Patents by Inventor Todd M. Smith

Todd M. Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20250231791
    Abstract: A computing device for collecting and preserving data acquired from various devices in a data model with the respective context of acquired data. The computing device may provide a user interface to receive the context or information model associated with a dataset. By providing data with its context, different software platforms may synthesize or analyze the retrieved data more efficiently. Moreover, the computing device may include transaction conditions to define a workflow for transferring the datasets using data model associated with one or more datasets for transmission of data to a destination. The transaction conditions may detail a custom workflow for data communication through an industrial automation system using the data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen C. Briant, Deepa S. Bekal, Sonal R. Dubey, Sharath C. R. Baddam, Joshua W. Buck, Dale A. Hawthorne, Nicholas J. Marangoni, Alexander B. Cherpakov, Todd M. Smith, Derrick Awuah, Alexander K. Bergsneider, Jonathan D. Walter
  • Patent number: 12282798
    Abstract: A computing device for collecting and preserving data acquired from various devices in a data model with the respective context of acquired data. The computing device may provide a user interface to receive the context or information model associated with a dataset. By providing data with its context, different software platforms may synthesize or analyze the retrieved data more efficiently. Moreover, the computing device may include transaction conditions to define a workflow for transferring the datasets using data model associated with one or more datasets for transmission of data to a destination. The transaction conditions may detail a custom workflow for data communication through an industrial automation system using the data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Briant, Deepa S. Bekal, Sonal R. Dubey, Sharath C. R. Baddam, Joshua W. Buck, Dale A. Hawthorne, Nicholas J. Marangoni, Alexander B. Cherpakov, Todd M. Smith, Derrick Awuah, Alexander K. Bergsneider, Jonathan D. Walter
  • Publication number: 20250004458
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing variable cycle times for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) analytics for industrial systems. The system may include an electronic processor configured to receive operational data describing a manufacturing process of an industrial system. The electronic processor may be configured to dynamically select, from a plurality of cycle times, a first cycle time for a first type of part manufactured by the industrial system as part of the manufacturing process and determine, using a first portion of the operational data associated with manufacturing the first type of part and the first cycle time, a first efficiency metric associated with manufacturing the first type of part. The electronic processor may be configured to determine, based on the first efficiency metric, an OEE of the industrial system. The electronic processor may be configured to generate and transmit a report indicating the OEE for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Todd M. Smith, Matthew C. Giordano, Le Roy G. Howe
  • Publication number: 20210149376
    Abstract: A computing device for collecting and preserving data acquired from various devices in a data model with the respective context of acquired data. The computing device may provide a user interface to receive the context or information model associated with a dataset. By providing data with its context, different software platforms may synthesize or analyze the retrieved data more efficiently. Moreover, the computing device may include transaction conditions to define a workflow for transferring the datasets using data model associated with one or more datasets for transmission of data to a destination. The transaction conditions may detail a custom workflow for data communication through an industrial automation system using the data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen C. Briant, Deepa S. Bekal, Sonal R. Dubey, Sharath C. R. Baddam, Joshua W. Buck, Dale A. Hawthorne, Nicholas J. Marangoni, Alexander B. Cherpakov, Todd M. Smith, Derrick Awuah, Alexander K. Bergsneider, Jonathan D. Walter
  • Patent number: 10842066
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a ground treatment, such as aeration or dethatching, is provided. The apparatus includes a base frame component to which a pair of angled side frame components are pivotally mounted. Each angled side frame can include first and second ends that are oriented to form a central angle. A first end of an angled side frame can be pivotally attached to a wheel and/or the base frame component, while the second end can include a mechanism for mounting a ground treatment component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Innovative Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Eden T. Smith, Todd M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20180153085
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a ground treatment, such as aeration or dethatching, is provided. The apparatus includes a base frame component to which a pair of angled side frame components are pivotally mounted. Each angled side frame can include first and second ends that are oriented to form a central angle. A first end of an angled side frame can be pivotally attached to a wheel and/or the base frame component, while the second end can include a mechanism for mounting a ground treatment component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Innovative Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Eden T. Smith, Todd M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20180129191
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for generating one or more machine dashboards. In an implementation, a computing system is directed to receive a set of machine data from a gateway device, the machine data comprising operation data of an industrial automation machine controlled by a controller of an industrial automation environment. The set of machine data conforms to a predefined data format and comprises machine state information and ideal production information. The program instructions also direct the computing system to generate metrics data based on the machine data, store the metrics data in a computer readable storage medium, generate a data dashboard based on the stored metrics data, and deliver the data dashboard to a display device of a device configured to communicate with the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Axel Rodriguez, Daniel B. Seger, Michael J. Pantaleano, Todd M. Smith
  • Patent number: 9883629
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a ground treatment, such as aeration or dethatching, is provided. The apparatus includes a base frame component to which a pair of angled side frame components are pivotally mounted. Each angled side frame can include first and second ends that are oriented to form a central angle. A first end of an angled side frame can be pivotally attached to a wheel and/or the base frame component, while the second end can include a mechanism for mounting a ground treatment component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Innovative Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Eden T. Smith, Todd M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150359159
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a ground treatment, such as aeration or dethatching, is provided. The apparatus includes a base frame component to which a pair of angled side frame components are pivotally mounted. Each angled side frame can include first and second ends that are oriented to form a central angle. A first end of an angled side frame can be pivotally attached to a wheel and/or the base frame component, while the second end can include a mechanism for mounting a ground treatment component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Innovative Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Eden T. Smith, Todd M. Smith
  • Patent number: 9143563
    Abstract: A distributed and scalable data historian framework is provided that allows historian functionality to be efficiently incorporated at various levels of an industrial enterprise. The framework includes a historian data interface system that provides a single interface and common protocol for configuring, managing, and viewing historian data located throughout a network of historian distributed across the industrial enterprise. The historian data interface system leverages a data model that models the enterprise and sources of historian data to facilitate fast and efficient retrieval of desired historian data. By unifying the distributed historians under a common framework, the data model can facilitate enterprise-level management of historian data collection and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jan Pingel, Michael John Pantaleano, Chirayu Shah, Todd M. Smith, Matthew C. Giordano, Rainer Hessmer, Kermit George Peters, Neville Patrick van der Merwe