Patents by Inventor Mark Major
Mark Major 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: 9063188Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the presence of high conductivity or permittivity conditions in a wide range of electrically insulating materials is disclosed. The apparatus includes a grounded enclosure containing electronics for controlling measurement and communication processes and first and second spaced-apart electrode assemblies for engaging an insulator to be tested. The first and second electrode assemblies are mounted in the enclosure for linear movement such that pressing of the first and second electrodes against an insulator causes the electronics to initiate a measurement.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Mark Major, Robert Carlton Lynch, Phillip Nathan Beverly, Sam Harrell
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Publication number: 20150168472Abstract: An apparatus and method for accurately detecting and monitoring leakage currents on porcelain and glass insulator disc strings is disclosed. The sensor apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to attach to a cap of an insulator disc string. The sensor unit includes a sensor disc configured to surround the cap and a housing connected to the sensor disc. The sensor disc includes a conducting lower disc set, a conducting upper disc set, an insulating disc set sandwiched between the upper and lower conducting disc sets, and a conducting mesh connected to a bottom of the lower disc set. The housing including electronics configured to measure and communicate leakage currents on an insulator disc. Leakage currents on a surface of the insulator disc are intercepted by the sensor disc and transferred to the housing for processing and communication by the electronics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Christiann Stephan Engelbrecht, J. Mark Major, Robert Carlton Lynch
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Patent number: 8666553Abstract: The present invention relates to an overhead transmission line inspection robot and system for inspecting transmission line components and right of way conditions. The overhead transmission line inspection robot includes a communications and control system adapted to control the robot and transmit information and a drive system for propelling the robot along a shield wire to enable inspection over a large area. The robot further includes a camera adapted to inspect right of way and component conditions; a light detection and ranging (LiDar) sensor adapted to measure conductor position, vegetation, and nearby structures; and a global positioning system adapted to identify the robot's position and speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, J. Mark Major, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Patent number: 8660698Abstract: The present invention relates to an overhead transmission line inspection robot and system for inspecting transmission line components and right of way conditions. The line inspection robot includes at least one drive system for propelling the robot along a line, a platform adapted to pivot relative to the at least one drive system, and a control system adapted to control the robot.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Mark Major, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Patent number: 8505461Abstract: The present invention relates to a diverter system to allow a line inspection robot to traverse an object. The diverter system includes a first diverter attached to a shield wire, a second diverter attached to the shield wire at a position spaced from the first diverter, and a bridge having a first end connected to the first diverter and a second end connected to the second diverter. The first diverter disengages the robot from the shield wire and onto the bridge and the second diverter disengages the robot from the bridge and onto the shield wire to allow the robot to traverse the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Mark Major, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Publication number: 20130043881Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying the presence of high conductivity or permittivity conditions in a wide range of electrically insulating materials is disclosed. The apparatus includes a grounded enclosure containing electronics for controlling measurement and communication processes and first and second spaced-apart electrode assemblies for engaging an insulator to be tested. The first and second electrode assemblies are mounted in the enclosure for linear movement such that pressing of the first and second electrodes against an insulator causes the electronics to initiate a measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Mark Major, Robert Carlton Lynch, Phillip Nathan Beverly, Sam Harrell
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Publication number: 20130022078Abstract: An overhead conductor sensor for measuring various parameters that affect an overhead conductor is disclosed. The overhead conductor sensor includes an electronics housing having first and second opposing ends, a jaw assembly having a first jaw connected to the first end of the electronics housing and a second jaw pivotally attached to the first jaw to allow the jaw assembly to move between an open position for receiving an overhead conductor therein and a closed position for securing the sensor to the overhead conductor, and a thermocouple assembly electrically connected to electronics housed in the electronics housing and extending through the jaw assembly for engagement with the overhead conductor. The thermocouple assembly is adapted to measure a temperature of the overhead conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Mark Major, Robert Carlton Lynch, Kyle Hill, Sam Harrell, Brandon Rummage
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Publication number: 20110196536Abstract: The present invention relates to an overhead transmission line inspection robot and system for inspecting transmission line components and right of way conditions. The line inspection robot includes at least one drive system for propelling the robot along a line, a platform adapted to pivot relative to the at least one drive system, and a control system adapted to control the robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, Mark Major, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Publication number: 20110196535Abstract: The present invention relates to an overhead transmission line inspection robot and system for inspecting transmission line components and right of way conditions. The overhead transmission line inspection robot includes a communications and control system adapted to control the robot and transmit information and a drive system for propelling the robot along a shield wire to enable inspection over a large area. The robot further includes a camera adapted to inspect right of