Patents by Inventor Jonathan Robert Leehey

Jonathan Robert Leehey 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling motors of different types
    Patent number: 7719214
    Abstract: In order to reduce the time and expense of designing and operating a motor control system with multiple motors of different types, a motor control system is provided with motor control modules that monitor and record status information and update settings in a uniform manner regardless of the motor type under control. Each motor control module includes an output power stage and a motor control unit connected to each other. The status information includes status information about the output power stage or a current control loop connected to the output power stage. The settings include conditions monitored by each motor control module and corresponding actions taken by each motor control module based on the conditions. A host processor connected to the multiple motor control modules may request the common status information and send messages to update common settings of the motor control modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Performance Motion Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Leehey, James Richard Gort, Emanuel Gustav Lewin, Peng Li
  • Method and apparatus for controlling motors of different types
    Publication number: 20080084171
    Abstract: In order to reduce the time and expense of designing and operating a motor control system with multiple motors of different types, a motor control system is provided with motor control modules that monitor and record status information and update settings in a uniform manner regardless of the motor type under control. Each motor control module includes an output power stage and a motor control unit connected to each other. The status information includes status information about the output power stage or a current control loop connected to the output power stage. The settings include conditions monitored by each motor control module and corresponding actions taken by each motor control module based on the conditions. A host processor connected to the multiple motor control modules may request the common status information and send messages to update common settings of the motor control modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Leehey, James Richard Gort, Emanuel Gustav Lewin, Peng Li