Patents by Inventor Scott D. Bowles

Scott D. Bowles 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).

  • Electrical distribution system and method of monitoring and/or controlling same
    Patent number: 6535797
    Abstract: An electrical distribution system includes a communications network; a transmission circuit; a plurality of distribution feeder circuits; at least one monitoring device; and a plurality of substations. Each monitoring device is associated with an operating parameter of the transmission circuit or one of the distribution feeder circuits. Each of the substations is electrically connected between the transmission circuit and at least one of the distribution feeder circuits. Each substation includes at least one controllable device and a control unit. The control unit at each substation includes a communications device and a processing circuit. The communications device is independently coupled with the communications network for providing data to and receiving data from the communications network. The processing circuit is coupled with the communications device and at least one monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Spectrum Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Scott D. Bowles, Craig W. Trowbridge, David L. Bowles