Patents by Inventor Adam Eric Virkler
Adam Eric Virkler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10989064Abstract: A dual trip manifold assembly (TMA) includes an isolation valve assembly having a first valve configured to receive a flow of fluid from a hydraulic system fluid supply. The first valve is configured to channel the flow of fluid to at least one hydraulic circuit. The isolation valve assembly also includes a second valve configured to receive the flow of fluid from the at least one hydraulic circuit of the at least two hydraulic circuits. The second valve is further configured to channel the fluid flow to a trip header and to receive the fluid flow from the trip header. The first valve and the second valve are synchronized to each other such that rotation of one of said first and second valves causes a substantially similar rotation in the other of said first and second valves header.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Daniel John Nosek, Troy Gilchrist Wojick, Brent Allan Dietrich, Terry Joseph Bailey
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Patent number: 10867504Abstract: A method of monitoring connection status of wiring within a marshalling cabinet includes generating, by a switch including a first portion and a second portion, a socket connection signal when the switch is closed. The switch closes when a wire harness including the second switch portion is inserted within a socket of a terminal block including the first switch portion by a predetermined amount. The wire harness includes wire harness pins in communication with factory wiring of an industrial control system and the terminal block includes terminal block pins in communication with field wiring of the control system. The method also includes receiving the socket connection signal and determining a socket connection status. The status is determined to be connected when the socket connection signal is received by the processor and determined to be disconnected status absent receipt of the connection signal. The determined connection status is also output.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Shohei Hara, Steven Jackson Foss, Timothy Paul Wallace, Reginald Nicoson, Christie Shannon Burrow, Stephen Luke Micelle, Saleh Yousef Alloughani, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Alnoaim, Gabriel Zachery Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20200342739Abstract: A method of monitoring connection status of wiring within a marshalling cabinet includes generating, by a switch including a first portion and a second portion, a socket connection signal when the switch is closed. The switch closes when a wire harness including the second switch portion is inserted within a socket of a terminal block including the first switch portion by a predetermined amount. The wire harness includes wire harness pins in communication with factory wiring of an industrial control system and the terminal block includes terminal block pins in communication with field wiring of the control system. The method also includes receiving the socket connection signal and determining a socket connection status. The status is determined to be connected when the socket connection signal is received by the processor and determined to be disconnected status absent receipt of the connection signal. The determined connection status is also output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Shohei Hara, Steven Jackson Foss, Timothy Paul Wallace, Reginald Nicoson, Christie Shannon Burrow, Stephen Luke Micelle, Saleh Yousef Alloughani, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Alnoaim, Gabriel Zachery Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20190323376Abstract: A dual trip manifold assembly (TMA) includes an isolation valve assembly having a first valve configured to receive a flow of fluid from a hydraulic system fluid supply. The first valve is configured to channel the flow of fluid to at least one hydraulic circuit. The isolation valve assembly also includes a second valve configured to receive the flow of fluid from the at least one hydraulic circuit of the at least two hydraulic circuits. The second valve is further configured to channel the fluid flow to a trip header and to receive the fluid flow from the trip header. The first valve and the second valve are synchronized to each other such that rotation of one of said first and second valves causes a substantially similar rotation in the other of said first and second valves header.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Daniel John Nosek, Troy Gilchrist Wojick, Brent Allan Dietrich, Terry Joseph Bailey
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Patent number: 10273824Abstract: A dual trip manifold assembly (TMA) includes an isolation valve assembly having a first valve configured to receive a flow of fluid from a hydraulic system fluid supply. The first valve is configured to channel the flow of fluid to at least one hydraulic circuit. The isolation valve assembly also includes a second valve configured to receive the flow of fluid from the at least one hydraulic circuit of the at least two hydraulic circuits. The second valve is further configured to channel the fluid flow to a trip header and to receive the fluid flow from the trip header. The first valve and the second valve are synchronized to each other such that rotation of one of said first and second valves causes a substantially similar rotation in the other of said first and second valves header.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Daniel John Nosek, Troy Gilchrist Wojick, Brent Allan Dietrick, Terry Joseph Bailey
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Patent number: 10018072Abstract: A dual trip manifold assembly (TMA) includes an isolation valve assembly having a first valve configured to receive a flow of fluid from a hydraulic system fluid supply. The first valve is configured to channel the flow of fluid to at least one hydraulic circuit. The isolation valve assembly also includes a second valve configured to receive the flow of fluid from the at least one hydraulic circuit. The second valve is further configured to channel the fluid flow to a trip header. The first valve and the second valve are synchronized to each other such that rotation of one valve causes a substantially similar rotation in the other valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Inventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Daniel John Nosek, Troy Gilchrist Wojick, Brent Allan Dietrich, Terry Joseph Bailey
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Publication number: 20180171821Abstract: A dual trip manifold assembly (TMA) includes an isolation valve assembly having a first valve configured to receive a flow of fluid from a hydraulic system fluid supply. The first valve is configured to channel the flow of fluid to at least one hydraulic circuit. The isolation valve assembly also includes a second valve configured to receive the flow of fluid from the at least one hydraulic circuit of the at least two hydraulic circuits. The second valve is further configured to channel the fluid flow to a trip header and to receive the fluid flow from the trip header. The first valve and the second valve are synchronized to each other such that rotation of one of said first and second valves causes a substantially similar rotation in the other of said first and second valves header.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Daniel John Nosek, Troy Gilchrist Wojick, Brent Allan Dietrick, Terry Joseph Bailey
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Publication number: 20170342856Abstract: A dual trip manifold assembly (TMA) includes an isolation valve assembly having a first valve configured to receive a flow of fluid from a hydraulic system fluid supply. The first valve is configured to channel the flow of fluid to at least one hydraulic circuit. The isolation valve assembly also includes a second valve configured to receive the flow of fluid from the at least one hydraulic circuit. The second valve is further configured to channel the fluid flow to a trip header. The first valve and the second valve are synchronized to each other such that rotation of one valve causes a substantially similar rotation in the other valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Daniel John Nosek, Troy Gilchrist Wojick, Brent Allan Dietrich, Terry Joseph Bailey
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Patent number: 9819134Abstract: A tool for stripping and crimping a wire includes a housing. The tool also includes a wire holding system defining a wire holding area and comprising a set of teeth configured to hold the wire as the wire is stripped and crimped. At least a portion of the wire holding system is contained within the housing. The tool further includes a wire stripping system defining a wire stripping area and comprising at least one stripping member configured to penetrate at least a portion of the wire. At least a portion of the wire stripping system is contained within the housing. The wire stripping area is adjacent to the wire holding area. Additionally, the tool includes a lug retainer system configured to position a lug on the wire in the wire stripping area.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Steven Jackson Foss, Royce Woodard, Julie Elizabeth Steinbrenner, Davis Haberkorn, Warren Mitchell, Jr., Jamie Curran, Teller Junak, Kathryn David
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Publication number: 20160254631Abstract: A tool for stripping and crimping a wire includes a housing. The tool also includes a wire holding system defining a wire holding area and comprising a set of teeth configured to hold the wire as the wire is stripped and crimped. At least a portion of the wire holding system is contained within the housing. The tool further includes a wire stripping system defining a wire stripping area and comprising at least one stripping member configured to penetrate at least a portion of the wire. At least a portion of the wire stripping system is contained within the housing. The wire stripping area is adjacent to the wire holding area. Additionally, the tool includes a lug retainer system configured to position a lug on the wire in the wire stripping area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Steven Jackson Foss, Royce Woodard, Julie Elizabeth Steinbrenner, Davis Haberkorn, Warren Mitchell, JR., Jamie Curran, Teller Junak, Kathryn David
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Publication number: 20150113804Abstract: A system includes a tool having a first arm disposed along a motion plane, a hand-tool body coupled to the first arm, and a second arm rotatably coupled to the hand-tool body and disposed along the motion plane. The hand-tool body includes a first channel, a second channel, and a wire slot configured to receive an insulated wire, wherein the first channel intersects the second channel proximate to the wire slot. The second arm includes a stripping portion configured to reciprocate within the first channel, to cut insulation of the insulated wire, and to strip the insulation from an end portion of the insulated wire. The second arm also includes a crimping portion configured to reciprocate within the second channel and to crimp a terminal lug about the end portion of the insulated wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adam Eric Virkler, Steven Jackson Foss, Aaron Isaac Katz, Jeffrey Marcus Pitts, Robert Allen Linden, Anthony Thomas Concialdi, Sean Ray Ortiz, Aaron Juergen Fuss