Patents by Inventor Cody J. Skow

Cody J. Skow 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).

  • Wireless sensor network gateway with integral intrinsic safety outputs for field mounted access point antennas
    Patent number: 11843243
    Abstract: A wireless sensor network gateway includes safe side circuitry, hazardous side circuitry and isolation circuitry, which are supported by a housing. The safe side circuitry includes a safe side power circuit, and a safe side data input/output (I/O) circuit. The hazardous side circuitry includes a hazardous side power circuit, and a hazardous side data I/O circuit. The isolation circuitry divides the safe side circuitry from the hazardous side circuitry. The isolation circuitry includes a power isolation circuit that couples the safe side power circuit to the hazardous side power circuit and forms an intrinsic safety barrier between the safe side power circuit and the hazardous side power circuit, and a data isolation circuit that couples the safe side data I/O circuit to the hazardous side data I/O circuit and forms an intrinsic safety barrier between the safe side data I/O circuit and the hazardous side data I/O circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Scott T. Hofmeister, Cody J. Skow, Allen J. Kempke, Nicholas A. Wienhold, Theodore H. Schnaare
  • WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK GATEWAY WITH INTEGRAL INTRINSIC SAFETY OUTPUTS FOR FIELD MOUNTED ACCESS POINT ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20210227630
    Abstract: A wireless sensor network gateway includes safe side circuitry, hazardous side circuitry and isolation circuitry, which are supported by a housing. The safe side circuitry includes a safe side power circuit, and a safe side data input/output (I/O) circuit. The hazardous side circuitry includes a hazardous side power circuit, and a hazardous side data I/O circuit. The isolation circuitry divides the safe side circuitry from the hazardous side circuitry. The isolation circuitry includes a power isolation circuit that couples the safe side power circuit to the hazardous side power circuit and forms an intrinsic safety barrier between the safe side power circuit and the hazardous side power circuit, and a data isolation circuit that couples the safe side data I/O circuit to the hazardous side data I/O circuit and forms an intrinsic safety barrier between the safe side data I/O circuit and the hazardous side data I/O circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Scott T. Hofmeister, Cody J. Skow, Allen J. Kempke, Nicholas A. Wienhold, Theodore H. Schnaare