Patents by Inventor Donald Jay McDonald

Donald Jay 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).

  • Publication number: 20140343744
    Abstract: An energy savings device, system and method are provided to improve electric utility grid stability by reducing power demand at a point of consumption. The method may include monitoring a power signal characteristic, obtaining a stability parameter for the utility grid, determining a stability condition based on the monitored power signal characteristic and the stability parameter; and regulating, at the point of consumption, an amount of energy received from the utility grid based on the determined stability condition. The system may include an energy savings system in communication with the electric utility grid and a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Kenneth Mansfield, Donald Jay McDonald