Patents by Inventor Jeffery L. Mueller

Jeffery L. Mueller 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: 9605468
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a door. In various embodiments, exemplary systems may include a controller that may initialize and/or reset a limit count. A controller may initialize and/or reset a limit count in response to detection by a first position sensor of a first target. A controller may further initialize and/or reset a limit count by incrementing the limit count in response to a signal from a gear tooth sensor until a second position sensor detects a second target, whereupon the controller may store the limit count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CORNELL IRONWORKS ENTERPRISES
    Inventors: Xin Cui, Jeffery L. Mueller, Michael D. Mankoski, G. Bruce Burwell