Patents by Inventor Jaron Burnworth

Jaron Burnworth 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).

  • SAFETY SYSTEMS AND MATERIAL TESTING SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAFETY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230184644
    Abstract: Safety systems and material testing systems including safety systems are disclosed. An example material testing system includes: at least one actuator configured to control one or more operator-accessible components of the material testing system; an actuator disabling circuit configured to disable the at least one actuator; and one or more processors configured to: control the at least one actuator based on a material testing process; monitor a plurality of inputs associated with operation of the material testing system; determine, based on the plurality of inputs and the material testing process, a state of the material testing system from a plurality of predetermined states, the predetermined states comprising one or more unrestricted states and one or more restricted states; and control the actuator disabling circuit based on the determined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Allen Peterson, Earl H. Landry, Eric Thomas Stuebe, Fernando L. Castro, Jaron Burnworth
  • Safety systems and material testing systems including safety systems
    Patent number: 11592376
    Abstract: Safety systems and material testing systems including safety systems are disclosed. An example material testing system includes: an actuator configured to control an operator-accessible component of the material testing system; an actuator disabling circuit configured to disable the actuator; and one or more processors configured to: control the actuator based on a material testing process; monitor a plurality of inputs associated with operation of the material testing system; determine, based on the plurality of inputs and the material testing process, a state of the material testing system from a plurality of predetermined states, the predetermined states comprising one or more unrestricted states and one or more restricted states; and control the actuator disabling circuit based on the determined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Martin Allen Peterson, Earl H. Landry, Eric Thomas Stuebe, Fernando L. Castro, Jaron Burnworth
  • SAFETY SYSTEMS AND MATERIAL TESTING SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAFETY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200173893
    Abstract: Safety systems and material testing systems including safety systems are disclosed. An example material testing system includes: an actuator configured to control an operator-accessible component of the material testing system; an actuator disabling circuit configured to disable the actuator; and one or more processors configured to: control the actuator based on a material testing process; monitor a plurality of inputs associated with operation of the material testing system; determine, based on the plurality of inputs and the material testing process, a state of the material testing system from a plurality of predetermined states, the predetermined states comprising one or more unrestricted states and one or more restricted states; and control the actuator disabling circuit based on the determined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Allen Peterson, Earl H. Landry, Eric Thomas Stuebe, Fernando L. Castro, Jaron Burnworth