Patents by Inventor Gregory R. Jokela

Gregory R. Jokela 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: 5982605
    Abstract: A solenoid driver circuit adapted for use with a digital magnetic latching olenoid which has first and second solenoid coils. The solenoid driver circuit includes a bridge circuit which receives a logic signal and first and second pulse signals. The solenoid driver circuit also includes a voltage source which provides a direct current and first and second resistors respectively connected to the first and second solenoid coils. The bridge circuit, responsive to the logic signal and the first pulse signal, provides a first current path from the voltage source through the first solenoid coil and the first resistor to ground and a second current path from the direct current voltage source through the second solenoid coil to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Auldin J. Massey, Gregory R. Jokela
  • Patent number: 5456581
    Abstract: A multi-piston pump is provided which uses microprocessor controlled check all valves to control flow rate of a fluid at the pump's outlet port. The pump includes nine cylindrical shaped chambers and associated reciprocating pistons which are driven by a cam attached to a shaft. The pump's shaft is coupled to the shaft of a motor which, in turn, drives the pump's shaft and cam resulting in a fluid, such as seawater, filling each of the nine chambers and then having the fluid forced from the chamber by the movement of its associated piston from bottom dead center to top dead center. A pressure transducer which monitors the pressure at the pump's outlet port and a shaft encoder which monitors the angular position of the pump's shaft respectively provide analog signals indicative of the pump's outlet port's pressure and the shaft's angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gregory R. Jokela, Roman Kruchowy, James Massey