Patents by Inventor Alan Wallace

Alan Wallace 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).

  • Patent number: 11970946
    Abstract: A clearance control assembly for a gas turbine engine that defines an axial direction and a radial direction and includes a stage of rotor blades and a shroud hanger. The assembly includes a case configured to be positioned outward along the radial direction from the stage of rotor blades when installed in the gas turbine engine. The case is further configured to be engaged with the shroud hanger at a first location when installed in the gas turbine engine. The assembly also includes a baffle positioned outward along the radial direction from the case to define a chamber therebetween. The baffle has a forward end and an aft end. The forward end of the baffle is engaged with the case to form a first seal and the aft end of the baffle is engaged with the case to form a second seal. The baffle, the case, or both define an inlet to allow a fluid to enter the chamber and the case defines an outlet to allow the fluid to exit the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Travis J. Packer, James Hamilton Grooms, David Fasig, Richard William Jendrix, Scott Alan Schimmels, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Ryan Wallace
  • Publication number: 20230388152
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: The Faction Group LLC
    Inventors: Luke Matthew Norris, Matthew Alan Wallace, Bryan James Gallant, Hooker Ashley Heggestad
  • Patent number: 11770272
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: The Faction Group LLC
    Inventors: Luke Matthew Norris, Matthew Alan Wallace, Bryan James Gallant, Hooker Ashley Heggestad
  • Publication number: 20210126813
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: The Faction Group LLC
    Inventors: LUKE MATTHEW NORRIS, Matthew Alan Wallace, Bryan James Gallant, Hooker Ashley Heggestad
  • Patent number: 10917261
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Faction Group, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Matthew Norris, Hooker Ashley Heggestad, Matthew Alan Wallace
  • Patent number: 10826561
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for assessing telecommunications wiring between a first plurality of terminals and a second plurality of terminals are disclosed. A system includes a first device and a second device. The first device can be in electrical communication with the first plurality terminals to listen for terminal identification data that is receivable on each of the first plurality of terminals, wherein the device is configured to decode, for each terminal of the plurality of terminals, identification data that is specific to a single terminal of the second plurality of terminals. The second device is a sender device configured to generate different signals for respective terminals of the second plurality terminals, each signal encoding different terminal identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TELETECH PTY LTD
    Inventors: Sean Anthony Gallagher, Malcolm Charles Basell, Gregg Alan Wallace
  • Publication number: 20200306567
    Abstract: A method and system for communication with a user. The system includes a respirator including a facemask. At least one haptic device is disposed on the facemask. The at least one haptic device is configured to provide tactile stimulation to at least a portion of the facemask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Scott Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Alan WALLACE
  • Publication number: 20200119950
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: The Faction Group LLC
    Inventors: Luke Matthew Norris, Hooker Ashley Heggestad, Matthew Alan Wallace
  • Patent number: 10560283
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Wallace, Luke Matthew Norris, Bryan James Gallant, Hooker Ashley Heggestad
  • Publication number: 20190305818
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for assessing telecommunications wiring between a first plurality of terminals and a second plurality of terminals are disclosed. A system includes a first device and a second device. The first device can be in electrical communication with the first plurality terminals to listen for terminal identification data that is receivable on each of the first plurality of terminals, wherein the device is configured to decode, for each terminal of the plurality of terminals, identification data that is specific to a single terminal of the second plurality of terminals. The second device is a sender device configured to generate different signals for respective terminals of the second plurality terminals, each signal encoding different terminal identification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TELETECH PTY LTD
    Inventors: Sean Anthony Gallagher, Malcom Charles Basell, Gregg Alan Wallace
  • Publication number: 20180367341
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage. More specifically, the datacenter providing cloud storage, includes a plurality of Client Systems coupled to a first datacenter each Client System having a set of infrastructure resources and an initial networking configuration; and a first cloud computing environment established in the first datacenter, and coupled to the Client Systems by OSI Layer 2 as a data link layer for the transfer of data frames, each frame having a plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags, the first cloud computing environment providing storage resources for allocation to at least two Client Systems, the plurality of OSI Layer 2 tags permitting the at least two Client Systems to have overlapping network configurations. An associated method of providing a multi-tenant datacenter with layer 2 cloud interconnection and cloud storage is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: The Faction Group LLC
    Inventors: MATTHEW ALAN WALLACE, Luke Matthew Norris, Bryan James Gallant, Hooker Ashley Heggestad
