Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Woodward
Ronald D. Woodward 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: 11941119Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to allow for the mitigation of ransomware. For example, the system can determine that an application begins to execute, determine that the application attempts to modify a file, determine a file type for the file, and create a security event if the application is not authorized to modify the file type. In another example, the system determines an entropy value between the file and the attempted modification of the file, and create a security event if the entropy value satisfies a threshold or determine a system entropy value that includes a rate at which other files on the system are being modified by the application, and create a security event if the system entropy value satisfies a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: McAfee, LLCInventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Cedric Cochin, Andrew Furtak, Adam James Carrivick, Yury Bulygin, John J. Loucaides, Oleksander Bazhaniuk, Christiaan Beek, Carl D. Woodward, Ronald Gallella, Gregory Michael Heitzmann, Joel R. Spurlock
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Patent number: 11161194Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed. The system includes a power supply, a wire feeder, and a controller. The wire feed speed is reduced when the input current exceeds a value to prevent tripping circuit breakers on the power line the welder is connected to. The speed reduction is based on an average current draw exceeding a threshold. The output voltage is reduced if the input current exceeds a second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Craig S. Knoener, Ronald D. Woodward, Alan A. Manthe, Jason A. Dunahoo
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Publication number: 20160361777Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed. The system includes a power supply, a wire feeder, and a controller. The wire feed speed is reduced when the input current exceeds a value to prevent tripping circuit breakers on the power line the welder is connected to. The speed reduction is based on an average current draw exceeding a threshold. The output voltage is reduced if the input current exceeds a second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Craig S. Knoener, Ronald D. Woodward, Alan A. Manthe, Jason A. Dunahoo
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Patent number: 9333585Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that includes a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and second wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first and second wheels are drivingly coupled together to output substantially equal tangential speeds in the wire feed region. In addition, the first wheel, or the second wheel, or both the first and second wheels comprise a drive wheel directly coupled to a gear without separately coupling both the drive wheel and the gear to a shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.Inventors: Jonathan R. Ertmer, Jeff Lenzner, Kenneth A. Stanzel, Ronald D. Woodward
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Publication number: 20150266126Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that includes a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and second wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first and second wheels are drivingly coupled together to output substantially equal tangential speeds in the wire feed region. In addition, the first wheel, or the second wheel, or both the first and second wheels comprise a drive wheel directly coupled to a gear without separately coupling both the drive wheel and the gear to a shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Jonathan R. Ertmer, Jeff Lenzner, Kenneth A. Stanzel, Ronald D. Woodward
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Patent number: 9050680Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that includes a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and second wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first and second wheels are drivingly coupled together to output substantially equal tangential speeds in the wire feed region. In addition, the first wheel, or the second wheel, or both the first and second wheels comprise a drive wheel directly coupled to a gear without separately coupling both the drive wheel and the gear to a shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Jonathan R. Ertmer, Jeff Lenzner, Kenneth A. Stanzel, Ronald D. Woodward
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Publication number: 20140034627Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that includes a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and second wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first and second wheels are drivingly coupled together to output substantially equal tangential speeds in the wire feed region. In addition, the first wheel, or the second wheel, or both the first and second wheels comprise a drive wheel directly coupled to a gear without separately coupling both the drive wheel and the gear to a shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Ertmer, Jeff Lenzner, Kenneth A. Stanzel, Ronald D. Woodward
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Patent number: 8575517Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first and wheels are drivingly coupled together to output substantially equal tangential in the wire feed region. In addition, the first wheel, or the second wheel, or first and second wheels comprise a drive wheel directly coupled to a gear separately coupling both the drive wheel and the gear to a shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Ertmer, Jeff Lenzner, Kenneth A. Stanzel, Ronald D. Woodward
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Publication number: 20080149602Abstract: A system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-torch power supply. The power supply has a first circuit configured to control output to a first electrical torch, and a second circuit configured to control output to a second electrical torch. The power supply also has a power source configured to supply power to the first and second circuits to enable both independent and simultaneous operation of the first and second electrical torches.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Jeff Lenzner, Ronald D. Woodward, Kenneth A. Stanzel
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Publication number: 20080035624Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is provided with a welding wire feeder that a first wheel having a first rotational direction, and a second wheel having a rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction. The first and wheels are disposed compressively about a wire feed region, and the first and wheels are drivingly coupled together to output substantially equal tangential in the wire feed region. In addition, the first wheel, or the second wheel, or first and second wheels comprise a drive wheel directly coupled to a gear separately coupling both the drive wheel and the gear to a shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2006Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Jonathan R. Ertmer, Jeff Lenzner, Kenneth A. Stanzel, Ronald D. Woodward