Patents by Inventor THOMAS FRANK MARTIN

THOMAS FRANK MARTIN 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: 11391766
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a method and system for metering an electrical grid comprising at least one processor executing instructions from a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an electrical grid fault detection system. In some embodiments of the system, the instructions cause a processor to calculate a prediction of whether power delivery to at least a portion of the electrical grid is functioning abnormally using voltage sensing devices coupled to at least one feeder, where one or more of the voltage sensing devices are responsive to a determination that the power delivery is functioning abnormally. Further in some embodiments, the determination includes the electrical grid fault detection system receiving at least one signal or voltage reading from the electrical grid based at least in part on a sensed or received voltage level or range of voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Michael Schoenman, Wei Li, Sophia Chen, Daniel Marlowe Partridge, James Louis Meadows, Thomas Frank Martin
  • Publication number: 20210223303
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a method and system for metering an electrical grid comprising at least one processor executing instructions from a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an electrical grid fault detection system. In some embodiments of the system, the instructions cause a processor to calculate a prediction of whether power delivery to at least a portion of the electrical grid is functioning abnormally using voltage sensing devices coupled to at least one feeder, where one or more of the voltage sensing devices are responsive to a determination that the power delivery is functioning abnormally. Further in some embodiments, the determination includes the electrical grid fault detection system receiving at least one signal or voltage reading from the electrical grid based at least in part on a sensed or received voltage level or range of voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Michael Schoenman, Wei Li, Sophia Chen, Daniel Marlowe Partridge, James Louis Meadows, Thomas Frank Martin
  • Patent number: 10877083
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a method and system for metering an electrical grid comprising at least one processor executing instructions from a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an electrical grid fault detection system. In some embodiments of the system, the instructions cause a processor to calculate a prediction of whether power delivery to at least a portion of the electrical grid is functioning abnormally using voltage sensing devices coupled to at least one feeder, where one or more of the voltage sensing devices are responsive to a determination that the power delivery is functioning abnormally. Further in some embodiments, the determination includes the electrical grid fault detection system receiving at least one signal or voltage reading from the electrical grid based at least in part on a sensed or received voltage level or range of voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Michael Schoenman, Wei Li, Sophia Chen, Daniel Marlowe Partridge, James Louis Meadows, Thomas Frank Martin
  • Publication number: 20180210025
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a method and system for metering an electrical grid comprising at least one processor executing instructions from a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an electrical grid fault detection system. In some embodiments of the system, the instructions cause a processor to calculate a prediction of whether power delivery to at least a portion of the electrical grid is functioning abnormally using voltage sensing devices coupled to at least one feeder, where one or more of the voltage sensing devices are responsive to a determination that the power delivery is functioning abnormally. Further in some embodiments, the determination includes the electrical grid fault detection system receiving at least one signal or voltage reading from the electrical grid based at least in part on a sensed or received voltage level or range of voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: ERIC MICHAEL SCHOENMAN, WEI LI, SOPHIA CHEN, DANIEL MARLOWE PARTRIDGE, JAMES LOUIS MEADOWS, THOMAS FRANK MARTIN