Patents by Inventor Robert A. Allan

Robert A. Allan 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).

  • BUCKET ASSEMBLIES FOR MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS AND RELATED MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS
    Publication number: 20160360626
    Abstract: Motor control centers have units or bucket assemblies with a front panel configured to pivot about a long axis associated with a bottom long side thereof and slide radially with respect to the shaft, away from the shaft in an open position to thereby position the front panel a distance away from the shaft to be able to fully open to at least ninety degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Daniel Boyd Kroushl, Robert Allan Morris
  • Apparatus and method for use in providing dynamic bit rate encoding
    Patent number: 9497513
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for use in for use in dynamically adjusting an encoder bit rate according to a determined available bandwidth for wirelessly communicating source data. A method detects a first available bandwidth, determines a first encoder bit rate according to the available bandwidth, encodes a signal at the first encoder bit rate, detects a change in the available bandwidth such that there is a second available bandwidth, determines a second encoder bit rate according to the second available bandwidth, and encodes the signal at the second encoder bit rate. Encoding the signal at the second encoder bit rate can include encoding a subsequent frame of the signal. The method can further wirelessly communicate the signal encoded at the first encoder bit rate in real-time and wirelessly communicate the signal encoded at the second encoder bit rate in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Allan Unger
  • Disconnect operating handles suitable for circuit breakers and related bucket assemblies and handle interlocks
    Patent number: 9496101
    Abstract: Disconnect operating handles for circuit breakers are configured with a rotary handle attached to an inwardly oriented shaft that connects to a gear assembly that translates rotational input to linear input. The disconnect operating handles include pivoting lockout levers that can automatically “pop” out to expose the lockout space for a padlock when a user touches the lever in an appropriate location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • COMPACT DUAL FEEDERS FOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND RELATED BUCKETS AND MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS (MCCs)
    Publication number: 20160322791
    Abstract: Dual starters and/or feeders are positioned in a unit housing to be offset from one another in a front to back direction to provide a compact configuration for a MCC cabinet. The dual starters or feeders can communicate with a respective external handle attached to an inwardly oriented shaft. The handles can be rotary handles that connect to a respective gear assembly that transforms rotational input to linear input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • Disconnect operating handles suitable for circuit breakers and related bucket assemblies
    Patent number: 9484163
    Abstract: Disconnect operating handles for circuit breakers are configured with a rotary handle attached to an inwardly oriented shaft that connects to a gear assembly that translates rotational input to linear input. The disconnect operating handles include pivoting lockout levers that automatically “pop” out to expose the lockout space for a padlock when a user touches the lever in an appropriate location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • System and method for administering pluggable user interactive system applications
    Patent number: 9471293
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that allow for multiple pluggable user interactive system (UIS) applications to be added or removed from a UIS system while maintaining controlled access by users to each currently available application. Users can access the system using multimedia connections, such as voice, text, video, web, etc., and users have access to certain subsets of the available applications depending on their identity. In addition, users can define their own preferences, which places restrictions on which applications they can access from which media. In operation, the system provides the access restrictions and navigation for the applications outside of the application structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Intervoice Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Joseph Carter, Robert Allan
  • Compact plug and socket unit isolator systems for motor control centers (MCC) and related MCC cabinets
    Patent number: 9460881
    Abstract: Circuit breakers with cooperating plug and socket assemblies which are configured as separate spaced apart components, with plugs and sockets held spaced apart from the circuit breaker body, typically above the top of the circuit breaker body. The plug assembly can have a short compact profile and can include pairs of plugs held by an insulated support with a compact spacing between adjacent pairs and upper and lower plugs of each plug pair. The plug assembly can be attached to a racking frame to allow the plug assembly to be retracted during a rack-out action of the unit from a motor control center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Allan Morris
  • Telescoping panels suitable for motor control center units and related motor control centers
    Patent number: 9451718
    Abstract: Motor control centers have units or bucket assemblies with a front panel configured to pivot about a long axis associated with a bottom long side thereof and slide radially with respect to the shaft, away from the shaft in an open position to thereby position the front panel a distance away from the shaft to be able to fully open to at least ninety degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Daniel Boyd Kroushl, Robert Allan Morris
  • Projection and camera system with repositionable support structure
    Patent number: 9429833
    Abstract: A device includes a projection and camera system to create an augmented reality environment in which images are projected onto a scene and user movement within the scene is captured. In one implementation, the projection and camera system are mounted in a movable housing or head that is supported by a repositionable support structure. The housing can be moved to a desired position and then locked into a stationary and stable position for creation of the augmented realty environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juli Anna Maria Satoh, Robert Allan Yuan, Navid Poulad, Kebin Sylvia Wu, Jijie Xu, Colter Earl Cederlof
  • Independent power collapse methodology
    Publication number: 20160239060
    Abstract: The feature size of semiconductor devices continues to decrease in each new generation. Smaller channel lengths lead to increased leakage currents. To reduce leakage current, some power domains within a device may be powered off (e.g., power collapsed) during periods of inactivity. However, when power is returned to the collapsed domains, circuitry in other power domains may experience significant processing overhead associated with reconfiguring communication channels to the newly powered domains. Provided in the present disclosure are exemplary techniques for isolating power domains to promote flexible power collapse while better managing the processing overhead associated with reestablishing data connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Edward Koob, Xufeng Chen, Robert Allan Lester, Manojkumar Pyla, Peixin Zhong
  • Lattice tower covering for a wind turbine
    Patent number: 9394715
    Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to a lattice tower covering and/or assembly for a wind turbine. The lattice tower assembly includes a plurality of structural members connected together to define an open lattice tower. The structural members include a plurality of supports and a plurality of inner and outer cross-support members. The inner and outer cross-support members are connected between the supports so as to define one or more openings. The lattice tower assembly also includes a tower covering having one or more panel elements retained in position between the supports. Further, the panel elements are configured with an exterior side of the outer cross-support members so as to cover at least a portion of one or more of the openings. In addition, the lattice tower covering includes a surface area defined by the plurality of supports and the one or more panel elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Biao Fang, Robert Allan Phelps, David Drue Oliphant, William Clark Weber
  • Motor control center units including auxiliary power interlock circuits and methods of operating same
    Patent number: 9338904
    Abstract: A motor control center (MCC) unit for installation in a compartment of an MCC includes a frame, a bus contact assembly supported by the frame and comprising at least one moveable bus contact configured to releasably engage at least one power bus of the MCC, an auxiliary power input supported by the frame and configured to be connected to an external power source, and a control circuit supported by the frame. The MCC unit further includes an interlock circuit configured to selectively couple the control circuit to the at least one bus contact and the auxiliary power input responsive to positioning of the at least one bus contact. The interlock circuit may be configured to prevent power flow between the control circuit and the auxiliary power input when the at least one bus contact is engaged with the power bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James Allen Stoner, Mark Francis Yerse, Robert Allan Morris
  • Compact dual feeders for circuit breakers and related buckets and motor control centers (MCCs)
    Patent number: 9337629
    Abstract: Dual starters and/or feeders are positioned in a unit housing to be offset from one another in a front to back direction to provide a compact configuration for a MCC cabinet. The dual starters or feeders can communicate with a respective external handle attached to an inwardly oriented shaft. The handles can be rotary handles that connect to a respective gear assembly that transforms rotational input to linear input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • HANDHELD VACUUM CLEANER AND DOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING TO A CENTRAL VACUUM SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160106284
    Abstract: A hand held vacuum cleaner unit and docking assembly for a central vacuum system is shown. The hand held vacuum cleaner has a handle, a suction nozzle, a trigger switch to turn on a battery powered suction motor and an outlet port. The docking assembly fits into a central vacuum cleaner mounting plate, and provides a cradle to store the hand held vacuum cleaner. Recharging contacts, a latch mechanism, seals and an intake port are provided on the docking assembly. When the hand held unit is in the docking assembly it may be electrically charged, and emptied of dirt and debris by activation of the central vacuum system. The docking assembly also includes an access port for a conventional central vacuum hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: CANPLAS INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: James Mantyla, Scott Baldwin, Lawrence William Stagg, Robert Allan Cooke
  • High frame rate interleaved imagers
    Patent number: 9277137
    Abstract: Two or more imagers having associated frame rates are each configured with a global shutter having an exposure interval less than a frame interval. The exposure interval for a first imager is offset from the exposure interval of a second imager such that the first imager is exposed while the second imager is not exposed. When interleaved, an effective frame rate exceeds the individual frame rates provided by the individual imagers. This interleaved imaging system may be used to recover, at high frame rates, images that are projected from spatial light modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher David Coley, William Thomas Weatherford, Robert Allan Yuan, Eric Gifford Marason
  • Handheld vacuum cleaner and docking assembly for connecting to a central vacuum system
    Patent number: 9271618
    Abstract: A hand held vacuum cleaner unit and docking assembly for a central vacuum system is shown. The hand held vacuum cleaner has a handle, a suction nozzle, a trigger switch to turn on a battery powered suction motor and an outlet port. The docking assembly fits into a central vacuum cleaner mounting plate, and provides a cradle to store the hand held vacuum cleaner. Recharging contacts, a latch mechanism, seals and an intake port are provided on the docking assembly. When the hand held unit is in the docking assembly it may be electrically charged, and emptied of dirt and debris by activation of the central vacuum system. The docking assembly also includes an access port for a conventional central vacuum hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: CANPLAS INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: James Mantyla, Scott Baldwin, Lawrence William Stagg, Robert Allan Cooke
  • Switch handle for circuit breakers
    Patent number: D750577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • Switch handle for circuit breakers
    Patent number: D751516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • Switch handle for circuit breakers
    Patent number: D762593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl
  • Switch handle for circuit breakers
    Patent number: D765045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen William Oneufer, Edgar Yee, Robert Allan Morris, Daniel Boyd Kroushl