Patents by Inventor Gary Mason

Gary Mason 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: 20170226832
    Abstract: A pumpjack includes a walking beam pivotally connected to a vertical support for oscillation in a generally vertical plane about a first axis. A first end of the walking beam is connected to a sucker rod string. A carriage is movably mounted to the walking beam to move back-and-forth along a length of a tail end of the walking beam. A pitman arm has a first end pivotally connected to the carriage for rotation about a second axis and a second end pivotally connected to a crank arm. A counterweight is mounted to the crank arm and a hydraulic ram is connected to the carriage to move the carriage back-and-forth along the walking beam and establish reciprocation of the sucker rod string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Gary Mason
  • Patent number: 8364338
    Abstract: A method for remotely administering a fault detected on an unmanned powered system that is controlled through a lead powered system, the method including detecting an operational fault on an unmanned powered system, communicating information about the fault to the lead powered system, through a wireless communication protocol operable with a wireless communication system, and communicating a reset message to the unmanned powered system to reset the fault detected. A system and computer software code, stored on a computer readable media and executable with a processor, are also disclosed for remotely handling a fault detected on an unmanned powered system that is controlled through a lead powered system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Glen Paul Peltonen, Gary Mason, Joseph Mario Nazareth
  • Publication number: 20100235017
    Abstract: A method for remotely administering a fault detected on an unmanned powered system that is controlled through a lead powered system, the method including detecting an operational fault on an unmanned powered system, communicating information about the fault to the lead powered system, through a wireless communication protocol operable with a wireless communication system, and communicating a reset message to the unmanned powered system to reset the fault detected. A system and computer software code, stored on a computer readable media and executable with a processor, are also disclosed for remotely handling a fault detected on an unmanned powered system that is controlled through a lead powered system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Glen Paul Peltonen, Gary Mason, Joseph Mario Nazareth
  • Patent number: 4740955
    Abstract: A communications system having a common equipment unit and a plurality of telephone station sets coupled to the common equipment unit comprises a common equipment unit having at least one trunk interface for coupling at least one central office telephone line to the common equipment unit and an analog to digital converter for converting analog signals on the telephone line into digital form, and at least one station interface coupling the common equipment unit to at least one of the station sets by a single wire pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignees: TIE/Communications, Inc., Nitsuko Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Litterer, John E. Anderson, Gary Mason, Minoru Shigematsu, Fumikazu Hamatani