Patents by Inventor Steven A. Dimino

Steven A. Dimino 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).

  • Publication number: 20070005291
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for proactively determining motor wellness arising from potential mechanical faults of the motor. A controller is configured to detect indicia of impending mechanical motor faults. The controller includes a processor configured to determine motor parameters of a given motor including a load and generate a set of baseline data for the given motor. The processor is also configured to acquire current spectrum data from the given motor during operation, map at least one from a plurality of load bins based on the load, and generate a mechanical fault signature from the current spectrum. The processor is caused to compare the mechanical fault signature to baseline data from the set of baseline data corresponding to the mapped bin and determine amplitude variances within the mechanical fault signature indicative of an impending mechanical fault prior to an actual mechanical fault occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Habetler, Ramzy Obaid, Steven Dimino, Michael Nowak, Yanzhen Liu, Slobodan Krstic
  • Patent number: 7117125
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for proactively determining motor wellness arising from potential mechanical faults of the motor. A controller is configured to detect indicia of impending mechanical motor faults. The controller includes a processor configured to determine motor parameters of a given motor including a load and generate a set of baseline data for the given motor. The processor is also configured to acquire current spectrum data from the given motor during operation, map at least one from a plurality of load bins based on the load, and generate a mechanical fault signature from the current spectrum. The processor is caused to compare the mechanical fault signature to baseline data from the set of baseline data corresponding to the mapped bin and determine amplitude variances within the mechanical fault signature indicative of an impending mechanical fault prior to an actual mechanical fault occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Dimino, Thomas G. Habetler, Ramzy R. Obaid, Slobodan Krstic, Michael P. Nowak, Yanzhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20060196265
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a power meter or overload relay including a housing and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operation of a motor. A processor disposed within the housing and configured to receive operational feedback from the plurality of sensor and proactively determine an operational wellness of the motor from the operational feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Dimino, Thomas Habetler, Ramzy Obaid, Slobodan Krstic, Michael Nowak, Yanzhen Liu
  • Patent number: 7075327
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a power meter or overload relay including a housing and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operation of a motor. A processor disposed within the housing and configured to receive operational feedback from the plurality of sensor and proactively determine an operational wellness of the motor from the operational feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Dimino, Thomas G. Habetler, Ramzy R. Obaid, Slobodan Krstic, Michael P. Nowak, Yanzhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20050021302
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to system and method for determining motor wellness based on potential faults including cavitation faults. Specifically, a controller configured to detect indicia of motor faults. The controller includes a processor configured to determine motor parameters of a given motor, generate a set of baseline data for the given motor, and acquire current data from the given motor during operation. The processor is also caused to isolate sidebands within the current data and map the current data within the sidebands to one of a plurality of bins. The processor is caused to compare the current data within the sidebands to baseline data from the set of baseline data associated with the bin and determine a predictive fault index of the given motor prior to an actual fault occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Dimino, Slobodan Kristic, Michael Nowak, Yanzhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20050021301
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for proactively determining motor wellness arising from potential mechanical faults of the motor. A controller is configured to detect indicia of impending mechanical motor faults. The controller includes a processor configured to determine motor parameters of a given motor including a load and generate a set of baseline data for the given motor. The processor is also configured to acquire current spectrum data from the given motor during operation, map at least one from a plurality of load bins based on the load, and generate a mechanical fault signature from the current spectrum. The processor is caused to compare the mechanical fault signature to baseline data from the set of baseline data corresponding to the mapped bin and determine amplitude variances within the mechanical fault signature indicative of an impending mechanical fault prior to an actual mechanical fault occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Dimino, Thomas Habetler, Ramzy Obaid, Slobodan Krstic, Michael Nowak, Yanzhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20050007096
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a power meter or overload relay including a housing and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operation of a motor. A processor disposed within the housing and configured to receive operational feedback from the plurality of sensor and proactively determine an operational wellness of the motor from the operational feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Dimino, Thomas Habetler, Ramzy Obaid, Slobodan Krstic, Michael Nowak, Yanzhen Liu