Patents by Inventor Andrew de Lore

Andrew de Lore 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).

  • Drive isolation systems and methods for conveyors
    Patent number: 9873566
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium containing instructions for operating a conveyor. One method includes receiving, by a controller, a signal from each of a plurality of substations. Each of the plurality of substations provides power to a motor drive unit driving a conveyor belt of the conveyor. The signal received by the controller indicates whether an isolation switch associated with each substation has been manually operated. The method also includes, when the signal received from one of the plurality of substations indicates that the isolation switch associated with the one of the plurality of substations has been manually operated, transmitting, by the controller, a signal to each of the plurality of substations, the signal instructing each of the plurality of substations to isolate the motor drive unit from a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew de Lore, Peter Fitzpatrick
  • DRIVE ISOLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVEYORS
    Publication number: 20150239673
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium containing instructions for operating a conveyor. One method includes receiving, by a controller, a signal from each of a plurality of substations. Each of the plurality of substations provides power to a motor drive unit driving a conveyor belt of the conveyor. The signal received by the controller indicates whether an isolation switch associated with each substation has been manually operated. The method also includes, when the signal received from one of the plurality of substations indicates that the isolation switch associated with the one of the plurality of substations has been manually operated, transmitting, by the controller, a signal to each of the plurality of substations, the signal instructing each of the plurality of substations to isolate the motor drive unit from a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew de Lore, Peter Fitzpatrick