Patents by Inventor Mark Douglas Smith

Mark Douglas Smith 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: 12103234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Matthew Wayne Trimmer, Nicholas Christopher Ogden, Mark Douglas Smith, Ruben Arturo Pino
  • Publication number: 20230022706
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Todd LaPlant, Matthew Wayne Trimmer, Nicholas Christopher Ogden, Mark Douglas Smith, Ruben Arturo Pino
  • Patent number: 11014581
    Abstract: A locomotive engine control system includes one or more processors operably connected to fuel supply devices. The fuel supply devices are configured to supply fuel into different corresponding cylinders of an engine. The one or more processors are configured to monitor a fuel quantity injected into the cylinders of the engine before and after communication of an overfuel control signal. The overfuel control signal commands the fuel supply device corresponding to a first cylinder of the cylinders to supply excess fuel into the first cylinder. Responsive to the fuel quantity that is monitored not decreasing after the communication of the overfuel control signal, the one or more processors are configured to determine that the fuel supply device corresponding to the first cylinder is defective, and may generate one or more control signals indicative of the fuel supply device corresponding to the first cylinder being defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Altonji, Jesse A. Brigden, Todd Hayden, Paul Gerard Nistler, Mark Douglas Smith, Neeraj Agrawal, Glenn Shaffer, David Joseph Schroeck
  • Patent number: 10661816
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and alternator having a field coil and a plurality of output windings, a field current controller configured to receive an AC input and convert the AC input into a regulated DC output that is supplied to the field coil of the alternator, and a controller configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the field current controller and to compare a monitored value of the at least one operating parameter to a threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Smith, Neeraj Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20190152495
    Abstract: A locomotive engine control system includes one or more processors operably connected to fuel supply devices. The fuel supply devices are configured to supply fuel into different corresponding cylinders of an engine. The one or more processors are configured to monitor a fuel quantity injected into the cylinders of the engine before and after communication of an overfuel control signal. The overfuel control signal commands the fuel supply device corresponding to a first cylinder of the cylinders to supply excess fuel into the first cylinder. Responsive to the fuel quantity that is monitored not decreasing after the communication of the overfuel control signal, the one or more processors are configured to determine that the fuel supply device corresponding to the first cylinder is defective, and may generate one or more control signals indicative of the fuel supply device corresponding to the first cylinder being defective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Altonji, Jesse A. Brigden, Todd Hayden, Paul Gerard Nistler, Mark Douglas Smith, Neeraj Agrawal, Glenn Shaffer, David Joseph Schroeck
  • Publication number: 20190016357
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine and alternator having a field coil and a plurality of output windings, a field current controller configured to receive an AC input and convert the AC input into a regulated DC output that is supplied to the field coil of the alternator, and a controller configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the field current controller and to compare a monitored value of the at least one operating parameter to a threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Douglas SMITH, Neeraj AGRAWAL
  • Publication number: 20170331402
    Abstract: A system includes an alternator having a field coil and a plurality of output windings, a field current controller configured to receive an AC input and convert the AC input into a regulated DC output that is supplied to the field coil of the alternator, and a controller configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the field current controller and to compare a monitored value of the at least one operating parameter to a threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Douglas SMITH, Neeraj AGRAWAL
  • Patent number: 9028435
    Abstract: A junctional and truncal tourniquet and a hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and for securing a pressure applying device to a person so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar, or around the torso to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: The Seaberg Company, LLC
    Inventors: Lance David Hopman, Lane Michael Johnson, Stephen C. Melia, Mark Douglas Smith, Adrian Abram Polliack
  • Patent number: 8926536
