Patents by Inventor Jacob R. LOVERICH

Jacob R. LOVERICH 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: 20190391050
    Abstract: A system for measuring pump efficiency includes a pump configured to pump a fluid, a suction pipe disposed upstream of a suction side of the pump, a discharge pipe disposed downstream of a discharge side of the pump, a first pipe section disposed between the suction pipe and the suction side of the pump, and a second pipe section disposed between the discharge pipe and the discharge side of the pump. Each of the first pipe section and the second pipe section includes a temperature sensing pipe liner configured to measure a temperature of the fluid in the first pipe section, and a thermal insulator disposed radially outward of the temperature sensing pipe liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary H. KOOPMANN, Jacob R. LOVERICH
  • Publication number: 20160370259
    Abstract: A machine health monitoring method may include receiving vibration data indicating vibration of a machine or a component of the machine, determining damage to the machine or the component for each of a plurality of load cycles based on the vibration data, determining the time rate of change of the damage to the machine or the component over the plurality of load cycles, and determining a damage rate based on the time rate of change of the damage to the machine or the component relative to a baseline damage rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob R. LOVERICH, Jeremy E. FRANK, David R. KRAIGE