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).

  • Patent number: 11971599
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Clearfield, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Hill, Daniel J. Johnson, Randy T. VanHorn, Walter E. Power, II
  • Patent number: 10051916
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy J. Short, John P. Powers
  • Patent number: 9564846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20160059653
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Hewen Gan, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20150365034
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20150265496
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy J. Short, John P. Powers
  • Patent number: 9088232
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20140152209
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
  • Patent number: 8508166
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20120222333
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: PARADOCS, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Short, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20110219335
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20110031911
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Marcinkiewicz, James L. Skinner, Charles E. Green, John P. Powers
  • Patent number: 6643731
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaodan Hu Lu, Raymond J. Bonneau, John P. Powers
  • Publication number: 20010049764
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Xiaodan Hu Lu, Raymond J. Bonneau, John P. Powers