Patents by Inventor Peter John Halpin

Peter John Halpin 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).

  • Motor controller with deterministic synchronous interrupt having multiple serial interface backplane
    Patent number: 8080965
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a motor drive is provided that includes a control board and one or more option boards coupled to the control board via one or more serial interfaces such that data from the one or more option boards is communicated via one or more synchronous interrupts on the one or more serial interfaces. A method of operating a motor drive that includes transmitting one or more signals from an option board to a control board via one or more synchronous interrupts, wherein the option board is coupled to the control board via a serial interface. A tangible machine-readable medium implementing the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Campbell, John Howard Stuedemann, John Michael Keller, Calvin C. Steinweg, Paul Thomas Krause, Peter John Halpin
  • MOTOR CONTROLLER WITH DETERMINISTIC SYNCHRONOUS INTERRUPT HAVING MULTIPLE SERIAL INTERFACE BACKPLANE
    Publication number: 20100123422
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a motor drive is provided that includes a control board and one or more option boards coupled to the control board via one or more serial interfaces such that data from the one or more option boards is communicated via one or more synchronous interrupts on the one or more serial interfaces. A method of operating a motor drive that includes transmitting one or more signals from an option board to a control board via one or more synchronous interrupts, wherein the option board is coupled to the control board via a serial interface. A tangible machine-readable medium implementing the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Campbell, John Howard Stuedemann, John Michael Keller, Calvin C. Steinweg, Paul Thomas Krause, Peter John Halpin
  • Power electronic module with an improved choke and methods of making same
    Patent number: 7692525
    Abstract: An improved choke assembly for a power electronics device is provided. More specifically, a choke assembly with improved protection from environmental conditions such as dirt and water is provided. An improved choke assembly may include a double layer of protection around an inductor coil of a choke that seals the inductor coil from the outside environment. Another embodiment may include a choke with a projection that seals the cabinet from the cooling channel while allowing the choke leads to pass into the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Halpin, Robert Allen Savatski, Paul Thomas Krause
  • POWER ELECTRONIC MODULE WITH AN IMPROVED CHOKE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20100079228
    Abstract: An improved choke assembly for a power electronics device is provided. More specifically, a choke assembly with improved protection from environmental conditions such as dirt and water is provided. An improved choke assembly may include a double layer of protection around an inductor coil of a choke that seals the inductor coil from the outside environment. Another embodiment may include a choke with a projection that seals the cabinet from the cooling channel while allowing the choke leads to pass into the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Halpin, Robert Allen Savatski, Paul Thomas Krause