Patents by Inventor Arlin Rummel

Arlin Rummel 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and system for detecting hot socket deterioration in an electrical meter connection
    Patent number: 7513683
    Abstract: A system for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration in an electrical connection, such as an electrical meter socket connection, includes at least one deterioration sensing device that includes an apparatus for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration in an electrical connection; at least one fixed or portable receiving communication device, each configured to receive temperature information from the at least one deterioration sensing device and to transmit the temperature information via a communication network; and a back end connected to the communication network and configured to receive temperature information from the at least one fixed or portable sensing communication device. Upon exceeding a predetermined condition, the back-end may forward an alarm warning to a utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: M & FC Holding, LLC
    Inventors: H. Britton Sanderford, Marc L. Reed, Arlin Rummel
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING HOT SOCKET DETERIORATION IN AN ELECTRICAL METER CONNECTION
    Publication number: 20080084216
    Abstract: A system for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration in an electrical connection, such as an electrical meter socket connection, includes at least one deterioration sensing device that includes an apparatus for detecting, at a remote location, a deterioration in an electrical connection; at least one fixed or portable receiving communication device, each configured to receive temperature information from the at least one deterioration sensing device and to transmit the temperature information via a communication network; and a back end connected to the communication network and configured to receive temperature information from the at least one fixed or portable sensing communication device. Upon exceeding a predetermined condition, the back-end may forward an alarm warning to a utility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: H. Britton SANDERFORD, Marc L. Reed, Arlin Rummel