Patents by Inventor Scott Alan Horning

Scott Alan Horning 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).

  • Internet enabled appliance command structure
    Patent number: 6826267
    Abstract: Appliances (102, 102, 106 and 108) are controlled by providing a source (2016, 112) of command fields (CMD, FIG. 2) that include a context subfield (Community, FIG. 4) defining operating modes and a command subfield (Command, FIG. 4) defining operations to be performed within the context subfield. A network (119) transmits the command fields between the source and the appliance. A controller (112, 116) processes the command fields so that an operation defined by one of the command subfields is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, John Steven Holmes, William Hull Bicknell, Scott Alan Horning, Tanveer Iqbal, John Kenneth Hooker, Robert Marten Bultman, Ziqiang Hu, Scott Charles Evans, John Erik Hershey
  • Internet enabled appliance command structure
    Publication number: 20030109938
    Abstract: Appliances (102, 102, 106 and 108) are controlled by providing a source (2016, 112) of command fields (CMD, FIG. 2) that include a context subfield (Community, FIG. 4) defining operating modes and a command subfield (Command, FIG. 4) defining operations to be performed within the context subfield. A network (119) transmits the command fields between the source and the appliance. A controller (112, 116) processes the command fields so that an operation defined by one of the command subfields is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, John Steven Holmes, William Hull Bicknell, Scott Alan Horning, Tanveer Iqbal, John Kenneth Hooker, Robert Marten Bultman, Ziqiang Hu, Scott Charles Evans, John Erik Hershey
  • Method for monitoring the position of a switched reluctance motor
    Patent number: 6137257
    Abstract: A method for monitoring motor position in a multiple phase switched reluctance motor having phase windings which are energized by a controller involves producing a signal indicative of a current delivered to an active phase winding and producing a signal indicative of a voltage across the active phase winding. A flux linkage associated with the active phase winding is then established based at least in part upon the current indicative signal and the voltage indicative signal. A position of the motor is then estimated based at least in part upon the current indicative signal and the established flux linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Paul Heber, Scott Alan Horning, Andrew Karl Zup