Patents by Inventor Gregory C. Kohls

Gregory C. Kohls 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: 7106045
    Abstract: Disclosed is a simplified electrical power disturbance gage. The gage is capable of measuring high-speed anomalies on power mains. The gage includes elements capable of detecting power line anomalies that effect the operation of electrical devices connected to the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: UPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Jungwirth, Michael W. Hogan, Teresa A. Kamper, Gregory C. Kohls, Stephen J. Paul
  • Publication number: 20030016004
    Abstract: An simplified power disturbance gage is provided which can measure and quantify high speed anomalies on the power mains, and which requires no special training and can be used by a service technician in just a few moments to determine which power line anomalies are the cause of failure of connected equipment, without the need for complicated graphs or analysis by experienced technicians or engineering professionals additionally, the gage of the present invention can learn the acceptable limits of operation and report when the power lines deviate from the normally established limits of the power disturbances or the learned limits of the power disturbances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Gary Jungwirth, Michael W. Hogan, Teresa A. Kamper, Gregory C. Kohls, Stephen J. Paul
  • Patent number: 6166531
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of providing uninterruptible, regulated, single phase power to a critical single phase load when such power is derived from two of the phases of a polyphase power source. This invention describes a dual primary ferroresonant transformer which provides regulated and isolated voltage to a single phase critical load, when powered by a plurality of phases from a polyphase power source, and whereby a loss of electrical power to either a first or a second primary does not disturb the single phase power output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: UPPI Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Hogan, Gary Jungwirth, Teresa A. Kamper, Gregory C. Kohls
  • Patent number: 6112136
    Abstract: A software management system of an intelligent power conditioner with backup system option employing trend analysis for early prediction of AC power line failure. An AC line power conditioner utilizing a microprocessor based control system for providing suitable alarms when an operating input AC line is defective or the trend of measured deficiencies predicts line power failure and for initiating an inverter control signal when an inverter module is attached as an option. The software controlled system analyzes the input and output voltages, provides analysis of input voltage surges and sags, measures transient amplitude and transient pulse width, counts glitches and dropouts, measures frequency, and identifies each defect and computes associated trends, stores all accumulated data in a Log Buffer for digital printout, and then provides appropriate alarms to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventors: Steven J. Paul, Michael W. Hogan, Teresa A. Kamper, Gregory C. Kohls
  • Patent number: 5729120
    Abstract: Instabilities in the output voltage provided from an AC power supply system such as an uninterruptible power supply connected to a power factor correcting load are suppressed by a dynamic voltage regulation stabilizer system which is connected across the output lines from the power supply system to the load. The DVR stabilizer system includes a rectifier connected to the power supply system output lines. A capacitor is connected across the output nodes of the rectifier. Switching devices form a bridge that connects the capacitor to the output lines. Selected switching devices in the bridge are turned on for a selected duration encompassing the time of the peak of each half-cycle of the AC voltage waveform provided by the power supply system. During normal operation, where the peak AC voltage from the power supply system is substantially constant, the capacitor charges up through the rectifier to a voltage level near the peak value of the AC voltage waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: General Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick A. Stich, Donald K Zahrte, Sr., Gregory C. Kohls, Robert R. Davidson