Patents by Inventor Peter Roy Payne

Peter Roy Payne 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).

  • ZERO CROSSING CONTACTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING
    Publication number: 20230290597
    Abstract: A contactor apparatus and method for operating the contactor apparatus can include a contactor assembly with a contactor coil operably coupled to a contactor switch. One or more sensors can be provided in the contactor assembly adapted to measure one or more aspects of the contactor assembly. Based upon the measured aspects, a controller can initiate operation of the contactor switch to effectively toggle the contactor switch at a zero-crossing point along an alternating current waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock
  • Zero crossing contactor and method of operating
    Patent number: 11664180
    Abstract: A contactor apparatus and method for operating the contactor apparatus can include a contactor assembly with a contactor coil operably coupled to a contactor switch. One or more sensors can be provided in the contactor assembly adapted to measure one or more aspects of the contactor assembly. Based upon the measured aspects, a controller can initiate operation of the contactor switch to effectively toggle the contactor switch at a zero-crossing point along an alternating current waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock
  • Contactor assembly and method of operating
    Patent number: 11302501
    Abstract: A contactor assembly and method for operating the contactor assembly can include a first conductor having a first set of axially extending protrusions and a second conductor having a second set of axially extending protrusions interdigitally arranged with the first set of protrusion. At least a subset of the first set of extending protrusions and at least a subset of the second set of protrusions can be conductively connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock
  • ZERO CROSSING CONTACTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING
    Publication number: 20220044895
    Abstract: A contactor apparatus and method for operating the contactor apparatus can include a contactor assembly with a contactor coil operably coupled to a contactor switch. One or more sensors can be provided in the contactor assembly adapted to measure one or more aspects of the contactor assembly. Based upon the measured aspects, a controller can initiate operation of the contactor switch to effectively toggle the contactor switch at a zero-crossing point along an alternating current waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock
  • Zero crossing contactor and method of operating
    Patent number: 11189449
    Abstract: A contactor apparatus and method for operating the contactor apparatus can include a contactor assembly with a contactor coil operably coupled to a contactor switch. One or more sensors can be provided in the contactor assembly adapted to measure one or more aspects of the contactor assembly. Based upon the measured aspects, a controller can initiate operation of the contactor switch to effectively toggle the contactor switch at a zero-crossing point along an alternating current waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock
  • CONTACTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING
    Publication number: 20190385805
    Abstract: A contactor assembly and method for operating the contactor assembly can include a first conductor having a first set of axially extending protrusions and a second conductor having a second set of axially extending protrusions interdigitally arranged with the first set of protrusion. At least a subset of the first set of extending protrusions and at least a subset of the second set of protrusions can be conductively connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock
  • ZERO CROSSING CONTACTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING
    Publication number: 20190333727
    Abstract: A contactor apparatus and method for operating the contactor apparatus can include a contactor assembly with a contactor coil operably coupled to a contactor switch. One or more sensors can be provided in the contactor assembly adapted to measure one or more aspects of the contactor assembly. Based upon the measured aspects, a controller can initiate operation of the contactor switch to effectively toggle the contactor switch at a zero-crossing point along an alternating current waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Roy Payne, John Houghton, Robert Henry Keith Miles Bullock