Patents by Inventor Russell K. Myers

Russell K. Myers 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).

  • Patent number: 11607078
    Abstract: A temperature display and/or control system is disclosed for a cooing apparatus, such as a grill, comprising a plurality of individual zones to provide individual zone temperatures. Each zone of the grill is associated with a temperature sensor, such as a thermocouple, and a visual indicator to indicate the zone temperature, such as control knob bearing a multi-color LED. A controller obtains a signal from the temperature sensor indicating a raw temperature and converts the raw temperature to an actual zone temperature based on a temperature profile selected for the zone. The temperature profile is configurable for each zone based on a configuration of the zone in order to maintain an accurate temperature conversion despite alterations to an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Channel Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Becker, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 10584875
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for controlling and managing one or more flame-producing devices, such as fire features, heating devices and/or cooking devices. Control of respective devices may be provided by a first communication component and a first controller component disposed locally on respective devices, in combination with one or more wireless remote control devices. Respective flame-producing devices may be communicatively coupled with a remote control device, allowing for commands to be sent wirelessly to the flame-producing device, and status information to be sent to the remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Channel Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Becker, Daniel J. Szubra, Russell K. Myers
  • Publication number: 20190246837
    Abstract: A temperature display and/or control system is disclosed for a cooing apparatus, such as a grill, comprising a plurality of individual zones to provide individual zone temperatures. Each zone of the grill is associated with a temperature sensor, such as a thermocouple, and a visual indicator to indicate the zone temperature, such as control knob bearing a multi-color LED. A controller obtains a signal from the temperature sensor indicating a raw temperature and converts the raw temperature to an actual zone temperature based on a temperature profile selected for the zone. The temperature profile is configurable for each zone based on a configuration of the zone in order to maintain an accurate temperature conversion despite alterations to an environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Channel Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Becker, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 9956638
    Abstract: An electric arc welder having an inverter with a waveform generator that generates a welding waveform with a waveform period and a root mean square (RMS) level for maintaining a stable short welding arc based on at least a cored welding electrode. The electric arc welder having a circuit to adjust a wave balance of the welding waveform to maintain the stable short welding arc, where the wave balance is a ratio between a period of a positive portion of the welding waveform and the waveform period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Badri K. Narayanan, Patrick T. Soltis, Elliott K. Stava, Russell K. Myers
  • Publication number: 20180058690
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for controlling and managing one or more flame-producing devices, such as fire features, heating devices and/or cooking devices. Control of respective devices may be provided by a first communication component and a first controller component disposed locally on respective devices, in combination with one or more wireless remote control devices. Respective flame-producing devices may be communicatively coupled with a remote control device, allowing for commands to be sent wirelessly to the flame-producing device, and status information to be sent to the remote control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: James S. Becker, Daniel J. Szubra, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 9579742
    Abstract: An electric arc welder for depositing weld metal along a groove between two edges of a metal workpiece. The welder comprises: a leading electrode driven toward a point in the groove by a first wire feeder operated at a first speed by a first motor with a speed control input and a tachometer derived first feedback signal, a trailing electrode driven toward the same point by a second wire feeder operated at a second speed by a second motor with a speed control input and a tachometer derived second feedback signal, a first power source directing a first current to flow through the leading electrode and a second power source causing a second current to flow through the trailing electrode with the current flow being in a series arc circuit. The second power source being grounded to the workpiece to modify the series arc current so ground current flows to the workpiece whereby the second current is generally equal to the first current minus the ground current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. O'Donnell, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 9006609
    Abstract: An electric arc welder for creating a welding process in the form of a succession of AC waveforms between a particular type of cored electrode, with a sheath and core, and a workpiece by a power source comprising a high frequency switching device for creating the individual waveforms in the succession of waveforms, each waveform having a profile is formed by the magnitude of each of a large number of short current pulses generated at a frequency of at least 18 kHz where the profile is determined by the input signal to a wave shaper controlling the short current pulses; a circuit to create a profile signal indicative of the particular type of electrode; and a select circuit to select the input signal based upon the profile signal whereby the wave shaper causes the power source to create a specific waveform profile for the particular type of cored electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Elliott K. Stava, Russell K. Myers, Badri K. Narayanan, Patrick T. Soltis
