Michel A Baillargeon

US Patent:

7991931, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

May 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/743209

Inventors:

Glen E. Schmidt - Bartlesville OK, US
Michel J. Baillargeon - Bartlesville OK, US
Robert Farmer - Bartlesville OK, US
Gregory J. Golden - Owasso OK, US
Ray Shepherd - Tulsa OK, US

Assignee:

Siemens Industry, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
H01C 7/12
G06F 13/42

US Classification:

710100, 710 72, 710104, 710105, 710106, 361119

Abstract:

The present invention is a novel device, system, and method for data transport and bus architecture. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the bus architecture may comprise of a continuous serial bus that may be incorporated into a process control sample system to provide an intrinsically safe and efficient system. An alternative exemplary embodiment, in an intrinsically safe control sampling system, a data transport device may be used to couple sampling controls and analyzers. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may contain an access controller providing a protocol bridge for an intrinsically safe control sampling system to couple sampling controls and analyzers.

US Patent:

20050077466, Apr 14, 2005

Filed:

Oct 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/681947

Inventors:

Michel Adrien Baillargeon - Bartlesville OK, US

International Classification:

H01J049/38

US Classification:

250291000, 250282000

Abstract:

The present invention is a method and apparatus for generating a high frequency excitation signal for use in a mass spectrometer. Harmonics or aliases of a fundamental frequency contained in a signal from a digital-to-analog converter are used to excite ions in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. The signal from the digital to analog converter may be filtered to remove the fundamental frequency or to remove unwanted harmonics or aliases.

US Patent:

20080189456, Aug 7, 2008

Filed:

Jan 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/022375

Inventors:

Glen E. Schmidt - Bartlesville OK, US
Gregory J. Golden - Owasso OK, US
Bob Farmer - Bartlesville OK, US
Michel Baillargeon - Bartlesville OK, US
Ray Shepherd - Tulsa OK, US
Thomas Burghardt - Schwabach, DE

International Classification:

G06F 13/42

US Classification:

710106

Abstract:

A system and method for providing a serial communication bus is disclosed. A serial communication bus connects multiple footprint devices, such as electronic sensors in a process control sample system. The footprint devices can utilize various footprint device specific communication protocols. Multiple tophat devices act as general I/O ports for connecting with the footprint devices. Each tophat device identifies the footprint device specific communication protocol of a connected footprint device, converts outputs signals transmitted from the connected footprint device from the footprint device specific communication protocol of the footprint device to a standard bus communication protocol, and converts input signals directed to the connected footprint device from the standard bus communication protocol to the footprint device specific communication protocol of the footprint device. The serial communication bus connects the tophat devices and transmits input and output signals using the standard bus communication protocol.