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Utility
Method and system for executing online tests of valve seating integrity for control valves
5 Dec 23
Systems and methods may be provided to execute online tests of a valve in a digital valve positioner.
John S. Fuller
Filed: 31 Mar 20
Utility
Methods and Apparatus to Generate and Display Trends Associated with a Process Control System
30 Nov 23
Methods and apparatus to generate and display trends associated with a process control system are disclosed.
Denis David, Monja Lajoie, Jessica Siu Liu, Karen Chau Johnson, Cody Troyer, Ian Nadas, Duane L. Harnish, Simran Ahuja, Amanda McConville, Terry P. Vallery, JR.
Filed: 25 May 22
Utility
Packing System and Diagnostic Method for a Packing System of a Valve Assembly
30 Nov 23
A packing system is disclosed for use with a valve having a bonnet and a flow passage extending between an inlet and an outlet of a valve body.
Michel K. Lovell, Trent Jackson
Filed: 24 May 22
Utility
Suspicious Control Valve Performance Detection
30 Nov 23
Techniques for detecting suspicious performance of a throttling control valve (also referred to herein as a “valve”) in a process plant are described herein.
Shu Xu, James Beall, Mark J. Nixon
Filed: 25 May 22
Utility
Drain cleaner fluid management
28 Nov 23
Drain cleaning machines having various fluid management provisions are described.
Scott Kruepke, Glen R. Chartier, Robert Skrjanc
Filed: 11 Jun 21
Utility
Valve bodies and methods of manufacturing the same
28 Nov 23
Valve bodies and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed.
Andrew M. Prusha, Lisa M. Miller
Filed: 23 Jul 21
Utility
Indicator assembly
28 Nov 23
A regulator includes a valve body and a control element movable between a closed position, in which the control element engages a valve seat, and an open position, in which the control element is spaced away from the valve seat.
Biao Zhou, Yanwei Lei, Dan Liu, Chongyang Xiao
Filed: 26 Apr 19
Utility
IEC zone 1 rated LED light engine using pre-molded optic
28 Nov 23
An encapsulated LED engine having a printed circuit board, a plurality of LED arrays, each of said LED arrays mounted on said printed circuit board, and electrically connected to each other, an encapsulation layer comprising a pre-molded optic positioned over and adhered to the printed circuit board, and a frame positioned over the LED arrays and secured to the printed circuit board.
Timothy E. Graff, Jean-Francois Monteil, Marius Sav, Sumit Kumar
Filed: 4 Mar 22
Utility
Vibrating fork liquid level switch with verification
28 Nov 23
A vibrating fork liquid level switch includes a vibrating fork assembly arranged to vibrate at a first frequency when in contact with a process fluid and at a second frequency when in contact with air.
Sean Daniel Collins-Dippel
Filed: 21 Mar 22
Utility
Heating Cable Splice For Heated Floor Membrane
23 Nov 23
A heating cable splice having two bulges interspersed between three sections of the heating cable splice having a smaller width than a width of the two bulges, wherein first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sections of the heating cable splice are adapted to receive electrical cabling therein, and wherein the heating cable splice is adapted to be positioned between upwardly extending bosses on a base membrane.
Ben Shoemaker, Erik Stephens, Saeid Khavandi, Andrew J. Donlan, Paul E. Mazur
Filed: 17 May 22
Utility
I/o Server Services Configured to Facilitate Control In a Process Control Environment by Containerized Controller Services
23 Nov 23
An I/O server service interacts with multiple containerized controller services each implementing the same control routine to control the same portion of the same plant.
Anthony, Amaro, JR., Mark J. Nixon
Filed: 20 Jul 23
Utility
Virtualized Real-time I/o In Process Control Systems
23 Nov 23
A Multi-Purpose Dynamic Simulation and run-time Control platform includes a virtual process environment coupled to a physical process environment, where components/nodes of the virtual and physical process environments cooperate to dynamically perform run-time process control of an industrial process plant and/or simulations thereof.
Mark J. Nixon, Anthony Amaro, JR., Brandon Wayne Bell, John M. Caldwell, Gary K. Law
Filed: 25 Jul 23
Utility
Publish-subscribe communication architecture for highly-versatile field devices in control and automation systems
21 Nov 23
A method and system for publish-subscribe communication architecture for highly-versatile (HV) field devices in control and automation system implements reception at an HV field device, from a client device or application, of a message indicating a selection of one of a plurality of publish categories.
Mark J. Nixon, Gary K. Law
Filed: 10 Sep 20
Utility
Security systems for use in implementing highly-versatile field devices and communication networks in control and automation systems
21 Nov 23
A highly versatile process control or factory automation field device is configured with an interface and communication connection structure and security features that enable the field device to operate as a data server that communicates with and supports multiple different applications or clients, either directly or indirectly, while simultaneously performing standard process and factory automation control functions in a highly secure manner.
Mark J. Nixon, Gary K. Law
Filed: 10 Sep 20
Utility
Vacuum apparatus including drum lock assembly
21 Nov 23
Applicant has created vacuum apparatuses with improved stability and methods for improving the stability of a wet/dry vacuum.
Mark Tomasiak
Filed: 7 Apr 21
Utility
Punch and draw stud having multi-start threads, and method of engaging same
21 Nov 23
A punch according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a body having a punching edge and a wall forming a passageway therethrough, the wall having a multi-start thread formed thereon, and a draw stud according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes an elongated cylinder having a multi-start thread thereon which is configured to be coupled to the multi-start thread of the punch.
Arthur A. Piper, Robert Bruce Bentley, Andrew Troy, Ryan McManus
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Arrangement for sealing portion of wires between LED array board and driver compartment in LED luminaires
21 Nov 23
The present disclosure relates to and envisages an arrangement for sealing the portion of wires between an LED array board (4) and a driver (6) in an LED luminaire (100).
Pratik G. Paratwar, Harsha N. Devappa
Filed: 15 Mar 22
Utility
Flow meter with improved operational verification method
21 Nov 23
A method for verifying accurate operation for a flow meter (5) is provided.
Bert J. Downing
Filed: 30 Jul 18
Utility
Field device switch monitoring
21 Nov 23
An industrial process field device includes an active component, a switch, a switch monitor, and a controller.
Justin Zingsheim, Rob LaRoche, Kurt Diede
Filed: 29 Sep 21
Utility
Graphical interface for configuration of industrial automation systems
21 Nov 23
Exemplified herein is a graphical user interface for an industrial automation system that provides, in a single aggregated and eloquent view, a configuration workspace to discover and present configuration details of control components within an industrial automation system.
Balajose Goli, Abitha Beevi Mohammed Siddique, Venkatesh Mani Selvaraj, Vishal Fogla, Shantanu Ratnakar Rao Choudhary
Filed: 4 Jan 21