Patents by Inventor Douglas C. Lynn

Douglas C. Lynn 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: 11424713
    Abstract: A motor drive including an inverter and control logic and a method implemented by the control logic to protect an inverter. The method includes determining a temperature value of a temperature associated with the inverter; preventing restarting of the inverter if the temperature value exceeds a first temperature threshold; and preventing restarting of the inverter if the temperature value exceeds a second temperature threshold that is smaller than the first temperature threshold and the inverter was shut down due to a high load condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Lynn, Shengnan Li, Richard J. Halsey
  • Patent number: 11401938
    Abstract: A motor drive and method to control a motor in a fluid system. The method may comprise determining a pressure; determining a proportional error as a limited difference between the pressure and a pressure setpoint; determining an integral step as a limited proportional error; determining an integral error as a limited sum of the integral step and a preceding unbound integral error; determining an error as the product of the integral error, the proportional error, and a gain factor; and generating a control signal to cause the inverter to output a motor voltage to drive the motor and maintain the pressure about the pressure setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Russell Chavis, Steven W. Aikman, Robert L. Wetekamp, Douglas C. Lynn
  • Publication number: 20210396234
    Abstract: A motor drive and method to control a motor in a fluid system. The method may comprise determining a pressure; determining a proportional error as a limited difference between the pressure and a pressure setpoint; determining an integral step as a limited proportional error; determining an integral error as a limited sum of the integral step and a preceding unbound integral error; determining an error as the product of the integral error, the proportional error, and a gain factor; and generating a control signal to cause the inverter to output a motor voltage to drive the motor and maintain the pressure about the pressure setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Steven W. Aikman, Robert L. Wetekamp, Douglas C. Lynn, Adrian Russell Chavis
  • Publication number: 20190174687
    Abstract: A method implemented by a motor drive to drive a pump of a liquid pumping system. The method includes receiving a wetness signal from a wetness sensor; determining based on a wetness signal if moisture has been detected by the wetness sensor; discontinuing pumping by the pump responsive to determining that moisture has been detected; after discontinuing pumping, determining if moisture has been detected during a predetermined delay; and restarting pumping if moisture has not been detected during the predetermined delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Lynn, Robert L. Wetekamp, Richard J. Halsey
  • Patent number: 10090878
    Abstract: A system and a method for driving an electrical motor with a drive unit including a wireless transceiver. A user may wirelessly couple a user input device with the transceiver, and use a drive application to, optionally, update configuration information including drive control parameters, update application logic residing in the drive unit, and/or upload performance parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Franklin Electric Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Emshwiller, Richard J. Halsey, Christopher J. Hawkins, Douglas C. Lynn, Robert C. Smith, Ross E. Waite, James H. Spreen
  • Publication number: 20160197640
    Abstract: A system and a method for driving an electrical motor with a drive unit including a wireless transceiver. A user may wirelessly couple a user input device with the transceiver, and use a drive application to, optionally, update configuration information including drive control parameters, update application logic residing in the drive unit, and/or upload performance parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Greg A. Emshwiller, Richard J. Halsey, Christopher J. Hawkins, Douglas C. Lynn, Robert C. Smith, Ross E. Waite, James H. Spreen
  • Patent number: 7294052
    Abstract: In an air handling unit for discharging a flow of air into the surrounding ambient, having a series of horizontal louvers and a series of vertical louvers mounted in the discharge flow. A first multi-phase stepper motor is arranged to step the horizontal louvers to deflect the air flow in a vertical direction and a second multi-phase stepper motor is arranged to step vertical louvers to deflect the flow in a transverse direction. A controller is programmed to alternately apply power from a single power source to each of the motors during each phase to step each motor in equal increments during each phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Robert P. Dolan, Douglas C. Lynn