Patents by Inventor Stephen Schumacher
Stephen Schumacher 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).
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Patent number: 11975592Abstract: An interface system for connecting a vehicle and a transport climate control system (TCCS) is disclosed. The interface system includes a two-way communication interface that connects a vehicle electrical system (VES) controller and a TCCS controller. The interface system also includes a power interface that connects a vehicle energy source of the VES to the TCCS and a TCCS energy source of the TCCS to the VES. The two-way communication interface is configured to distribute a TCCS status from the TCCS controller to the VES controller, and is configured to distribute a VES status from the VES controller to the TCCS controller. The power interface is configured to distribute power from the vehicle energy source to the TCCS when a VES instruction is received, and distribute power from the TCCS energy source to the VES when a TCCS instruction is received.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Thermo King LLCInventors: Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Mark D. Leasure, Nicholas Allan Cregan, Michael James Vanous, Matthew Srnec, Wallace Stephen Hubbard
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Patent number: 11952073Abstract: A performance instrument for a vehicle wherein an electronic device receives one or more operational quantities from internal sensors and/or external sensors and represents the one or more operational quantities as an analog clock face so that each clock hand is a function of one of the one or more operational quantities. The analog clock face representation provides at-a-glance apparency of the operational quantities for a user of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: RideZeit LLCInventors: Mark Stephen Schumacher, Michael Peter Schumacher, Jane Mitchel Schumacher
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Publication number: 20220073167Abstract: A performance instrument for a vehicle wherein an electronic device receives one or more operational quantities from internal sensors and/or external sensors and represents the one or more operational quantities as an analog clock face so that each clock hand is a function of one of the one or more operational quantities. The analog clock face representation provides at-a-glance apparency of the operational quantities for a user of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Mark Stephen Schumacher, Michael Peter Schumacher, Jane Mitchel Schumacher
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Patent number: 10766732Abstract: A turntable in modular pie or other sections, which sections can be added or taken away in concentric rings from a base version of the turntable in order to scale the size and capacity of that turntable to accommodate a wide range of size and loading needs.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: BBM Railway Equipment, LLCInventors: Peter McGonagle, Stephen Schumacher
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Publication number: 20190389685Abstract: A turntable in modular pie or other sections, which sections can be added or taken away in concentric rings from a base version of the turntable in order to scale the size and capacity of that turntable to accommodate a wide range of size and loading needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: BBM Railway Equipment, LLCInventors: Peter McGonagle, Stephen Schumacher
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Patent number: 10427906Abstract: A turntable in modular pie or other sections, which sections can be added or taken away in concentric rings from a base version of the turntable in order to scale the size and capacity of that turntable to accommodate a wide range of size and loading needs.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: BBM Railway Equipment, LLCInventors: Peter McGonagle, Stephen Schumacher
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Patent number: 10260980Abstract: A pressure measurement system is provided. The system includes a pressure sensing probe extendable into a process fluid and having a pressure sensor with an electrical characteristic that varies with process fluid pressure. A mineral insulated cable has a metallic sheath with a distal end attached to the pressure sensing probe and a proximal end. The mineral insulated cable includes a plurality of conductors extending within the metallic sheath and being spaced from one another by an electrically insulative dry mineral. The proximal end of the metallic sheath is configured to be sealingly attached to a process fluid vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventors: Mark Stephen Schumacher, David Andrew Broden
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Patent number: 10060814Abstract: A pressure sensor includes an elongate body which deforms in response to an applied pressure having a cavity formed therein. An isolation diaphragm seals the cavity from a process fluid and is configured to deflect in response to applied process pressure from the process fluid. An isolation fill fluid in the cavity applies pressure to the elongate body in response to deflection of the isolation diaphragm thereby causing deflection of the elongate body. A deformation sensor is coupled to the elongate body and provides a sensor output in response to deformation of the elongate body which is indicative of the process pressure.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Patent number: 10000221Abstract: Disclosed is a pit cover and method of installing the same. The pit cover includes a plate having a hole defining an area. A block having a threaded hole may be affixed to a bottom surface of the plate such that the threaded hole aligns with the area. A support is associated with the foundation and a groove is defined by one of the pit cover or the support. A protrusion is defined by the other one of the pit cover or the support. The groove narrows from a first width towards a second width. The first width is disposed relative to the second width such that insertion of the protrusion into the groove causes an end of the protrusion to pass the first width prior to passing the second width. The protrusion interacts with the groove to align the pit cover at a predetermined position relative to the foundation.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Macton CorporationInventors: Ryan W. Knapp, Mark O'Donnell, Stephen Schumacher, Thomas Taylor
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Publication number: 20170268949Abstract: A pressure sensor includes an elongate body which deforms in response to an applied pressure having a cavity formed therein. An isolation diaphragm seals the cavity from a process fluid and is configured to deflect in response to applied process pressure from the process fluid. An isolation fill fluid in the cavity applies pressure to the elongate body in response to deflection of the isolation diaphragm thereby causing deflection of the elongate body. A deformation sensor is coupled to the elongate body and provides a sensor output in response to deformation of the elongate body which is indicative of the process pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Publication number: 20170121146Abstract: A turntable in modular pie or other sections, which sections can be added or taken away in concentric rings from a base version of the turntable in order to scale the size and capacity of that turntable to accommodate a wide range of size and loading needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Peter McGonagle, Stephen Schumacher
