Patents by Inventor Ken Krivoshein

Ken Krivoshein 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).

  • Highly versatile process control system controller
    Publication number: 20060064512
    Abstract: A versatile controller that can be used as either a stand-alone controller in a relatively small process plant or as one of numerous controllers in a distributed process control system depending on the needs of the process plant includes a processor adapted to be programmed to execute one or more programming routines and a memory, such as a non-volatile memory, coupled to the processor and adapted to store the one or more programming routines to be executed on the processor. The versatile controller also includes a plurality of field device input/output ports communicatively connected to the processor, a configuration communication port connected to the processor and to the memory to enable the controller to be configured with the programming routines and a second communication port which enables a user interface to be intermittently connected to the controller to view information stored within the controller memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Rusty Shepard, Ken Krivoshein, Dan Christensen, Gary Law, Kent Burr, Mark Nixon
  • Highly versatile process control system controller
    Patent number: 6973508
    Abstract: A versatile controller that can be used as either a stand-alone controller in a relatively small process plant or as one of numerous controllers in a distributed process control system depending on the needs of the process plant includes a processor adapted to be programmed to execute one or more programming routines and a memory, such as a non-volatile memory, coupled to the processor and adapted to store the one or more programming routines to be executed on the processor. The versatile controller also includes a plurality of field device input/output ports communicatively connected to the processor, a configuration communication port connected to the processor and to the memory to enable the controller to be configured with the programming routines and a second communication port which enables a user interface to be intermittently connected to the controller to view information stored within the controller memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rusty Shepard, Ken Krivoshein, Dan Christensen, Gary Law, Kent Burr, Mark Nixon
  • Highly versatile process control system controller
    Publication number: 20030153988
    Abstract: A versatile controller that can he used as either a stand-alone controller in a relatively small process plant or as one of numerous controllers in a distributed process control system depending on the needs of the process plant includes a processor adapted to be programmed to execute one or more programming routines and a memory, such as a non-volatile memory, coupled to the processor and adapted to store the one or more programming routines to be executed on the processor. The versatile controller also includes a plurality of field device input/output ports communicatively connected to the processor, a configuration communication port connected to the processor and to the memory to enable the controller to be configured with the programming routines and a second communication port which enables a user interface to be intermittently connected to the controller to view information stored within the controller memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Rusty Shepard, Ken Krivoshein, Dan Christensen, Gary Law, Kent Burr, Mark Nixon