Patents by Inventor Gregory Barton
Gregory Barton 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).
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Patent number: 11833985Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a plurality of controllers, a pair of electric transaxles controlled by the plurality of controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The plurality of controllers communicate with one or more vehicle sensors via the CAN-Bus network. The plurality of controllers receive the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network and generate drive signals to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
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Patent number: 11686656Abstract: A closed-loop temperature controller employing at least two sensors: a control temperature sensor and a safety sensor at the heat-transfer element. The heat-generating element is separated from the controlled mass/volume by a transport delay so that the mass or volume that is being heated or cooled is located in a vessel which is located remotely from the heat-transfer unit. Thermally conducting fluid flows through a conduit that connects the heat-transfer unit to the vessel. Upon fluid flow interruption or control sensor removal, the temperature controller quickly detects thermal runaway before the safety sensor has reached the critical temperature. In heated systems, the temperature controller will therefore minimize direct damage and/or overshoot damage caused by excessive heat. It will also maintain the heater's output at an elevated, but non-damaging level to enable a fast recovery to the original setpoint temperature after the nonlinearity subsides.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Automate Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Josef Kewekordes, II, David Gregory Barton
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Publication number: 20230013263Abstract: A closed-loop temperature controller employing at least two sensors: a control temperature sensor and a safety sensor at the heat-transfer element. The heat-generating element is separated from the controlled mass/volume by a transport delay so that the mass or volume that is being heated or cooled is located in a vessel which is located remotely from the heat-transfer unit. Thermally conducting fluid flows through a conduit that connects the heat-transfer unit to the vessel. Upon fluid flow interruption or control sensor removal, the temperature controller quickly detects thermal runaway before the safety sensor has reached the critical temperature. In heated systems, the temperature controller will therefore minimize direct damage and/or overshoot damage caused by excessive heat. It will also maintain the heater's output at an elevated, but non-damaging level to enable a fast recovery to the original setpoint temperature after the nonlinearity subsides.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Josef Kewekordes, II, David Gregory Barton
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Patent number: 11427203Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a plurality of controllers, a pair of electric transaxles controlled by the plurality of controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The plurality of controllers communicate with one or more vehicle sensors via the CAN-Bus network. The plurality of controllers receive the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network and generate drive signals to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
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Patent number: 11395458Abstract: A drive and control system for a utility vehicle includes a CAN-Bus network and a vehicle control module operable to communicate signals to and from one or more components via the CAN-Bus network. The system includes first and second electric actuators with first and second electronic drive modules, respectively. The system includes a steering and drive input device and a steering and drive sensor module operable to post on the CAN-Bus network a steering and drive input command. The vehicle control module processes the steering and drive input command and post on the CAN-Bus network a steering and drive output command. The first and second electronic drive modules process and convert the steering and drive output command to appropriate first and second actuator commands to drive the first and second electric actuators to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the utility vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton
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Patent number: 11300198Abstract: An expansion tank includes a tank body mounted inside a housing forming a sump, and defining an internal expansion volume. A fluid inlet opening in the tank body is in communication with the sump and the expansion volume. A combination valve may be disposed on a lower end of the tank to control fluid flow between the sump and the expansion volume. The valve may be a combination duckbill valve and umbrella valve. Fluid enters the expansion volume through the umbrella valve when sump pressure exceeds expansion volume pressure by a first predetermined amount, and fluid exits the expansion volume through the duckbill valve to the sump when expansion volume pressure exceeds sump pressure by a second predetermined amount. The tank body may include a cover on which an inlet tube is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Eric S. Phanco, Bryan K. Sparks, Gregory Barton Moebs
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Patent number: 10926768Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a vehicle controller, a pair of hydrostatic or electric transaxles controlled by respective electronic drive controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The vehicle controller communicates with one or more vehicle sensors and one or more vehicle controllers that control one or more vehicle components via the CAN-Bus network. The vehicle controller processes the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network digital drive signals configured to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor. The electronic drive controllers convert the digital drive signals to appropriate signals for driving the hydrostatic transaxles or the electric transaxles, as equipped, based on tunable motion parameters to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
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Patent number: 10925216Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes one or more sensors configured to detect an operational parameter of an aspect of the vehicle, and one or more controllers for controlling one or more components of the vehicle and for receiving data output from the one or more sensors. The controller communicates with the one or more sensors and one or more vehicle modules configured to control one or more vehicle components via a CAN Bus network. The controller may be coupled to an IMU mounted on the vehicle for dynamically controlling the vehicle on sloped terrain, for example. The controller may be accessible from a remote device over a wireless network for communicating setup, diagnostic, and performance data to and from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton
