Patents by Inventor Vernon Evans Martin

Vernon Evans 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).

  • Hydraulic control unit transponder card
    Patent number: 6650722
    Abstract: A transponder card for a nuclear reactor control rod drive control system is provided. The control system includes a control processor and a plurality of electrical devices operationally coupled to the control processor. The transponder card is configured to receive commands from the control processor, energize an appropriate electrical device when commanded, detect a failure in control circuitry of the transponder card, send a failure alarm, and remove power from an electrical device during a control circuitry failure event when there is no command to energize the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Michael Steiner, Steven Dale Sawyer, Craig Miles Smith, Leonid Boris Sheikman, Vernon Evans Martin, Craig Ernest Leighty
  • HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT TRANSPONDER CARD
    Publication number: 20030202625
    Abstract: A transponder card for a nuclear reactor control rod drive control system is provided. The control system includes a control processor and a plurality of electrical devices operationally coupled to the control processor. The transponder card is configured to receive commands from the control processor, energize an appropriate electrical device when commanded, detect a failure in control circuitry of the transponder card, send a failure alarm, and remove power from an electrical device during a control circuitry failure event when there is no command to energize the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: William Michael Steiner, Steven Dale Sawyer, Craig Miles Smith, Leonid Boris Sheikman, Vernon Evans Martin, Craig Ernest Leighty