Patents by Inventor Mark J. Seger
Mark J. Seger 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).
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Patent number: 10000296Abstract: An example aircraft electrical system includes a generator coupled with a gas turbine engine and a controller operable to distribute power of the generator. The controller includes a first control module positioned at a first location remote from the generator and a second control module positioned at a second location proximate the generator. The first control module is configured to verify at least one output of the generator, detect a fault condition of the generator, and control operation of at least one power bus in communication with the first control module. The second control module is configured to regulate the at least one output of the generator, where the at least one output includes a voltage. An example method of operating an electrical system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Mark J. Seger, Wes Ralph, Lon R. Hoegberg, Robert A. Bayles, Sunil S. Patel
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Patent number: 9701417Abstract: A power quality control system configured to control and monitor electrical systems is provided. The system includes a first generator control unit configured to control a power of a first generator, a second generator control unit configured to control a power of a second generator, and a first integrated power quality module integrated with the first generator control unit and configured to operate as a power quality check for the second generator control unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Mark J. Seger, Trushal D. Patel
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Publication number: 20160355275Abstract: An example aircraft electrical system includes a generator coupled with a gas turbine engine and a controller operable to distribute power of the generator. The controller includes a first control module positioned at a first location remote from the generator and a second control module positioned at a second location proximate the generator. The first control module is configured to verify at least one output of the generator, detect a fault condition of the generator, and control operation of at least one power bus in communication with the first control module. The second control module is configured to regulate the at least one output of the generator, where the at least one output includes a voltage. An example method of operating an electrical system is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Mark J. Seger, Wes Ralph, Lon R. Hoegberg, Robert A. Bayles, Sunil S. Patel
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Publication number: 20160159491Abstract: A power quality control system configured to control and monitor electrical systems is provided. The system includes a first generator control unit configured to control a power of a first generator, a second generator control unit configured to control a power of a second generator, and a first integrated power quality module integrated with the first generator control unit and configured to operate as a power quality check for the second generator control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Mark J. Seger, Trushal D. Patel
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Patent number: 9271423Abstract: A power distribution unit includes a first solid state power module comprising a first plurality of solid state power controllers, where the first solid state power module comprises a first set of power characteristics. Also included is a second solid state power module comprising a second plurality of solid state power controllers. The second solid state power module comprises a second set of power characteristics. Also, the first solid state power module and the second solid state power module are interchangeably coupled to a first location of a common chassis.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Krenz, Mark J. Seger, Jeffrey T. Wavering, Donald A. Zwiefelhofer, Massoud Vaziri
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Patent number: 8928166Abstract: An electric power generation system (EPGS) employs both a wild-source generator and a variable and/or constant frequency generator. The wild-source generator is coupled to receive mechanical power from a low-pressure spool on an aircraft engine and to generate in response a wild-source output for consumption by voltage and frequency-tolerant loads. The variable and/or constant frequency generator is coupled to receive mechanical power from a high-pressure spool on the aircraft engine and to generate in response a variable and/or constant frequency output for consumption by voltage and frequency-intolerant loads.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Mark J. Seger, Todd A. Spierling, David S. Behling, Craig R. LeGros, Brandon M. Grell
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Publication number: 20130154351Abstract: An electrical architecture includes at least one generator. A fast switching device connects the generator to a bus. A plurality of loads draw electrical power from the bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: Mark J. Seger, Massoud Vaziri
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Publication number: 20130075539Abstract: A composite structure for aerospace applications includes a structural member having multiple composite layers providing a longitudinally extending cavity. A conveyance element is arranged between and integral with the layers. In one example, the structural member provides a gas turbine engine duct or an airframe component. A composite structural assembly is manufactured by providing a first composite layer on a form that corresponds to a cavity. A second form, which may be a conveyance element in one example, is positioned along the first layer. A second composite layer is laid onto the second form and the first composite layer to provide a composite structural member with an integrated conveyance element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Mark J. Seger, Michael Krenz, Gerald P. Dyer
