Jason C Young

US Patent:

8616134, Dec 31, 2013

Filed:

Jan 23, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/359022

Inventors:

Nathanael N. King - Somerville MA, US
Brian M. Perreault - Stow MA, US
Tracy M. Clark - Bedford MA, US
Richard D. Thornton - Concord MA, US
Jason Young - Marlboro MA, US
Michael W. Bottasso - Maynard MA, US

Assignee:

Magnemotion, Inc. - Devens MA

International Classification:

B60L 13/06
B60L 1/00

US Classification:

104284, 191 6

Abstract:

Aspects of the invention provide a transport system powered by short block Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs). The use of short blocks allows vehicles to move under precise control even when they are in close proximity to each other. The design allows the vehicles to be propelled and guided while negotiating sharp turns and negotiating merge and diverge switches. A coreless LSM can be used to create propulsive force without attractive force so as to allow a relatively high drag vehicle suspension, such as a vehicle sliding on a smooth surface.

US Patent:

20030023504, Jan 30, 2003

Filed:

Jan 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/056672

Inventors:

Richard Berenson - Newton MA, US
David Sklar - New York NY, US
Adam Morton - Malden MA, US
Jason Young - Somerville MA, US

International Classification:

H04N007/16
G06F017/60
H04N007/173

US Classification:

705/026000, 725/087000, 725/001000, 725/133000, 725/141000, 725/153000

Abstract:

A system and method for recording purchased programming by a recording device which communicates instructions back and forth with an order processor. The order processor communicates with the user recording device as well as with a program source device to automatically ensure recording of purchased programming by a user pursuant to a user's order. The program delivery may occur at a time different from when the user views the program. The system may verify that the user recording device is capable of recording the program and may reschedule the delivery of the purchased program if the user device is unable to record the program.

US Patent:

20030131355, Jul 10, 2003

Filed:

Nov 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/996089

Inventors:

Richard Berenson - Newton MA, US
David Sklar - Cambridge MA, US
Adam Morton - Malden MA, US
Jason Young - Cambridge MA, US

International Classification:

H04N007/16
G06F003/00
H04N005/445
G06F013/00

US Classification:

725/046000, 725/001000

Abstract:

A method and system is offered for creating program grids displaying programs with time as one axis and program preference along the other. Program preference information is used to create the grid. Program preference information is gathered from client devices which may be located in set-top boxes or on personal computers. Algorithms are used to determine the best placement of programs into the grid. Program preference information may also be used to direct users to other services that may be of interest.

US Patent:

20100236445, Sep 23, 2010

Filed:

Jan 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/692441

Inventors:

Nathanael N. King - Somerville MA, US
Brian M. Perreault - Stow MA, US
Tracy M. Clark - Bedford MA, US
Richard D. Thornton - Concord MA, US
Jason Young - Marlborough MA, US
Michael W. Bottasso - Maynard MA, US

Assignee:

MAGNEMOTION, INC. - Devens MA

International Classification:

B60L 13/03
E01B 25/34
B60L 13/04

US Classification:

10413003, 104292, 104281, 104284

Abstract:

Aspects of the invention provide a transport system powered by short block Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs). The use of short blocks allows vehicles to move under precise control even when they are in close proximity to each other. The design allows the vehicles to be propelled and guided while negotiating sharp turns and negotiating merge and diverge switches. A coreless LSM can be used to create propulsive force without attractive force so as to allow a relatively high drag vehicle suspension, such as a vehicle sliding on a smooth surface. Further aspects of the invention provide a switching member that is selectively moveable relative to a guideway in order to change a magnetic force acting on the vehicle transverse to a direction of motion of the vehicle.

US Patent:

20130008336, Jan 10, 2013

Filed:

Jun 7, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/490995

Inventors:

Jason A. Young - Marlborough MA, US
P. Eric Malkowski - Lancaster MA, US
Brian M. Perreault - Stow MA, US
Michael F. Onorato - Acton MA, US

Assignee:

MagneMotion, Inc. - Devens MA

International Classification:

B60L 13/03

US Classification:

104292

Abstract:

Control of Linear Synchronous Motors involves a number of low level issues of motor control—such as sensing precise position, controlling current in stator windings, and obeying commands from high level controllers—and high level vehicle control—such as stopping and starting, switching and merging, limiting speed and acceleration, synchronizing relative motion, preventing collisions and accidents, and dealing with failures. In most cases there is a master controller that directs vehicles based on simple commands but in other cases it is desirable to allow an external agent to provide more detailed control—such as synchronizing motion between a vehicle and a robot or allowing human operator control. This patent describes a versatile control scheme that allows both simplified high level control and, when or where necessary, control by an external agent. The result is a transport system and method that provides efficient and precise movement of vehicles on a guideway.

US Patent:

20130074724, Mar 28, 2013

Filed:

Sep 20, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/623124

Inventors:

Brian M. Perreault - Stow MA, US
Tracy M. Clark - Devens MA, US
Richard D. Thornton - Concord MA, US
Jason Young - Marlborough MA, US
Michael W. Bottasso - Maynard MA, US
Jesse Mendenhall - Brookline NH, US

Assignee:

MAGNEMOTION, INC. - Devens MA

International Classification:

E01B 25/34
B60L 13/03

US Classification:

10413002

Abstract:

The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon.

US Patent:

60698012, May 30, 2000

Filed:

Jul 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/116625

Inventors:

Stuart I. Hodge - Nashua NH
Jason A. Young - Waltham MA

Assignee:

VLT Corporation - San Antonio TX

International Classification:

H02M 3335

US Classification:

363 21

Abstract:

A power converter, for accepting power from a source and delivering power to a load, comprises conversion circuitry including a first side coupled to the source and a second side isolated from the first side and coupled to the load, energy storage circuitry, connected to the first side of the conversion circuitry, for storing energy at a voltage higher than the voltage of the source, and a switch arranged with respect to the conversion circuitry and energy storage circuitry to allow energy to be delivered from the source to the energy storage circuitry and a quantum of energy to be delivered to the second side of the conversion circuitry during a time that the switch is closed. Energy can be delivered to the energy storage circuitry and the quantum of energy delivered to the second side of the conversion circuitry during less than the entire time that the switch is closed. A method for use in converting power from a source to a load comprises closing a switch, receiving energy from the source during at least a portion of the time that the switch is closed for storage in a first circuit at a voltage higher than the voltage of the source, and transferring, during at least a portion of the time that the switch is closed, a quantum of energy stored in the first circuit to a second circuit that is coupled to the load and is isolated from the first circuit.

US Patent:

20220250483, Aug 11, 2022

Filed:

Apr 28, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/731763

Inventors:

- Milwaukee WI, US
Brian M. Perreault - Stow MA, US
Tracy M. Clark - Devens MA, US
Richard D. Thornton - Concord MA, US
Jason Young - Devens MA, US
Michael W. Bottasso - Maynard MA, US
Jesse Mendenhall - Brookline NH, US

International Classification:

B60L 13/10
E01B 25/34
B60L 13/03
B60L 13/00
B60L 15/00

Abstract:

The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon. The extension continues switching of vehicle direction at the diverge by contacting the septum. Still other aspects of the invention provide a transport system, e.g., as described above, that includes a merge region with a flipper and a broadened region of the running surface. The flipper applies a lateral force to the vehicle to alter an angle thereof as the vehicle enters the merge region, and the broadened region continues the merge by contacting the septum of the vehicle, thereby, providing further guidance or channeling for the merge. The flipper, which can be equipped for full or partial deployment, is partially deployed in order to effect alteration of the vehicle angle as the vehicle enters the merge.