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Patent number: 9528914Abstract: A non-intrusive sensor system includes an array of sensors disposed in a process to measure various input process phenomena and a logic unit that analyses the sensor measurements using an empirical model to produce an estimate of a further process phenomenon not measured directly by any of the array of sensors. The sensors within the array of sensors may be non-intrusive sensors that measure input process phenomena in an intrusive or non-intrusive manner but are non-intrusive with respect to the output process phenomenon as none of these sensors comes into direct contact with the process fluid or process element exhibiting the output process phenomenon. The sensors within the array of sensors can be any type of sensors that produce a measurement of a particular process phenomenon at the same or at different locations within a process.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: ROSEMOUNT, INC.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Publication number: 20160009301Abstract: Disclosed is a pit cover and method of installing the same. The pit cover includes a plate having a hole defining an area. A block having a threaded hole may be affixed to a bottom surface of the plate such that the threaded hole aligns with the area. A support is associated with the foundation and a groove is defined by one of the pit cover or the support. A protrusion is defined by the other one of the pit cover or the support. The groove narrows from a first width towards a second width. The first width is disposed relative to the second width such that insertion of the protrusion into the groove causes an end of the protrusion to pass the first width prior to passing the second width. The protrusion interacts with the groove to align the pit cover at a predetermined position relative to the foundation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Ryan W. Knapp, Mark O'Donnell, Stephen Schumacher, Thomas Taylor
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Patent number: 9080897Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a display device including a mechanical indicator, a reference photodetector, a measurement photodetector, and an opaque shroud. The opaque shroud is connected to the mechanical indicator to variably cover the measurement photodetector based on a position of the mechanical indicator. The opaque shroud does not cover the reference photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Rosemount Inc.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Publication number: 20150094988Abstract: A non-intrusive sensor system includes an array of sensors disposed in a process to measure various input process phenomena and a logic unit that analyses the sensor measurements using an empirical model to produce an estimate of a further process phenomenon not measured directly by any of the array of sensors. The sensors within the array of sensors may be non-intrusive sensors that measure input process phenomena in an intrusive or non-intrusive manner but are non-intrusive with respect to the output process phenomenon as none of these sensors comes into direct contact with the process fluid or process element exhibiting the output process phenomenon. The sensors within the array of sensors can be any type of sensors that produce a measurement of a particular process phenomenon at the same or at different locations within a process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: ROSEMOUNT, INC.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Publication number: 20150090040Abstract: A pressure measurement system is provided. The system includes a pressure sensing probe extendable into a process fluid and having a pressure sensor with an electrical characteristic that varies with process fluid pressure. A mineral insulated cable has a metallic sheath with a distal end attached to the pressure sensing probe and a proximal end. The mineral insulated cable includes a plurality of conductors extending within the metallic sheath and being spaced from one another by an electrically insulative dry mineral. The proximal end of the metallic sheath is configured to be sealingly attached to a process fluid vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Mark Stephen Schumacher, David Andrew Broden
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Publication number: 20140239151Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes a display device including a mechanical indicator, a reference photodetector, a measurement photodetector, and an opaque shroud. The opaque shroud is connected to the mechanical indicator to variably cover the measurement photodetector based on a position of the mechanical indicator. The opaque shroud does not cover the reference photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Patent number: 7784351Abstract: A field device with integrated temperature control comprises a housing, a temperature sensor, a controller and a terminal block. The housing encloses internal components of the field device. The temperature sensor and the controller are located inside the housing. The temperature sensor senses an internal temperature of the field device, and the controller controls the internal temperature by regulating heat supplied to the field device. The terminal block connects to the controller in order to regulate the heater power as a function of the internal temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Rosemount Inc.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Publication number: 20100095776Abstract: A field device with integrated temperature control comprises a housing, a temperature sensor, a controller and a terminal block. The housing encloses internal components of the field device. The temperature sensor and the controller are located inside the housing. The temperature sensor senses an internal temperature of the field device, and the controller controls the internal temperature by regulating heat supplied to the field device. The terminal block connects to the controller in order to regulate the heater power as a function of the internal temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Rosemount Inc.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
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Patent number: 7222049Abstract: A transmitter provides a transmitter output representative of a process variable associated with a process. The transmitter receives a sensor signal representative of a process variable from a sensor. The transmitter output based on the sensor signal is provided. The transmitter also provides a user-viewable relative diagnostic output as a function of one or more inputs representative of conditions related to the operation of the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Rosemount, Inc.Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher