Patents by Inventor Caitlin Nicole Vicary

Caitlin Nicole Vicary 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: 20240128899
    Abstract: A smart motor includes a motor, a memory, and an electronic processor connected to the motor and the memory. The electronic processor executes a software stack including a hardware layer, an operating layer, and an application layer. The hardware layer provides input/output operations between the motor and the electronic processor. The operating layer provides an intermediary between the hardware layer and the application layer. The application layer executes functions stored in the memory to communicate with and control the hardware layer. Further, the hardware layer, the operating layer, and the application layer selectively control operation of the motor based on one or more signals received from an input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Braun, Caitlin Nicole Vicary, Milosz Niec
  • Patent number: 11894794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling smart motors. One smart motor system includes a control bus, an input device, and a smart motor communicatively coupled to the input device via the control bus. The smart motor includes an electronic processor configured to receive, from the input device, a command frame indicating an action, perform the action, receive, from the input device, a data request frame requesting a status of the smart motor, and transmit, to the input device and in response to receiving the data request frame, a data frame indicating the status of the smart motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA CO.
    Inventors: Thomas Braun, Caitlin Nicole Vicary, Milosz Niec
  • Publication number: 20230006574
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling smart motors. One smart motor system includes a control bus, an input device, and a smart motor communicatively coupled to the input device via the control bus. The smart motor includes an electronic processor configured to receive, from the input device, a command frame indicating an action, perform the action, receive, from the input device, a data request frame requesting a status of the smart motor, and transmit, to the input device and in response to receiving the data request frame, a data frame indicating the status of the smart motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Braun, Caitlin Nicole Vicary, Milosz Niec