    Abstract: A junctional and truncal tourniquet and a hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and for securing a pressure applying device to a person with a preferred amount of tension so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, and may be wrapped around a patient's torso to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb. A bladder may be expandable in distinct tiers and may carry a separate and removable pressure-concentrating fitting. An auxiliary strap may be included and may be used to keep the junctional and truncal tourniquet in place on a patient's torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Seaberg Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance David Hopman, Lane Michael Johnson, Stephen C. Melia, Mark Douglas Smith, Adrian Abram Polliack, Tanya Marie Stricker
  • Patent number: 8920351
    Abstract: A hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Seaberg Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Abram Polliack, Lance David Hopman, Lane Michael Johnson, Mark Douglas Smith
  • Publication number: 20130324898
    Abstract: A hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Adrian Abram Polliack, Lance David Hopman, Lane Michael Johnson, Mark Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 8516233
    Abstract: A method dynamically determines the contents of a Boot Logical Volume from within a System Management Service menu. Responsive to receiving the scan request, a system dynamically scans a root volume group to identify special files associated with the various base operating systems stored on the boot logical volumes of the root volume group. The system then maps the files to a specific operating systems version, and presents a list of the available operating systems on the various boot logical volumes to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Douglas Smith
  • Publication number: 20130041303
    Abstract: A junctional and truncal tourniquet and a hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured and for securing a pressure applying device to a person so that blood vessel-occluding pressure can be applied. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar, or around the torso to occlude blood vessels proximal to an injury on a limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Seaburg Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance David Hopman, Lane Michael Johnson, Stephen C. Melia, Mark Douglas Smith, Adrian Abram Polliack
  • Publication number: 20120245500
    Abstract: A hip-girdling pelvic sling device for maintaining a desired amount of tension surrounding a person's hips and pelvis to securely support and stabilize a pelvis that has been fractured. Areas of mating types of fastener material such as mating hook-bearing fastener material and loop pile fastener material are arranged on the device to enable a strap to be secured at various effective lengths to provide a wide range of adjustability. The device may include inflatable bladders, stays, and a chin support and may be wrapped around a patient's neck as a cervical support collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Adrian Abram Polliack, Lance David Hopman, Lane Michael Johnson, Mark Douglas Smith
  • Publication number: 20120144176
    Abstract: A method dynamically determines the contents of a Boot Logical Volume from within a System Management Service menu. Responsive to receiving the scan request, a system dynamically scans a root volume group to identify special files associated with the various base operating systems stored on the boot logical volumes of the root volume group. The system then maps the files to a specific operating systems version, and presents a list of the available operating systems on the various boot logical volumes to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 7287334
    Abstract: A railroad wheel reference groove locating gauge for determining a measurement of an annular reference groove machined in a face of a railroad wheel spaced radially outwardly from an axle on which the wheel is mounted a predetermined distance indicative of the wheel diameter, with the measurement being taken while the wheel remains connected to the axle, the gauge comprising an elongate member having a first end and a second end, indicia on the elongate member at the first end thereof indicative of a length along the elongate member; and an attachment element at the second end of the elongate member for detachably securing the gauge relative to an axis of rotation of the axle, with the elongate member extending radially to the first end thereof adjacent the reference groove on the wheel for enabling the use of the indicia to determine the diameter of the reference groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Moffett, Larry D. Moneymaker, Mark Douglas Smith, Marc DiMattio
  • Patent number: 7027886
