Patents Represented by Attorney Philip D. Freedman
  • Patent number: 7273562
    Abstract: A target biokill of species for water to be discharged from a ballast tank of a sea faring vessel is determined. A diverted portion of sea water is regulated prior to charging the water into the ballast tank. Regulation of the diverted portion of water and a rate of injection of the ozone into the portion are adjusted to attain the target biokill. Then ozone at the determined rate into the regulated diverted portion to attain the target biokill when the portion is recombined into the water for charging to the ballast tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Nutech 03, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack H. Robinson, Michael D. Jennings, Richard A. Mueller
  • Patent number: 7259220
    Abstract: An asymmetric siloxane is made by reacting a silicone having the formula MHDxM?H where MH is R1R2HSiO1/2, M?H is R4R5HSiO1/2 and x is an integer 0?x?10 under selective hydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metal hydrosilylation catalyst, with a first olefine compound and in a second step, a monohydridosiloxane produced in the first step is reacted under hydrosilylating condtions with another olefine compound different from the first olefine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David D Farris, Chauncey J Rinard, Mark D Leatherman
  • Patent number: 7255249
    Abstract: A viscous fluid dispenser, includes a compressible body having a substantially tubular profile and comprising an interior fluid holding cavity and a head comprising a cap strurture operatively connected to an operative end of the compressible body and a nozzle communicatively connected through the cap structure to form a continuous off-center passage through the head from the interior fluid holding cavity to an exterior fluid expressing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Peter M. Whitney
  • Patent number: 7208191
    Abstract: A structure comprises a thermal energy generating component and a thermal dissipating device in thermal conductive contact with the component, the device comprising a substrate with a fullerene coating. A method of producing a computer comprises applying a layer of fullerene onto a substrate and disposing the substrate in a heat dissipation relationship to a microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Philip D. Freedman
  • Patent number: 7178973
    Abstract: High levels of treated fumed silica, processing fluid and high molecular weight silicone polymer are continuously compounded into a homogeneous silica filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition by forming a premix in a continuous annular layer mixer and continuously discharging the premix into a compounding apparatus for compounding to form the filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jodi Boffard, Navjot Singh, Alan L. Tate, Robert Dean, Devesh Mathur
  • Patent number: 7156268
    Abstract: A viscous fluid dispenser, comprises a compressible body having a substantially tubular profile and comprising an interior fluid holding cavity and a head comprising a cap structure operatively connected to an operative end of the compressible body and a nozzle communicatively connected through the cap structure to form a continuous off-center passage through the head from the interior fluid holding cavity to an exterior fluid expressing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Peter M. Whitney
  • Patent number: 7052659
    Abstract: A method and system for high-throughput screening of multiphase reactions are provided. In an exemplary embodiment the method includes the steps of sequentially loading a plurality of discrete combinations of reactants into a longitudinal reaction zone; reacting each of the combinations as it passes through the reaction zone to provide a continuously or an incrementally varying reaction product; and sequentially discharging the reaction product of each of combination from the reaction zone as reaction of each combination is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James Norman Cawse
  • Patent number: 6989120
    Abstract: A continuous process of preparing a heat-vulcanizable filled silicone composition, comprises mixing filler and high viscosity silicone polymer continuously in a first co-rotating intermeshing twin screw extruder; and compounding a filler and silicone polymer mixture from the first extruder in a second single shaft reciprocating extruder. Another continuous process of preparing a heat-vulcanizable filled silicone composition, comprises forming a premix? of filler and high viscosity silicone polymer; mixing the premix and additional high viscosity silicone polymer continuously in a co-rotating intermeshing twin screw extruder; and compounding a filler and silicone polymer mixture from the co-rotating intermeshing twin screw extruder in a second single shaft reciprocating extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Devesh Mathur, Alan L. Tate
  • Patent number: 6913380
    Abstract: High levels of treated fumed silica, processing fluid and high molecular weight silicone polymer are continuously compounded into a homogeneous silica filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition by forming a premix in a continuous annular layer mixer and continuously discharging the premix into a compounding apparatus for compounding to form the filled heat-vulcanizable silicone composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jodi Boffard, Navjot Singh, Alan L. Tate, Robert Dean, Devesh Mathur
  • Patent number: 6880735
    Abstract: A viscous fluid dispenser, comprises a compressible body having a substantially tubular profile and comprising an interior fluid holding cavity and a head comprising a cap structure operatively connected to an operative end of the compressible body and a nozzle communicatively connected through the cap structure to form a continuous off-center passage through the head from the interior fluid holding cavity to an exterior fluid expressing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Peter M. Whitney
  • Patent number: 6869540
    Abstract: A method to treat ballast water comprises injecting ozone into water loading into a sea faring vessel prior to charging the water into a ballast tank; and charging the ozone injected water into the ballast tank. A system for treating ballast water comprises a sea faring vessel including at least one ballast tank; an ozone generator that generates ozone, a ballast water conduit that uptakes water through a loading port of a sea faring vessel and conducts the water to load the ballast tank; and an ozone feed line that injects ozone from the generator into water in the conduit at an injection point located upstream to an intersection of the conduit with the ballast tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nutech 03
    Inventors: Jack H. Robinson, Michael D. Jennings, Richard A. Mueller
  • Patent number: 6863513
