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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark William Curry, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Daniel Paul Greenbank, San Jose, CA (US);
Danny Cam Toan Lu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 4/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 4/906 ;
Abstract
Method, article of manufacture and apparatus for monitoring operating characteristics of a system comprising a variable speed vacuum pump. Operating characteristics reflective of gas load on the pump are observed for behavior indicating a change in the gas load. In one embodiment, the operating characteristic is the current in a power signal being provided to the pump.