Patents by Inventor Robert B. Fitzpatrick

Robert B. Fitzpatrick 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).

  • Techniques for wireless sensing using device including sensor train
    Patent number: 8159340
    Abstract: A remote wireless network includes a plurality of sensors/transmitters wherein each sensor is uniquely identifiable and lends its unique identity to the transmitter to which it is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: R3 Sensors, LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Peters, Robert B. Fitzpatrick
  • Method and System for Calculating and Reporting Slump in Delivery Vehicles
    Publication number: 20120008453
    Abstract: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications port 26 configured to communicate a slump calculation to a status system 28 commonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFI LLC
    Inventors: Roy Cooley, John I. Compton, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino, Jerold Brickler, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Mark E. Peters
  • Method and System for Calculating and Reporting Slump in Delivery Vehicles
    Publication number: 20120004790
    Abstract: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications port 26 configured to communicate a slump calculation to a status system 28 commonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: VERIFI LLC
    Inventors: Roy Cooley, John I. Compton, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino, Jerold Brickler, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Mark E. Peters
  • Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles
    Patent number: 8020431
    Abstract: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications port 26 configured to communicate a slump calculation to a status system 28 commonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Verifi, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Cooley, John I. Compton, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino, Jerold Brickler, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Mark E. Peters
  • REMOTE SENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110210863
    Abstract: A remote wireless network includes a plurality of sensors/transmitters wherein each sensor is uniquely identifiable and lends its unique identity to the transmitter to which it is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: R3 SENSORS, LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Peters, Robert B. Fitzpatrick
  • Remote sensing device that stores sensor type and measuring units thereof in memory
    Patent number: 7839280
    Abstract: A remote wireless network includes a plurality of sensors/transmitters wherein each sensor is uniquely identifiable and lends its unique identity to the transmitter to which it is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: R3 Sensors, LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Peters, Robert B. Fitzpatrick
  • Method and System for Calculating and Reporting Slump in Delivery Vehicles
    Publication number: 20080316856
    Abstract: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense a hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the drum, and a communications port 26 configured to communicate a slump calculation to a status system 28 commonly used in the concrete industry, wherein the sensing of the rotational speed of the mixing drum is used to qualify a calculation of current slump based on the hydraulic pressure required to turn the mixing drum. Temperature readings are further used to qualify or evaluate a load. Also, water purge connections facilitate cold weather operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: RS SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Roy Cooley, John I. Compton, Michael Topputo, Steve Verdino, Jerold Brickler, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Mark E. Peters
  • REMOTE SENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080272935
    Abstract: A remote wireless network includes a plurality of sensors/transmitters wherein each sensor is uniquely identifiable and lends its unique identity to the transmitter to which it is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: VenTek, LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Peters, Robert B. Fitzpatrick