Patents by Inventor Philip E. Spillane
Philip E. Spillane 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: 11329404Abstract: A post insulator, a post insulator keeper, and a method of securing a conductor on a post insulator are provided. A post insulator includes: an electrically insulative case including an abutment surface defining a recess; and a keeper rotatably coupled to the case between an open position in which a conductor is receivable into the recess, and a closed position to maintain the conductor in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: LINDSEY MANUFACTURING CO.Inventors: Keith E. Lindsey, Paul Lara, Philip E. Spillane
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Publication number: 20190229442Abstract: A post insulator, a post insulator keeper, and a method of securing a conductor on a post insulator are provided. A post insulator includes: an electrically insulative case including an abutment surface defining a recess; and a keeper rotatably coupled to the case between an open position in which a conductor is receivable into the recess, and a closed position to maintain the conductor in the recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Keith E. LINDSEY, Paul LARA, Philip E. SPILLANE
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Patent number: 10031889Abstract: A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic or laser sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Lindsey Manufacturing Co.Inventors: Philip E. Spillane, Alireza Malek
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Publication number: 20180031611Abstract: A dynamic real time transmission line monitor, a dynamic real time transmission line monitoring system, and a method of dynamic real time transmission line monitoring. A dynamic real time transmission line monitor includes a housing installable on a transmission line, the housing including a base portion, and a cover portion coupled to the base portion and defining a cavity of the housing together with the base portion; a sensor configured to sense in real time at least one of a temperature, a position, a current, an acceleration, a vibration, a tilt, a roll, or a distance to a nearest object; and an antenna in the cavity of the housing and configured to transmit a signal including information sensed by the sensor away from the monitor in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Keith E. LINDSEY, Philip E. SPILLANE, An-Chyun WANG
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Patent number: 9784766Abstract: A dynamic real time transmission line monitor, a dynamic real time transmission line monitoring system, and a method of dynamic real time transmission line monitoring. A dynamic real time transmission line monitor includes a housing installable on a transmission line, the housing including a base portion, and a cover portion coupled to the base portion and defining a cavity of the housing together with the base portion; a sensor configured to sense in real time at least one of a temperature, a position, a current, an acceleration, a vibration, a tilt, a roll, or a distance to a nearest object; and an antenna in the cavity of the housing and configured to transmit a signal including information sensed by the sensor away from the monitor in real time.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: LINDSEY MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Keith E. Lindsey, Philip E. Spillane, An-Chyun Wang
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Publication number: 20140266237Abstract: A dynamic real time transmission line monitor, a dynamic real time transmission line monitoring system, and a method of dynamic real time transmission line monitoring. A dynamic real time transmission line monitor includes a housing installable on a transmission line, the housing including a base portion, and a cover portion coupled to the base portion and defining a cavity of the housing together with the base portion; a sensor configured to sense in real time at least one of a temperature, a position, a current, an acceleration, a vibration, a tilt, a roll, or a distance to a nearest object; and an antenna in the cavity of the housing and configured to transmit a signal including information sensed by the sensor away from the monitor in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: LINDSEY MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Keith E. LINDSEY, Philip E. SPILLANE, An-Chyun WANG
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Patent number: 8738318Abstract: A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Lindsey Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Philip E. Spillane
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Publication number: 20130191066Abstract: A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic or laser sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: LINDSEY MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventors: Philip E. Spillane, Alireza Malek
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Publication number: 20120029871Abstract: A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventor: Philip E. Spillane
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Patent number: 5420512Abstract: A cable testing system includes a far end unit for alternately connecting the wire ends at the remote end of a cable with either a resistive load including a plurality of resistors connected with the wires, respectively, or a source of a-c signals of different frequencies supplied to the lines, respectively. A near end unit connected with the ends of the wires at the adjacent end of the cable is operable during the resistive mode of operation of the far end unit to measure open-circuit and short-circuit conditions of the wires. During the frequency signal mode of operation, crossover between wires is mapped by the use of a differential amplifier, a full-wave rectifier an a slope detector circuit, to provide pulse width, cycle length and slope data for identifying the various wires.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1991Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: Paladin CorporationInventors: Philip E. Spillane, William D. Burch, Steven B. Sala