Patents by Inventor Brian Joe
Brian Joe 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).
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Patent number: 11968218Abstract: Disclosed is a system for customizing protections provided to different application programming interfaces (“APIs”) and different functions of an API based on different API context and user context associated with the different APIs and the different functions of each API. The system receives a particular API, determines API context for proper usage of one or more functions of the particular API, and determines user context associated with endpoints properly accessing the one or more functions. The system generates a model for differentiating between proper and improper use of the one or more functions based on contextual relationships between different combinations of the API context and the user context. The system monitors usage of the one or more functions based on the model, and performs an action that is associated with the model in response to the usage violating the contextual relationships for the one or more functions.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Impart Security Inc.Inventors: Jonathan DiVincenzo, Marc Harrison, Brian Joe
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Patent number: 11851832Abstract: A machine service set position control system is used on a machine that includes a frame, traction devices connected to the frame, a power source connected to the traction devices and configured to rotate the traction devices, a drum chamber connected to the frame, a milling drum rotatably supported within the drum chamber and configured to engage with a ground surface, and a rotor drive train connected to the milling drum and configured to rotate the milling drum to mill the ground surface, the rotor drive train including a gearbox. The service set position control system is programmed to determine a position of at least the rotor drive train and selectively operate a rotor drive train actuator connected to the rotor drive train based on the determined position to move the machine into a machine service set position allowing easy access for a technician to perform service.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Garrett Daniel Reed, Brian Joe Schlenker, Paul J Koenen
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Publication number: 20230300149Abstract: Disclosed is a system for customizing protections provided to different application programming interfaces (“APIs”) and different functions of an API based on different API context and user context associated with the different APIs and the different functions of each API. The system receives a particular API, determines API context for proper usage of one or more functions of the particular API, and determines user context associated with endpoints properly accessing the one or more functions. The system generates a model for differentiating between proper and improper use of the one or more functions based on contextual relationships between different combinations of the API context and the user context. The system monitors usage of the one or more functions based on the model, and performs an action that is associated with the model in response to the usage violating the contextual relationships for the one or more functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Impart Security Inc.Inventors: Jonathan DiVincenzo, Marc Harrison, Brian Joe
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Publication number: 20230193572Abstract: A machine service set position control system is used on a machine that includes a frame, traction devices connected to the frame, a power source connected to the traction devices and configured to rotate the traction devices, a drum chamber connected to the frame, a milling drum rotatably supported within the drum chamber and configured to engage with a ground surface, and a rotor drive train connected to the milling drum and configured to rotate the milling drum to mill the ground surface, the rotor drive train including a gearbox. The service set position control system is programmed to determine a position of at least the rotor drive train and selectively operate a rotor drive train actuator connected to the rotor drive train based on the determined position to move the machine into a machine service set position allowing easy access for a technician to perform service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC.Inventors: Garrett Daniel Reed, Brian Joe Schlenker, Paul J. Koenen
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Patent number: 11572947Abstract: In some implementations, a controller may cause a gearbox coupled to a rotor to shift between a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio one or more times. The controller may obtain a first set of position data that identifies respective first positions of a gear selector of the gearbox for each shift to the first gear ratio, and a second set of position data that identifies respective second positions of the gear selector of the gearbox for each shift to the second gear ratio. The controller may determine a first calibrated position of the gear selector for a shift to the first gear ratio based on the first set of position data and a second calibrated position of the gear selector for a shift to the second gear ratio based on the second set of position data.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Ryan Adam Enot, Nathaniel Doy, Brian Joe Schlenker
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Publication number: 20220395938Abstract: A milling machine having a power source that generates an output power for performing one or more work operations. The milling machine also includes a rotor that receives a portion of the output power from the power source for operation thereof. The milling machine further includes a welding device disposed on the milling machine for servicing one or more machine components of the milling machine. The welding device is powered by the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe Schlenker
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Publication number: 20220390009Abstract: In some implementations, a controller may cause a gearbox coupled to a rotor to shift between a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio one or more times. The controller may obtain a first set of position data that identifies respective first positions of a gear selector of the gearbox for each shift to the first gear ratio, and a second set of position data that identifies respective second positions of the gear selector of the gearbox for each shift to the second gear ratio. The controller may determine a first calibrated position of the gear selector for a shift to the first gear ratio based on the first set of position data and a second calibrated position of the gear selector for a shift to the second gear ratio based on the second set of position data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Ryan Adam ENOT, Nathaniel DOY, Brian Joe SCHLENKER
