Patents by Inventor WILLIAM P. NIRO

WILLIAM P. NIRO 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).

  • Machine diagnostic encoder
    Patent number: 9927265
    Abstract: A system includes an encoder to monitor a machine and generate an encoder output signal indicative of at least one of the motion or position of the machine. A combiner can be configured to receive the encoder output signal from the encoder and to receive machine diagnostic data from at least one other sensor. The combiner can combine the machine diagnostic data with the encoder output signal to provide a combined signal that includes the machine diagnostic data synchronized with the at least one of the motion or position of the machine. An output stage can provide the combined signal to a remote system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nidec Avtron Automation Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Niro, Brian Winter
  • MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC ENCODER
    Publication number: 20150112640
    Abstract: A system includes an encoder to monitor a machine and generate an encoder output signal indicative of at least one of the motion or position of the machine. A combiner can be configured to receive the encoder output signal from the encoder and to receive machine diagnostic data from at least one other sensor. The combiner can combine the machine diagnostic data with the encoder output signal to provide a combined signal that includes the machine diagnostic data synchronized with the at least one of the motion or position of the machine. An output stage can provide the combined signal to a remote system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: WILLIAM P. NIRO, BRIAN WINTER