Patents by Inventor Brian D. Barr

Brian D. Barr 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).

  • Publication number: 20200074828
    Abstract: Technologies for managing safety at an industrial site include a method. The method includes receiving, by a compute device in a cloud data center, condition data indicative of a sensed or determined condition at the industrial site. The condition data was produced at least in part by an edge device at the industrial site. The method also includes analyzing, by the compute device and with a model that associates conditions with corresponding safety statuses, the received condition data to determine a corresponding safety status associated with the industrial site. Further, the method includes determining, by the compute device and as a function of the determined safety status, whether a responsive action is to be performed at the industrial site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Mirrasoul J. Mousavi, Mithun P. Acharya, Brian D. Barr
  • Patent number: 10573147
    Abstract: Technologies for managing safety at an industrial site include a method. The method includes receiving, by a compute device in a cloud data center, condition data indicative of a sensed or determined condition at the industrial site. The condition data was produced at least in part by an edge device at the industrial site. The method also includes analyzing, by the compute device and with a model that associates conditions with corresponding safety statuses, the received condition data to determine a corresponding safety status associated with the industrial site. Further, the method includes determining, by the compute device and as a function of the determined safety status, whether a responsive action is to be performed at the industrial site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Mirrasoul J. Mousavi, Mithun P. Acharya, Brian D. Barr
  • Patent number: 4629366
    Abstract: A marine structure adapted to be at least partially submerged at an offshore body of water to drill wells into the ocean floor and to produce fluids therefrom. A corrosion deterrent system for protecting the submerged members of the structure comprises sacrificial anodes which are disposed about the structure's jacket.A drilling template carried on the jacket comprises means to a plurality of drilling conductors therein. At least one upright column incorporated into said drilling template is provided with discretely placed sacrificial anodes arranged to best protect the drill conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Rutherford, Brian D. Barr, Douglas W. Rommelmann