Patents by Inventor Jermiah Dennis Quill

Jermiah Dennis Quill 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).

  • Compact self-contained condition monitoring device
    Patent number: 8154417
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new and unique method and apparatus for monitoring a device, such as a pump. The device may also include a fan, compressor, turbine or other rotating or reciprocating piece of machinery. In one embodiment, the method features sensing in a first device both a start-up vibration at a start-up time after the first device is affixed to a second device to be monitored and a subsequent vibration level at a subsequent time after the start-up time, and providing both a start-up vibration level signal containing information about the start-up vibration level of the second device, and a subsequent vibration level signal containing information about the subsequent vibration level of the second device; and monitoring in the first device the condition of operation of the second device based on a comparison of the start-up vibration level signal in relation to the subsequent vibration level signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Lee Hauenstein, Douglas Paddock, Mark Alexander Playford, Jermiah Dennis Quill, David A. Rice, Patrick J. Brusa
  • COMPACT SELF-CONTAINED CONDITION MONITORING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090231153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new and unique method and apparatus for monitoring a device, such as a pump. The device may also include a fan, compressor, turbine or other rotating or reciprocating piece of machinery. In one embodiment, the method features sensing in a first device both a start-up vibration at a start-up time after the first device is affixed to a second device to be monitored and a subsequent vibration level at a subsequent time after the start-up time, and providing both a start-up vibration level signal containing information about the start-up vibration level of the second device, and a subsequent vibration level signal containing information about the subsequent vibration level of the second device; and monitoring in the first device the condition of operation of the second device based on a comparison of the start-up vibration level signal in relation to the subsequent vibration level signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Lee HAUENSTEIN, Douglas PADDOCK, Mark Alexander PLAYFORD, Jermiah Dennis QUILL, David A. RICE, Patrick J. BRUSA