Patents by Inventor Anthony Cachat

Anthony Cachat 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).

  • Apparatus for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization
    Patent number: 7818457
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for time synchronization of operations in a control system. Synchronization networks and devices are provided for transferring synchronization information between controllers in a distributed or localized control system, which is employed in order to allow operation of such controllers to be synchronized with respect to time. Also disclosed are synchronization protocols and hardware apparatus employed in synchronizing control operations in a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Flood, Mark Ruetty, Anthony Cachat
  • Protocol and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization
    Patent number: 7721001
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for time synchronization of operations in a control system. Synchronization networks and devices are provided for transferring synchronization information between controllers in a distributed or localized control system, which is employed in order to allow operation of such controllers to be synchronized with respect to time. Also disclosed are synchronization protocols and hardware apparatus employed in synchronizing control operations in a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Flood, Anthony Cachat, Mark Ruetty, Steven Zuponcic
  • System and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization
    Patent number: 7457322
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for time synchronization of operations in a control system. Synchronization networks and devices are provided for transferring synchronization information between controllers in a distributed or localized control system, which is employed in order to allow operation of such controllers to be synchronized with respect to time. Also disclosed are synchronization protocols and hardware apparatus employed in synchronizing control operations in a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Flood, Anatoly Moldovansky, Anthony Cachat, Kenwood Hall
  • Multi-rate optimized connection between industrial control scanner and industrial controller
    Publication number: 20070076267
    Abstract: An industrial controller may communicate with a number of input/output (I/O) modules using an optimized connection packet assembled by a scanner communicating directly with the I/O modules and forwarding the optimized connection packet to the industrial processor. The optimized connection packet is communicated over a connection as part of a connected messaging system used to ensure highly reliable network communication. The need for higher data rates for some I/O modules as part of the optimized connection packet may be accommodated through the opening of a second redundant connection that provides the high-data-rate data in an interleaving fashion with the optimized connection packet, without upsetting the optimized connection packet or changing the use of the data by the industrial control program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Scott Pierce, Anthony Cachat
  • Protocol and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization
    Patent number: 7007106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for time synchronization of operations in a control system. Synchronization networks and devices are provided for transferring synchronization information between controllers in a distributed or localized control system, which is employed in order to allow operation of such controllers to be synchronized with respect to time. Also disclosed are synchronization protocols and hardware apparatus employed in synchronizing control operations in a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Flood, Anthony Cachat, Mark Ruetty, Steven Zuponcic
  • System and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization
    Patent number: 6914914
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for time synchronization of operations in a control system. Synchronization networks and devices are provided for transferring synchronization information between controllers in a distributed or localized control system, which is employed in order to allow operation of such controllers to be synchronized with respect to time. Also disclosed are synchronization protocols and hardware apparatus employed in synchronizing control operations in a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Flood, Anatoly Moldovansky, Anthony Cachat, Kenwood Hall