Patents by Inventor Steven Clayton Anderson

Steven Clayton Anderson 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).

  • Positioner apparatus for use with fluid valves
    Patent number: 10746314
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a positioner apparatus for use with fluid valves. An example apparatus includes a fluid valve, an actuator operatively coupled to the fluid valve, and a positioner fluidly coupled to the actuator to control a position of the fluid valve via a fluid provided from a fluid supply line, the positioner having first and second transducers configured to increase or decrease a pressure of the fluid in the actuator, the positioner to enable the first and second transducers to change the position of the fluid valve during a safety event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: Steven Clayton Anderson
  • POSITIONER APPARATUS FOR USE WITH FLUID VALVES
    Publication number: 20200088315
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a positioner apparatus for use with fluid valves. An example apparatus includes a fluid valve, an actuator operatively coupled to the fluid valve, and a positioner fluidly coupled to the actuator to control a position of the fluid valve via a fluid provided from a fluid supply line, the positioner having first and second transducers configured to increase or decrease a pressure of the fluid in the actuator, the positioner to enable the first and second transducers to change the position of the fluid valve during a safety event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Steven Clayton Anderson