Patents by Inventor Douglas Sheppard

Douglas Sheppard 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: 9537332
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and method for load balancing a string of jars. The temperature and voltage of each jar is measured and a target voltage for the jar is set based on the measured temperature. A current is supplied to the jar in order to maintain, increase, or decrease the jar's voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Cotton, Brian Hanking, Cathy Snetsinger, Jason W. Toomey, Michael Carmel, Tony Yu, Patricio A. Triveri, Douglas Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20150346273
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a branch circuit monitoring (BCM) system that may include a first collector board with a first plurality of connector ports connected to a first plurality of branch circuits, and a second collector board with a second plurality of connector ports connected to a second plurality of branch circuits. Each of the first and second plurality of connector ports may receive a respective first and second plurality of connector plugs configured to be receivable in the respective first and second plurality connector ports. The first collector board may be coupled to an aggregator board such that the first plurality of current sensors may report branch circuit measurements to the aggregator board. The plugs may be connected to associated leads connected to respective first plurality and second plurality of current sensors. The first board and the second board may be in communication using a bus protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Cotton, Brian Hanking, Jason W. Toomey, Michael Carmel, Douglas Sheppard, Matthew James Wind, Tony Yu
  • Publication number: 20150139272
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve a thermal monitoring system that includes multiple thermal sensor nodes and a control node. The thermal sensor nodes include an infrared sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, at least one LED, and a controller with a memory for storing temperature measurements and a sending and receiving information to and from the control node. The control node for receives, stores, and outputs temperature measurements from at least one thermal sensor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Hanking, Stephen D. Cotton, Michael Carmel, Tony Yu, Douglas Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20140354237
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and method for load balancing a string of jars. The temperature and voltage of each jar is measured and a target voltage for the jar is set based on the measured temperature. A current is supplied to the jar in order to maintain, increase, or decrease the jar's voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Cotton, Brian Hanking, Cathy Snetsinger, Jason W. Toomey, Michael Carmel, Tony Yu, Patricio A. Triveri, Douglas Sheppard
  • Patent number: 7768238
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system may be configured to interface with a first battery monitoring unit and a second battery monitoring unit. The first battery monitoring unit may be configured to output data in a first format. The second battery monitoring unit may be configured to output data in a second format, the second format being different than the first format. The battery monitoring system may include a first polling agent, the first polling agent may be configured to receive data from the first battery monitoring unit and normalize the data into a predetermined data format and store the data in a database. The battery monitoring system may also include a second polling agent. The second polling agent may be configured to receive data from the second battery monitoring unit and normalize the data into the predetermined data format and store the data in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Data Power Monitoring Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Cotton, Douglas Sheppard, Ronnie Lim, Stephen D. Cotton, Michael Jump
  • Publication number: 20100114512
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system may be configured to interface with a first battery monitoring unit and a second battery monitoring unit. The first battery monitoring unit may be configured to output data in a first format. The second battery monitoring unit may be configured to output data in a second format, the second format being different than the first format. The battery monitoring system may include a first polling agent, the first polling agent may be configured to receive data from the first battery monitoring unit and normalize the data into a predetermined data format and store the data in a database. The battery monitoring system may also include a second polling agent. The second polling agent may be configured to receive data from the second battery monitoring unit and normalize the data into the predetermined data format and store the data in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Charles B. COTTON, Douglas Sheppard, Ronnie Lim, Stephen D. Cotton, Michael Jump
  • Patent number: 7576517
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system may be configured to interface with a first battery monitoring unit and a second battery monitoring unit. The first battery monitoring unit may be configured to output data in a first format. The second battery monitoring unit may be configured to output data in a second format, the second format being different than the first format. The battery monitoring system may include a first polling agent, the first polling agent may be configured to receive data from the first battery monitoring unit and normalize the data into a predetermined data format and store the data in a database. The battery monitoring system may also include a second polling agent. The second polling agent may be configured to receive data from the second battery monitoring unit and normalize the data into the predetermined data format and store the data in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Data Power Monitoring Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Cotton, Douglas Sheppard, Ronnie Lim, Stephen D. Cotton, Michael Jump
  • Patent number: D425289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Inventors: Curtis Douglas Sheppard, Jr., Curtis Douglas Sheppard, Sr.