS
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Patent number: 10654500Abstract: An arrival time and location targeting system for a train, the system including at least one computer programmed or configured to: (a) receive at least one target location associated with a forward route of the train; (b) determine required time of arrival at the at least one target location based at least partially on the current location of a leading edge of the train; (c) determine an estimated time of arrival of the leading edge of the train at the at least one target location based at least partially on the current location of the leading edge of the train and the current speed of the train; and (d) based at least partially on the difference between the determined required time of arrival and the determined estimated time of arrival, generate a target speed of the train. A computer-implemented arrival time and location targeting method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Allen Schultz, Scott A. Sollars, Joseph W. Gorman, Michael W. Steffen, II, Frank J. Swiderski