Patents by Inventor James W. Grygera

James W. Grygera 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: 6079257
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dynamometer control for a dynamometer including a control field coil and an air gap, which dynamometer control includes a main current line connected to the control field coil and including an electronic switch, means for generating a crossing signal incident to a sinusoidal crossing associated with current flow in the main line, and a micro-processor connected to the crossing signal generating means and to the electronic switch and including a counter which is operable to count between a given count and a zero count at a given counting rate, which includes means for adjusting the given count to provide an adjusted given count, which is operable, when the count is zero, to render the counter inoperable and to output a signal which turns on the electronic switch so as to provide current flow to the control field coil of the dynamometer until the counter is again activated, and which is operable, in response to receipt of the crossing signal, to activate the counter, to load the counter wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Frank L. Wells Company
    Inventors: Horst F. Wentzek, James W. Grygera