Patents by Inventor Bruce Stuart Murray

Bruce Stuart Murray 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: 6930416
    Abstract: A compliant stator motor is disclosed. In one implementation, the motor (200) includes a rotor (210), a stator (220) having main and auxiliary windings, an outer motor case (230), and a group of isolators (240) positioned between the stator (220) and outer motor case (230) to enhance forces applied to the foundation (260) due to excitation of the auxiliary windings. In another implementation, the motor (300) includes a rotor (310), a stator (320) including main and auxiliary windings, linear bearings (320) configured to constrain a motion of the stator (320) to an axial direction, and isolators (330) connected to the stator (320) and configured to enhance axial forces applied to the foundation due to excitation of the auxiliary windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: BBNT Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Remington, Ronald Coleman, Bruce Stuart Murray
  • Patent number: 6880408
    Abstract: A mechanical amplifier includes first and second amplifier mounting pads (110, 120) and first and second sensor mounting pads (130, 140). At least one of the first and second amplifier mounting pads (110, 120) receives a load or displacement. The first and second sensor mounting pads (130, 140) connect to the first and second amplifier mounting pads (130, 140) via flexible connecting members. A sensor (150) may connect to the first and second sensor mounting pads to measure the amount of load or displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: BBNT Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Richard Madden, Bruce Stuart Murray
  • Patent number: 6681152
    Abstract: There is disclosed multiple embodiments of a predictive active compensation system for dampening vibration in an optimum manner employing feedback control wherein stiffness of dampening material is adjusted on a continuous and dynamic basis to ensure that relative displacement between vibrating machine or object and its foundation does not exceed particular limits including limits preventing impact between object and foundation. In these disclosed systems and methodologies of the present invention the foundation may also be subjected to movement. Further disclosed are computer plots of mathematical models on which embodiments of the present invention are based, thereby demonstrating efficacy of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: BBNT Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Remington, John Scott Knight, Bruce Stuart Murray