Patents by Inventor Maureen Bitney

Maureen Bitney 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: 20240230595
    Abstract: A method used in a system allows an operator to use pre-qualified reference data to determine limits in the same statistical domain for one or more outputs, which can be used to qualify reference data for use during a test. With this method, each drive is applied to the system where a controller receives the data. The controller automatically scrutinizes the data received comparing each output received to its associated set of acceptable limits. If one or more of the limits are violated, the output(s) will be identified to the operator and the received data will be disqualified or otherwise not used. When received response data does indeed meet all limits, the data can be considered qualified reference data that is then used during testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Glen Charles Grenier, Maureen Bitney
  • Publication number: 20240133842
    Abstract: A method used in a system allows an operator to use pre-qualified reference data to determine limits in the same statistical domain for one or more outputs, which can be used to qualify reference data for use during a test. With this method, each drive is applied to the system where a controller receives the data. The controller automatically scrutinizes the data received comparing each output received to its associated set of acceptable limits. If one or more of the limits are violated, the output(s) will be identified to the operator and the received data will be disqualified or otherwise not used. When received response data does indeed meet all limits, the data can be considered qualified reference data that is then used during testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Glen Charles Grenier, Maureen Bitney
  • Patent number: 10712719
    Abstract: A testing machine for testing a test specimen includes an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to the test specimen; and a computing device configured to control the actuator assembly, the computing device including a graphical user interface that renders at least a visual representation or a simulated visual representation of at least a parameter of the component or the component changing in accordance with changes of the actual corresponding component on the testing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Schulz, Michael Ray Buth, Jeffrey Allan Breece, David Martin Tillman, Maureen Bitney, Darrell Robert Bennington, Pinklekumar D. Patel
  • Publication number: 20180181093
    Abstract: A testing machine for testing a test specimen includes an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to the test specimen; and a computing device configured to control the actuator assembly, the computing device including a graphical user interface that renders at least a visual representation or a simulated visual representation of at least a parameter of the component or the component changing in accordance with changes of the actual corresponding component on the testing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Schulz, Michael Ray Buth, Jeffrey Allan Breece, David Martin Tillman, Maureen Bitney, Darrell Robert Bennington, Pinkiekumar D. Patel
  • Patent number: 9904258
    Abstract: A testing machine for testing a test specimen includes an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to the test specimen; and a computing device configured to control the actuator assembly, the computing device including a graphical user interface that renders at least a visual representation or a simulated visual representation of at least a parameter of the component or the component changing in accordance with changes of the actual corresponding component on the testing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Shulz, Michael Ray Buth, Jeffrey Allan Breece, David Martin Tillman, Maureen Bitney, Darrell Robert Bennington, Pinkiekumar D. Patel