Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Piggott

Christopher E. Piggott 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: 8527374
    Abstract: An asset management system includes a controller area network bus and a data acquisition module connected to the controller area network bus. The data acquisition module has a plurality of analog input channels. One or more sensor systems are connected to the input channels with the input channels receiving analog signals from the sensor systems. The data acquisition module passively conditions the received analog signals prior to digital conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael G. Thurston, Christopher E. Piggott
  • Publication number: 20090240604
    Abstract: An asset management system includes a controller area network bus and a data acquisition module connected to the controller area network bus. The data acquisition module has a plurality of analog input channels. One or more sensor systems are connected to the input channels with the input channels receiving analog signals from the sensor systems. The data acquisition module passively conditions the received analog signals prior to digital conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Michael G. Thurston, Christopher E. Piggott
  • Publication number: 20090240472
    Abstract: An Asset Health Management system monitors and analyzes the health of a component of an asset. A sensor network, with one or more sensors operably coupled to an asset component, collects sensor data associated with operating characteristics of the asset component. A processing node (a System Health Node) includes one or more modules, i.e., software functions, and one or more configuration files. The processing node processes the sensor data with the one or more modules according to the one or more configuration files and determines health information corresponding to the asset component. The one or more modules receive and transmit input and output data, respectively, via data streams that organize the input and output data, e.g., according to time stamps and that may be cached. The health information may be displayed on user interfaces and/or may be transmitted over an information network to external systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jason Winnebeck, Michael G. Thurston, Christopher E. Piggott
  • Publication number: 20090240853
    Abstract: A method and system for managing assets includes a controller area network bus having a first end and a second end. One or more sensor systems are connected to the network bus. The sensor systems are connected to one or more assets to obtain at least one of operational data and condition data for the one or more assets. A self-healing bridge is connected to the first end and the second end of the network bus and is adapted to minimize a loss of connectivity in the network bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Christopher E. Piggott
  • Patent number: RE46993
    Abstract: An Asset Health Management system monitors and analyzes the health of a component of an asset. A sensor network, with one or more sensors operably coupled to an asset component, collects sensor data associated with operating characteristics of the asset component. A processing node (a System Health Node) includes one or more modules, i.e., software functions, and one or more configuration files. The processing node processes the sensor data with the one or more modules according to the one or more configuration files and determines health information corresponding to the asset component. The one or more modules receive and transmit input and output data, respectively, via data streams that organize the input and output data, e.g., according to time stamps and that may be cached. The health information may be displayed on user interfaces and/or may be transmitted over an information network to external systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Vnomics Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Winnebeck, Michael G. Thurston, Christopher E. Piggott