Patents by Inventor Brian S. Olmstead

Brian S. Olmstead 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).

  • Patent number: 10560154
    Abstract: A main power line (+ and ? lines) is coupled to a power supply, for example a car battery, grounded to a vehicle chassis. Positive and negative main power lines are coupled to a power line gateway module, and spliced to carry power for a segment, until receiving, by splices, RF power line communications. The main power lines, now carrying power and RF power line communications are then coupled to remote modules. RF power line communication carries signal from the power line gateway module to a impedance matching network or a transformer are used to match impedances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ESKER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Olmstead, Brad Rake
  • Publication number: 20190334581
    Abstract: An improved filter for communications over a power bus may provide immunity to or minimize the effect of voltage spikes on a power line and/or may filter a power line signal with high pass and low pass filters to allow communicative signal reception on noisy power lines, and/or may filter a communicative signal transmitted from a radio modem with low pass filters to prevent high frequency harmonics and spurious signals from being conducted into and thereafter radiated from the power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: ESKER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: BRIAN S. OLMSTEAD
  • Patent number: 10417143
    Abstract: Data and power are transmitted a master to a peripheral, with power communicated from a controller circuit board to the peripheral circuit board across data lines. Power is transmitted from the voltage regulator of the controller circuit board to an SPI or SSI master. Power over Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) uses Ethernet cable or custom 2 to 4-pair cable to move power high speed data between a microprocessor and a peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Esker Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian S. Olmstead
  • Patent number: 10348418
    Abstract: An improved filter for communications over a power bus may provide it to or minimize the effect of voltage spikes on a power line and/or may filter a power line signal with high pass and low pass filters to allow communicative signal reception on noisy power lines, and/or may filter a communicative signal transmitted from a radio modem with low pass filters to prevent high frequency harmonics and spurious signals from being conducted into and thereafter radiated from the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Esker Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian S Olmstead
  • Publication number: 20190089411
    Abstract: A main power line (+ and ? lines) is coupled to a power supply, for example a car battery, grounded to a vehicle chassis. Positive and negative main power lines are coupled to a power line gateway module, and spliced to carry power for a segment, until receiving, by splices, RF power line communications. The main power lines, now carrying power and RF power line communications are then coupled to remote modules. RF power line communication carries signal from the power line gateway module to a impedance matching network or a transformer are used to match impedances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Esker Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Olmstead, Brad Rake
  • Patent number: 10128906
    Abstract: A main power line (+ and ? lines) is coupled to a power supply, for example a car battery, grounded to a vehicle chassis. Positive and negative main power lines are coupled to a power line gateway module, and spliced to carry power for a segment, until receiving, by splices, RF power line communcations. The main power lines, now carrying power and RF power line communications are then coupled to remote modules. RF power line communication carries signal from the power line gateway module to a impedance matching network or a transformer are used to match impedances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Esker Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian S. Olmstead
  • Publication number: 20180013468
    Abstract: A main power line (+ and ? lines) is coupled to a power supply, for example a car battery, grounded to a vehicle chassis. Positive and negative main power lines are coupled to a power line gateway module, and spliced to carry power for a segment, until receiving, by splices, RF power line communcations. The main power lines, now carrying power and RF power line communications are then coupled to remote modules. RF power line communication carries signal from the power line gateway module to a impedance matching network or a transformer are used to match impedances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Esker Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian S. Olmstead
  • Publication number: 20170103027
    Abstract: Data and power are transmitted a master to a peripheral, with power communicated from a controller circuit board to the peripheral circuit board across data lines. Power is transmitted from the voltage regulator of the controller circuit board to an SPI or SSI master. Power over Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) uses Ethernet cable or custom 2 to 4-pair cable to move power high speed data between a microprocessor and a peripheral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Esker Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Brian S. Olmstead
  • Patent number: 5225805
    Abstract: An anti-skid control circuit for a wheeled vehicle has a connector (15) for connection to external circuits and a warning circuit contained within the control circuit and connector (15) for enabling a visual indicator (17) upon the occurrence of a loss of power to the anti-skid control circuit, a malfunction of the anti-skid control circuit, or disconnection of the connector (15) from the anti-skid control circuit. The anti-skid braking system warning circuit includes an electrically energizable the visual indicator (17) in the form of a lamp (17), and a first transistor (33) connected in series with a source of electrical energy. A control transistor (35) is conductive to shunt the base-emitter circuit of the first transistor (33) so long as the anti-skid braking system functions properly. When the control transistor (35) becomes nonconductive indicating a lack of the anti-skid function, the base-emitter circuit of the first transistor (33) is forward biased and the lamp (17) energizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Allied Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry L. Cage, Brian S. Olmstead