Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Spires

Timothy J. Spires 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).

  • Interface for remote monitoring and control of industrial machines
    Patent number: 7346405
    Abstract: An interface for connecting one of a plurality of industrial machines having different data format and storage configurations to a communications medium for remote monitoring and control, includes a programmable apparatus having a memory for storing data in predetermined locations and in a predetermined format, and for storing configuration information relating to the at least one of the machines; a configurable electrical interface responsive to the configuration information for receiving machine data from the machine and sending data to the machine; a data translator responsive to the configuration information, receiving data from the interface and transforming the data to the predetermined format; a processor responsive to the configuration information for reading data from and writing data to the predetermined locations in the memory; and a communications port connected to the communications medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Connected Energy Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas I. Yeh, Kevin R. Hann, Timothy J. Spires, Mark D. Goodlein, Sam Wang
  • Interface for remote monitoring and control of industrial machines
    Publication number: 20030109942
    Abstract: An interface for connecting one of a plurality of industrial machines having different data format and storage configurations to a communications medium for remote monitoring and control, includes a programmable apparatus having a memory for storing data in predetermined locations and in a predetermined format, and for storing configuration information relating to the at least one of the machines; a configurable electrical interface responsive to the configuration information for receiving machine data from the machine and sending data to the machine; a data translator responsive to the configuration information, receiving data from the interface and transforming the data to the predetermined format; a processor responsive to the configuration information for reading data from and writing data to the predetermined locations in the memory; and a communications port connected to the communications medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas I. Yeh, Kevin R. Hann, Timothy J. Spires, Mark D. Goodlein, Sam Wang