way and component conditions; a light detection and ranging (LiDar) sensor adapted to measure conductor position, vegetation, and nearby structures; and a global positioning system adapted to identify the robot's position and speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, J. Mark Major, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Publication number: 20110192315Abstract: The present invention relates to a diverter system to allow a line inspection robot to traverse an object. The diverter system includes a first diverter attached to a shield wire, a second diverter attached to the shield wire at a position spaced from the first diverter, and a bridge having a first end connected to the first diverter and a second end connected to the second diverter. The first diverter disengages the robot from the shield wire and onto the bridge and the second diverter disengages the robot from the bridge and onto the shield wire to allow the robot to traverse the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Andrew John Phillips, J. Mark Major, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Publication number: 20060148357Abstract: An elastic laminate having topographical features and a method of making an elastic laminate that includes topographical features is described. The elastic laminate includes a plurality of elastic strands made up of an elastomeric adhesive composition to provide topographical features that can withstand compression. In one particularly desirable embodiment the elastic laminate is treated so that the laminate is fluid permeable. Such laminates are useful as intake layers in personal care products, for example bodyside liners in diapers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Stephen Baratian, Paul Estey, Mark Kupelian, Mark Majors, Monica Varriale, Howard Welch
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Publication number: 20050268936Abstract: A device to aid in flossing teeth including a jaw hook body, a pair of floss retaining projections on one end of the jaw hook body, and a grip handle at an opposite end of the jaw hook body. The grip handle may be a closed loop, an open loop, a padded structure, a pivoting structure, a decorative structure, a structure for holding the tool upright on a surface, or some combination of these features.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventor: Mark Major
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Publication number: 20050164584Abstract: An extensible fluid permeable substrate having at least one direction of extensibility in an X-Y plane is provided with improved retraction to make the composite material suitable for disposable garment applications with minimal application of coalesced elastomeric materials. A pattern of untensioned coalesced elastomeric stripes is applied on an X-Y plane surface of the substrate in low add-on amounts of between about 20% to about 100% of the substrate basis weight to make the composite material. The longitudinal axes of the coalesced elastomeric stripes are oriented substantially along the direction of substrate extensibility and desired retraction of the composite material. By applying the minimal amount of elastomer necessary in an open pattern, the economical composite material also avoids negative by-products of elastic coatings or films such as bad hand, bad drape, loss of fluid transfer or intake ability and lack of breathability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2003Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Stephen Baratian, Phillip Schorr, Arthur Garavaglia, Susan Sudbeck, Dan Schiffer, Mark Majors, Kimberly Sanders, David Myers, Glen Mildenhall, Oomman Thomas
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Publication number: 20040038612Abstract: Bicomponent spunbond filaments and non-woven webs made from the filaments are disclosed. The spunbond filaments include a core polymer and a sheath polymer. Both the core polymer and the sheath polymer are made primarily from polypropylene polymers. For instance, the sheath polymer can be a randomized copolymer of polypropylene and ethylene. The ethylene can be present in the sheath polymer in an amount of less than about 2% by weight. The core polymer, on the other hand, can be a polypropylene polymer having a melting temperature than the sheath polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2002Publication date: February 26, 2004Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Brian Forbes, Mark Majors, John Sayovitz
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Patent number: 5474097Abstract: A pipe and tube cleaning system, particularly useful for cleaning scale from pipes and tubes used in oil and gas production operations and containing naturally occurring radioactive materials in the scale, includes an elongated closable tub for supporting a section of pipe or tube for combined hydraulic jet blast and mechanical cutting and cleaning action by a lance insertable within the pipe to remove scale from the interior of the pipe. A slurry of particulate material removed from the pipe and the cleaning liquid (water) is collected in the tub and discharged to a particle size reduction and filtering system which reduces the particle size of the material to form a slurry of very fine particles which may be disposed of through an injection well. Some of the slurry may be returned to the system for use as cleaning liquid. Pipe is loaded into and removed from the tub by a pipe handling mechanism including retractable supports with ramp surfaces which position the pipe for movement into and out of the tub.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1993Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignees: Atlantic Richfield Company, The Standard Oil CompanyInventors: David J. Lowe, Alan McArthur, Mark A. Major
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Patent number: D638976Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Speirs and Major Associates LimitedInventors: Andrew Howis, Keith Bradshaw, Benz Roos, Mark Major
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Patent number: D639483Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Speirs and Major Associated LimitedInventors: Andrew Howis, Keith Bradshaw, Benz Roos, Mark Major
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Patent number: D645189Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Speirs & Major Associates LimitedInventors: Andrew Howis, Keith Bradshaw, Benz Roos, Mark Major
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Patent number: D655434Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Speirs and Major Associates LimitedInventors: Andrew Howis, Keith Bradshaw, Benz Roos, Mark Major
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Patent number: D655435Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Speirs and Major Associates LimitedInventors: Andrew Howis, Keith Bradshaw, Benz Roos, Mark Major