  • Publication number: 20140346159
    Abstract: A method of arc welding with a cored electrode comprising creating a positive waveform with a first shape and having a first time; creating a negative waveform with a second shape and having a second time; making one of the first and second shapes greater in magnitude than the other of the shapes; and, adjusting the percentage relationship of the first and second times so the time of the shape with the greater magnitude is substantially less than the time of the other shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Badri K. NARAYANAN, Patrick T. Soltis, Elliott K. Stava, Russell K. Myers
  • Publication number: 20140209590
    Abstract: A welding system and cored welding electrode composition is disclosed for performing a short arc welding process between an advancing wire electrode and a workpiece. The system comprises a power source with a controller for creating a current pulse introducing energy into the electrode to melt the end of the electrode and a low current quiescent metal transfer section following the end of the melting pulse during which the melted electrode short circuits against the workpiece; a timer to measure the actual time between the end of the pulse and the short circuit; a device for setting a desired time from the pulse to the short circuit; a circuit to create a corrective signal based upon the difference between the actual time and the desired time; and, a circuit responsive to the corrective signal to control a given parameter of the current pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Badri K. Narayanan, Russell K. Myers, Patrick T. Soltis
  • Patent number: 8759715
    Abstract: A method of arc welding with a cored electrode comprising creating a positive waveform with a first shape and having a first time; creating a negative waveform with a second shape and having a second time; making one of the first and second shapes greater in magnitude than the other of the shapes; and, adjusting the percentage relationship of the first and second times so the time of the shape with the greater magnitude is substantially less than the time of the other shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Badri K. Narayanan, Patrick T. Soltis, Elliott K. Stava, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 8704135
    Abstract: A welding system is disclosed for performing a short arc welding process between an advancing wire electrode and a workpiece. The system comprises a power source with a controller for creating a current pulse introducing energy into the electrode to melt the end of the electrode and a low current quiescent metal transfer section following the end of the melting pulse during which the melted electrode short circuits against the workpiece; a timer to measure the actual time between the end of the pulse and the short circuit; a device for setting a desired time from the pulse to the short circuit; a circuit to create a corrective signal based upon the difference between the actual time and the desired time; and, a circuit responsive to the corrective signal to control a given parameter of the current pulse. Also disclosed is a strategy for arc welding utilizing a cored electrode that produces welds with low levels of contaminants and which are strong, tough, and durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Badri K. Narayanan, Russell K. Myers, Patrick T. Soltis
  • Patent number: 8519302
    Abstract: An electric arc welder for depositing weld metal along a groove between two edges of a metal workpiece where the welder comprises a first electrode driven by a first wire feeder toward a point in said groove, a second electrode driven by a second wire feeder toward the point and a main power source with a first output terminal connected to the first electrode and a second output terminal connected both to the second electrode and directly or indirectly to the metal workpiece to create a second electrode path and a workpiece path. The power source includes a high speed switching output stage for creating current with a selected AC waveform between the first and second output terminals where the waveform of the main power source is generated by a waveform generator controlling a pulse width modulator circuit to determine the current operation of the output stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell K. Myers, Timothy M. O'Donnell, Alonzo P. O. Yost
  • Patent number: 7842903
    Abstract: A welding system for performing a short arc welding process between a advancing wire electrode and a workpiece. The system comprises a power source with a controller for creating a current pulse introducing energy into the electrode to melt the end of the electrode and a low current quiescent metal transfer section following the end of the melting pulse during which the melted electrode short circuits against the workpiece; a timer to measure the actual time between the end of the pulse and the short circuit; a device for setting a desired time from the pulse to the short circuit; a circuit to create a corrective signal based upon the difference between the actual time and the desired time; and, a circuit responsive to the corrective signal to control a given parameter of the current pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 7573002
