Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Detka

Christopher S. Detka 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: 11846617
    Abstract: A system for detecting an analyte gas in an environment includes a first gas sensor, a first contaminant sensor separate and spaced from the first gas sensor, and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first gas sensor to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first gas sensor. The electronic circuitry is further in electrical connection with the first contaminant sensor to measure a response of the first contaminant sensor over time. The measured response of the first contaminant sensor varies with an amount of one or more contaminants to which the system has been exposed in the environment over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Meghan E. Swanson, Daniel D. Santoro, Jr., Michael Alvin Brown, Mark Flori Zanella, Sr., Christopher S. Detka
  • Publication number: 20230152289
    Abstract: A system for detecting an analyte gas in an environment includes a first gas sensor, a first contaminant sensor separate and spaced from the first gas sensor, and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first gas sensor to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first gas sensor. The electronic circuitry is further in electrical connection with the first contaminant sensor to measure a response of the first contaminant sensor over time. The measured response of the first contaminant sensor varies with an amount of one or more contaminants to which the system has been exposed in the environment over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Meghan E. Swanson, Daniel D. Santoro, JR., Michael Alvin Brown, Mark Flori Zanella, SR., Christopher S. Detka
  • Patent number: 11543396
    Abstract: A system for detecting an analyte gas in an environment includes a first gas sensor, a first contaminant sensor separate and spaced from the first gas sensor, and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first gas sensor to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first gas sensor. The electronic circuitry is further in electrical connection with the first contaminant sensor to measure a response of the first contaminant sensor over time. The measured response of the first contaminant sensor varies with an amount of one or more contaminants to which the system has been exposed in the environment over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MSA Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Meghan E. Swanson, Daniel D. Santoro, Jr., Michael Alvin Brown, Mark Flori Zanella, Sr., Christopher S. Detka
  • Publication number: 20200393432
    Abstract: A system for detecting an analyte gas in an environment includes a first gas sensor, a first contaminant sensor separate and spaced from the first gas sensor, and electronic circuitry in electrical connection with the first gas sensor to determine if the analyte gas is present based on a response of the first gas sensor. The electronic circuitry is further in electrical connection with the first contaminant sensor to measure a response of the first contaminant sensor over time. The measured response of the first contaminant sensor varies with an amount of one or more contaminants to which the system has been exposed in the environment over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Meghan E. Swanson, Daniel D. Santoro, JR., Michael Alvin Brown, Mark Flori Zanella, SR., Christopher S. Detka
  • Publication number: 20120259544
    Abstract: A feature location and management system having: a user-associated marker unit, including: a controller to generate feature data associated with at least one feature located at a site; an activation device to activate the controller to generate the feature data; and a communication device to transmit at least a portion of the feature data. A central control device directly or indirectly receives at least a portion of the feature data transmitted by the marker unit; and generates display data based at least partially on the received feature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Evan Watson, John H. Reno, II, Chadd M. Cron, Scott R. Pavetti, Christopher S. Detka, Paul A. Miller
  • Patent number: 6574311
    Abstract: A delay-line time-domain reflectometer includes a return detector configured to process a discharge pulse produced by discharge of a line capacitor, formed by the physical relationship of a pair of conductive wires forming a telephone line, from a predetermined DC voltage. The return detector includes a number of neural networks configured to process the discharge pulse under the control of a controller. The neural networks enable the controller to characterize the loop configuration of the telephone line, where the loop configuration includes the length of the telephone line, the position of any bridged tap connected to the telephone line and/or the length of any bridged tap connected to the telephone line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Webb Ross, Regis J. Nero, Jr., Christopher S. Detka
  • Patent number: 5711497
    Abstract: The invention provides for a cab signaling apparatus and method for use on board a railway vehicle propelled on a set of spaced rails by a traction motor. The cab signaling apparatus may reduce a noise component within a signal having a primary cab signal component and reduce a cab signal component within a signal having a primary noise component. The cab signaling apparatus may further include an adaptive filter to cancel the noise component within the signal having a primary cab signal component without specialized tuning of the cab signaling apparatus. The cab signaling apparatus may include a false code monitor for identifying a true cab signal code and a track signal monitor for identifying a true cab signal in the presence of noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Union Switch & Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Nikos Andrianos, Joseph Profeta, Joseph P. Elm, Theo C. Giras, Christopher S. Detka