Patents by Inventor Dennis G. McDonald
Dennis G. McDonald 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).
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Patent number: 12199548Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to: identify a first source object, a second source object, and a load bus object; determine locations of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object on a one-line topology; receive operational parameters of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a first route including objects electrically connected between the first source object and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a second route including all objects electrically connected between the second source object and the load bus object; and control operation of the first route and the second route.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald
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Publication number: 20230335993Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by a circuit of a power system, causes the power system to perform functions to activate and deactivate routes. The functions include determining a plurality of source objects, each including source functions and being assigned a position on a one-line topology; determining one or more switch objects including switch functions and assigned a position on the one-line topology; determining one or more bus objects including bus functions and assigned a position on the one-line topology; determining one or more load objects including load functions and assigned a position on the one-line topology; and allocating each object to one of a plurality of controllers, each of the controllers structured to cooperatively perform the source functions, the switch functions, the bus functions, and the load functions to provide operation of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald
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Publication number: 20230246480Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a first controller structured to control a first power system object located on a first route of a power system, and a second controller structured to control a second power system object located on a second route of the power system. The first controller and the second controller are both structured to perform a route level function including coordination of actions of the first power system object and the second power system object, and the first controller is a principal controller and the second controller is a participant controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald, Gordon J. Keller
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Patent number: 11715954Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by a circuit of a power system, causes the power system to perform functions to activate and deactivate routes.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald
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Publication number: 20230208328Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to: identify a first source object, a second source object, and a load bus object; determine locations of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object on a one-line topology; receive operational parameters of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a first route including objects electrically connected between the first source object and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a second route including all objects electrically connected between the second source object and the load bus object; and control operation of the first route and the second route.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald
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Patent number: 11626752Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a first controller structured to control a first power system object located on a first route of a power system, and a second controller structured to control a second power system object located on a second route of the power system. The first controller and the second controller are both structured to perform a route level function including coordination of actions of the first power system object and the second power system object, and the first controller is a principal controller and the second controller is a participant controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald, Gordon J. Keller
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Patent number: 11557994Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to: identify a first source object, a second source object, and a load bus object; determine locations of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object on a one-line topology; receive operational parameters of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a first route including objects electrically connected between the first source object and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a second route including all objects electrically connected between the second source object and the load bus object; and control operation of the first route and the second route.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald
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Publication number: 20210234399Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a first controller structured to control a first power system object located on a first route of a power system, and a second controller structured to control a second power system object located on a second route of the power system. The first controller and the second controller are both structured to perform a route level function including coordination of actions of the first power system object and the second power system object, and the first controller is a principal controller and the second controller is a participant controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald, Gordon J. Keller
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Publication number: 20210234369Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a non-transitory computer readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied therein that, when executed by a circuit of a power system, causes the power system to perform functions to activate and deactivate routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald
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Publication number: 20210234486Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to: identify a first source object, a second source object, and a load bus object; determine locations of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object on a one-line topology; receive operational parameters of the first source object, the second source object, and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a first route including objects electrically connected between the first source object and the load bus object; define, using the one-line topology, a second route including all objects electrically connected between the second source object and the load bus object; and control operation of the first route and the second route.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Cummins Power Generation Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Aufderhar, Paul R. Dahlen, Dennis G. McDonald