Patents by Inventor Michael S. O'Hora

Michael S. O'Hora 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).

  • Method and apparatus for on-line web property measurement
    Patent number: 8148690
    Abstract: Web measurement system monitors properties of a web during manufacture without chopping measuring radiation during web measurement. A single chop is performed at each sheet edge or every nth sheet edge to measure edge temperature and edge thermal radiation for correction for Planckian radiation. Correction factors, including Planckian radiation correction factors, are derived for each point in a web profile. The measuring system also enables derivation of correction factors during operation in a single point and similar machine operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: ABB, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven P. Sturm, Michael S. O'Hora, Rodney D. Maxson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-LINE WEB PROPERTY MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20110068261
    Abstract: Web measurement system monitors properties of a web during manufacture without chopping measuring radiation during web measurement. A single chop is performed at each sheet edge or every nth sheet edge to measure edge temperature and edge thermal radiation for correction for Planckian radiation. Correction factors, including Planckian radiation correction factors, are derived for each point in a web profile. The measuring system also enables derivation of correction factors during operation in a single point and similar machine operating modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Steven P. Sturm, Michael S. O'Hora