Patents by Inventor James Edward Wilmoth

James Edward Wilmoth 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).

  • Distributed capacitor bank controllers and methods thereof
    Patent number: 8164314
    Abstract: A distributed capacitor bank controller for power factor correction of a power system may include a first distributed meter, a second distributed meter, a programmable logic controller and a communications pathway. The first and second meters may be operable to provide a power factor value, a current value, a voltage value, and a load value. The first and second meters may be coupled to the programmable logic controller via the communications pathway. The programmable logic controller may be operable to receive the power factor value, the current value, the voltage value and the load value from the first and second distributed meters, determine an average power factor value and a current unbalance value, and automatically add or remove a capacitor step of a capacitor bank to the power system based at least in part on the average power factor value, the current unbalance value, the voltage value and the load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Bruce Bremer, Mark David Rucker, James Edward Wilmoth
  • Distributed Capacitor Bank Controllers and Methods Thereof
    Publication number: 20100283435
    Abstract: A distributed capacitor bank controller for power factor correction of a power system may include a first distributed meter, a second distributed meter, a programmable logic controller and a communications pathway. The first and second meters may be operable to provide a power factor value, a current value, a voltage value, and a load value. The first and second meters may be coupled to the programmable logic controller via the communications pathway. The programmable logic controller may be operable to receive the power factor value, the current value, the voltage value and the load value from the first and second distributed meters, determine an average power factor value and a current unbalance value, and automatically add or remove a capacitor step of a capacitor bank to the power system based at least in part on the average power factor value, the current unbalance value, the voltage value and the load value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Bruce Bremer, Mark David Rucker, James Edward Wilmoth