Patents by Inventor Mark A. Briscoe

Mark A. Briscoe 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: 10533843
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a method for measuring a true concentricity of a rotating shaft. The method includes simultaneously measuring, with diametrically opposed position sensors, opposite sides of the rotating shaft at an initial state to acquire a first measurement data and at a 180-degree rotation to acquire a second measurement data. The method further determines a rotational centerline and a shaft centerline based on the first and second measurement data, and calculates a concentricity error of the rotating shaft based on the determined rotational centerline and the shaft centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Mark Briscoe, Robert Kraus, Jason Savage, Katelyn Reno Shelley, Lucas Michael Vanderpool
  • Publication number: 20190212133
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a method for measuring a true concentricity of a rotating shaft. The method includes simultaneously measuring, with diametrically opposed position sensors, opposite sides of the rotating shaft at an initial state to acquire a first measurement data and at a 180-degree rotation to acquire a second measurement data. The method further determines a rotational centerline and a shaft centerline based on the first and second measurement data, and calculates a concentricity error of the rotating shaft based on the determined rotational centerline and the shaft centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Mark BRISCOE, Robert KRAUS, Jason SAVAGE, Katelyn Reno SHELLEY, Lucas Michael Vanderpool
  • Patent number: 7373263
    Abstract: A logic analyzer that performs analog-type measurements on digital data includes circuitry in its acquisition system that is programmable to search through acquired data to detect analog-type signal characteristics. In a first embodiment, the logic analyzer includes a graphical user interface employing a drag-and-drop operation to apply one or more selected analog-type measurements to selected portions of the digital data record. In a second embodiment, a user may designate a particular waveform or data listing by means of a mouse-click. Each of the choices of analog-type measurements can be represented by an icon, or text, or both icon and text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inx.
    Inventors: Robert C. Cohn, Susan C. Adam, Mark A. Briscoe, Andrew Loofburrow, Eric E. Thums
  • Publication number: 20070271067
    Abstract: A logic analyzer that performs analog-type measurements on digital data includes circuitry in its acquisition system that is programmable to search through acquired data to detect analog-type signal characteristics. In a first embodiment, the logic analyzer includes a graphical user interface employing a drag-and-drop operation to apply one or more selected analog-type measurements to selected portions of the digital data record. In a second embodiment, a user may designate a particular waveform or data listing by means of a mouse-click. Each of the choices of analog-type measurements can be represented by an icon, or text, or both icon and text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Robert C. Cohn, Susan C. Adam, Mark A. Briscoe, Andrew Loofburrow, Eric E. Thums
  • Publication number: 20070061629
    Abstract: A method of setting up a trigger function within the context of a data display on a logic analyzer provides a trigger setup window adjacent to the data display with a plurality of trigger setup icons. One of the trigger setup icons is selected as the trigger function, and a pointer representing the trigger function is dragged to a position on the data display. Dropping the pointer at the position on the data display completes the trigger function setup. An informational box associated with the pointer indicates the trigger function and a current parameter for the trigger function according to the location of the pointer on the data display. At completion of the trigger function setup, the trigger setup window provides the trigger function setup and allows an operator to edit the trigger function setup. The trigger function is executed at the next run of the logic analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Thums, Susan Adam, Mark Briscoe, Andrew Loofburrow
  • Patent number: D820127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kreitzer, Gary J. Waldo, Mark A. Briscoe, Pechluck S. Laskey, Jared Randall, Jordan P. Evans, Joshua M. Kornfeld, Jonah S. Griffith, Phelan W. Miller
  • Patent number: D820129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Gary J. Waldo, Kenneth P. Dobyns, Mark A. Briscoe, Michael J. Wadzita, Pechluck S. Laskey, Jared Randall, Jordan P. Evans, Joshua M. Kornfeld, Jonah S. Griffith, Phelan W. Miller