Patents by Inventor Dennis J. Foltz

Dennis J. Foltz 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).

  • Method and system for modular interoperable distributed control
    Patent number: 9912737
    Abstract: A distributed control system (DCS) for controlling an industrial process using a plurality of distributed control nodes (DCNs) can include a plurality of Device DCNs, each Device DCN including an I/O interface coupled with a field device for single channel input or output, a plurality of Application DCNs, and one or more Ethernet switches. The plurality of Device DCNs and the plurality of Application DCNs can be adapted to host a software runtime and communicatively coupled via the one or more Ethernet switches. The DCS architecture can include of two types of DCNs; Application DCNs and Device DCNs. The software runtime can be configured to selectively provide control application level communication and function block execution services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: David Lloyd Patin, Saleem Stephen Bitar, Raymond Donald Bartusiak, Dennis J. Foltz, Andrew J. Thake, David L. DeBari, Richard J. Caro, Dennis Lee Brandl
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODULAR INTEROPERABLE DISTRIBUTED CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160065656
    Abstract: A distributed control system (DCS) for controlling an industrial process using a plurality of distributed control nodes (DCNs) can include a plurality of Device DCNs, each Device DCN including an I/O interface coupled with a field device for single channel input or output, a plurality of Application DCNs, and one or more Ethernet switches. The plurality of Device DCNs and the plurality of Application DCNs can be adapted to host a software runtime and communicatively coupled via the one or more Ethernet switches. The DCS architecture can include of two types of DCNs; Application DCNs and Device DCNs. The software runtime can be configured to selectively provide control application level communication and function block execution services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: David Lloyd Patin, Saleem Stephen Bitar, Raymond Donald Bartusiak, Dennis J. Foltz, Andrew J. Thake, David L. DeBari, Richard J. Caro, Dennis Lee Brandl