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Allen Sopko, Westfield, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120311951FASTENING PLATE ASSEMBLY - A roofing system includes a construction board positioned over a roof deck and a plurality of fastening plates positioned on a top surface of the construction board. At least one connector extends between two of the plurality of fastening plates and is positioned on the top surface of the construction board. The construction boards may be insulation or cover boards, and in certain embodiments may be polyisocyanurate boards. Fasteners are driven through the fastening plates and the construction boards and into an underlying roof deck to secure the construction boards in place.12-13-2012

Andrew Sopko, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110246337METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AN ASSET IN A DATABASE SYSTEM - A method for managing an asset in a database system is provided. The method embodiment includes receiving by a node hosting an asset management service module asset information corresponding to an asset, and generating automatically by the asset management service module an asset identifier based on the received asset information. In an embodiment, the asset identifier uniquely identifies the asset and includes a manufacturer's serial number of the asset and at least one of a make and a model of the asset. The asset information is associated with the asset identifier, and the asset information and the asset identifier are stored in a database system.10-06-2011
20120101985TRIGGERING ACTIONS IN AN INFORMATION FEED SYSTEM - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed. In one implementation, an information update to be displayed in an information feed may be received. The information feed may be capable of being displayed on a display device. The information update may be associated with a data object. A determination may be made as to whether the information update includes a designated keyword, the keyword being designated in association with a first user account. When the information update includes the designated keyword, a data value may be set to an indication that the first user account is following the data object such that updates related to the data object are capable of being stored as feed items in a feed table.04-26-2012
20120102063TRIGGERING ACTIONS IN AN INFORMATION FEED SYSTEM - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed. In one implementation, an information update is selected for comparison with a data record creation rule. The data record creation rule may specify a data record creation operation for creating a data record based the selected information update. The selected information update may be capable of being displayed in an information feed. A determination may be made as to whether the selected information update includes information satisfying a trigger condition associated with the data record creation rule. When the information in the selected information update satisfies the trigger condition, the data record creation operation may be performed to create the data record. The data record creation operation may identify information to include in the data record.04-26-2012
20120102153TRIGGERING ACTIONS IN AN INFORMATION FEED SYSTEM - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed. In one implementation, an information update to be displayed in an information feed is received. The information feed may be capable of being displayed on a display device. The information update may be stored in a feed table for display in the information feed. A determination may be made as to whether the information update includes information satisfying a trigger condition associated with a trigger rule. When the information in the information update satisfies the trigger condition, the trigger rule may be activated. The trigger rule may specify a trigger action to perform in association with the information update.04-26-2012

John F. Sopko, Trafford, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100021746AQUEOUS SUSPENSION FOR PYROLYTIC SPRAY COATING - The durability of a transparent pyrolytic spray applied coating is improved by providing a spray solution of metal acetylacetonates having different particle size distribution. More particularly, the particle size distribution of each of the metal acetylacetonates is a function of its melting temperature, and optionally of its melting temperature and solubility.01-28-2010
20110081486NON-ORTHOGONAL COATER GEOMETRY FOR IMPROVED COATINGS ON A SUBSTRATE - A coating apparatus includes non-orthogonal coater geometry to improve coatings on a glass ribbon, and to improve yields of such coatings. The apparatus includes a first arrangement to move the ribbon along a first imaginary straight line through a coating zone provided in a glass forming chamber. The coater has a coating nozzle and an exhaust slot, each have a longitudinal axis. The coating nozzle directs coating vapors toward the coating zone, and the exhaust slot removes vapors from the coating zone. A second arrangement mounts the coater in spaced relation to the path with the coating nozzle and the exhaust slot facing the coating zone. A second imaginary straight line is normal to the longitudinal axis of the coating nozzle, and the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line subtend an angle in the range of greater than zero degrees to 90 degrees.04-07-2011

