Patents by Inventor John P. Powers
John P. Powers 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).
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Patent number: 11971599Abstract: A sealed terminal has a housing, a cover, a splice tray, an adapter plate, and a splice chip. The cover is connected to the housing to close an interior compartment and has input ports for receiving one or more cables and an output adapter module having a plurality of distribution ports. The splice tray is positioned in the interior compartment and has one or more cable retainers configured to route the one or more cables within the interior compartment. The adapter plate is connected to the splice tray and has a plurality of adapters for connecting the one or more cables to the distribution ports. The splice chip is connected to the splice tray and has a plurality of slots for receiving and routing the one or more cables. The housing includes a radiused wall for routing the cables within the interior compartment without bending the cables.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Clearfield, Inc.Inventors: John P. Hill, Daniel J. Johnson, Randy T. VanHorn, Walter E. Power, II
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Patent number: 10051916Abstract: A customizable insole has a base layer, a foot engaging top layer and a resiliently deformable layer therebetween. The top layer and the resiliently deformable layer are matrix cut into a plurality of adjacent plugs, wherein the plugs are removably fixedly bound to a base layer or a substrate. To customize an insole one or more plugs are removed in a spot to relieve pressure or reduce pain.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Inventors: Timothy J. Short, John P. Powers
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Patent number: 9564846Abstract: A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the motor and speed of the motor. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20160059653Abstract: A cam adjustable assembly generally includes a cam bolt, a cam washer, and a driving tool. The cam bolt includes a head and a shank coupled to the head. The shank includes a first shank portion coupled to the head. The second shank portion is coupled to the first shank portion. The cam washer can be coupled to the second shank portion. The cam washer includes a washer body and defines a shank receiving hole extending through the washer body and a tool receiving hole extends through the washer body. The shank receiving hole is configured to receive the second shank portion. The driving tool includes a tool body and a protrusion extending from the tool body. The protrusion is configured to be received in the tool receiving hole such that rotation of the driving tool causes the cam bolt to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hewen Gan, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20150365034Abstract: A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the motor and speed of the motor. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20150265496Abstract: Vibrating orthotic shoe inserts and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, a vibrating orthotic shoe insert includes a forefoot portion configured to support a forefoot portion of a human foot; an arch portion configured to support an arch of the human foot, the arch portion including an area configured to be under a porta pedis of the human foot; and a heel portion configured to support a heel of the human foot. The arch portion includes a vibration element positioned within the area configured to be under the porta pedis of the human foot. The vibration element is configured to deliver vibration to the porta pedis of the human foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Timothy J. Short, John P. Powers
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Patent number: 9088232Abstract: A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the motor and speed of the motor. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20140152209Abstract: A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the motor and speed of the motor. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
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Patent number: 8508166Abstract: A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a compressor motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the compressor motor, speed of the compressor motor, output power of the inverter power module, and drive input power. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20120222333Abstract: Vibrating orthotic shoe inserts and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, a vibrating orthotic shoe insert includes a forefoot portion configured to support a forefoot portion of a human foot; an arch portion configured to support an arch of the human foot, the arch portion including an area configured to be under a porta pedis of the human foot; and a heel portion configured to support a heel of the human foot. The arch portion includes a vibration element positioned within the area configured to be under the porta pedis of the human foot. The vibration element is configured to deliver vibration to the porta pedis of the human foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: PARADOCS, LLCInventors: Timothy J. Short, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20110219335Abstract: Accommodation of large fonts on a memory-constrained electronic device is provided by storing a first set of font bitmaps on the electronic device in various faces, styles and sizes and storing a second set of font bitmaps in one size and style. When a command is received to display text corresponding to a string of character numbers, parameters are also provided for face, style, and size. For each character number in the string of character numbers, a font bitmap is selected corresponding to the character number. When the character number is within a first set of values, a font bitmap is selected from the first set of font bitmaps according to the specified size and style parameters. When the character number is within another set of values, the style and font parameters are ignored and a font bitmap is selected from the second set of font bitmaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventor: John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20110031911Abstract: A controller includes a voltage determination module, a bus voltage command module, and a power factor correction (PFC) control module. The voltage determination module determines a desired direct current (DC) bus voltage for a DC bus electrically connected between a PFC module and an inverter power module that drives a compressor motor. The voltage determination module determines the desired DC bus voltage based on at least one of torque of the compressor motor, speed of the compressor motor, output power of the inverter power module, and drive input power. The bus voltage command module determines a commanded bus voltage based on the desired DC bus voltage. The PFC control module controls the PFC module to create a voltage on the DC bus that is based on the commanded bus voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
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Patent number: 6643731Abstract: A system and method for reliably managing a Flash ROM memory resource while preserving the integrity of the data held in the memory in spite of power outages that can occur during memory compressing operations. The memory management system uses three memory status registers to track the status to each page in the memory being managed. Two of the memory status registers give non-volatile memory and one is always determined to be the active memory status register. The third memory status register is located in RAM and used as a scratchpad. If the memory management routine determines the memory needs to be cleaned or compressed, the RAM memory status register is initialized and a swap segment is cleared. Valid pages are copied into the swap segment. After all of the valid pages from one application segment have been copied to the swap segment, the RAM memory status register is copied to a new valid non-volatile memory status register and the other non-volatile memory status register is erased at this time.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Xiaodan Hu Lu, Raymond J. Bonneau, John P. Powers
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Publication number: 20010049764Abstract: A system and method for reliably managing a Flash ROM memory resource while preserving the integrity of the data held in the memory in spite of power outages that can occur during memory compressing operations. The memory management system uses three memory status registers to track the status to each page in the memory being managed. Two of the memory status registers non-volatile memory and one is always determined to be the active memory status register. The third memory status register is located in RAM and used as a scratchpad. If the memory management routine determines the memory needs to be cleaned or compressed (202), the RAM memory status register is initialized (204) and a swap segment is cleared. Valid pages are copied into the swap segment, filling the space taken up by the invalid pages (210).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventors: Xiaodan Hu Lu, Raymond J. Bonneau, John P. Powers