Patents by Inventor Matthew Furnari
Matthew Furnari 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: 11721193Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a system and method for determining a circuit breaker position in a power distribution/load center. In one embodiment, the load center includes a plurality of circuit breakers. Each circuit breaker includes a base and a plurality of contact components coupled to the base. In that regard, an activation of a combination of the contact components indicates a position of the circuit breaker within the load center. The activation of the combination indicates that one or more of the contact components is in contact with one or more pegs coupled to the load center. When this occurs, a data transceiver coupled to each of the contact components transmits a data signal. The data signal includes a plurality of data bits, where each data bit indicates whether a corresponding contact component of the combination is activated or not activated.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Martin, Gregory Harrison, John Charles Foust, Matthew Furnari, Amy Gau
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Patent number: 11682285Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a system and method for determining a circuit breaker position in a power distribution/load center. In one embodiment, the load center includes a plurality of circuit breakers. Each circuit breaker includes a base and a plurality of contact components coupled to the base. In that regard, an activation of a combination of the contact components indicates a position of the circuit breaker within the load center. The activation of the combination indicates that one or more of the contact components is in contact with one or more pegs coupled to the load center. When this occurs, a data transceiver coupled to each of the contact components transmits a data signal. The data signal includes a plurality of data bits, where each data bit indicates whether a corresponding contact component of the combination is activated or not activated.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Martin, Gregory Harrison, John Charles Foust, Matthew Furnari, Amy Gau
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Patent number: 11270005Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a fast device installation and replacement (DI&R) service in a network while simultaneously providing confidentiality and integrity protection for sensitive device data. In one embodiment, this protection is provided by using certain characterization data associated with each device in a network to generate a passphrase. This passphrase can be related to the topology of the devices. In one embodiment, the passphrase is a concatenation of certain device characterization data with respect to the topology. In embodiments, the concatenation includes arranging the characterization data based on an order of each device with respect to the topology. Cryptographic keys are derived based on the passphrase. The cryptographic keys are used to automatically encrypt and decrypt the sensitive device data without user intervention.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Harrison, Amy Gau, Matthew Furnari, John Charles Foust, Daniel Martin, Ronald Mazyck
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Publication number: 20210295671Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a system and method for determining a circuit breaker position in a power distribution/load center. In one embodiment, the load center includes a plurality of circuit breakers. Each circuit breaker includes a base and a plurality of contact components coupled to the base. In that regard, an activation of a combination of the contact components indicates a position of the circuit breaker within the load center. The activation of the combination indicates that one or more of the contact components is in contact with one or more pegs coupled to the load center. When this occurs, a data transceiver coupled to each of the contact components transmits a data signal. The data signal includes a plurality of data bits, where each data bit indicates whether a corresponding contact component of the combination is activated or not activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Martin, Gregory Harrison, John Charles Foust, Matthew Furnari, Amy Gau
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Patent number: 11037427Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a system and method for determining a circuit breaker position in a power distribution/load center. In one embodiment, the load center includes a plurality of circuit breakers. Each circuit breaker includes a base and a plurality of contact components coupled to the base. In that regard, an activation of a combination of the contact components indicates a position of the circuit breaker within the load center. The activation of the combination indicates that one or more of the contact components is in contact with one or more pegs coupled to the load center. When this occurs, a data transceiver coupled to each of the contact components transmits a data signal. The data signal includes a plurality of data bits, where each data bit indicates whether a corresponding contact component of the combination is activated or not activated.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Martin, Gregory Harrison, John Charles Foust, Matthew Furnari, Amy Gau
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Publication number: 20210049892Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a system and method for determining a circuit breaker position in a power distribution/load center. In one embodiment, the load center includes a plurality of circuit breakers. Each circuit breaker includes a base and a plurality of contact components coupled to the base. In that regard, an activation of a combination of the contact components indicates a position of the circuit breaker within the load center. The activation of the combination indicates that one or more of the contact components is in contact with one or more pegs coupled to the load center. When this occurs, a data transceiver coupled to each of the contact components transmits a data signal. The data signal includes a plurality of data bits, where each data bit indicates whether a corresponding contact component of the combination is activated or not activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Martin, Gregory Harrison, John Charles Foust, Matthew Furnari, Amy Gau
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Publication number: 20200387614Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a fast device installation and replacement (DI&R) service in a network while simultaneously providing confidentiality and integrity protection for sensitive device data. In one embodiment, this protection is provided by using certain characterization data associated with each device in a network to generate a passphrase. This passphrase can be related to the topology of the devices. In one embodiment, the passphrase is a concatenation of certain device characterization data with respect to the topology. In embodiments, the concatenation includes arranging the characterization data based on an order of each device with respect to the topology. Cryptographic keys are derived based on the passphrase. The cryptographic keys are used to automatically encrypt and decrypt the sensitive device data without user intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Harrison, Amy Gau, Matthew Furnari, John Charles Foust, Daniel Martin, Ronald Mazyck