Patents by Inventor Srinivasan Jeganathan

Srinivasan Jeganathan 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).

  • Electronic trip units with limited read/write access
    Patent number: 8171543
    Abstract: A method of limiting read/write access of information stored on an electronic trip unit is disclosed. The method includes requesting a valid password on one of a communication port of the electronic trip unit and a display device of the electronic trip unit, receiving a password at a processor of the electronic trip unit in response to the request, determining if the received password is valid based on password information stored on a memory of the electronic trip unit, and limiting read/write access of information stored on the electronic trip unit based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srinivasan Jeganathan, Arun Kumar Singh
  • DEVICE AND METHOD TO MONITOR ELECTRICAL CONTACT STATUS
    Publication number: 20110062960
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a status of an electrical contact pair in an electromagnetic switch by triggering an armature movement at a substantially consistent electrical phase angle, determining a magnetic lag angle between the electromagnetic switch closing and the electrical contact pair change of state, and generating a contact status using the magnetic lag angle is provided
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Lenin Prakash, John Dougherty, Srinivasan Jeganathan, Sirosh Sivasankaran, G. Kalyana Sundaram
  • Control of an actuator-sensor-interface compatible device using a remote intelligence device
    Patent number: 7802037
    Abstract: A communication network that includes a master device, an actuator-sensor-interface (AS-I) communication bus, a device configured to be monitored and controlled, and a slave device in communication with the master device via the AS-I communication bus. The device that is configured to be monitored and controlled, is operatively connectable to the slave device, and the slave device is configured to receive commands from the master device via the AS-I communication bus, and to execute the commands to control the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srinivasan Jeganathan, Ganapathy Kalyana Sundaram, Nanda Kishore Pamidi, Sirosh Sivasankaran
  • CONTROL OF AN ACTUATOR-SENSOR-INTERFACE COMPATIBLE DEVICE USING A REMOTE INTELLIGENCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100115166
    Abstract: A communication network that includes a master device, an actuator-sensor-interface (AS-I) communication bus, a device configured to be monitored and controlled, and a slave device in communication with the master device via the AS-I communication bus. The device that is configured to be monitored and controlled, is operatively connectable to the slave device, and the slave device is configured to receive commands from the master device via the AS-I communication bus, and to execute the commands to control the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Srinivasan Jeganathan, Ganapathy Kalyana Sundaram, Nanda Kishore Pamidi, Sirosh Sivasankaran
  • ELECTRONIC TRIP UNITS WITH LIMITED READ/WRITE ACCESS
    Publication number: 20090064319
    Abstract: A method of limiting read/write access of information stored on an electronic trip unit is disclosed. The method includes requesting a valid password on one of a communication port of the electronic trip unit and a display device of the electronic trip unit, receiving a password at a processor of the electronic trip unit in response to the request, determining if the received password is valid based on password information stored on a memory of the electronic trip unit, and limiting read/write access of information stored on the electronic trip unit based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Srinivasan Jeganathan, Arun Kumar Singh