Patents by Inventor Steven B. Paullus

Steven B. Paullus 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).

  • Form factor and electromagnetic interference protection for process device wireless adapters
    Patent number: 8694060
    Abstract: A process device wireless adapter includes a wireless communications module, a metallic housing, and an antenna. The wireless communications module is configured to communicatively couple to a process device and to a wireless receiver. The metallic housing surrounds the wireless communication module and has a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to attach to the process device. In one embodiment, a metallic shield contacts the housing second end such that the metallic shield and the housing form a substantially continuous conductive surface. The antenna is communicatively coupled to the wireless communication module and separated from the wireless communication module by the metallic shield. Preferably, the wireless communications module illustratively includes a printed circuit board that has a length that is greater than its width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Joel D. Vanderaa, Christina A. Grunig, Ronald F. Hurd, Brian L. Westfield, Chad M. McGuire, Steven B. Paullus
  • FORM FACTOR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE PROTECTION FOR PROCESS DEVICE WIRELESS ADAPTERS
    Publication number: 20090311976
    Abstract: A process device wireless adapter includes a wireless communications module, a metallic housing, and an antenna. The wireless communications module is configured to communicatively couple to a process device and to a wireless receiver. The metallic housing surrounds the wireless communication module and has a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to attach to the process device. In one embodiment, a metallic shield contacts the housing second end such that the metallic shield and the housing form a substantially continuous conductive surface. The antenna is communicatively coupled to the wireless communication module and separated from the wireless communication module by the metallic shield. Preferably, the wireless communications module illustratively includes a printed circuit board that has a length that is greater than its width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Joel D. Vanderaa, Christina A. Grunig, Ronald F. Hurd, Brian L. Westfield, Chad M. McGuire, Steven B. Paullus
  • Apparatus to determine the position of an actuator
    Patent number: 7609056
    Abstract: Apparatus to determine the position of a movable member of an actuator operating a valve assembly are disclosed. The movable member of the actuator displaces an actuation arm of a position sensor such that relative displacement occurs between a magnetic flux source and a magnetic flux sensor of the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth William Junk, Michel Ken Lovell, Ronald Francis Hurd, Steven B. Paullus
  • Apparatus to determine the position of an actuator
    Publication number: 20080061769
    Abstract: Apparatus to determine the position of a movable member of an actuator operating a valve assembly are disclosed. The movable member of the actuator displaces an actuation arm of a position sensor such that relative displacement occurs between a magnetic flux source and a magnetic flux sensor of the position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth William Junk, Michel Ken Lovell, Ronald Francis Hurd, Steven B. Paullus