Patents by Inventor Paul Steven Mullin
Paul Steven Mullin 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).
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Patent number: 11815279Abstract: Described herein is an electric motor assembly for an environmental control system. The electric motor assembly includes a fan configured to rotate to circulate air within a controlled environment chamber of the environmental control system, and an electric motor coupled to the fan and configured to rotate the fan. The electric motor includes a motor controller configured to receive a braking control signal from a sensor associated with the controlled environment chamber. The braking control signal indicates an entrance to the controlled environment chamber is about to be opened. The motor controller is also configured to initiate braking the electric motor in response to receiving the braking control signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Andre Chretien, Leonard Theodore McElhose, Mohamad Khalil Dahouk, Paul Steven Mullin
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Publication number: 20230296683Abstract: A health monitor circuit for an electric machine includes a plurality of sensors, a rectifier, a memory device, and a microprocessor. The plurality of sensors includes a current transformer configured to be electromagnetically coupled to an electrical conductor that feeds a stator winding of the electric machine. The rectifier is coupled to the current transformer and is configured to convert an AC signal generated by the current transformer to a DC signal to supply power for the health monitor circuit. The microprocessor is coupled to the memory device and the plurality of sensors. The microprocessor is configured to periodically collect a stator current measurement from the current transformer and write the stator current measurement to the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Christopher Edwin Eugene Propp, Paul Steven Mullin, Norman Carl Golm, JR., Daniel Edward Phillips
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Patent number: 11656286Abstract: A health monitor circuit for an electric machine includes a plurality of sensors, a rectifier, a memory device, and a microprocessor. The plurality of sensors includes a current transformer configured to be electromagnetically coupled to an electrical conductor that feeds a stator winding of the electric machine. The rectifier is coupled to the current transformer and is configured to convert an AC signal generated by the current transformer to a DC signal to supply power for the health monitor circuit. The microprocessor is coupled to the memory device and the plurality of sensors. The microprocessor is configured to periodically collect a stator current measurement from the current transformer and write the stator current measurement to the memory device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Edwin Eugene Propp, Paul Steven Mullin, Norman Carl Golm, Jr., Daniel Edward Phillips
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Publication number: 20220163204Abstract: A motor controller for a draft inducer motor that operates an inducer blower in a furnace is provided. The motor controller includes a communication interface operable to receive a signal from a system controller. The signal represents a command to operate the draft inducer motor. The motor controller includes a processor operable to operate the draft inducer motor in accordance with a predefined motor speed profile during at least one of an ignition stage and a combustion stage of the furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Devan Scroggins, Paul Steven Mullin
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Publication number: 20220152472Abstract: An entertainment device typically described as a pinball machine, usually found in myriad places such as arcades, restaurants, private residences, etc. A conventional pinball machine allows one or more players to play a game in which points are accrued by physically striking one or more balls on an inclined play field within a cabinet having a transparent top surface. Interaction of the machine with the ball is typically limited to events when the ball strikes an object on the play field. To enable more machine-ball interaction and therefore increase entertainment value ball tracking is needed. A way to track the ball in a very fast manner to better enable open space interactivity while not having excessive cost and while not limiting the game designer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Paul Steven Mullin
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Patent number: 11268694Abstract: A motor controller for a draft inducer motor that operates an inducer blower in a furnace is provided. The motor controller includes a communication interface operable to receive a signal from a system controller. The signal represents a command to operate the draft inducer motor. The motor controller includes a processor operable to operate the draft inducer motor in accordance with a predefined motor speed profile during at least one of an ignition stage and a combustion stage of the furnace.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Devan Scroggins, Paul Steven Mullin
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Publication number: 20220011044Abstract: A server for a control system for cooling systems is disclosed. The server includes a memory device configured to store instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory device and a plurality of cooling systems. Each of cooling systems includes a motor, a sensor, a local memory, and a microprocessor communicatively coupled to the motor, the sensor, the local memory. The microprocessor is configured to control operation of the motor according to settings defined by configuration data stored in the local memory. In response to reading the instructions, the processor is configured to receive, from the sensor of each of the cooling systems, first sensor data, generate first configuration data by executing a first algorithm on the first sensor data, and instruct the microprocessor of at least one cooling system to write the first configuration data to the local memory of the at least one cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Paul Steven Mullin, Kyle Joseph McBrady
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Publication number: 20210381718Abstract: Described herein is an electric motor assembly for an environmental control system. The electric motor assembly includes a fan configured to rotate to circulate air within a controlled environment chamber of the environmental control system, and an electric motor coupled to the fan and configured to rotate the fan. The electric motor includes a motor controller configured to receive a braking control signal from a sensor associated with the controlled environment chamber. The braking control signal indicates an entrance to the controlled environment chamber is about to be opened. The motor controller is also configured to initiate braking the electric motor in response to receiving the braking control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Ludovic Andrew Chretien, Leonard Theodore McElhose, Mohammad Khalil Dahouk, Paul Steven Mullin
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Patent number: 11015829Abstract: An electronic control module is provided. The electronic control module is operably connected to a power supply for providing power to a motor. The electronic control module includes an input device, a processor coupled to the input device, and first and second current supply lines. The processor is configured to generate a command signal in response to an input supplied by the input device and transmit the command signal to the motor. The command signal controls an operating point of the motor. The first and second current supply lines are operably connectable to the motor and the processor. At least one of the current supply lines, the input device and the processor are adapted to utilize the current supply lines both to transmit power to the motor and to transmit the command signal to the motor over the current supply lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Paul Steven Mullin, Michael David Smith, Katie Da-Nelle Hamilton, Srinivas Chandu Kutcherlapati
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Patent number: 10985639Abstract: A method of assembling an electric motor includes coupling a rotor hub to a rotor disk to form a rotor assembly and slidably coupling the rotor hub to a shaft at a first position. The method also includes coupling a stator assembly to the shaft to define a first axial gap between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly. The method further includes sliding the rotor assembly to a second position along the shaft to define a second axial gap between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly. The second position is based on a measured back EMF constant of the electric motor when the rotor assembly is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Leonard Theodore McElhose, Paul Steven Mullin
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Patent number: 10914484Abstract: An electronic control module is provided. The electronic control module is operably connected to a power supply for providing power to a motor. The electronic control module includes an input device, a processor coupled to the input device, and first and second current supply lines. The processor is configured to generate a command signal in response to an input supplied by the input device and transmit the command signal to the motor. The command signal controls an operating point of the motor. The first and second current supply lines are operably connectable to the motor and the processor. At least one of the current supply lines, the input device and the processor are adapted to utilize the current supply lines both to transmit power to the motor and to transmit the command signal to the motor over the current supply lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Paul Steven Mullin, Michael David Smith, Katie Da-Nelle Hamilton, Srinivas Chandu Kutcherlapati
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Patent number: 10823407Abstract: A motor controller for a blower in a gas-burning appliance. The motor controller includes a processor configured to receive a measured pressure differential measured by a sensor disposed in an airflow generated by the blower. The processor is configured to compute a motor speed based on the measured pressure differential and a pressure differential set-point for the gas-burning appliance. The processor is configured to operate the blower at the motor speed to drive the measured pressure differential toward the pressure differential set-point.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Paul Steven Mullin, William Stuart Gatley
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Publication number: 20200287451Abstract: A method of assembling an electric motor includes coupling a rotor hub to a rotor disk to form a rotor assembly and slidably coupling the rotor hub to a shaft at a first position. The method also includes coupling a stator assembly to the shaft to define a first axial gap between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly. The method further includes sliding the rotor assembly to a second position along the shaft to define a second axial gap between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly. The second position is based on a measured back EMF constant of the electric motor when the rotor assembly is in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Leonard Theodore McElhose, Paul Steven Mullin