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Publication number: 20220298730Abstract: A spray system for a milling machine includes a plurality of flow adjustment assemblies, which include a flow adjustment assembly, and a spray controller. The flow adjustment assembly includes a pressure sensor and a valve. The spray controller is configured to receive, from a user interface, an input that indicates a desired flow rate of a fluid through the flow adjustment assembly. The spray controller is configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, a pressure measurement of the fluid. The spray controller is configured to determine, based on receiving the pressure measurement, a desired opening size of the valve to enable the desired flow rate of the fluid. The spray controller is configured to actuate the valve to adjust an opening size of the valve to equal the desired opening size and cause the fluid to flow through the flow adjustment assembly at the desired flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe SCHLENKER
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Publication number: 20220178091Abstract: A milling machine includes an engine that generates output power, a rotor that receives the output power from the engine, and a drivetrain coupled to the engine and the rotor for transmitting the output power to the rotor based on a desired output of the rotor. The drivetrain includes a transmission system defining an input end coupled to the engine for receiving the output power therefrom and an output end, wherein the transmission system allows variation in an output of the rotor without altering a load on the engine. The drivetrain includes a power transmitting arrangement coupled to the output end of the transmission system. The drivetrain includes a gearbox coupled to the power transmitting arrangement and the rotor for transmitting the output power to the rotor, wherein the power transmitting arrangement is disposed between the transmission system and the gearbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe Schlenker
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Publication number: 20220169232Abstract: A milling machine includes an engine that generates output power and a rotor that receives the output power from the engine. The milling machine further includes a drivetrain coupled with the engine and the rotor for transmitting the output power to the rotor based on a desired output of the rotor. The drivetrain includes a transmission system operatively coupled with the engine for varying an output of the rotor without altering a load on the engine. The transmission system includes a hydrostatic arrangement operatively coupled with the engine. The transmission system also includes a mechanical arrangement coupled with the engine and the rotor arrangement. The drivetrain also includes a power transmitting arrangement coupled with the transmission system. The drivetrain further includes a gearbox coupled to the power transmitting arrangement and the rotor, such that the power transmitting arrangement is disposed between the transmission system and the gearbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe Schlenker
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Patent number: 11192730Abstract: A material transfer system for a machine having a conveyor adapted to transfer material into a material holding space of a receptacle. The material transfer system also includes an adjustable deflector positioned proximate to a discharge end of the conveyor. The material transfer system further includes a sensor positioned proximate to the discharge end of the conveyor. The sensor is configured to monitor the material holding space of the receptacle. The material transfer system includes a controller communicably coupled with the adjustable deflector and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a first input signal from at least one of the sensor and a machine operator for adjusting a position of the adjustable deflector, determine an optimal position of the adjustable deflector based on receipt of the first input signal, and generate a first command signal for adjusting the position of the adjustable deflector to the optimal position.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe Schlenker
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Patent number: 10584450Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary mixer and method of operating such. The rotary mixer may comprise a frame, an arm pivotally connected to the frame, a mixing chamber, a cantilevered rotor and a gearbox. The mixing chamber includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The cantilevered rotor is disposed inside the mixing chamber and has a supported end adjacent to the first sidewall and a free end adjacent to the second sidewall. The cantilevered rotor is operably connected at the supported end to the arm. The cantilevered rotor includes a shell and a plurality of work tools mounted thereon. The shell extends from a first cutting edge to a second cutting edge. The second cutting edge is adjacent to the second sidewall. The gearbox extends through the first sidewall and into the supported end of the cantilevered rotor.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe Schlenker
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Patent number: 10407841Abstract: A rotary mixing system for a construction machine includes a frame, and a power source mounted on the frame. The machine also includes a milling tool rotatably mounted on the frame and configured to be selectively coupled to the power source. The machine further includes a foaming bar mounted on the frame in association with the milling tool. The system also includes an auxiliary vehicle configured to be coupled to the machine. The auxiliary vehicle includes a chassis and a plurality of wheels movably mounted to the chassis. The auxiliary vehicle includes a bitumen tank mounted on the chassis. The auxiliary vehicle also includes a heating element and a bitumen pump coupled to the bitumen tank. The auxiliary vehicle further includes a bitumen hose fluidly coupled to the bitumen pump and the foaming bar.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jason William Muir, Valerio E. D'Ascanio, Dario Sansone, Brian Joe Schlenker, Mark Leslie Eiden
