Patents by Inventor Tom Bohrer

Tom Bohrer 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).

  • Post-event modification of local clock values in water distribution system
    Patent number: 11792734
    Abstract: A hydrant apparatus may be employed to monitor a water distribution system, and may include a sensor, a processor, and a local clock source. The apparatus may wake from a low power mode to a sensing mode, receive the sensor data, associate the sensor data with a first local clock time, and return the apparatus to the low power mode from the sensing mode. The apparatus may subsequently wake to an operational mode, determine a second local clock time subsequent to the first local clock time, associate an external clock time with the second local clock time, determine an offset for the received sensor data based on the first local clock time and the association between the second local clock time and the external clock time, and transmit the sensor data and the offset to an external monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: McWane, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Bohrer
  • POST-EVENT MODIFICATION OF LOCAL CLOCK VALUES IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220369233
    Abstract: A hydrant apparatus may be employed to monitor a water distribution system, and may include a sensor, a processor, and a local clock source. The apparatus may wake from a low power mode to a sensing mode, receive the sensor data, associate the sensor data with a first local clock time, and return the apparatus to the low power mode from the sensing mode. The apparatus may subsequently wake to an operational mode, determine a second local clock time subsequent to the first local clock time, associate an external clock time with the second local clock time, determine an offset for the received sensor data based on the first local clock time and the association between the second local clock time and the external clock time, and transmit the sensor data and the offset to an external monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: Tom Bohrer
  • Post-event modification of local clock values in water distribution system
    Patent number: 11438844
    Abstract: A hydrant apparatus may be employed to monitor a water distribution system, and may include a sensor, a processor, and a local clock source. The apparatus may wake from a low power mode to a sensing mode, receive the sensor data, associate the sensor data with a first local clock time, and return the apparatus to the low power mode from the sensing mode. The apparatus may subsequently wake to an operational mode, determine a second local clock time subsequent to the first local clock time, associate an external clock time with the second local clock time, determine an offset for the received sensor data based on the first local clock time and the association between the second local clock time and the external clock time, and transmit the sensor data and the offset to an external monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AMI Investments, LLC
    Inventor: Tom Bohrer
  • POST-EVENT MODIFICATION OF LOCAL CLOCK VALUES IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220240191
    Abstract: A hydrant apparatus may be employed to monitor a water distribution system, and may include a sensor, a processor, and a local clock source. The apparatus may wake from a low power mode to a sensing mode, receive the sensor data, associate the sensor data with a first local clock time, and return the apparatus to the low power mode from the sensing mode. The apparatus may subsequently wake to an operational mode, determine a second local clock time subsequent to the first local clock time, associate an external clock time with the second local clock time, determine an offset for the received sensor data based on the first local clock time and the association between the second local clock time and the external clock time, and transmit the sensor data and the offset to an external monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Tom Bohrer