Patents by Inventor Kent Allen Burr

Kent Allen Burr 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).

  • Integrated bus controller and power supply device for use in a process control system
    Patent number: 8949665
    Abstract: An integrated bus controller and power supply device includes a typical or standard bus controller and a bus power supply disposed in a common housing, the size and external configuration of which may match a standard bus controller device associated with a typical I/O communication network. The bus controller may store and implement one or more control routines using one or more field devices connected to the I/O communication network while the bus power supply generates and provides the appropriate power signal to the bus of the I/O communication network, the power signal being used to power the field devices connected to the I/O communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Keith Law, Kent Allen Burr, Michael L. Marshall, Michael Kessler