Patents by Inventor Ross Schade

Ross Schade 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to diagnose a valve using electric valve actuators
    Patent number: 10533682
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to diagnose a valve using electric valve actuators are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electric motor to actuate a valve, rotation sensors to monitor a rotation of a drive shaft associated with the electric motor to determine a distance travelled by the drive shaft, and a valve position sensor to monitor a position of a flow control member of the valve. The example electric valve actuator further includes a processor to generate an alert based on feedback from the rotation sensors and the valve position sensor, the alert associated with a failure of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventors: Clyde T. Eisenbeis, Thomas Pesek, Ross Schade
  • Self-discharging reserve power units and related methods
    Patent number: 10008879
    Abstract: Self-discharging reserve power units and related methods are described. A self-discharging reserve power unit comprises an electrical energy storage component to provide power to a process control device. The electric energy storage component is coupled to an energy discharge component and a controller, which causes the discharge component to discharge energy from the electrical energy storage component following completion of an operation by the process control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Pesek, Ross Schade, Chris Poulsen
  • SELF-DISCHARGING RESERVE POWER UNITS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160172903
    Abstract: Self-discharging reserve power units and related methods are described. A self-discharging reserve power unit comprises an electrical energy storage component to provide power to a process control device. The electric energy storage component is coupled to an energy discharge component and a controller, which causes the discharge component to discharge energy from the electrical energy storage component following completion of an operation by the process control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas A. Pesek, Ross Schade, Chris Poulsen
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DIAGNOSE A VALVE USING ELECTRIC VALVE ACTUATORS
    Publication number: 20150149100
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to diagnose a valve using electric valve actuators are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electric motor to actuate a valve, rotation sensors to monitor a rotation of a drive shaft associated with the electric motor to determine a distance travelled by the drive shaft, and a valve position sensor to monitor a position of a flow control member of the valve. The example electric valve actuator further includes a processor to generate an alert based on feedback from the rotation sensors and the valve position sensor, the alert associated with a failure of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Clyde T. Eisenbeis, Thomas Pesek, Ross Schade