Patents by Inventor Mike L. Foster

Mike L. Foster 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).

  • Patent number: 9234916
    Abstract: A connector system comprising a status monitoring cable system comprising a first cable connector adapted to be connected to a generator connector, a second cable connector adapted to be connected to a UPS connector, a third cable connector adapted to be connected to the modem connector, a jumper, first and second power conductors connected between the first cable connector and the second cable connector, and a sensor module comprising a current detect module and a connector detect module. The current detect module transmits a GEN_ON signal to the modem when a current is present in at least one of the first and second power conductors. The connector detect module transmits a GEN_PRESENT signal to the modem when a current flows through the first cable connector, the generator connector, the jumper, the generator connector, and the first cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias M. Peck, Jonathan D. Carpenter, Donald L. Thompson, Mike L. Foster
  • Publication number: 20140028288
    Abstract: A connector system comprising a status monitoring cable system comprising a first cable connector adapted to be connected to a generator connector, a second cable connector adapted to be connected to a UPS connector, a third cable connector adapted to be connected to the modem connector, a jumper, first and second power conductors connected between the first cable connector and the second cable connector, and a sensor module comprising a current detect module and a connector detect module. The current detect module transmits a GEN_ON signal to the modem when a current is present in at least one of the first and second power conductors. The connector detect module transmits a GEN_PRESENT signal to the modem when a current flows through the first cable connector, the generator connector, the jumper, the generator connector, and the first cable connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Alpha Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias M. Peck, Jonathan D. Carpenter, Donald L. Thompson, Mike L. Foster
  • Patent number: 5685982
    Abstract: A vibratory vectored thrust shaker for separating solid materials from fluids has a base frame and a screen bed support frame carrying a mesh screen supported horizontally above the base frame by resilient supports. An eccentrically weighted vibratory shaft is rotatably mounted transversely between a pair of side rails secured at one end to the screen bed support frame near its discharge end which extend upward therefrom at an acute angle to horizontal. A first resilient round member is mounted at one end of the vibratory shaft. A drive motor mounted on a spring biased hinged mounting bracket connected to the base frame has a second resilient round member mounted on its drive shaft which is engaged in spring biased relation with the first round member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Inventor: Mike L. Foster
  • Patent number: 5582727
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning, desanding, and desilting drilling mud which contains unwanted solids utilizes an enclosure divided into a plurality of compartments connected with a system of vibratory screen shaker separators, desanders, and desilters. Drilling mud is separated by a primary vibratory shaker into coarse solids which is discarded and screened liquid mud which enters a first compartment and is further separated by a desander cyclone into a lighter liquid mud faction and a heavier liquid mud faction. The lighter faction is sent back to the first compartment and recycles, the heavier faction is further separated by a second vibratory shaker and enters a second compartment, and the solids are discarded. The liquid mud from the second compartment is further separated by manifolded desilter cyclones into a heavier faction and a lighter faction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Inventor: Mike L. Foster