Patents by Inventor Gregory Wade Jacobs

Gregory Wade Jacobs 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to validate valve position parameters
    Patent number: 11002380
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to validate position parameters of a valve are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a field device, the field device further including a sensor interface to receive an unprocessed valve position parameter from a sensor and a position comparator to determine a deviation between the unprocessed valve position parameter and an interpreted valve position parameter and a valve position validator apparatus, the valve position validator apparatus further including a parameter comparator to determine if the deviation exceeds a threshold and an alert generator to generate an alert when the parameter comparator determines the deviation exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Lorin Dion Miller, Eric William Strong, Gregory Wade Jacobs
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO VALIDATE VALVE POSITION PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20190242496
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to validate position parameters of a valve are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a field device, the field device further including a sensor interface to receive an unprocessed valve position parameter from a sensor and a position comparator to determine a deviation between the unprocessed valve position parameter and an interpreted valve position parameter and a valve position validator apparatus, the valve position validator apparatus further including a parameter comparator to determine if the deviation exceeds a threshold and an alert generator to generate an alert when the parameter comparator determines the deviation exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Lorin Dion Miller, Eric William Strong, Gregory Wade Jacobs