Michael Edward Sopko, Roanoke, VA US

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20110227723REMOTE MACHINE MONITORING - A system for monitoring a machine includes a monitoring relay for coupling to one or more sensors on the machine and a communication device. The system also includes a remote monitoring unit (RMU) coupled to the monitoring device and the communication device, the RMU receiving data points from the monitoring relay and causing the data points to be provided over a communication to a server via an HTTP POST command.09-22-2011

Thomas M. Sopko, East Peoria, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080269011System for controlling a machine with a continuously variable transmission - A system for controlling a machine with a continuously variable transmission includes a first control device configured to produce a first signal based on a first operator input and a second control device configured to produce a second signal based on a second operator input. The system also includes a control system configured to receive the first and second signals from the first and second control devices and generate a raw torque value based on the first and second signals. The control system is also configured to determine an output torque value based on the raw torque value and transmit the output torque value to the transmission to control the transmission.10-30-2008
20090005914FEEDBACK ACCELERATION REDUCTION FOR FLUID SUPPLY VALVES - A system and method for controlling a variator operate to detect variator torques and/or internal pressures and generates a preliminary corrective command. The preliminary corrective command is transformed via a dynamic transform to account for system characteristics during transient operating conditions such as machine acceleration, such that the acceleration of the system during transient periods is not torque-limited by static torque-control map values. In an embodiment, the acceleration may be positive or negative, and in a further embodiment, braking is automatically applied in the case of negative requested power or desired machine retarding.01-01-2009
20090156360PART-THROTTLE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION - A system and method for optimizing machine performance using speed shaping in a machine having an engine and a drivetrain implementing engine underspeed module receives a throttle command requesting an increase in engine speed and transmits the throttle command to the engine. If the requested increase exceeds a predetermined function, the predetermined function is forwarded to the engine underspeed module as a speed standard. The engine underspeed module determines whether the actual engine speed attained by the engine is less than the speed standard by more than a predetermined gap value and, if so, reduces the power required by the drivetrain to avoid lugging of the engine.06-18-2009
20090199814POWER-BASED UNDERSPEED CONTROL - A method of adjusting the operation of an engine-driven machine to avoid engine under-speeding entails converting a received speed or torque command into a power command. When an engine under-speed condition is sensed, the system performs underspeed correction in the power domain before converting the underspeed processed power command back into the units of the original domain. The converted underspeed processed power command is issued to the transmission or other component to alleviate the engine under-speeding condition.08-13-2009
20100007300Method and system for temperature-based power converter control - A method of controlling a power converter in an electric drive machine is disclosed. The method may include determining a first switching frequency and determining a second switching frequency. The method may also include comparing the first switching frequency and the second switching frequency. The method may further include selecting a power converter switching frequency from the lesser of the first switching frequency and the second switching frequency to control a power converter.01-14-2010

Patent applications by Thomas M. Sopko, East Peoria, IL US

Thomas Michael Sopko, East Peoria, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090001924System and method for dynamic field weakening - A field weakening control system for use with an induction motor is disclosed. The field weakening control system has a sensing device configured to generate a signal indicative of a speed of the induction motor and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an initial voltage command based on the signal and determine an acceleration of the induction motor based on the signal. The controller is also configured to generate a desired voltage command based on at least one of the initial voltage command and the acceleration.01-01-2009

Patent applications by Thomas Michael Sopko, East Peoria, IL US

Tyge Sopko, Dubuque, IA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120232744MEMORY LIFE EXTENSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A memory management method including the steps of storing a value and writing data. The storing a value step stores a value representative of a number of erase/write cycles that a subset of memory space of a first memory has undergone. The first memory having an assigned predetermined maximum number of erase/write cycles. The writing data step writes data to the subset of memory space dependent upon whether the value is below the predetermined maximum number.09-13-2012

Tyge Alan Sopko, Dubuque, IA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120226397EMBEDDED CONTROLLER FREQUENCY INPUTS RE-USED FOR SPEED SENSOR DIAGNOSTICS - A vehicle is provided having an electric machine and a speed detector coupled to the electric machine. A controller is coupled to the speed detector. The controller may analyze the integrity of communication between the speed detector and the controller based on a frequency signal provided with the speed detector.09-06-2012