Patents by Inventor Michael D. Mankoski

Michael D. Mankoski 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).

  • Door control systems
    Patent number: 9605468
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a door. In various embodiments, exemplary systems may include a controller that may initialize and/or reset a limit count. A controller may initialize and/or reset a limit count in response to detection by a first position sensor of a first target. A controller may further initialize and/or reset a limit count by incrementing the limit count in response to a signal from a gear tooth sensor until a second position sensor detects a second target, whereupon the controller may store the limit count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CORNELL IRONWORKS ENTERPRISES
    Inventors: Xin Cui, Jeffery L. Mueller, Michael D. Mankoski, G. Bruce Burwell
  • DOOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160130855
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a door. In various embodiments, exemplary systems may include a controller that may initialize and/or reset a limit count. A controller may initialize and/or reset a limit count in response to detection by a first position sensor of a first target. A controller may further initialize and/or reset a limit count by incrementing the limit count in response to a signal from a gear tooth sensor until a second position sensor detects a second target, whereupon the controller may store the limit count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: CORNELL IRONWORKS ENTERPRISES
    Inventors: Xin Cui, Jeffrey L. Mueller, Michael D. Mankoski, G. Bruce Burwell
  • Door control systems
    Patent number: 9243448
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a door. In various embodiments, exemplary systems may include a controller that may initialize and/or reset a limit count. A controller may initialize and/or reset a limit count in response to detection by a first position sensor of a first target. A controller may further initialize and/or reset a limit count by incrementing the limit count in response to a signal from a gear tooth sensor until a second position sensor detects a second target, whereupon the controller may store the limit count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: CORNELL IRONWORKS ENTERPRISES
    Inventors: Xin Cui, Jeffrey L. Mueller, Michael D. Mankoski, G. Bruce Burwell
  • DOOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130186001
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a door. In various embodiments, exemplary systems may include a controller that may initialize and/or reset a limit count. A controller may initialize and/or reset a limit count in response to detection by a first position sensor of a first target. A controller may further initialize and/or reset a limit count by incrementing the limit count in response to a signal from a gear tooth sensor until a second position sensor detects a second target, whereupon the controller may store the limit count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: CORNELL IRONWORKS ENTERPRISES
    Inventors: Xin Cui, Jeffrey L. Mueller, Michael D. Mankoski, G. Bruce Burwell