Patents by Inventor Mark Swain
Mark Swain 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: 11668260Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for connecting multiple loads with a common return pin in engine control module application are disclosed. Only one of the multiple loads can be connected to a power source at a time. At the high side, each load is coupled to the power source through a respective pin at a connector. At the low side, the multiple loads share a common return pin at the connector that connects the loads to the ground. When a first load is connected to the power source at the high side, a first low side driver circuit is used to connect the first load to the ground at the low side. When a second load is connected to the power source at the high side, the second low side driver circuit is used to connect the second load to the ground at the low side.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 11606869Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 11579651Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to communicate with a real-time-clock battery and to selectively communicate with a vehicle battery, inhibit communication between the real-time-clock battery and a controller when a first voltage is received from the vehicle battery, and provide a communication from the real-time-clock battery to the controller when the first voltage is not received.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Mark Swain, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Astha Ganjoo, Shreya Ghatge
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Publication number: 20220275381Abstract: The present invention relates to new double stranded RNA (dsRNA) structures and their use in modulating flowering in plants. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating the time of plant flowering.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Jonathan Paul ANDERSON, Ming Bo WANG, Neil Andrew SMITH, Christopher Andrew HELLIWELL, Stephen Mark SWAIN
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Publication number: 20220174826Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Publication number: 20220075406Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a circuit structured to communicate with a real-time-clock battery and to selectively communicate with a vehicle battery, inhibit communication between the real-time-clock battery and a controller when a first voltage is received from the vehicle battery, and provide a communication from the real-time-clock battery to the controller when the first voltage is not received.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Mark Swain, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Astha Ganjoo, Shreya Ghatge
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Publication number: 20220065186Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for connecting multiple loads with a common return pin in engine control module application are disclosed. Only one of the multiple loads can be connected to a power source at a time. At the high side, each load is coupled to the power source through a respective pin at a connector. At the low side, the multiple loads share a common return pin at the connector that connects the loads to the ground. When a first load is connected to the power source at the high side, a first low side driver circuit is used to connect the first load to the ground at the low side. When a second load is connected to the power source at the high side, the second low side driver circuit is used to connect the second load to the ground at the low side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 11202380Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 11175690Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a control circuit and a switching circuit. The control circuit is structured to communicate with a real-time-clock battery and to selectively communicate with a vehicle battery. The control circuit is structured in an OFF arrangement when a wake supply voltage is received from the vehicle battery and in an ON arrangement when no wake supply voltage is received. The switching circuit is structured to provide communication between the real-time-clock battery and a real-time-clock power pin of a controller with a voltage drop of about 0.1 volts or less when the control circuit is in the ON arrangement and to inhibit communication between the real-time-clock battery and the real-time-clock power pin when the control circuit is in the OFF arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Mark Swain, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Astha Ganjoo, Shreya Ghatge
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Patent number: 11168638Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for connecting multiple loads with a common return pin in engine control module application are disclosed. Only one of the multiple loads can be connected to a power source at a time. At the high side, each load is coupled to the power source through a respective pin at a connector. At the low side, the multiple loads share a common return pin at the connector that connects the loads to the ground. When a first load is connected to the power source at the high side, a first low side driver circuit is used to connect the first load to the ground at the low side. When a second load is connected to the power source at the high side, the second low side driver circuit is used to connect the second load to the ground at the low side.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Mark Swain
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Publication number: 20210156330Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for connecting multiple loads with a common return pin in engine control module application are disclosed. Only one of the multiple loads can be connected to a power source at a time. At the high side, each load is coupled to the power source through a respective pin at a connector. At the low side, the multiple loads share a common return pin at the connector that connects the loads to the ground. When a first load is connected to the power source at the high side, a first low side driver circuit is used to connect the first load to the ground at the low side. When a second load is connected to the power source at the high side, the second low side driver circuit is used to connect the second load to the ground at the low side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Abhik Giri, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Mark Swain
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Publication number: 20200375043Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 10750628Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Publication number: 20200233450Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a control circuit and a switching circuit. The control circuit is structured to communicate with a real-time-clock battery and to selectively communicate with a vehicle battery. The control circuit is structured in an OFF arrangement when a wake supply voltage is received from the vehicle battery and in an ON arrangement when no wake supply voltage is received. The switching circuit is structured to provide communication between the real-time-clock battery and a real-time-clock power pin of a controller with a voltage drop of about 0.1 volts or less when the control circuit is in the ON arrangement and to inhibit communication between the real-time-clock battery and the real-time-clock power pin when the control circuit is in the OFF arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Abhik Giri, Mark Swain, Ashish Raj Jain, Ming Feng, Astha Ganjoo, Shreya Ghatge
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Publication number: 20190098778Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 7476381Abstract: CC-Chemokine mutants having reduced Glycosaminoglycans (GAG)-binding properties are effective against liver fibrotic inflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases. Particularly preferred are the mutants of CCL5/RANTES having reduced GAG-binding properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Laboratoires Serono SAInventors: Amanda Proudfoot, Maureen Ajuebor, Mark Swain
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Publication number: 20060228327Abstract: CC-Chemokine mutants having reduced Glycosaminoglycans (GAG)-binding properties are effective against liver fibrotic inflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases. Particularly preferred are the mutants of CCL5/RANTES having reduced GAG-binding properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2003Publication date: October 12, 2006Applicant: APPLIED RESEARCH SYSTEMS ARS HOLDING N.V.Inventors: Amanda Proudfoot, Maureen Ajuebor, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 6036545Abstract: A board mountable BNC type electrical connector (10) is provided which offers enhanced performance, through direct grounding of the connector to the board and a spark gap feature that protects the connector against exposure to elevated voltages. A grounding clip (76) includes a board locking feature (84), a spark gap tab (74) that seats within the connector housing (12), and a pair of flexible arms (82) arranged to compressively hold a pair of capacitive elements (68) within the connector (10).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1997Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Mark Swain Caviness, Michael Joseph Tomchak
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Patent number: 6010362Abstract: A board mount for an electrical transformer is provided by a unitary body having a wire termination section and a boardlock. The body is mountable to a transformer bobbin with an end of a transformer wire being terminated in the wire termination section and with the boardlock extending externally of the bobbin. The transformer can be electrically and mechanically mated with a circuit board by inserting the boardlock into a hole in the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1998Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Mark Swain Caviness, Gary Douglas Porta