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Patent number: 10919463Abstract: A drive and control system for a lawn tractor includes a CAN-Bus network, a vehicle controller, a pair of hydrostatic or electric transaxles controlled by respective electronic drive controllers, and one or more steering and drive input devices coupled to respective sensor(s) for sensing user steering and drive inputs. The vehicle controller communicates with one or more vehicle sensors and one or more vehicle controllers that control one or more vehicle components via the CAN-Bus network. The vehicle controller processes the user's steering and drive inputs and posts on the CAN-Bus network digital drive signals configured to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor. The electronic drive controllers convert the digital drive signals to appropriate signals for driving the hydrostatic transaxles or the electric transaxles, as equipped, based on tunable motion parameters to obtain the desired speed and direction of motion of the lawn tractor.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton, John Tyler Hibbard
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Patent number: 10690152Abstract: An expansion tank includes a tank body mounted inside a housing forming a sump, where the tank body defines an internal expansion volume. A fluid inlet tube on the tank body has an upper end open to the sump and a lower end open to the internal expansion volume. A single 2-way check valve is located at the lower end of the tube, and fluid enters the expansion volume when the pressure in the sump exceeds the pressure in the expansion volume by a first predetermined amount, and fluid exits the expansion volume to the sump when the pressure in the expansion volume exceeds the pressure in the sump by a second predetermined amount. The check valve may be a combination duckbill valve and umbrella valve. The tank body may include a cover on which the inlet tube is formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Eric S. Phanco, Bryan K. Sparks, Gregory Barton Moebs
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Patent number: 10557544Abstract: A hydraulic fluid expansion tank is located inside a housing of a drive device and includes an upper check valve and a lower check valve in communication with a sump located within the drive device and an internal volume of the expansion tank. The tank may also include a vent opening in communication with a vent of the drive device that is in communication with atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Eric S. Phanco, Gregory Barton Moebs
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Patent number: 10058031Abstract: A lawn tractor includes one or more sensors configured to detect an operational parameter of an aspect of the vehicle, and one or more controllers for controlling one or more components of the vehicle and for receiving data output from the one or more sensors. The controller communicates with the one or more sensors and one or more vehicle modules configured to control one or more vehicle components via a CAN Bus network. The controller may be coupled to an IMU mounted on the vehicle for dynamically controlling the vehicle on sloped terrain, for example. The controller may be accessible from a remote device over a wireless network for communicating setup, diagnostic, and performance data to and from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventors: Alyn G. Brown, K. Mike McCoy, Gregory Barton Moebs, Gregory E. Arends, Damon J. Hoyda, Jesse L. Probst, Joseph Hamilton
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Patent number: 8967065Abstract: A bailer for a watercraft which is open on two sides, i.e., the rear and one adjoining side, enabling more efficient drainage of water from a watercraft. An adjustable bailer is provided which may include a handle with indexed positions which allows the user to easily adjust how far the bailer is open to suit conditions. The handle can be operated by either the hand or foot. The indexing function enables a user to judge how far the bailer is open or closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Epic Kayaks, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Barton
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Publication number: 20130269581Abstract: A bailer for a watercraft which is open on two sides, i.e., the rear and one adjoining side, enabling more efficient drainage of water from a watercraft. An adjustable bailer is provided which may include a handle with indexed positions which allows the user to easily adjust how far the bailer is open to suit conditions. The handle can be operated by either the hand or foot. The indexing function enables a user to judge how far the bailer is open or closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: EPIC KAYAKS, INC.Inventor: Gregory Barton
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Publication number: 20090166810Abstract: The invention relates to microelectronic semiconductor devices, and to mass-production of the same on semiconductor wafers with novel crack-deflecting structures and methods. According to the invention, a semiconductor device includes an active circuit area surrounded by an inactive area and circumscribed with a bulwark having a crack-deflecting face oriented toward the periphery of the device. Embodiments of the invention are disclosed, in which a semiconductor device, or multiple devices on a wafer, include bulwarks having series of minor arcs with their chords oriented toward the peripheries of the devices. Additional embodiments of the invention described include bulwarks having series of right angles oriented toward the peripheries of the devices. Examples of the invention also include preferred embodiments wherein the bulwarks further comprise series of discrete pickets, parallel bulwarks, and bulwarks in combination with scribe seals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Daniel Joseph Stillman, Charles Anthony Odegard, Gregory Barton Hotchkiss, Richard Willson Arnold
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Publication number: 20080096250Abstract: TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides in therapy, and diagnostic assays for such.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Ruslan Medzhitov, Tiffany Horng, Gregory Barton
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Patent number: 7285535Abstract: TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides in therapy, and diagnostic assays for such.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Yale University School of MedicineInventors: Ruslan Medzhitov, Tiffany Horng, Gregory Barton
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Publication number: 20060130164Abstract: TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides in therapy, and diagnostic assays for such.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Ruslan Medzhitov, Tiffany Horng, Gregory Barton
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Patent number: 6960343Abstract: TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides in therapy, and diagnostic assays for such.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Yale University School of MedicineInventors: Ruslan Medzhitov, Tiffany Horng, Gregory Barton
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Publication number: 20030023993Abstract: TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides in therapy, and diagnostic assays for such.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Ruslan Medzhitov, Tiffany Horng, Gregory Barton