  • Publication number: 20120195574
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a movie set includes a motion-picture camera and a visible-talent tracking system having several elements. Based on the camera's characteristics, items in a portion of the movie set called the view frustum will appear in focus in the film. The camera and a camera-tracking system provide camera-location, orientation, and settings information to a culling processor. The culling processor delineates the location and dimensions of the view frustum based on the received camera information. Wireless tags are attached to talent on set. A tag-locating system tracks the real-time respective locations of the wireless tags and provides real-time spatial information regarding the tags to the culling processor, which determines which tags, if any, are considered to be within the view frustum, and provides information associated with the intra-frustum tags to a track recorder for recording along with the corresponding film frames. That information is variously used after editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce Alan Wallace
  • Publication number: 20110283633
    Abstract: A surplus-to-requirements shipping container may be adapted for use as an exhibition module, which can thus be produced in a simple, low-cost manner using surplus materials and allows articles to be displayed in unmonitored and controlled environment by displaying clearly inside the module. Typically, a shipping container comprising a square prismic frame having 4 stanchions and 8 cross-members and two facing panels, two end panels and top and bottom panels may be adapted by removing from the container at least one panel and finishing both interior and exterior, such as by glazing the opened space to produce an exhibition module having inherent strength which enables it to be easily lifted and transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Alan Wallace
  • Publication number: 20080309088
    Abstract: Motion of a first component in response to waves is converted to rotary motion of a member of a second component. The two components are magnetically coupled to each other. The relative linear motion of the components causes energy to be transmitted from waves between the two components via the magnetic coupling, and thus no mechanical connection is required for the transmission. This can allow for wave energy conversion without a need for hydraulic or pneumatic systems. Applications for technologies described herein include ocean wave energy converters (OWEC) for generating electricity from wave energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Emmanuel Agamloh, Alan Wallace, Patricia May Wallace, Manfred Dittrich, Annette von Jouanne, Kenneth Rhinefrank
  • Patent number: 6942789
    Abstract: A waste water filter screen assembly that has a substantially open foot section to promote more efficient flow through. The rotating grid is generally free hanging. The present invention further provides a drive assembly with square, high friction drive drums mounted on the drive shaft. The present invention further provides idler roller assemblies mounted for guiding the rotating grid adjacent the filter screen assembly head. The open foot section, drive assembly and idler roller assembly are useable with filter grids of both the link element type and the panel type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: USFilter Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen B. Wilcher, Juan Fernando Segura, Nathan Lawrence Panek, Alan Wallace Steele
  • Publication number: 20030155286
    Abstract: A waste water filter screen assembly that has a substantially open foot section to promote more efficient flow through. The rotating grid is generally free hanging. The present invention further provides a drive assembly with square, high friction drive drums mounted on the drive shaft. The present invention further provides idler roller assemblies mounted for guiding the rotating grid adjacent the filter screen assembly head. The open foot section, drive assembly and idler roller assembly are useable with filter grids of both the link element type and the panel type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen B. Wilcher, Juan Fernando Segura, Nathan Lawrence Panek, Alan Wallace Steele
  • Patent number: 6177201
    Abstract: A porcelain enamel coating suitable for use on high-carbon content, heat-rolled sheet steel is provided. The coating includes a ground coat layer for coating directly onto the steel and a cover coat layer. The ground coat layer includes a soft ground coat frit having nickelous oxide dispersed substantially uniformly throughout. The resulting porcelain enamel coating provides good resistance to boiling defects, such as pinholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Alan Wallace, Ming Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 5083077
    Abstract: An onboard power generation system for use on board a vehicle, such as a passenger car, includes a brushless doubly-fed generator. The generator has a rotor with rotor conductors and a stator with stator windings, the stator windings comprising first and second polyphase stator systems. The generator rotor is mechanically coupled to and driven by the vehicle engine with a driving force to produce an AC power output from the first polyphase stator system. The generation system has a rectifier which receives and rectifies the generator first polyphase stator system AC power output into DC power for delivery to a DC bus of the generator power system. A sensor senses a parameter of the AC power output received by the rectifier and produces a sensor signal in response thereto. A converter receives the sensor signal, and in response thereto, converts power received from an excitation power source into excitation power for the generator second polyphase stator system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University
    Inventors: Alan Wallace, Rene Spee