Patents by Inventor Mark Buenz

Mark Buenz 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: 11668727
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a faceplate, a body connected to the faceplate, and a heating system comprising a coil, the coil being connected to the faceplate. The coil generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the body to heat the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Buenz, Greg Allen Seidel
  • Patent number: 11630015
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to sensing a physical parameter and verifying correct operation of a system used to sense the physical parameter. A sensing device includes four resistive elements configured in a Wheatstone bridge configuration is configured to sense the physical parameter. A biasing network selectively provides first and second biasing conditions to the sensing device. First and second output electrical signals are generated by the sensing device in response to the first and second biasing conditions, respectively, selectively provided to the sensing device. The first and second output electrical signals are each indicative of the parameter value of the physical parameter, but not necessarily equal to one another. A verification module verifies correct operation of the system based on a consistency determination of first and second output electrical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventor: Mark Buenz
  • Publication number: 20220091151
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a faceplate, a body connected to the faceplate, and a heating system comprising a coil, the coil being connected to the faceplate. The coil generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the body to heat the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Buenz, Greg Allen Seidel
  • Publication number: 20220050001
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to sensing a physical parameter and verifying correct operation of a system used to sense the physical parameter. A sensing device includes four resistive elements configured in a Wheatstone bridge configuration is configured to sense the physical parameter. A biasing network selectively provides first and second biasing conditions to the sensing device. First and second output electrical signals are generated by the sensing device in response to the first and second biasing conditions, respectively, selectively provided to the sensing device. The first and second output electrical signals are each indicative of the parameter value of the physical parameter, but not necessarily equal to one another. A verification module verifies correct operation of the system based on a consistency determination of first and second output electrical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Buenz
  • Patent number: 11193951
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a faceplate, a body connected to the faceplate, and a heating system comprising a coil, the coil being connected to the faceplate. The coil generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the body to heat the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Buenz, Greg Allen Seidel
  • Publication number: 20210140989
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a faceplate, a body connected to the faceplate, and a heating system comprising a coil, the coil being connected to the faceplate. The coil generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the body to heat the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Buenz, Greg Allen Seidel
  • Publication number: 20050264406
    Abstract: A wireless tire pressure sensing system for an aircraft comprises: dual resonant circuits mounted to a wheel of the aircraft, each resonant circuit comprising: a variable capacitance sensor and a wire loop of a predetermined inductance coupled thereto, one capacitance sensor for monitoring the pressure of a tire mounted to the wheel, and the other capacitance sensor operative as a reference to the one capacitance sensor; an interrogating circuit magnetically coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative to induce magnetically a variable frequency current in the dual resonant circuits, the one resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a first resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the one sensor, and the other resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a second resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the other sensor; a receiving circuit E-field coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Douglas Myhre, Mark Buenz, John Norlien, William Kunik, Wade Williams
  • Publication number: 20050046558
    Abstract: A wireless tire pressure sensing system for an aircraft comprises: dual resonant circuits mounted to a wheel of the aircraft, each resonant circuit comprising: a variable capacitance sensor and a wire loop of a predetermined inductance coupled thereto, one capacitance sensor for monitoring the pressure of a tire mounted to the wheel, and the other capacitance sensor operative as a reference to the one capacitance sensor; an interrogating circuit magnetically coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative to induce magnetically a variable frequency current in the dual resonant circuits, the one resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a first resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the one sensor, and the other resonant circuit responding to the induced current with an E-field signal at a second resonant frequency commensurate with the capacitance of the other sensor; a receiving circuit E-field coupleable to the dual resonant circuits and operative t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Buenz, John Norlien, William Kunik, Wade Williams, Douglas Myhre