Kenneth G Murphy

US Patent:

20110214965, Sep 8, 2011

Filed:

Mar 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/719804

Inventors:

Kenneth G. Murphy - Mount Laurel NJ, US

International Classification:

B65G 47/84

US Classification:

1984791

Abstract:

A vertical device and method for the ultimate insertion of a leaflet or the like together with a container such as a medical bottle into a carton and which can be used in conjunction with either a vertical or a horizontal cartoner.

US Patent:

49673475, Oct 30, 1990

Filed:

Apr 3, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/847956

Inventors:

Steven E. Smith - Manhattan Beach CA
Kenneth J. Murphy - Canoga Park CA

Assignee:

BH-F (Triplex) Inc. - Torrance CA

International Classification:

G06F 100
G06F 1116
G06F 702
G06F 720
G06F 1516
H01R 1364

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

A multiple-redundant computer system having multiple computational devices operating in synchronism, multiple voter circuits to provide voted memory reading operations for the devices, and multiple fault detection logic for the detection of failures of the computational devices. Fault status words generated by the fault detection logic are also subject to a voted read by the multiple computational devices, thereby permitting detection of errors in the fault detection logic itself, as well as in the computational devices. The module structure of the invention also permits removal and replacement of circuit modules, each including a computational device and fault detection logic, without disconnecting power from the entire system.

US Patent:

49262815, May 15, 1990

Filed:

Feb 27, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/316172

Inventors:

Kenneth J. Murphy - West Hills CA

Assignee:

Triplex - Torrance CA

International Classification:

H02H 320

US Classification:

361 55

Abstract:

A protected digital output circuit coupled to a programmable controller, for controlling a load supplied through alternating-current (ac) power lines, including a fuse and a single controlled output switch connected in series with the load, and a pair of series-connected crowbar switches connected together across the ac power lines. The crowbar switches can be commanded closed together in the event that the output switch is commanded open but fails to open, thereby shorting the ac power lines and disconnecting the load by blowing the fuse. In routine diagnostic testing, the crowbar switches can be commanded closed separately to check their operation without blowing the fuse. A current detection circuit is used to check for current in the closed crowbar switch. A current sensor is also used to detect current through the output switch, when commanded closed for switching the load on, or for diagnostic turn-on testing when the load is disconnected.

US Patent:

55743854, Nov 12, 1996

Filed:

Apr 28, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/234255

Inventors:

Kenneth J. Murphy - West Hills CA
Walter J. Grams - Costa Mesa CA

Assignee:

ICS Triplex, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G01R 104

US Classification:

324765

Abstract:

A switch module for connection between a power source and a controlled load, and a method for its operation, the switch module being testable without regard to the nature of the load, the nature of the power source, or whether the switch is actually connected to the power supply and its controlled load. The switch module has two pairs of MOS FET solid state switches, each pair connected back-to-back to allow switching of alternating current (ac) as well as direct current (dc) in either direction. Each pair of switches in the module has an associated independent power source, which is used in the preferred embodiment of the invention to supply a control signal to each switch and to supply a test current through the switch when it is closed. Test pulses invert the state of each switch momentarily and corresponding test current pulses are observed if a switch is operating properly. A missing switch-off pulse when the switch module is connected to a load circuit may be caused by the presence of an inductive load, and this is assumed to be case if there is a missing pulse in both pairs of switches.

US Patent:

48688266, Sep 19, 1989

Filed:

Aug 31, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/091086

Inventors:

Steven E. Smith - Manhattan Beach CA
Janusz M. Kucharski - Redondo Beach CA
Kenneth J. Murphy - West Hills CA

Assignee:

Triplex - Torrance CA

International Classification:

G06F 1118
G06F 1120
G06F 1526

US Classification:

371 91

Abstract:

Circuit modules for providing digital or analog outputs from computational devices in such a manner that the components of the output circuit modules are tolerant of malfunctions in one or more of the components. In the digital output embodiment of the invention, output signals are independently derived using two voting circuits and are then applied to two switches connected in series to provide a fail-safe condition for most types of failure of the switches or the voting circuits. Two identical modules provide the ability to faithfully follow commanded on or off signals in all but a statistically small number of situations, and permit convenient replacement of a defective module without affecting output through the other module. In an analog output module, two independent voting circuits provide voted digital outputs to separate digital-to-analog converters, the outputs of which are compared to generate a validity signal that is used to control an output switch. The validity signal for the module can be combined logically with the switch status of another identical module, to determine which of the modules should be activated by closure of its output switch.

US Patent:

20150149473, May 28, 2015

Filed:

Nov 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/090600

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Kenneth Murphy - Fort Washington PA, US

Assignee:

United Video Properties, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707741

Abstract:

Systems and methods for tagging a media asset are provided. A plurality of communications is received from a plurality of users. Each of the plurality of communications includes words spoken by a respective one of the users while accessing the media asset and is associated with a media asset play position during which the respective words were spoken. A subset of the plurality of communications is selected for which the associated media asset play position is within a range of play positions, the range of play positions being shorter than the duration of the media asset. A word that a threshold number of the selected communications have in common is identified. The word is cross-referenced with an attribute database to retrieve an attribute associated with the word. The retrieved attribute is assigned to the media asset within the range of play positions.