Bruce P Meyer

US Patent:

6948349, Sep 27, 2005

Filed:

Oct 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/677638

Inventors:

Michael Gorski - Sayreville NJ, US
Bruce E. Meyer - Arvada CO, US

Assignee:

Englert, Inc. - Perth Amboy NJ

International Classification:

B21D005/08

US Classification:

72181

Abstract:

A roll forming machine for a debris shedding rain gutter having a lower trough and an upper hood, wherein independent adjustments are made to the front wall of the trough to insure that its upper edge is behind the forward end of the trough. An independently adjustable kick forming station is provided to create an inward bend near the upper end of the front wall. A block is adjustably mounted to a cross-member of the machine to press the front wall inwardly to insure that the angle where the front wall joins the bottom wall of the trough is approximately ninety degrees.

US Patent:

6976794, Dec 20, 2005

Filed:

Jul 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/896825

Inventors:

Bruce A. Meyer - Mountainside NJ, US

International Classification:

G02B006/36

US Classification:

385 88, 385 92

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to methods and an apparatus for reading, displaying, and transmitting data obtained from Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical modules and 10 Gigabit Small Form-factor Pluggable (XFP) optical modules, as well as other type of optical modules. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a small handheld unit including an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel, an electrical interface circuit, a battery, and a user-operated switch, is used to interrogate an inserted optical module.

US Patent:

39821641, Sep 21, 1976

Filed:

Dec 18, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/534078

Inventors:

Alfred P. de Buhr - Downers Grove IL
Bruce R. Meyer - Western Springs IL

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H02P 550

US Classification:

318 52

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the wheel slip of an electric or diesel electric locomotive such that optimum wheel adhesion may be attained. A certain characteristic of a series traction motor, specifically the back emf per rpm versus motor current (E/n vs. I), forms the basis for a voltage control which limits the voltage (V) supply to each motor to a value which will limit the maximum percentage wheel slip. The selected limit value of wheel slip is great enough to encompass the conditions of maximum adhesion under most rail conditions. By combining the E/n with the motor IR drop, motor current, and a locomotive speed signal, the idealized voltage V for a non-slip condition is derived. This voltage is increased by a factor representing the desired maximum percentage slip to obtain the limiting voltage which may be supplied to the motor. A current maximizing circuit is included to decrease the allowed percent slip from the maximum preselected value to a value which provides the maximum motor current to obtain maximum traction.

US Patent:

39846636, Oct 5, 1976

Filed:

Dec 18, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/534077

Inventors:

Alfred P. de Buhr - Downers Grove IL
Bruce R. Meyer - Western Springs IL

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

G05B 1300

US Classification:

2351501

Abstract:

In a feedback control circuit, a circuit maximizes or minimizes a controlled signal by incrementally varying the controlling signal in one sense, determining the direction of controlled signal change in response to such variation, and then incrementally varying the controlling signal in the same or the opposite sense in accordance with such direction. A condition of the system is that the controlled signal must reach a maximum or minimum in the range of the controlling signal. For illustration, the circuit is described in an analog-digital form applied to a wheel slip control of an electric locomotive to adjust the motor current to a maximum value to obtain the peak tractive effort that the rail conditions will permit.

US Patent:

41863313, Jan 29, 1980

Filed:

Jun 19, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/917073

Inventors:

Alfred P. deBuhr - Downers Grove IL
Bruce R. Meyer - Western Springs IL
Robert J. Wilson - Bolingbrook IL

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B61C 1508

US Classification:

318 52

Abstract:

An analog signal representation of the ground speed of a prime mover driven vehicle is modified by the vehicle drive train ratio factor to produce an analog signal representation of the theoretical speed of rotation of the prime mover rotating element based upon vehicle ground speed and another analog signal representation of the actual speed of rotation of the prime mover rotating element based upon selected prime mover operating parameters is produced. A variable gain amplifier circuit converts the theoretical speed of rotation analog signal representation into a system output calibrated analog signal representation of the actual speed of rotation of the prime mover rotating element based upon vehicle ground speed by incrementally adjusting the potential level of the theoretical speed of rotation analog signal representation in a direction toward that of the prime mover operating parameter based actual speed of rotation signal representation.