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Publication number: 20190119867Abstract: A rotary mixing system is provided. The system includes a construction machine. The machine includes a frame and a power source mounted on the frame. The machine also includes a milling tool rotatably mounted on the frame and configured to be selectively coupled to the power source. The machine further includes a foaming bar mounted on the frame in association with the milling tool. The system also includes an auxiliary vehicle configured to be coupled to the machine. The auxiliary vehicle includes a chassis and a plurality of wheels movably mounted to the chassis. The auxiliary vehicle includes a bitumen tank mounted on the chassis. The auxiliary vehicle also includes a heating element and a bitumen rump coupled to the bitumen tank. The auxiliary vehicle further includes a bitumen hose fluidly coupled to the bitumen pump and the foaming bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jason William Muir, Valerio E. D'Ascanio, Dario Sansone, Brian Joe Schlenker, Mark Leslie Eiden
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Patent number: 10123084Abstract: An apparatus and method for enabling a viewer to watch television in the usual manner, while providing the viewer with an opportunity to indicate interest in products contextually associated with, but not necessarily displayed, in the television programs viewed, are described. Viewer interest might be indicated, for example, by launching a widget from an icon located on the TV video receiver using a handheld remote controller in communication with a set-top box during the program. The program being viewed may then be identified, for example, by the selected channel, the name of the program, the episode, and the time of the selection, or a combination of these indicators. The selections are transmitted by the set-top box to a remote search server, which returns information to the viewer on a portion of the TV video receiver concerning available products contextually related to the program being viewed at the time the widget was launched by the viewer, as well as purchase information.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: DA IP CORP.Inventors: Michael R. Fitzsimmons, David M. Rudnick, Brian Joe, Christopher A. Lee, Wei Hu
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Publication number: 20180274184Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary mixer and method of operating such. The rotary mixer may comprise a frame, an arm pivotally connected to the frame, a mixing chamber, a cantilevered rotor and a gearbox. The mixing chamber includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The cantilevered rotor is disposed inside the mixing chamber and has a supported end adjacent to the first sidewall and a free end adjacent to the second sidewall. The cantilevered rotor is operably connected at the supported end to the arm. The cantilevered rotor includes a shell and a plurality of work tools mounted thereon. The shell extends from a first cutting edge to a second cutting edge. The second cutting edge is adjacent to the second sidewall. The gearbox extends through the first sidewall and into the supported end of the cantilevered rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Brian Joe Schlenker
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Patent number: 10041215Abstract: A milling machine has a frame, a rotor, a mixing chamber with a front door and a rear door, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the frame, the rotor, the front door, and the rear door, and configured to operate the milling machine in a travel mode and a work mode. When the travel mode is actuated, the controller raises the rotor to a predetermined position, closes the front door and the rear door, and raises the frame to a predetermined height. When the work mode is actuated, the controller lowers the frame to a predetermined height, lowers the rotor to a predetermined position, and opens the front door and the rear door to predetermined positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jason William Muir, Brian Joe Schlenker, Matthew-David S. Frantz, Derek Peter Nieuwsma
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Publication number: 20180023260Abstract: A milling machine has a frame, a rotor, a mixing chamber with a front door and a rear door, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the frame, the rotor, the front door, and the rear door, and configured to operate the milling machine in a travel mode and a work mode. When the travel mode is actuated, the controller raises the rotor to a predetermined position, closes the front door and the rear door, and raises the frame to a predetermined height. When the work mode is actuated, the controller lowers the frame to a predetermined height, lowers the rotor to a predetermined position, and opens the front door and the rear door to predetermined positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Jason William Muir, Brian Joe Schlenker, Matthew-David S. Frantz, Derek Peter Nieuwsma
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Publication number: 20160326701Abstract: A rotary mixer utilizes position control technology to determine the position of the rotary mixer on a work surface and a controller determines whether an intended path across a work surface will overlap with a previously pulverized, mixed and modified surface. The rotary mixer utilizes at least one fluid spray bar in the rotor chamber or mixing chamber that extends along the width of the rotor. The fluid spray bar includes a plurality of nozzles spaced apart along the fluid spray bar that may he individually controlled by a nozzle actuator. In the event such an overlap is occurring or will occur, to avoid the application of excess fluid to the already modified surface, the controller directs the nozzle actuator to either reduce or shut off flow through the nozzles that are in alignment with the already modified surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Brian Joe Schlenker, John Eron Jorgensen, Jason William Muir, Erin Engelmann, Dario Sansone, John R. Guzman
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Publication number: 20160305082Abstract: A system and method are disclosed. The system may comprise a first stabilization machine and one or more other machines or supply trucks. The system may also include one or more site controllers. The first stabilization machine may include a first stabilization controller. The first stabilization controller may be configured to receive location data and metering information, and to determine and transmit one or more of the following to the appropriate other machine(s), supply truck(s) or site controller(s): resupply time, location/boundaries of the worked surface area, the quantity of passes over the worked surface area, the mixing depth and the moisture content. The other machine(s), supply truck(s) or site controller(s) may each be in communication with user interface(s) on which the transmitted information may be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Brian Joe Schlenker, Jason William Muir