    Abstract: A continuous process provides a devolatilized liquid injection moldable silicone composition. In the process, a filler, treating agent and silicone polymer are introduced into an extruder having a length to diameter ratio of at least greater than 50. The filler, treating agent and silicone elastomer are continuously compounded in the extruder into a devolatilized liquid injection moldable silicone composition. A system for preparing a liquid silicone rubber composition comprises a mixer to prepare a concentrate of filler and silicone polymer, a long extruder having an L/D ratio of greater than 50, connected to the mixer to receive the concentrate from the mixer and to compound and devolatilize the concentrate, a treating agent and silicone polymer into a liquid silicone rubber composition containing volatiles and a cooler to receive the liquid silicone rubber composition to cool, homogenize and further devolatilized the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce Boudreau, Teresa Grocela-Rocha, Edward M. Jeram, August O. Liermann, Gerardo Rocha-Galicia, David A. Williams
  • Patent number: 6826940
    Abstract: This method refers to a method by which the physical and mechanical properties intrinsic to a fine-grain structure may be formed in metal billets using pressure treatment. The method is designed to treat rods, bars and other particularly long billets. This method is designed to lower the cost of deformational treatment for long rods and large diameter billets and creates a pre-specified microstructure, including micro-crystal structure, and specific physical and mechanical properties. This may be achieved using various treatment techniques, one of which includes the deformation of at least a part of the billet through reduction of the billets cross-section. In this method, a long rod shaped billet is used. Reduction of the cross-section is achieved using tools that permit movement along and across the billet's axis as well as being rolled about its surface, for example, a roller. In this case at least one support stand is employed for correct placement of the billet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Farid Zainullaevich Utyashev, Oscar Akramovich Kaibyshev, Oleg Rayazovich Valiakhmetov
  • Patent number: 6826487
    Abstract: A method comprises (A) defining a first experimental space comprising factors of at least two mixtures with at least one common factor, (B) defining a second experimental space by deleting duplicate factor combinations from the first experimental space and (C) conducting an experiment on the second experimental space. A system comprises a processor that (A) defines a first experimental space comprising factors of at least two mixtures with at least one common factor and (B) defines a second experimental space by deleting duplicate factor combinations from the first experimental space. The system also comprises a reactor and evaluator to select a best case set of factors from the second experimental space by a combinatorial high throughput screening (CHTS) method to select a best case set of factors from the second experimental space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Norman Cawse, Ronald James Wroczynski, Darchun Billy Yang
  • Patent number: 6784430
    Abstract: A flame sensor for combustion flame temperature determination comprises elongated extensions that are positioned with parallel interdigitated longitudinal axis with respect to one another. An optical spectrometer comprises the sensor and a system comprises the sensor. A method for combustion flame temperature determination comprises obtaining a first photodiode signal and a second photodiode signal by using photodiode devices comprising photodiodes with elongated extending interdigitated digits. A method of fabricating a flame sensor for combustion flame temperature determination, comprises forming first and second photodiodes with elongated extending interdigitated digits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin S. Matocha, Jeffrey B. Fedison, James W. Kretchmer, Dale M. Brown, Peter M. Sandvik
  • Patent number: 6768240
    Abstract: A method for making a dynamoelectric machine conductor bar, compromises providing a plurality of bundled together spiraling strand conductors having surrounding insulation to define a substantially rectangular shape with the strand conductors and strand insulation defining an opposing conductor bar end portion having an electrically insulated gap between the strand insulation adjacent the bar end portion; and applying a filler material to fill the gap to electrically shield the conductor bar end portion and to a greater than 0.080 to about 1.5 inch continuous outer radius surface end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Karim Younsi, David A. Snopek, Luc Lafortune, Jeff D. Sheaffer, William R. Mischler, Mark Markovitz
  • Patent number: 6749786
    Abstract: A continuous process provides a devolatilized liquid injection moldable silicone composition. In the process, a filler, treating agent and silicone polymer are introduced into an extruder having a length to diameter ratio of at least greater than 50. The filler, treating agent and silicone elastomer are continuously compounded in the extruder into a devolatilized liquid injection moldable silicone composition. A system for preparing a liquid silicone rubber composition comprises a mixer to prepare a concentrate of filler and silicone polymer, a long extruder having an L/D ratio of greater than 50, connected to the mixer to receive the concentrate from the mixer and to compound and devolatilize the concentrate, a treating agent and silicone polymer into a liquid silicone rubber composition containing volatiles and a cooler to receive the liquid silicone rubber composition to cool, homogenize and further devolatilized the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce Boudreau, Teresa Grocela-Rocha, Edward M. Jeram, August O. Liermann, Gerardo Rocha-Galicia, David A. Williams
  • Patent number: 6739155
    Abstract: A crucible for melting a silica for fusion of said silica into a desired shape. The crucible having a main body with inner and outer surfaces comprised of a refractory material. In addition, at least a portion of the inner surface includes a barrier layer comprised of a material selected from rhenium, osmium, iridium, and mixtures thereof. An inlet tube to the crucible being provided to supply an oxidizing gas to a melt zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Giddings, Frederic Francis Ahlgren
  • Patent number: 6726888
    Abstract: In a method to decrease emission of mercury, a factor is selected to control a combustion process to generate a flue gas comprising fly ash with enhanced unburned carbon; the combustion process is controlled according to a factor selected from reburning fuel, flue gas temperature, OFA injection, coal particle size, LNB flow, LNB design, combustion zone air, stoichiometric ratio of fuel, fuel/air mixing in a primary combustion zone and fuel/air mixing in a secondary combustion zone to produce the flue gas comprising fly ash with enhanced unburned carbon and to vaporize mercury; and the flue gas is allowed to cool to collect fly ash with enhanced unburned carbon with absorbed mercury. A system to decrease emission of mercury; comprises a combustion zone that is controlled to generate a flue gas comprising fly ash with enhanced unburned carbon and that produces vaporized mercury; and a post combustion zone to cool the flue gas to collect fly ash with enhanced unburned carbon with absorbed mercury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Steven Lanier, Charles M. Booth, Vitali V. Lissianski, Vladimir M. Zamansky, Peter M. Maly, William Randall Seeker
  • Patent number: D493714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Peter M. Whitney