"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398299 | Control network with matrix architecture A multi-tier, master-slave control network has a matrix architecture for facilitating monitoring, command and control of the mid- and lower-tiers of the control network. A supervisory network is connected to a hierarchical master-slave control network, and includes ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398083 | Method and system for monitoring, controlling, and locating portable devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of control network A system for monitoring, controlling, and locating portable computerized devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of control networks. The portable, wireless equipment includes computerized display device connected to a wireless intermediary device for allowing... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7324876 | System for remotely controlling energy distribution at local sites A power management system and associated method includes provision of local wireless energy control units at remote sites for controlling power delivery to customer loads, and a central station with a wireless transmitter for broadcasting commands to the wireless en... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7265652 | Controllable electronic switch A controllable electronic switch for, e.g., controlling power distribution comprises a deformable member such as a bimetal arm that can be deformed to break an electrical path. The deformable member may be anchored at one end and in controllable contact with an elec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7065039 | Fiber optic control network and related method A control network comprises multiple master nodes and multiple slave nodes, connected together in a loop configuration by at least one fiber optic cable. The master nodes share concurrent control over the network nodes by time multiplexing or other techniques. The c... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7046621 | Redundant multi-fiber optical ring network A control network comprises multiple master nodes and multiple slave nodes, connected together in a loop configuration by at least one fiber optic cable. The master nodes share concurrent control over the network nodes by time multiplexing or other techniques. The c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046622 | Multi-tier, hierarchical fiber optic control network A control network comprises multiple master nodes and multiple slave nodes, connected together in a loop configuration by at least one fiber optic cable. The master nodes share concurrent control over the network nodes by time multiplexing or other techniques. The c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6965560 | Multi-tier, hierarchical fiber optic control network A control network comprises multiple master nodes and multiple slave nodes, connected together in a loop configuration by at least one fiber optic cable. The master nodes share concurrent control over the network nodes by time multiplexing or other techniques. The c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961306 | Fiber optic control network and related method A control network comprises multiple master nodes and multiple slave nodes, connected together in a loop configuration by at least one fiber optic cable. The master nodes share concurrent control over the network nodes by time multiplexing or other techniques. The c... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6861956 | Remotely controllable wireless energy control unit A power management system and associated method therefore includes a plurality of local wireless energy control units at remote sites for controlling power delivery to customer loads, and a central station with a wireless transmitter for broadcasting commands to the... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6847916 | Method and system for monitoring, controlling, and locating portable devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of control network A system and method for monitoring, diagnosing and/or testing a control network using portable, wireless equipment includes computerized display device connected to a wireless intermediary device for allowing a wireless connection to be made to a control network. Th... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6832135 | System for remotely controlling energy distribution at local sites A power management system and associated method therefore includes a plurality of local wireless energy control units at remote sites for controlling power delivery to customer loads, and a central station with a wireless transmitter for broadcasting commands to the... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6825750 | Controllable electronic switch with interposable non-conductive element to break circuit path A controllable electronic switch for, e.g., controlling power distribution comprises a deformable member such as a bimetal arm that can be deformed to break an electrical path. The deformable member may be anchored at one end and in controllable contact with an elec... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6757521 | Method and system for locating and assisting portable devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of a control network A system for monitoring, controlling, and locating portable computerized devices performing remote diagnostic analysis of control networks. The portable, wireless equipment includes computerized display device connected to a wireless intermediary device for allowing... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6732202 | Network node with plug-in identification module A network node includes a housing in which the electronics of the network node are contained, the housing having an external port to which a plug-in module can be physically attached. The plug-in module contains a readable memory which, when the plug-in module is at... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6636141 | Controllable electronic switch A controllable electronic switch for, e.g., controlling power distribution comprises a bimetal member anchored at one end and in controllable contact with an electrical conductor at the other end. An incoming power wire is connected to the bimetal member ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6611860 | Control network with matrix architecture A multi-tier, master-slave control network has a matrix architecture for facilitating monitoring, command and control of the mid- and lower-tiers of the control network. A supervisory network is connected to a hierarchical master-slave control network, an... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6201995 | Wiring method and apparatus for distributed control network A multi-tier, master-slave control network having multiple buses comprises a master node and a plurality of slave nodes operating over each of the multiple buses. Each master node comprises a downlink transceiver, and each slave node comprises an uplink t... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6147967 | Fault isolation and recovery in a distributed control network A control network has a bus to which is connected a master node and a plurality of slave nodes in a loop configuration. Each of the master node and slave nodes has a transceiver connected to the bus through a shunt circuit. The shunt circuit comprises a s... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6094416 | Multi-tier architecture for control network A multi-tier, master-slave control network has at least three data buses. A first-tier master node and a plurality of first-tier slave nodes are connected to a main data bus. One or more first-tier slave nodes are connected to secondary data buses. The se... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6061600 | Backup control mechanism in a distributed control network A multi-tier, master-slave control network having redundant backup for a master node in which the slave nodes are provided with means for detecting a failure of the master node and for taking over for the master node in such circumstances. The master node... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5907486 | Wiring method and apparatus for distributed control network A multi-tier, master-slave control network having multiple buses comprises a master node and a plurality of slave nodes operating over each of the multiple buses. Each master node comprises a downlink transceiver, and each slave node comprises an uplink t... | 05/25/1999 |