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Publication number: 20130049366Abstract: An electric power generation system (EPGS) employs both a wild-source generator and a variable and/or constant frequency generator. The wild-source generator is coupled to receive mechanical power from a low-pressure spool on an aircraft engine and to generate in response a wild-source output for consumption by voltage and frequency-tolerant loads. The variable and/or constant frequency generator is coupled to receive mechanical power from a high-pressure spool on the aircraft engine and to generate in response a variable and/or constant frequency output for consumption by voltage and frequency-intolerant loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Mark J. Seger, Todd A. Spierling, David S. Behling, Craig R. LeGros, Brandon M. Grell
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Publication number: 20120235496Abstract: A power distribution unit includes a first solid state power module comprising a first plurality of solid state power controllers, where the first solid state power module comprises a first set of power characteristics. Also included is a second solid state power module comprising a second plurality of solid state power controllers. The second solid state power module comprises a second set of power characteristics. Also, the first solid state power module and the second solid state power module are interchangeably coupled to a first location of a common chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Krenz, Mark J. Seger, Jeffrey T. Wavering, Donald A. Zwiefelhofer, Massoud Vaziri
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Patent number: 8214452Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring windows on computers. In one embodiment, movement of a mouse or cursor in a focused window of the computer is analyzed to determine whether an application is properly executing in the computer.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Mark J. Seger
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Publication number: 20090037557Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring windows on computers. In one embodiment, movement of a mouse or cursor in a focused window of the computer is analyzed to determine whether an application is properly executing in the computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventor: Mark J. Seger
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Patent number: 6438591Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands and a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed. In addition, the system includes storage containing domain information defining groups of entities, where the kernel may issue a command to a group by issuing individual commands to appropriate modules.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Compaq Information Technologies Group L.P.Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy Jo Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Anil V. Navkal, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
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Patent number: 5832224Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Linsey B. O'Brien, Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger
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Patent number: 5740357Abstract: A method of managing faults in a computer system including the steps of detecting an error, handling the error along a functional hierarchy and, further, handling a fault that caused the error in a management hierarchy which can be operated separately from the functional hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 1994Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Jeffrey L. Gardiner, Gerhard K. Heider, Larry W. Emlich, Bruce H. Luhrs, Michael C. Li, Michael R. Masters, Russell Lloyd Myers, Harlo A. Peterson, Frank M. Robbins, Mark J. Seger
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Patent number: 5557796Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1994Date of Patent: September 17, 1996Assignee: Digital Equipment Corp.Inventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Jill F. Callander, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
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Patent number: 5475838Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1993Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Gerard R. Plouffe, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Anil V. Navkal, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Christine C. Chan-Lizardo, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Allan B. Moore, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., Arundahati G. Sankar, G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow
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Patent number: 5345587Abstract: A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includes management modules adapted to carry out management functions by independently interpreting and executing commands, a kernel including a table of dispatch pointers for directing the commands to the respective modules in which they are to be interpreted and executed, and an enroller for enrolling new modules into the system by adding further pointers to the table.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1989Date of Patent: September 6, 1994Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Leonard G. Fehskens, Colin Strutt, Steven K. Wong, Jill F. Callander, Peter H. Burgess, Kathy J. Nelson, Matthew J. Guertin, Mark W. Sylor, Kenneth W. Chapman, Robert C. Schuchard, Stanley I. Goldfarb, Dennis O. Rogers, Linsey B. O'Brien, Philip J. Trasatti, Benjamin M. England, James L. Lemmon, Jr., Richard L. Rosenbaum, Ruth E. J. Kohls, David L. Aronson, Robert R. N. Ross, Danny L. Smith, William C. Adams, Jr., G. Paul Koning, Sheryl F. Namoglu, Mark J. Seger, Timothy M. Dixon, Jeffrey R. Harrow