Patents by Inventor Joseph William Furgerson

Joseph William Furgerson 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).

  • Ion-based triple sensor
    Patent number: 8069709
    Abstract: An ion-based triple sensor is disclosed. The ion-based triple sensor may include an ion sensing unit, configured to measure an ionic current intensity, a pressure sensing unit, configured to measure a pressure, and a temperature sensing unit, configured to measure a temperature. The ion-based triple sensor may further include a signal processing unit coupled to the ion sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit. The signal processing unit may include a filtering component, configured to filter at least one of the ion, pressure and temperature measurements, and a data acquisition component, configured to sample the filtered measurements and communicate the samples to a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yafeng Liu, Joseph William Furgerson, Jeffrey Ribordy, Dustin John Bequette, Kevin Everett
  • ION-BASED TRIPLE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20100023277
    Abstract: An ion-based triple sensor is disclosed. The ion-based triple sensor may include an ion sensing unit, configured to measure an ionic current intensity, a pressure sensing unit, configured to measure a pressure, and a temperature sensing unit, configured to measure a temperature. The ion-based triple sensor may further include a signal processing unit coupled to the ion sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit. The signal processing unit may include a filtering component, configured to filter at least one of the ion, pressure and temperature measurements, and a data acquisition component, configured to sample the filtered measurements and communicate the samples to a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yafeng Liu, Joseph William Furgerson, Jeffrey Ribordy, Dustin John Bequette, Kevin Everett
  • Ion-based triple sensor
    Patent number: 7624627
    Abstract: An ion-based triple sensor is disclosed. The ion-based triple sensor may include an ion sensing unit, configured to measure an ionic current intensity, a pressure sensing unit, configured to measure a pressure, and a temperature sensing unit, configured to measure a temperature. The ion-based triple sensor may further include a signal processing unit coupled to the ion sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit. The signal processing unit may include a filtering component, configured to filter at least one of the ion, pressure and temperature measurements, and a data acquisition component, configured to sample the filtered measurements and communicate the samples to a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yafeng Liu, Joseph William Furgerson, Jeffrey Ribordy, Dustin John Bequette, Kevin Everett
  • Ion-based triple sensor
    Publication number: 20090126461
    Abstract: An ion-based triple sensor is disclosed. The ion-based triple sensor may include an ion sensing unit, configured to measure an ionic current intensity, a pressure sensing unit, configured to measure a pressure, and a temperature sensing unit, configured to measure a temperature. The ion-based triple sensor may further include a signal processing unit coupled to the ion sensing unit, the pressure sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit. The signal processing unit may include a filtering component, configured to filter at least one of the ion, pressure and temperature measurements, and a data acquisition component, configured to sample the filtered measurements and communicate the samples to a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Yafeng Liu, Joseph William Furgerson, Jeffrey Ribordy, Dustin John Bequette, Kevin Everett