    Abstract: Electric arc welder (10) performs a given weld process with selected current waveform performed between electrode (24) and workpiece (26). Welder (10) includes a controller with a digital processor (30), sensor (44) for reading instantaneous weld current, and circuit (56) to convert the instantaneous current into a digital representation of the level of instantaneous weld current. Digital processor (30) has program circuit (64, 66) to periodically read and square the digital representation at a given rate, register (70, 72) for summing a number N of square digital representations to give a summed value, and an algorithm (82, 84, 86, 88) for periodically dividing the summed value by the number N to provide a quotient and then taking the square root of said quotient to thereby digitally construct rms signal (40) representing the root mean square of the weld current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell K. Myers, William S. Houston, Timothy M. O'Donnell, Robert Hasan
  • Patent number: 7411156
    Abstract: An electric arc welding system for creating a first AC welding arc with a first current waveform between a first electrode and a workpiece by a first power supply and a second AC welding arc with a second current waveform between a second electrode and a workpiece by a second power supply as the first and second electrodes are moved in unison along a welding path, where the first and second power supply each comprising a high speed switching inverter creating its waveform by a number of current pulses occurring at a frequency of at least 18 kHz with the magnitude of each current pulse controlled by a wave shaper and the polarity of the waveforms is controlled by a signal. The first AC waveform has a positive portion substantially different in energy than its negative portion and/or has either a different shape and/or a synthesized sinusoidal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell K. Myers, William S. Houston
  • Patent number: 7282668
    Abstract: An electric arc welding system and method for creating a first AC welding arc with a first current waveform between a first electrode and a workpiece by a first power supply and a second AC welding arc with a second current waveform between a second electrode and a workpiece by a second power supply as the first and second electrodes are moved in unison along a welding path where the first and second power supply each comprising an high speed switching inverter creating its waveform by a number of current pulses occurring at a frequency of at least 18 kHz with the magnitude of each current pulse controlled by a wave shaper and the polarity of the waveforms controlled by a signal. The first and second AC waveforms each have a positive portion and a negative portion and a cycle period of about 10-20 ms and timing circuits for determining the push and pull times between the arcs and a waveform adjusting circuit to limit the push and pull times to less than about 5.0 ms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Houston, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 7271365
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for pulse welding, in which a welding signal is provided to an electrode in series of pulse welding cycles, where the amount of energy applied to the electrode in each cycle is determined and a pulse is provided to initiate a transfer condition of each cycle based at least partially on the energy applied in the cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Elliott K. Stava, Russell K. Myers
  • Patent number: 7217904
    Abstract: An operating system is provided for an electric arc welder including a high switching speed inverter power source for creating an arc voltage and arc current between an electrode and a workpiece. This operating system regulating the arc voltage to provide a voltage with a slope by using an error circuit to create an error output and having a first input with a signal representing the set voltage and a second input representing the sum of the actual arc voltage and the actual arc current multiplied by a slope constant. A DSP program reduces the error output by adjusting the voltage output of the inverter power source to change the actual arc voltage. The slope constant is in the range of 0–10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: George D. Blankenship, Russell K. Myers, Timothy M. O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 7166817
    Abstract: An electric arc welder for creating a welding process in the form of a succession of AC waveforms between a particular type of cored electrode, with a sheath and core, and a workpiece by a power source comprising an high frequency switching device for creating the individual waveforms in said succession of waveforms, each waveform having a profile is formed by the magnitude of each of a large number of short current pulses generated at a frequency of at least 18 kHz where said profile is determined by the input signal to a wave shaper controlling said short current pulses; a circuit to create a profile signal indicative of said particular type of electrode; and a select circuit to select said input signal based upon said profile signal whereby said wave shaper causes said power source to crate a specific waveform profile for said particular type of cored electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Elliott K. Stava, Russell K. Myers, Badri K. Narayanan, Patrick T. Soltis
  • Patent number: 7148449
    Abstract: An electric arc welding system for creating a first AC welding arc with a first current waveform between a first electrode and a workpiece by a first power supply and a second AC welding arc with a second current waveform between a second electrode and a workpiece by a second power supply as the first and second electrodes are moved in unison along a welding path, where the first and second power supply each comprising a high speed switching inverter creating its waveform by a number of current pulses occurring at a frequency of at least 18 kHz with the magnitude of each current pulse controlled by a wave shaper and the polarity of the waveforms is controlled by a signal. The first AC waveform has a positive portion substantially different in energy than its negative portion and/or has either a different shape and/or a synthesized sinusoidal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell K. Myers, William S. Houston