Patents by Inventor Andrew Amann

Andrew Amann 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).

  • Patent number: 10643175
    Abstract: Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons are individually coupled to the parts in the facility and equipped with sensors that wake the wireless beacons up to wirelessly transmit location signals when sensed data indicates the parts are moving to the receiver devices. The receiver devices, in turn, transmit the location signals across a network to the monitoring server, which uses the location signals and identifiers of the receiver devices to locate the work areas of the facility in which the wireless beacons—and thus coupled parts—are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Weir Group IP Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Amann
  • Patent number: 10430754
    Abstract: Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons and location tags, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons and location tags are individually coupled to parts in the facility to be tracked and store beacon-, tag-, and part-specific identifiers that can be wirelessly communicated to the monitoring server through receiver devices or mobile devices of workers in the facility. In particular, the location tags transmit various identifiers when the mobile devices or wireless beacons are brought into close proximity to the location tags. The mobile devices allow workers to request on-demand and up-to-date work orders for the parts with location tags, and the wireless beacons communicate the location tags' identifiers to the monitoring server. The monitoring server uses the identifiers to track the locations of the parts and manage electronic work orders for the parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: WEIR GROUP IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Andrew Amann
  • Publication number: 20170041452
    Abstract: Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons and location tags, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons and location tags are individually coupled to parts in the facility to be tracked and store beacon-, tag-, and part-specific identifiers that can be wirelessly communicated to the monitoring server through receiver devices or mobile devices of workers in the facility. In particular, the location tags transmit various identifiers when the mobile devices or wireless beacons are brought into close proximity to the location tags. The mobile devices allow workers to request on-demand and up-to-date work orders for the parts with location tags, and the wireless beacons communicate the location tags' identifiers to the monitoring server. The monitoring server uses the identifiers to track the locations of the parts and manage electronic work orders for the parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Amann
  • Publication number: 20170039516
    Abstract: Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons are individually coupled to the parts in the facility and equipped with sensors that wake the wireless beacons up to wirelessly transmit location signals when sensed data indicates the parts are moving to the receiver devices. The receiver devices, in turn, transmit the location signals across a network to the monitoring server, which uses the location signals and identifiers of the receiver devices to locate the work areas of the facility in which the wireless beacons—and thus coupled parts—are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Amann
  • Publication number: 20170039517
    Abstract: Parts in a manufacturing or service facility are electronically tracked using wireless beacons, strategically positioned receiver devices in the facility, and a monitoring server. The wireless beacons are individually coupled to the parts in the facility and equipped with sensors that wake the wireless beacons up to wirelessly transmit location signals when sensed data indicates the parts are moving to the receiver devices. The receiver devices, in turn, transmit the location signals across a network to the monitoring server, which uses the location signals and identifiers of the receiver devices to locate the work areas of the facility in which the wireless beacons—and thus coupled parts—are located. Interactive user interfaces illustrate the real-time locations of the parts being located in the various work areas of the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Amann, Brett Gent
  • Patent number: 7753979
    Abstract: A filter assembly for use with compressor assemblies such as oxygen concentrators, ventilators and other breathing apparatus including a compartmented housing member having at least one inlet opening, an outlet opening, a filter member, and an adjustment member associated with the at least one outlet opening for varying the size of the at least one outlet opening for adjusting the amount of ambient air entering the filter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Home Health Medical Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Amann