Patents by Inventor Joe Baylon

Joe Baylon 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).

  • Electric field powered devices in electric power systems
    Patent number: 11031812
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to powering distributed sensors used to monitor electrical and/or environmental conditions and to powering other equipment associated with electric power systems. In one embodiment, a system may be used to mount a sensor in proximity to a reference conductor. An electric field power conversion subsystem may generate a usable electric potential from an electric field created by the electric power system and existing between the reference conductor and another conductor (e.g., another phase conductor, a ground conductor). The sensor powered by the usable electric potential may provide a measurement of a condition associated with the electric power system. A communication subsystem powered by the usable electric potential may communicate the measurement of the condition to a monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Joe Baylon, Timothy M. Minteer, David Kenny, James Mobley, Johnny J. Moore, Raymond W. Rice, Naiden K. Spasov, Eric M. Sawyer