Patents by Inventor Elijah A. Richter

Elijah A. Richter 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: 20160207497
    Abstract: Child restraint systems are disclosed. The child restraint systems can include a base portion and a seat portion. The child restraint systems can include at least one motor-driven subsystem for installing the child restraint system in a vehicle, such as a motor-driven tensioner and/or motor-driven leveler. The motor-driven subsystem(s) can be coupled to a power source, such as a battery pack. The child restraint systems can also include a microcontroller, which can be coupled to the power source and a motor for the motor-driven subsystem. The base portion and/or the seat portion can include a plurality of sensors in communication with microcontroller. The sensors can detect an installation condition and/or state of the child restraint system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jacob A. Seal, Arjit Arora, Elijah A. Richter, Sean D. Beaudette, Daniel A. Kanitz, Henry F. Thorne, Robert D. Daley
  • Patent number: 8699653
    Abstract: A control strategy for a pressurized water nuclear reactor that employs separate, independent control rod banks for respectively controlling Tavg and axial offset within corresponding deadbands. The strategy does not permit the control banks controlling reactor core power and the control banks controlling axial offset to move together, but normally gives preference to the control banks controlling the Tavg except when a demand signal is received simultaneously by both independent control rod banks to move in a same direction, in which case, the control bank compensating for the axial offset is given preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
    Inventors: Keith J. Drudy, Norman P. Mueller, Elijah A. Richter
  • Publication number: 20130101077
    Abstract: A control strategy for a pressurized water nuclear reactor that employs separate, independent control rod banks for respectively controlling Tavg and axial offset within corresponding deadbands. The strategy does not permit the control banks controlling reactor core power and the control banks controlling axial offset to move together, but normally gives preference to the control banks controlling the Tavg except when a demand signal is received simultaneously by both independent control rod banks to move in a same direction, in which case, the control bank compensating for the axial offset is given preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Keith J. Drudy, Norman P. Mueller, Elijah A. Richter