Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Lang

Christopher M. Lang 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: 20210165432
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano
  • Publication number: 20210157345
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano
  • Publication number: 20210157344
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano
  • Patent number: 10969805
    Abstract: A sprayer for spraying fluid includes a pump, a motor that drives the pump, a drive cycle indicator, a wireless module configured to send and receive information, and control circuitry. The drive cycle indicator outputs an indication of cycle status of the pump. The control circuitry is configured to receive the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, determine a plurality of output values representing paint spray fluid output volume over a plurality of time windows based on the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, store the plurality of output values in memory, and cause the wireless module to transmit one or more of the stored plurality of output values externally from the sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark T. Weinberger, Michael J. Mansheim, Nicholas H. Reath, Andrew J. Kopel
  • Patent number: 10929272
    Abstract: A method of operating a telemetry system includes automatically populating a base field of a schema in an event definition using a logging library of the telemetry system for an event of an instrumented application, and automatically populating a conditional field of the schema in the event definition using the logging library in response to a selected condition for the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amy M. Lewis, Ravi C. Shahani, Mahmood G. Qadir, Wojtek Kozaczynski, Brian R. Crawford, William M. Zintel, George Joy, Brian P. Ellis, Ken Ming-Kin Yip, Vitaliy Titov, Mark E. Russinovich, James O. Todd, Vito J. Sabella, Christopher M. Lang, Jonathan K. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10890929
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano
  • Publication number: 20200050223
    Abstract: A sprayer for spraying fluid includes a pump, a motor that drives the pump, a drive cycle indicator, a wireless module configured to send and receive information, and control circuitry. The drive cycle indicator outputs an indication of cycle status of the pump. The control circuitry is configured to receive the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, determine a plurality of output values representing paint spray fluid output volume over a plurality of time windows based on the plurality of cycle status indications of the pump, store the plurality of output values in memory, and cause the wireless module to transmit one or more of the stored plurality of output values externally from the sprayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark T. Weinberger, Michael J. Mansheim, Nicholas H. Reath, Andrew J. Kopel
  • Publication number: 20200028148
    Abstract: A single or multi-component polymer coating is applied to components used in fabrication of electrochemical cells to protect the cells from damages that can result in cell imbalance or cell performance reduction. The polymer coating is electrically conductive under normal operating conditions but, when operated at low voltages, functions as an insulative material that increases the electrical resistance of the cell components. This increased electrical resistance improves cell safety by minimizing short-circuit current flow and reducing heating rate in the cell components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher M. Lang
  • Patent number: 10511018
    Abstract: A method for producing a coated powder including homogeneously mixing an electrochemically active material including electrochemically active particles with nanosize particles in a ratio determined by the surface area of the electrochemically active particles to form a homogeneous powder, adding a polymer and mixing to form a homogeneous solid mixture, adding a solvent to dissolve the polymer and form a viscous slurry, mixing the viscous slurry, and drying the viscous slurry to cause the nanosize particles to become localized adjacent to an outer surface of the electrochemically active particles with the polymer maintaining the proximity between the nanosize conductive particles and the outer surface of the electrochemically active particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Physical Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher M. Lang
  • Publication number: 20190372116
    Abstract: A method for producing a coated powder including homogeneously mixing an electrochemically active material including electrochemically active particles with nanosize particles in a ratio determined by the surface area of the electrochemically active particles to form a homogeneous powder, adding a polymer and mixing to form a homogeneous solid mixture, adding a solvent to dissolve the polymer and form a viscous slurry, mixing the viscous slurry, and drying the viscous slurry to cause the nanosize particles to become localized adjacent to an outer surface of the electrochemically active particles with the polymer maintaining the proximity between the nanosize conductive particles and the outer surface of the electrochemically active particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher M. Lang
  • Patent number: 10261525