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Publication number: 20200041571Abstract: A health monitor circuit for an electric machine includes a plurality of sensors, a rectifier, a memory device, and a microprocessor. The plurality of sensors includes a current transformer configured to be electromagnetically coupled to an electrical conductor that feeds a stator winding of the electric machine. The rectifier is coupled to the current transformer and is configured to convert an AC signal generated by the current transformer to a DC signal to supply power for the health monitor circuit. The microprocessor is coupled to the memory device and the plurality of sensors. The microprocessor is configured to periodically collect a stator current measurement from the current transformer and write the stator current measurement to the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Christopher Edwin Eugene Propp, Paul Steven Mullin, Norman Carl Golm, JR., Daniel Edward Phillips
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Publication number: 20200025374Abstract: A motor controller for a draft inducer motor that operates an inducer blower in a furnace is provided. The motor controller includes a communication interface operable to receive a signal from a system controller. The signal represents a command to operate the draft inducer motor. The motor controller includes a processor operable to operate the draft inducer motor in accordance with a predefined motor speed profile during at least one of an ignition stage and a combustion stage of the furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Devan Scroggins, Paul Steven Mullin
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Patent number: 10416685Abstract: An information collection system for a pump for removing fluid collected by a buildings drainage system from subterranean locations adjacent a building is provided. The system includes a sensor for sensing operation information regarding the operation of the pump and an information collection device operably connected to the sensor and adapted to receive the operation information. The system also includes an information storage device operably connected to the information collection device and adapted to store the operation information. The system further includes a retrieval device operably connected to the storage device and adapted to retrieve the operation information.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventor: Paul Steven Mullin
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Publication number: 20190145647Abstract: An electronic control module is provided. The electronic control module is operably connected to a power supply for providing power to a motor. The electronic control module includes an input device, a processor coupled to the input device, and first and second current supply lines. The processor is configured to generate a command signal in response to an input supplied by the input device and transmit the command signal to the motor. The command signal controls an operating point of the motor. The first and second current supply lines are operably connectable to the motor and the processor. At least one of the current supply lines, the input device and the processor are adapted to utilize the current supply lines both to transmit power to the motor and to transmit the command signal to the motor over the current supply lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Paul Steven Mullin, Michael David Smith, Katie Da-Nelle Hamilton, Srinivas Chandu Kutcherlapati
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Patent number: 10230548Abstract: A motor controller for an electric motor is described. The motor controller is coupled to a power line communication connection and includes a communication device coupled to a memory device. The motor controller is configured to receive, using the communication device, a status query from a server computing device via the power line communication connection. The motor controller is additionally configured to transmit electric motor diagnostic data from the memory device to the server computing device via the power line communication connection. The motor controller is further configured to receive motor configuration data from a client computing device wirelessly coupled to the motor controller. The motor configuration data is for controlling the electric motor. The motor controller is also configured to operate the electric motor in accordance with the motor configuration data.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Steven Bernard, Paul Steven Mullin, Srinivas Chandu Kutcherlapati
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Patent number: 10091164Abstract: A motor network mapping device is provided. The motor network mapping device includes a processor coupled to a memory device. The motor network mapping device is configured to determine physical distances between a plurality of motors in a network using properties of electronic test signals transmitted through a power line coupled to the plurality of motors. The motor network mapping device is additionally configured to generate a map of physical locations of the motors using the determined physical distances between the plurality of motors and store the map in the memory device.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.Inventor: Paul Steven Mullin
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Publication number: 20180267563Abstract: An information collection system for a pump for removing fluid collected by a buildings drainage system from subterranean locations adjacent a building is provided. The system includes a sensor for sensing operation information regarding the operation of the pump and an information collection device operably connected to the sensor and adapted to receive the operation information. The system also includes an information storage device operably connected to the information collection device and adapted to store the operation information. The system further includes a retrieval device operably connected to the storage device and adapted to retrieve the operation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventor: Paul Steven Mullin