Patents by Inventor Mark Raymond Potter

Mark Raymond Potter 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).

  • Publication number: 20230192458
    Abstract: A drop table can employ a number of lifting columns respectively arranged with a nut and traveler each positioned on a rotating core with the nut separated from the traveler by a nut gap. The nut gap may be measured with a first sensor positioned within the nut and the first sensor detecting a nut gap distance with a first sensing feature. The first sensor can be changed to a second sensor that detects the nut gap distance with a second sensing feature that is different than the first sensing feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20230067753
    Abstract: A drop table can employ a number of lifting columns respectively arranged with a nut and traveler each positioned on a rotating core with the nut separated from the traveler by a nut gap. The nut gap may be measured with a first sensor positioned within the nut and the first sensor detecting a nut gap distance with a first sensing feature. The first sensor can be changed to a second sensor that detects the nut gap distance with a second sensing feature that is different than the first sensing feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11498817
    Abstract: A lifting column can provide optimized performance with a nut gap system that efficiently and precisely measures a nut gap during lifting operations. The nut gap system can have a rotating core onto which a nut and traveler are positioned. The nut can be separated from the traveler by a nut gap that is monitored by at least one sensor that continuously extends through the nut to access the nut gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11383960
    Abstract: A drop table can provide optimized lifting operations by employing motor feedback to generate and adapt a lifting strategy that controls lifting parameters. A lifting module may be connected to a first motor and consist of a lifting controller. The first motor can be mechanically coupled to a first lifting column by a first transmission and to a second lifting column by a second transmission. A service component can be lowered with the first and second lifting columns by activating the first motor that provides motor feedback. A lifting strategy can be generated in response to the motor feedback and subsequently executed to move the service component to a servicing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NABHOLZ CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20210002108
    Abstract: A drop table can provide optimized lifting operations by employing motor feedback to generate and adapt a lifting strategy that controls lifting parameters. A lifting module may be connected to a first motor and consist of a lifting controller. The first motor can be mechanically coupled to a first lifting column by a first transmission and to a second lifting column by a second transmission. A service component can be lowered with the first and second lifting columns by activating the first motor that provides motor feedback. A lifting strategy can be generated in response to the motor feedback and subsequently executed to move the service component to a servicing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20210002110
    Abstract: A lifting column can provide optimized performance with a nut gap system that efficiently and precisely measures a nut gap during lifting operations. The nut gap system can have a rotating core onto which a nut and traveler are positioned. The nut can be separated from the traveler by a nut gap that is monitored by at least one sensor that continuously extends through the nut to access the nut gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher