Patents by Inventor Robert Buda
Robert Buda 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: 11774209Abstract: The invention relates to a deflecting device for deflecting belt links of different ammunition, such as those used on vehicles for example. The deflecting device comprises at least one deflecting surface which is suitable for deflecting the belt links. The deflecting surface is arranged on an underlying surface which is designed to be soft and flexible. The deflecting device additionally comprises at least one securing element, and the deflecting device can thus be secured to a vehicle or a tower of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: RHEINMETALL LANDSYSTEME GMBHInventors: Nico Szydlowski, Robert Buda
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Patent number: 11592200Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a thermal model based on an adaptive filter bank for characterizing heat transfer of a volume of a thermal system. In one embodiment, the adaptive filter bank is used for diagnostics that provides information related to the condition of a thermal system. The diagnostics are based on an analysis of heat transfer characteristics of a dynamic representation of the thermal system. In accordance with the embodiments, thermal coefficients are generated based on an adaptive filter bank. One or more filters are applied to the thermal coefficients based on a sampling rate and one or more estimate thermal coefficient thresholds are generated based on the sampling rate. It is determined whether at least one of the thermal coefficients that is filtered satisfies at least one of the estimated thermal coefficient thresholds. Thereupon, alert information indicative of a diagnostic event is provided based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Larry A. Turner, Paul Robert Buda, Scott Robert Brown, Gary B. Pollard, David R. Glasgow
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Publication number: 20220299287Abstract: The invention relates to a deflecting device for deflecting belt links of different ammunition, such as those used on vehicles for example. The deflecting device comprises at least one deflecting surface which is suitable for deflecting the belt links. The deflecting surface is arranged on an underlying surface which is designed to be soft and flexible. The deflecting device additionally comprises at least one securing element, and the deflecting device can thus be secured to a vehicle or a tower of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Nico SZYDLOWSKI, Robert BUDA
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Patent number: 11156572Abstract: A processor-implemented method of controlling an HVAC system transforms a comfort map into a plurality of sequential constant-temperature segments that are used in generating a control temperature sequence that preserves occupant comfort while improving energy efficiency. The method balances user comfort, temperature trajectory execution complexity, operational HVAC trajectory realization, and energy efficiency. The system achieves this balance through utilization of comfort map metric data, analysis and control system execution. The system, comfort map metric data processing and analysis facilitates this balance by executing a control temperature sequence/temperature trajectories developed based on direct user comfort feedback data within the context of a comfort map and thermal equilibrium boundaries derived from the comfort map.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Paul Robert Buda, Larry A. Turner, Scott Robert Brown, Gary Brent Pollard, David R. Glasgow, Jason Pazis
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Patent number: 11156971Abstract: The INTERIOR COMFORT HVAC USER-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS transforms qualitative feedback received from a user/occupant into a “comfort map,” or modifications thereto, a comfort map being defined at least in part by one or more comfort event windows. The comfort map data is used to determine a temperature setpoint sequence that avoids regions of the map corresponding to known and/or predicted regions of user discomfort.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Paul Robert Buda, Larry A. Turner, Scott Robert Brown, Gary Brent Pollard, David R. Glasgow, Jason Pazis, Frank J. Verga
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Publication number: 20210025611Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a thermal model based on an adaptive filter bank for characterizing heat transfer of a volume of a thermal system. In one embodiment, the adaptive filter bank is used for diagnostics that provides information related to the condition of a thermal system. The diagnostics are based on an analysis of heat transfer characteristics of a dynamic representation of the thermal system. In accordance with the embodiments, thermal coefficients are generated based on an adaptive filter bank. One or more filters are applied to the thermal coefficients based on a sampling rate and one or more estimate thermal coefficient thresholds are generated based on the sampling rate. It is determined whether at least one of the thermal coefficients that is filtered satisfies at least one of the estimated thermal coefficient thresholds. Thereupon, alert information indicative of a diagnostic event is provided based on the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Larry A. Turner, Paul Robert Buda, Scott Robert Brown, Gary B. Pollard, David R. Glasgow
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Patent number: 10760349Abstract: A wired pipe system includes a wired pipe segment having a first end and a second end, a first coupler in the first end and a second coupler in the second end and a transmission line disposed in the wired pipe segment between the first and second ends. The transmission line includes a transmission cable that includes an inner conductor and an insulating material disposed about the inner conductor as well as a a wire channel surrounding the insulating material and the inner conductor for at least a portion of a length of the transmission cable. The wire channel and the insulating material are mated together by at least one mating feature.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: NEXTSTREAM WIRED PIPE, LLCInventors: Stephan Mueller, Volker Peters, Ingo Roders, Robert Buda, Rene Schulz, Henning Rahn
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Publication number: 20200241492Abstract: The INTERIOR COMFORT HVAC USER-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS transforms qualitative feedback received from a user/occupant into a “comfort map,” or modifications thereto, a comfort map being defined at least in part by one or more comfort event windows. The comfort map data is used to determine a temperature setpoint sequence that avoids regions of the map corresponding to known and/or predicted regions of user discomfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Inventors: Paul Robert BUDA, Larry A. TURNER, Scott Robert BROWN, Gary Brent POLLARD, David R. GLASGOW, Jason PAZIS, Frank J. VERGA
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Patent number: 10571876Abstract: The INTERIOR COMFORT HVAC USER-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS transforms qualitative feedback received from a user/occupant into a “comfort map,” or modifications thereto, a comfort map being defined at least in part by one or more comfort event windows. The comfort map data is used to determine a temperature setpoint sequence that avoids regions of the map corresponding to known and/or predicted regions of user discomfort.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Paul Robert Buda, Larry A. Turner, Scott Robert Brown, Gary Brent Pollard, David R. Glasgow, Jason Pazis, Frank J. Verga
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Patent number: 10571142Abstract: The INTERIOR USER-COMFORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY MODELING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES (“IUCEEMC”) transforms comfort maps and occupant comfort inputs via a profile library manager component, exploration manager component, comfort map manager component, regulation monitor component, control temperature sequence generator component, and comfort map modification component, into comfort map and control temperature sequence outputs. In some implementations, the IUCEEMC can divide a timespace of a temperature model into a plurality of sections, select a section from the plurality of sections, perform a first persistent change of the section from the plurality of sections, and, via a control temperature sequence generator, calculate a control temperature sequence using the temperature model. The IUCEEMC can develop and execute a temperature trajectory on an HVAC system, such as a home or industrial HVAC system.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Paul Robert Buda, Larry A. Turner, Scott Robert Brown, Gary Brent Pollard, David R. Glasgow, Jason Pazis
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Patent number: 10443322Abstract: A downhole tool in a wellbore may be at least partially enclosed by a protector. The protector may form a physical barrier between the downhole tool and a wellbore environment. The protector include a sheath formed of a pliant material or a textile and may include one or more hard inserts.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANYInventors: Stephan Bernard, Robert Buda
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Patent number: 10404007Abstract: A connector for use in connecting a communication element to a transmission line in a wired pipe segment includes a first female end adapted to surround and make electrical contact with a coupler connection that extends away from a communication element of the coupler; a second female end adapted to receive an inner conductor of a coaxial cable; and an inner connection element formed on an inner surface of the connector adapted to electrically connect the coupler connection and the inner conductor, the inner connection element formed such that it does not completely surround at least one of the inner conductor and the coupler connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: NextStream Wired Pipe, LLCInventors: Stephan Mueller, Rene Schulz, Robert Buda, Henning Rahn, Ingo Roders
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Patent number: 10352884Abstract: A system for comfort based management of thermal systems, including residential and commercial buildings with active cooling and/or heating, is described. The system can operate without commissioning information, and with minimal occupant interactions, and can learn heat transfer and thermal comfort characteristics of the thermal systems so as to control the temperature thereof while minimizing energy consumption and maintaining comfort.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Larry A. Turner, Paul Robert Buda, Scott Robert Brown, Gary Brent Pollard, David R. Glasgow
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Patent number: 10337259Abstract: An apparatus for locking a transmission line in a tubular includes a first clamp segment configured to surround at least a portion of the transmission line of the tubular, the transmission line having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus also includes a second clamp segment configured to surround at least a portion of the transmission line, the second clamp segment and the first clamp segment configured to apply radial forces in opposite radial directions when the first clamp segment is engaged with the second clamp segment, the opposite radial directions being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the radial forces operating together to maintain the transmission line in a fixed position relative to the tubular and maintain tension in the transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: NextStream Wired Pipe, LLCInventors: Detlev Benedict, Robert Buda, Stephan Mueller, Volker Peters, Henning Rahn, Rene Schulz
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Patent number: 10254726Abstract: The INTERIOR COMFORT HVAC USER-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS transforms qualitative feedback received from a user/occupant into a “comfort map,” or modifications thereto, a comfort map being defined at least in part by one or more comfort event windows. The comfort map data is used to determine a temperature setpoint sequence that avoids regions of the map corresponding to known and/or predicted regions of user discomfort.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: Paul Robert Buda, Larry A. Turner, Scott Robert Brown, Gary Brent Pollard, David R. Glasgow, Jason Pazis, Frank J. Verga
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Patent number: 10116036Abstract: A wired pipe segment includes a body extending from a box end to a pin end and a coupler located in one of the box and pin ends. The coupler includes a carrier having at least one electrical component disposed therein and one or more antennas supported by and spaced from the carrier and being electrically coupled to the carrier through at least one of the electrical components, the antennas being formed in the carrier in a same molding machine. The segment also includes a transmission line extending away from the coupler towards the other of the box and pin end and in communication with the one or more antennas.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Stephan Mueller, Robert Buda, Ingo Roders, Henning Rahn
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Publication number: 20180202238Abstract: A wired pipe system includes a wired pipe segment having a first end and a second end, a first coupler in the first end and a second coupler in the second end and a transmission line disposed in the wired pipe segment between the first and second ends. The transmission line includes a transmission cable that includes an inner conductor and an insulating material disposed about the inner conductor as well as a a wire channel surrounding the insulating material and the inner conductor for at least a portion of a length of the transmission cable. The wire channel and the insulating material are mated together by at least one mating feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLCInventors: Stephan Mueller, Volker Peters, Ingo Roders, Robert Buda, Rene Schulz, Henning Rahn
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Patent number: 9976404Abstract: A downhole tool includes a tool body having an inner surface portion and an outer surface portion. The outer surface portion includes a recess having a peripheral wall and an inner surface. A multi-chip module (MCM) housing is defined in the recess. The MCM housing includes one or more fortifying members that support axial and radial loading of the downhole tool and include one or more electronics receiving zones.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Stephan Mueller, Hans Robert Oppelaar, Robert Buda, Henning Rahn, Carsten Haubold, Ingo Roders, Detlev Benedict
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Publication number: 20180136621Abstract: The INTERIOR COMFORT HVAC USER-FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS transforms qualitative feedback received from a user/occupant into a “comfort map,” or modifications thereto, a comfort map being defined at least in part by one or more comfort event windows. The comfort map data is used to determine a temperature setpoint sequence that avoids regions of the map corresponding to known and/or predicted regions of user discomfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Inventors: Paul Robert BUDA, Larry A. TURNER, Scott Robert BROWN, Gary Brent POLLARD, David R. GLASGOW, Jason PAZIS, Frank J. VERGA
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Patent number: 9920617Abstract: A downhole tool includes a tool body having an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion and a recess formed in one of the outer surface portion and inner surface portion. At least one removable electronic component access member is detachably mounted to the tool body. The removable electronic component access member provides access to electronic components housed in the recess. A metallic seal is provided on at least one of the tool body and the removable electronic component access member. The metallic seal prevents fluid ingress into the recess through the at least one removable electronic component access member.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Stephan Mueller, Hans Robert Oppelaar, Henning Rahn, Carsten Haubold, Robert Buda, Ingo Roders, Detlev Benedict