Patents by Inventor Michael H. Shriver

Michael H. Shriver 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).

  • Electric motor clamping system
    Patent number: 9614465
    Abstract: An electric motor system having a power supply, an electric motor connected to the power supply, an object driven by the motor having a range of motion and a substantially neutral position within the range of motion, a power sensor configured to sense power from the power supply, a position sensor configured to sense position of the object in at least a portion of the range of motion, an energy storage, a controller connected to the power supply and the energy storage, wherein the controller is configured to brake the motor as a function of the position sensor, the neutral position and the power sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Shriver, John W. Stevens
  • ELECTRIC MOTOR CLAMPING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140152201
    Abstract: An electric motor system having a power supply, an electric motor connected to the power supply, an object driven by the motor having a range of motion and a substantially neutral position within the range of motion, a power sensor configured to sense power from the power supply, a position sensor configured to sense position of the object in at least a portion of the range of motion, an energy storage, a controller connected to the power supply and the energy storage, wherein the controller is configured to brake the motor as a function of the position sensor, the neutral position and the power sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Shriver, John W. Stevens
  • Shock load stabilization circuit and voltage regulator having same
    Patent number: 5497069
    Abstract: An electronic voltage regulator for generators controlled by means of an exciter field current, comprises an average voltage sensing circuit connected to the output of the generator, a peak voltage sensing circuit connected to the output of the generator, an error signal circuit operatively connected to the average voltage sensing and the peak voltage sensing circuits effective to generate an error signal when the generator's average output voltage varies from a predetermined value or when the peak voltage exceeds a predetermined limit, an exciter field current control circuit operatively connected to the error signal circuit effective to control the generator field current in response to the error signal, and a shock load stabilization circuit operatively connected to the average voltage sensing circuit and to the peak voltage sensing circuit effective to disable the peak voltage sensing circuit upon sensing an application of a shock load to the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Shriver, Rich A. Helm