    Abstract: A plural component dispensing system includes at least one compressed gas pneumatically connected to supply pressurized gas to each of a first pressure vessel that discharges a first fluid component and a second pressure vessel that discharges a second fluid component. Each of the first fluid component and the second fluid component is supplied from the respective pressure vessel through individual flow meters to a device. A first pressure regulator is pneumatically connected between the first pressure vessel and the at least one compressed gas source to regulate pressure of the first pressure vessel. A controller receives sensed first and second volumetric flow rates from the individual flow meters and controls the first pressure regulator based on the sensed volumetric flow rates to produce a target ratio of the first fluid component and the second fluid component at the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Martin P. McCormick, Christopher M. Lange
  • Publication number: 20180292847
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano
  • Publication number: 20180192167
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark T. Weinberger
  • Patent number: 9939822
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano
  • Publication number: 20170277205
    Abstract: A plural component dispensing system includes at least one compressed gas pneumatically connected to supply pressurized gas to each of a first pressure vessel that discharges a first fluid component and a second pressure vessel that discharges a second fluid component. Each of the first fluid component and the second fluid component is supplied from the respective pressure vessel through individual flow meters to a device. A first pressure regulator is pneumatically connected between the first pressure vessel and the at least one compressed gas source to regulate pressure of the first pressure vessel. A controller receives sensed first and second volumetric flow rates from the individual flow meters and controls the first pressure regulator based on the sensed volumetric flow rates to produce a target ratio of the first fluid component and the second fluid component at the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Martin P. McCormick, Christopher M. Lange
  • Publication number: 20170187782
    Abstract: A method of operating a telemetry system includes receiving an automatically populated set of fields in a schema of an event definition, and providing a response message in an application protocol. The set of fields are automatically populated using a logging library of the telemetry system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian R. Crawford, Amy M. Lewis, William M. Zintel, Ravi C. Shahani, Brian P. Ellis, George Joy, James O. Todd, Ken Ming-Kin Yip, Mahmood G. Qadir, Mark E. Russinovich, Vitaliy Titov, Wojtek Kozaczynski, Tae Hyung Kim, Vito J. Sabella, Christopher M. Lang, Jonathan K. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9677550
    Abstract: An air operated pump 10 uses a magnet 14 mounted in the valve cup 16 of the air motor 18 and two reed sensors 20 mounted in the valve cover 22 to monitor the speed and position of the valve 16. A solenoid 24 is mounted on the valve cover 22 and can be commanded to extend a plunger 26 into the valve cup 16 to stop valve movement and therefore the pump from running away A magnetoresistive sensor 34 is located in the center of the air motor 18 to precisely monitor the piston 36 position and with air valve sensors 20 provides the input necessary for precise control and diagnostics of the pump 10 and makes it suitable for metering and plural component application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Bauck, Mark T. Weinberger, Vu K. Nguyen, Christopher M. Lange, Wade D. Palashewski, David M. Behrens
  • Patent number: 9677549
    Abstract: An air operated pump 10 uses a magnet 14 mounted in the valve cup 16 of the air motor 18 and two reed sensors 20 mounted in the valve cover 22 to monitor the speed and position of the valve 16. A solenoid 24 is mounted on the valve cover 22 and can be commanded to extend a plunger 26 into the valve cup 16 to stop valve movement and therefore the pump from running away A magnetoresistive sensor 34 is located in the center of the air motor 18 to precisely monitor the piston 36 position and with air valve sensors 20 provides the input necessary for precise control and diagnostics of the pump 10 and makes it suitable for metering and plural component application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Bauck, Mark T. Weinberger, Vu K. Nguyen, Christopher M. Lange, Wade D. Palashewski, David M. Behrens
  • Publication number: 20170109259
    Abstract: A method of operating a telemetry system includes automatically populating a base field of a schema in an event definition using a logging library of the telemetry system for an event of an instrumented application, and automatically populating a conditional field of the schema in the event definition using the logging library in response to a selected condition for the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Amy M. Lewis, Ravi C. Shahani, Mahmood G. Qadir, Wojtek Kozaczynski, Brian R. Crawford, William M. Zintel, George Joy, Brian P. Ellis, Ken Ming-Kin Yip, Vitaliy Titov, Mark E. Russinovich, James O. Todd, Vito J. Sabella, Christopher M. Lang, Jonathan K. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20170109380
    Abstract: A method of operating a telemetry system includes automatically populating a first set of fields in a schema of an event definition using a logging library of the telemetry system, and receiving the set of fields via a request message in an application protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Brian R. Crawford, Amy M. Lewis, Mahmood G. Qadir, Ravi C. Shahani, Wojtek Kozaczynski, Brian P. Ellis, George Joy, James O. Todd, Ken Ming-Kin Yip, Mark E. Russinovich, William M. Zintel, Vitaliy Titov, Tae Hyung Kim, Vito J. Sabella, Christopher M. Lang, Jonathan K. Johnson