Patents by Inventor Stephen T. Adelman

Stephen T. Adelman 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: 10738727
    Abstract: A pressure sensorless electronic pressure limiting and flow leveling system for an electric pump comprising a multi-mode control process for transferring fluid through a filter feeding a source consuming the fluid as the filter becomes clogged. The multi-mode control process comprising a closed loop current control mode, a pressure limiting control mode for controlling the speed of the motor as a function of a pre-calibrated profile correlating measured motor speed and voltage parameters to a predetermined value in the pre-calibrated profile utilized to set the speed of the motor driving the pump for pumping pressurized fluid through a clogging filter; and a flow leveling control mode correlating measured motor current to a predetermined value in a pre-calibrated profile utilized to set the speed of the motor driving the pump for pumping pressurized fluid as a function of clogging of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: PARAGON PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen T. Adelman
  • Publication number: 20160237944
    Abstract: A pressure sensorless electronic pressure limiting and flow leveling system for an electric pump comprising a multi-mode control process for transferring fluid through a filter feeding a source consuming the fluid as the filter becomes clogged. The multi-mode control process comprising a closed loop current control mode, a pressure limiting control mode for controlling the speed of the motor as a function of a pre-calibrated profile correlating measured motor speed and voltage parameters to a predetermined value in the pre-calibrated profile utilized to set the speed of the motor driving the pump for pumping pressurized fluid through a clogging filter; and a flow leveling control mode correlating measured motor current to a predetermined value in a pre-calibrated profile utilized to set the speed of the motor driving the pump for pumping pressurized fluid as a function of clogging of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen T. Adelman
  • Patent number: 8707932
    Abstract: A Fuel transfer pump system comprising a multi-mode control process for transferring fuel. The multi-mode control process comprising a closed loop pressure control mode for maintaining fuel pressure at an outlet of a fuel transfer pump at a substantially constant target pressure and having a soft start mode for bidirectionally ramping up to the target pressure by utilizing an open loop control in combination with the closed loop pressure control mode; a current control mode dynamically switchable from the closed loop pressure control mode for controlling a motor driving the fuel transfer pump as a function of a predetermined current threshold; a DC-bus voltage compensation mode operable with either the closed loop pressure control mode or the current control mode for compensating DC bus voltage sag; and an open loop ramp down mode for ramping open loop motor RPMs to zero from any other mode for shutting down system operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Paragon Products, LLC
    Inventors: Zeljko Marin, Stephen T. Adelman