Patents by Inventor Jeff Becker

Jeff Becker 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: 10018487
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for initiating sealed sensor units in the field. A packaged sensor unit may include a sensor module, an activation mechanism and an internal battery, all situated in a sealed enclosure. In some cases, the sealed enclosure may be devoid of any externally accessible switches. A pre-defined triggering stimulus may be applied to the packaged sensor unit, and the pre-defined triggering stimulus may be detected via the activation mechanism. In response to the activation mechanism detecting the pre-defined triggering stimulus, the internal battery may be connected to the sensor module. Prior to detecting the pre-defined triggering stimulus, both the sensor module and the activation mechanism may draw no power from the internal battery of the packaged sensor unit. In some cases, the activation mechanism, once activated, irreversibly couples the power supply to the sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Budampati, Jeff Becker
  • Publication number: 20120319482
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for initiating sealed sensor units in the field. A packaged sensor unit may include a sensor module, an activation mechanism and an internal battery, all situated in a sealed enclosure. In some cases, the sealed enclosure may be devoid of any externally accessible switches. A pre-defined triggering stimulus may be applied to the packaged sensor unit, and the pre-defined triggering stimulus may be detected via the activation mechanism. In response to the activation mechanism detecting the pre-defined triggering stimulus, the internal battery may be connected to the sensor module. Prior to detecting the pre-defined triggering stimulus, both the sensor module and the activation mechanism may draw no power from the internal battery of the packaged sensor unit. In some cases, the activation mechanism, once activated, irreversibly couples the power supply to the sensor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ramakrishna Budampati, Jeff Becker
  • Patent number: 8103214
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for adapting a loop powered wired field instrument for use in a wireless network of wireless field instruments without changing internal wiring of the loop powered wired field instrument. The invention comprises a wired to wireless adapter apparatus that connects to a wired field instrument. The apparatus comprises power conversion circuitry that receives either external power or battery power and converts the received power to loop power for the wired field instrument. The apparatus also receives and decodes a wired signal from the wired field instrument and converts the decoded signal for subsequent wireless transmission to a wireless network. It appears to the wireless network that receives the transmitted wireless signal that the wired field instrument is a wireless field instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Becker, Raymond A. Rogowski, II
  • Publication number: 20090253383
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for adapting a loop powered wired field instrument for use in a wireless network of wireless field instruments without changing internal wiring of the loop powered wired field instrument. The invention comprises a wired to wireless adapter apparatus that connects to a wired field instrument. The apparatus comprises power conversion circuitry that receives either external power or battery power and converts the received power to loop power for the wired field instrument. The apparatus also receives and decodes a wired signal from the wired field instrument and converts the decoded signal for subsequent wireless transmission to a wireless network. It appears to the wireless network that receives the transmitted wireless signal that the wired field instrument is a wireless field instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Becker, Raymond A. Rogowski, II
  • Patent number: 6337649
    Abstract: Spurious pulses are eliminated in the output of a comparator performing analog to digital conversion by addition of logic which eliminates pulses having a width less than a selected width from the output of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Becker, Robert Curby, Tim Richmond, George H. McCammon