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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7463935 | Message queuing in an industrial environment An industrial controller that can be utilized in an environment that supports message queuing comprises a receiver component that receives a message from a queue, wherein the message conforms to a message queuing protocol. A message queuing component communicatively... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463462 | Nuisance trip reducing motor control system and method A technique for reducing nuisance tripping is disclosed in which a desired limit temperature is determined for a component of a motor system. The limit is compared to actual temperature signals, or signals indicative of temperature of the component. The component ma... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460917 | System and method for identifying manufacturing data deviations Systems and methods of industrial control processes that employ a data matching component associated with a programming logic controller (PLC), to substitute a plurality of collected data points with a data pattern (e.g., a curve). Such data matching component can f... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458277 | System and method for sensing torque on a rotating shaft A system and method relating to the measuring of torque in a rotating shaft is provided. An optical torque sensing system comprises a rotating shaft, wherein a sleeve of photo-elastic material overlays a portion of the shaft. A light emitting component delivers ligh... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457671 | Systems and methods that facilitate management of add-on instruction generation, selection, and/or monitoring during execution The subject invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate display, selection, and management of context associated with execution of add-on instructions. The systems and methods track add-on instruction calls provide a user with call and data context, whe... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457322 | System and method for multi-chassis configurable time synchronization Systems and methods are disclosed for time synchronization of operations in a control system. Synchronization networks and devices are provided for transferring synchronization information between controllers in a distributed or localized control system, which is em... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456599 | Position feedback device with prediction An apparatus for use with an encoder feedback device includes a comparator, a counter, and a prediction unit. The encoder feedback device is coupled to rotate with a rotating load and operable to generate at least one feedback position signal indicative of movement ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451350 | Object oriented scaleable test executive The present invention provides for a test system having a test executive software system for performing tests on units under test. The test executive software system includes a test kernel component that provides control through a generic interface to the test execu... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450388 | Power converter connection configuration EMI shielding is provided for power electronics circuits and the like via a direct-mount reference plane support and shielding structure. The thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits th... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447931 | Step time change compensation in an industrial automation network One or more embodiments provide Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) based time synchronization systems and methods. The CIP Sync solution can be part of Ethernet/IP and can be based on standard UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and/or IEEE 1588 (Time Synchronization) Ethern... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446662 | Intelligent RFID tag for magnetic field mapping System(s) and method(s) to increase the accuracy and efficiency of an RFID system is provided. A system includes an RFID component that receives a signal from an RFID reader, and an identifier component that interfaces with the RFID component and identifies the sour... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442917 | Method for using a single optical emitter/receiver pair for creating a light curtain using LCD+MEMS technology for beam deflection Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate increasing a coverage area for an emitter-receiver pair in a light curtain by generating multiple light beams from a single emitter and aggregating the light beams at a corresponding receiver. A plurality of light be... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442291 | Filter integration for a lubrication analysis system A system and method relating to in situ monitoring, analysis, and control of a lubricating material within a lubrication filter assembly is provided. A filter-sensor integration comprises a lubrication filter assembly and at least one lubrication sensing assembly, w... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437212 | Location based programming and data management in an automated environment A method and system for providing information related to a set of automated resources that may cooperate in an environment to perform an automated process, the method comprising the steps of associating a specific environment location with the automated process, det... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433741 | Hybrid user interface having base presentation information with variably prominent supplemental information Systems and methods are provided that enable various interface applications that more efficiently communicate data to users in an industrial control system. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes a base presentation component... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427989 | Raster engine with multiple color depth digital display interface An improved raster engine adapted to render video data from a frame buffer to one of a plurality of disparate displays is disclosed which comprises an integral bounded video signature analyzer, a hardware cursor apparatus supporting dual scanned displays, programmat... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424329 | Industrial controller automation interface An automation interface is provided for interacting with industrial controllers. The automation interface provides for programming, editing, monitoring and maintenance of industrial controllers programmatically from a local or remote location. The automation interfa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424327 | System and method for automatically matching programmable data of devices within an industrial control system An industrial control system includes a central controller having a memory containing programmable data including operating programs for operating the controller, control program for controlling an industrial process, and configuration data configuring values used b... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420297 | Combination control system with intermediate module The present invention relates to combination control systems employing at least one intermediate module between different control modules and, in one embodiment, relates to a system for isolating a load from multiple power sources. The system includes a first power ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419394 | Electrical system having withdrawable unit with maintained control and communication connection A connector arrangement for packaged electrical systems, such as motor control centers includes a component connector assembly mounted to component supports for providing network signals and control power to components on the support. A mating prewired connector ass... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415891 | Sensor mounting structure with snapping feature Disclosed herein is a sensing device mounting mechanism allowing for a sensing device to be mounted in relation to a supporting structure. The sensing device mounting mechanism comprises a housing portion having a snapping mechanism. The snapping mechanism allows th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417392 | Electronic line shaft with phased lock loop filtering and predicting An improved electronic line shaft provides for a predictor sending predicted position and/or velocity values to servant drives that may be later strobed in by high speed low-latency strobe signals to eliminate network jitter and delay. The predictor may be implement... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417519 | Emergency stop relay combination A switching apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a relay including a relay coil and at least one normally open relay contactor that closes when the relay coil is energized, a normally closed stop contactor and a stop member moveable between a deactivated p... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417386 | Electronic line shaft A method and assembly for synchronizing machine operations, the assembly comprising a reference generator for generating a speed reference signal and a position reference signal, a plurality of slave units, each slave unit including, a mechanical device, a separate ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417848 | Multiple height, high density horizontal low voltage motor control center A reduced form factor component support is provided for motor control centers and similar packaged electrical systems. The reduced form factor component support may be used with smaller components, such as small motor starters, motor drives, and so forth. Electrical... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412900 | Sensor mounting structure with adjustable swivel ball and panel mounting mechanism A mounting device for supporting a sensing device in relation to a supporting structure, and related method of installing a sensing device, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the mounting device includes a first housing portion having a first appendage, an... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412530 | Pointbus architecture and automatic sequential addressing protocol A protocol for configuring I/O devices is provided in accordance with the present invention. The protocol includes a first protocol for enabling at least one I/O module to receive network communications, and a second protocol for providing the network communications... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412548 | Intelligent self-determining I/O device A universal input/output device for an industrial automation control system includes a housing, a power supply for connecting to a voltage source, an input/output circuit for communicating with an industrial process, and a network adapter circuit for communicating d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402965 | DC common bus self-protection method and system A system and method in accordance with the present technique for protecting motor drives from damage due to misconfiguration while coupled to a common DC bus, comprises sensing electrical operating parameters of the motor drives, automatically determining whether ea... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400518 | Modulation methods and apparatus for reducing common mode noise A method and apparatus for reducing common mode noise in a three phase pulse width modulated (PWM) system the method comprising the steps of receiving modulating waveforms, identifying a first of the modulating waveforms that is instantaneously the maximum of the mo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395124 | Adaptive motor drive method and apparatus including inertia estimator A method and apparatus for use with a plant drive system that receives a reference command signal and generates a torque command to drive a plant, the method for estimating plant inertia and comprising the steps of providing a reference model that models the plant, ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394632 | Line interface module A power processing module for supplying power to a motion control device from a power source such as a utility power line, and related method of operation, are disclosed. The power processing module includes a first power input terminal, a first power output termina... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394629 | Motor overload tripping system and method with multi-function circuit interrupter A technique is provided for controlling operation of motors of different sized or ratings. Components used to apply and interrupt current to the motors may be shared in control devices for the different motors. The components may include contactors or circuit interr... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391610 | Thermal cooling of industrial electronic module by conductive structure An electronic module and chassis/module installation are disclosed. The installation comprises a chassis including a metallic heat input region. An electronic module including an electronic component is adapted to be connected to the chassis. An uninterrupted therma... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392104 | Material reservation distribution system and method The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating material-driven processing in an industrial controller environment. Various models supported by database objects are provided to automatically and dynamically map inventory systems/processes to c... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392100 | System and methodology that facilitate factory automation services in a distributed industrial automation environment The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing automation services in a distributed industrial controller environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a data access service is provided that includes, sending and receiving data to and fro... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389278 | Detection of pump cavitation/blockage and seal failure via current signature analysis A system and method is provided for monitoring the operating condition of a pump by evaluating fault data encoded in the instantaneous current of the motor driving the pump. The data is converted to a frequency spectrum which is analyzed to create a fault signature ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387737 | Method for fabricating an isolated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device using an internal void A method for fabricating an electrically isolated MEMS device having an outer stationary MEMS element and an inner movable MEMS element is provided that does not use a sacrificial layer. Rather, a pair of spacers are defined on the outer portions of the upper surfac... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388342 | System and method for controlling a motor using forced speed control A system and method for operating a motor drive unit. The motor drive unit is coupled to a motor driving a load and is configured to selectively control the motor according to a torque control mode and a speed control mode. The motor drive unit includes a circuit co... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388491 | Mobile RFID reader with integrated location awareness for material tracking and management A portable RFID reader (or reader/writer) that also employs a location determination subsystem that facilitates determination of the reader (or reader/writer) location. The location subsystem can employ a satellite-based GPS (Global Positioning System) location tech... | 06/17/2008 |
