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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046179 | Power converter disable verification system and method A power electronics device with an improved IGBT protection mechanism is provided. More specifically, systems and methods are provided for shortening the duration of a shutdown test pulse, such that the power output to the load is substantially unaffected. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036763 | Dynamic controller utilizing a hybrid model A system and method for predicting operation of a plant or process receive an input value from the plant or process. An integrity of a non-linear model corresponding to a local input space of the input value may be determined. The non-linear model may include an emp... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032236 | Asymetrical process parameter control system and method A technique is disclosed for asymmetrically controlling a process parameter based upon the direction of a prediction error between a predicted value determined using an inferential model and a laboratory measurement of the parameter. The present technique provides f... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032235 | Model predictive control system and method for reduction of steady state error A technique is disclosed for reducing an error in a controlled variable via model predictive control. A predicted error in the controlled variable is determined for a forward-looking control horizon based upon measured or computed variables. The integral of the pred... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019701 | Training a model of a non-linear process System and method for modeling a nonlinear process. A combined model for predictive optimization or control of a nonlinear process includes a nonlinear approximator, coupled to a parameterized dynamic or static model, operable to model the nonlinear process. The non... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009004 | Electric coil and core cooling method and apparatus Provided is an electrical apparatus comprising a magnetic core, a conductive coil wound around at least a part of the core, a cooling element configured to receive a cooling fluid to cool the core and the coil during operation, and at least one biasing element opera... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7994924 | RFID tag based discrete contact position indication An RF based state indicator for indicating the state of a control device is provided. The RF-based state indicator indicates the position of a control mechanism by using the position of the control mechanism to enable or disable an RF tag. An RF reader acquires RF t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7966427 | Proxy object configuration of industrial component An electrical device may be configured by coupling the device to a human machine interface (HMI) that is equipped with software for interacting with a configuration station. The software may include components that can enumerate properties of objects on the device t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965478 | System and method for detecting a fault condition A system and method for detecting a fault condition by a relay is provided. The system includes means for detecting phase currents through three electrical phases, means for detecting a ground fault current, a processor configured to perform a current-based function... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965086 | Differential-mode current sensor method Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed, including a ground-fault sensor that has a plurality of conductors each disposed one inside of another except for an outer conductor and a field sensor configured to sense an electric field, a magnetic field, or both. In ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965085 | Differential-mode current sensor Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed, including a ground-fault sensor that has a plurality of conductors each disposed one inside of another except for an outer conductor and a field sensor configured to sense an electric field, a magnetic field, or both. In ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962659 | Interoperably configurable HMI system and method A configurable HMI is coupled to a configuration station and to one or more networked components, such as an industrial controller. Connections may be established with the networked component, such as to read from or write to registers within the component. A list o... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954621 | Modular wireless conveyor interconnection method and system A modular conveyor system is disclosed in which components of each conveyor module is designed for wireless mesh communication. The communications may be within a module or between modules. Certain of the components may be powered by battery, such that the component... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7933849 | Integrated model predictive control of batch and continuous processes in a biofuel production process System and method for managing a biofuel production process. An integrated dynamic multivariate predictive model is provided that includes a continuous process model representing a continuous process of the biofuel production process, a batch process model represent... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930635 | Relegendable interface device design-time environment system and method A technique is provided for adapting or “relegending” interface device views. The views include static content and dynamic content. At least a part of the static content defined a look and feel of the interface screens, including screens in a design-time environ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928833 | Dynamic condition monitoring system with integrated web server A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7915852 | Universal adaptive torque control for PM motors for field-weakening region operation The invention includes a motor controller and method for controlling a permanent magnet motor. In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a permanent magnet motor is controlled by, among other things, receiving a torque command, determining a normalized... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914367 | Front/rear removable fan mounting method and apparatus A fan assembly and mounting method is provided for mounting a fan within an electrical enclosure. The assembly includes a mounting assembly which houses the fan and can be removed from the exterior of the enclosure. The fan assembly also includes an interior mountin... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907375 | Self powered electronic overload method and system A sensing and switching device, such as an overload relay, is provided which includes a processor configured to make measurements and control operation (e.g., tripping) of the device. The processor regulates measurement of voltage and/or current, and the supply of p... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902957 | Phase change cooled electrical resistor A technique is disclosed for cooling resistive elements, such as brake resistors used in motor drives, as well as other resistors. A phase change heat spreader is thermally coupled to the resistive element and a continuous phase change cycle takes place in the heat ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899657 | Modeling in-situ reservoirs with derivative constraints System and method for parameterizing one or more steady-state models each having a plurality of model parameters for mapping model input to model output through a stored representation of an in-situ hydrocarbon reservoir. For each model, training data representing o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893804 | Electric coil and core cooling method and apparatus Provided is an electrical apparatus comprising a magnetic core, a conductive coil wound around at least a part of the core, a cooling element configured to receive a cooling fluid to cool the core and the coil during operation, and at least one biasing element opera... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882049 | Process control system using spatially dependent data for controlling a web-based process System and method for controlling a process with spatially dependent conditions for producing a product with spatially dependent properties, e.g., a web/sheet-based process for producing a web/sheet-based product. Input data comprising a plurality of input data sets... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880088 | Power electronic switching device with laminated bus A bus system is disclosed for use with switching devices, such as power electronic devices. The system includes generally parallel bus elements that define electrical reference planes, such as for a dc bus. The bus elements are separated from one another by insulati... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868581 | Induction motor analysis and control method An induction motor controller that may include three phase paths leading from a power input to a power output, a solid-state switching device interposed between the power input and the power output on each of the three phase paths, a voltage sensor coupled to two of... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7840363 | Determining total mill flow in a biofuel production process System and method for determining total mill flow (TMF) in a biofuel production process. Measured slurry flow and density values from a process fed by mill(s), backset, and at least one water source, are received. The slurry includes biomass solids and water. Measur... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831318 | Model predictive control of fermentation temperature in biofuel production A system and method are provided for controlling temperature of a batch fermenter in a biofuel production process. A nonlinear predictive integrating temperature model for a batch fermentation process is provided that is a function of fermenter level. An objective f... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7830036 | Power electronic module pre-charge system and method A power electronics device with an improved pre-charge circuit configuration is provided. More specifically, the input of the motor drive module may accept an AC or DC source voltage. In this way, the pre-charge circuit of the motor drive module may be utilized whet... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826985 | Power module life estimation fatigue function A system and method for estimating a condition of a power module is provided. In accordance with an embodiment, a motor controller may be maintained by tracking a total proportion of power module life expended by a power module in a variable frequency motor controll... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825621 | Junction temperature reduction for three phase inverters modules Provided is a motor controller and method of controlling a motor with an improved maximum junction temperature rating. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a motor is controlled by varying a common mode voltage duty ratio for a plurality of solid ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821220 | Motor having integral programmable logic controller A system, in one embodiment, includes a drive having a housing, a stator disposed in the housing, a rotor disposed in the stator, and a programmable logic controller disposed inside, mounted on, or in general proximity to the housing. In another embodiment, a system... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7789721 | Electrical connector and method of making same An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes a socket housing and a plurality of socket contacts disposed within the socket housing. Each of the plurality of socket contacts comprises a body and at least two members extending from the body ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778013 | Arc resistant baffle for reducing arc-flash energy in an electrical enclosure A venting system is described for use with electrical enclosures in which hot gasses may be generated by certain types of fault. The venting assembly may be mounted to a surface of the enclosure, such as adjacent to an aperture formed in the enclosure door. The vent... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777498 | Networked power line parameter analysis method and system A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining power line parameter of a system. Specifically, there is provided a system for determining comprising a networked device including a voltage perturbation circuit coupled to a voltage source and configured to pertur... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7750770 | Gas diverter for an electrical switching device A gas diverter is disclosed that slows, cools, and directs the hot gas and plasma generated during the operation of an electrical switching device. The gas diverter mounts to the switching device and has an inlet for accepting the gas and exit for expelling the gas.... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7741958 | Network cable for transmitting data and power to networked devices The present technique relates to the distribution of power and data signals throughout a networked system. For example, three-phase power may be conducted to a device over a set of conductors. One of the conductors, however, may be configured to conduct, in conjunct... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741853 | Differential-mode-current-sensing method and apparatus Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed, including a ground-fault sensor that has a plurality of conductors each disposed one inside of another except for an outer conductor and a field sensor configured to sense an electric field, a magnetic field, or both. In ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726751 | Common structure and door for multiple door electrical enclosure latching systems A multi-latch compatible system is disclosed for electrical enclosures. The system accommodates latches of different types and configurations. A rail structure may be formed to interface with pin-type latches and with plate-type latches. The rail structure may be co... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7719224 | Simulated encoder pulse output system and method The invention includes a system and method for generating simulated encoder outputs in a control system. An output pulse width between reference position inputs is computed, the output pulse width being based upon a difference between an updated reference position i... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716567 | Multilinguistic industrial control and monitoring system A control and monitoring system is adapted to collect parameter data from networked devices, and to display representations of the system or monitored data in a number of selectable languages on a monitoring station. Textual labels for the representations are stored... | 05/11/2010 |