    Abstract: Interfaces are provided which integrate mistake-proofing concepts in a way easily understandable by the operator and easily configured by a manufacturing engineer. As mistake-proofing concepts are developed tables are populated and associated with specific assembly processes. Sensors are employed to monitor parts selection and tool usage. Sensors used for tool use and parts selection, error messages and actions to be performed or monitored are all defined and related in the tables and in turn to specific assembly orders. The tables are also populated with logic pointers, which are referenced by a Process Logic Control (PLC) unit that has been programmed to recall and carry out infinitely variable monitoring or control of the assembly process. For example when a particular order has been identified to the PLC by way of a scanned barcode or other means, a bill of material and assembly sequence is provided to the operator by appropriate means such as a CRT monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Vern Richard Hoppes, Larry Linn Kriener, Matthew Jon Pipho, Joshua Mark Edgin, James Anthony Mitchell, Ibrahim Hussein Shehata, Anthony Nate Rath, Robert Joseph Mills, Michael Eugene Osborn, Mark Douglas Smith, Terry John Phillips, Kevin Dean Bortolazzo, Dave Anthony Sink, Joel Floyd Myers, Kenneth John Kresser, Gary Lee Miner, Lesley Ann McNaught
  • Patent number: 7013193
    Abstract: Interfaces are provided which integrate mistake-proofing concepts in a way easily understandable by the operator and easily configured by a manufacturing engineer. As mistake-proofing concepts are developed tables are populated and associated with specific assembly processes. Sensors are employed to monitor parts selection and tool usage. Sensors used for tool use and parts selection, error messages and actions to be performed or monitored are all defined and related in the tables and in turn to specific assembly orders. The tables are also populated with logic pointers, which are referenced by a Process Logic Control (PLC) unit that has been programmed to recall and carry out infinitely variable monitoring or control of the assembly process. For example when a particular order has been identified to the PLC by way of a scanned barcode or other means, a bill of material and assembly sequence is provided to the operator by appropriate means such as a CRT monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Vern Richard Hoppes, Larry Linn Kriener, Matthew Jon Pipho, Joshua Mark Edgin, James Anthony Mitchell, Ibrahim Hussein Shehata, Anthony Nate Rath, Robert Joseph Mills, Michael Eugene Osborn, Mark Douglas Smith, Terry John Phillips, Kevin Dean Bortolazzo, Dave Anthony Sink, Joel Floyd Myers, Kenneth John Kresser, Gary Lee Miner, Lesley Ann McNaught
  • Patent number: 7013194
    Abstract: Interfaces are provided which integrate mistake-proofing concepts in a way easily understandable by the operator and easily configured by a manufacturing engineer. As mistake-proofing concepts are developed tables are populated and associated with specific assembly processes. Sensors are employed to monitor parts selection and tool usage. Sensors used for tool use and parts selection, error messages and actions to be performed or monitored are all defined and related in the tables and in turn to specific assembly orders. The tables are also populated with logic pointers, which are referenced by a Process Logic Control (PLC) unit that has been programmed to recall and carry out infinitely variable monitoring or control of the assembly process. For example when a particular order has been identified to the PLC by way of a scanned barcode or other means, a bill of material and assembly sequence is provided to the operator by appropriate means such as a CRT monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Vern Richard Hoppes, Larry Linn Kriener, Matthew Jon Pipho, Joshua Mark Edgin, James Anthony Mitchell, Ibrahim Hussein Shehata, Anthony Nate Rath, Robert Joseph Mills, Michael Eugene Osborn, Mark Douglas Smith, Terry John Phillips, Kevin Dean Bortolazzo, Dave Anthony Sink, Joel Floyd Myers, Kenneth John Kresser, Gary Lee Miner, Lesley Ann McNaught
  • Patent number: 7010375
    Abstract: Interfaces are provided which integrate mistake-proofing concepts in a way easily understandable by the operator and easily configured by a manufacturing engineer. As mistake-proofing concepts are developed tables are populated and associated with specific assembly processes. Sensors are employed to monitor parts selection and tool usage. Sensors used for tool use and parts selection, error messages and actions to be performed or monitored are all defined and related in the tables and in turn to specific assembly orders. The tables are also populated with logic pointers, which are referenced by a Process Logic Control (PLC) unit that has been programmed to recall and carry out infinitely variable monitoring or control of the assembly process. For example when a particular order has been identified to the PLC by way of a scanned barcode or other means, a bill of material and assembly sequence is provided to the operator by appropriate means such as a CRT monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Vern Richard Hoppes, Larry Linn Kriener, Matthew Jon Pipho, Joshua Mark Edgin, James Anthony Mitchell, Ibrahim Hussein Shehata, Anthony Nate Rath, Robert Joseph Mills, Michael Eugene Osborn, Mark Douglas Smith, Terry John Phillips, Kevin Dean Bortolazzo, Dave Anthony Sink, Joel Floyd Myers, Kenneth John Kresser, Gary Lee Miner, Lesley Ann McNaught