Patents by Inventor Todd Charles Goergen
Todd Charles Goergen 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).
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Patent number: 9868430Abstract: An expansion module is disclosed for use in a communication network. The expansion module may include a housing, an input interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with at least one analog device, and an output interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with the communication network. The expansion module may also include at least one processor located in the housing and configured to receive analog signals from the input interface, to convert the analog signals to digital signals, and to direct the digital signals to the output interface. The expansion module may also include at least one sensor located in the housing and configured to generate digital signals indicative of a performance parameter associated with a fluid in communication with the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Stephen Harold Humphrey, Marc David Miller, Todd Charles Goergen
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Publication number: 20170036660Abstract: An expansion module is disclosed for use in a communication network. The expansion module may include a housing, an input interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with at least one analog device, and an output interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with the communication network. The expansion module may also include at least one processor located in the housing and configured to receive analog signals from the input interface, to convert the analog signals to digital signals, and to direct the digital signals to the output interface. The expansion module may also include at least one sensor located in the housing and configured to generate digital signals indicative of a performance parameter associated with a fluid in communication with the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Stephen Harold HUMPHREY, Marc David MILLER, Todd Charles GOERGEN
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Patent number: 9484164Abstract: A memory module is disclosed. The memory module may have an enclosure having a slot in a wall of the enclosure. The memory module may also have a device disposed within the enclosure. The memory module may further have a thermal cutoff disposed in the slot. The thermal cutoff may have a first end attached to the device. The thermal cutoff may also have a second end attached to a wire configured to electrically connect to the device. The thermal cutoff may disconnect the wire from the device when subjected to a threshold temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Mark Joseph Bartonek, Todd Charles Goergen
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Patent number: 9410870Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes a first controller configured to receive and record operational data associated with operation of a locomotive, process, via a processor, the operational data, and determine, using the processor, a data storage plan for the operational data. The data storage plan can dynamically change based on the operational data. The system may be further configured to store the operational data with a second controller associated with a second locomotive according to the data storage plan.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Marc David Miller, Mark Alan Fanara, Stephen Harold Humphrey, Todd Charles Goergen, Gregory Richard Bressler
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Publication number: 20160091396Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes a first controller configured to receive and record operational data associated with operation of a locomotive, process, via a processor, the operational data, and determine, using the processor, a data storage plan for the operational data. The data storage plan can dynamically change based on the operational data. The system may be further configured to store the operational data with a second controller associated with a second locomotive according to the data storage plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Applicant: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Marc David Miller, Mark Alan Fanara, Stephen Harold Humphrey, Todd Charles Goergen, Gregory Richard Bressler
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Publication number: 20160020598Abstract: A memory module is disclosed. The memory module may have an enclosure having a slot in a wall of the enclosure. The memory module may also have a device disposed within the enclosure. The memory module may further have a thermal cutoff disposed in the slot. The thermal cutoff may have a first end attached to the device. The thermal cutoff may also have a second end attached to a wire configured to electrically connect to the device. The thermal cutoff may disconnect the wire from the device when subjected to a threshold temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Mark Joseph BARTONEK, Todd Charles GOERGEN
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Patent number: 9128638Abstract: An event recorder includes an outer case, and a first memory module including a first amount of data storage capacity contained within the outer case. The first memory module is configured to receive and store multiple types of data including at least two of: video data; audio data; locomotive data indicative of one or more locomotive operating parameters, locomotive control signals, and locomotive performance characteristics; engine operating parameter data; exhaust characteristics data; electrical data; and positive train control data. A controller contained within the outer case may be configured to associate a universal time stamp with each of the multiple types of data stored in the first memory module. An inner, crash-hardened case may be contained within the outer case, containing a second memory module including a second amount of data storage capacity that is smaller than the first amount.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventor: Todd Charles Goergen
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Publication number: 20150021444Abstract: An event recorder includes an outer case, and a first memory module including a first amount of data storage capacity contained within the outer case. The first memory module is configured to receive and store multiple types of data including at least two of: video data; audio data; locomotive data indicative of one or more locomotive operating parameters, locomotive control signals, and locomotive performance characteristics; engine operating parameter data; exhaust characteristics data; electrical data; and positive train control data. A controller contained within the outer case may be configured to associate a universal time stamp with each of the multiple types of data stored in the first memory module. An inner, crash-hardened case may be contained within the outer case, containing a second memory module including a second amount of data storage capacity that is smaller than the first amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventor: TODD Charles GOERGEN
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Publication number: 20140267724Abstract: A recording system may include a camera configured to record images including a first image and a storage device configured to store the images. The recording system may include a controller configured to identify at least one vertical line contained in the first image and determine whether the first image is indicative of a probable event area based on the identification of the at least one vertical line. The controller may be configured to command the camera to record the images at a first quality if the first image is indicative of a probable event area. The controller may also be configured to command the camera to record images at a second quality if the first image is not indicative of a probable event area. The images recorded at the second quality occupy less memory in the storage device than the images recorded at the first quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Charles Goergen, Marc David Miller, Gregory Joel Herman