Patents by Inventor Charles Woods

Charles Woods 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).

  • PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING FUEL NOZZLE END COVER
    Publication number: 20160003479
    Abstract: A process of assembling a fuel nozzle end cover includes machining a base material of the fuel nozzle end cover, then positioning one or more ring inserts in contact with the base material, then welding the ring insert(s) to the base material to define one or more ledge features within the fuel nozzle end cover. The ring insert(s) have a net shape or near-net shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Charles WOODS, Mark Carmine BELLINO
  • Fixture and method for adjusting workpiece
    Patent number: 9217335
    Abstract: A fixture and method for adjusting a workpiece are disclosed. The fixture includes a holding device engageable to a workpiece to secure the workpiece, and an adjustment device engageable to a projecting member of the workpiece and movable along a first axis and a second axis. Movement of the adjustment device along the first axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the first axis, and movement of the adjustment device along the second axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eunice D. Reyes, Javier Garza, Charles Van Buchan, Blake Allen Fulton, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino
  • Method for repairing a shroud tile of a gas turbine
    Patent number: 9206702
    Abstract: A method for repairing a shroud tile of a gas turbine is disclosed. The method may generally include removing a portion of the shroud tile along at least one of a first side and a second side of the shroud tile and securing at least one side rail to the shroud tile in place of the removed portion of the shroud tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Hunt, Steven Charles Woods
  • Fixture assembly for repairing a shroud tile of a gas turbine
    Patent number: 9145792
    Abstract: A fixture assembly for securing at least one side rail to a shroud tile of a gas turbine is disclosed. The fixture assembly may include a first support member, a second support member, a first guide block and a second guide block. The first and second guide blocks may be formed from a material that has the same or a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as the material used to form at least one of the shroud tile and the at least one side rail. In addition, the first and second support members may be formed from a material that has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the material used to form the first and second guide blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Hunt, Steven Charles Woods
  • BUNDLED TUBE FUEL INJECTOR
    Publication number: 20150167982
    Abstract: A bundled tube fuel injector includes an outer band that circumferentially surrounds a fuel plenum defined within the bundled tube fuel injector. The outer band includes a forward end portion that is axially separated from an aft end portion. A plurality of pre-mix tubes extends through the fuel plenum substantially parallel to one another. A first segment of the plurality of pre-mix tubes is circumferentially surrounded by the outer band. An outer shroud extends circumferentially around a second segment of the pre-mix tubes. The outer shroud includes a forward portion and an aft portion. The aft end portion of the outer band is coupled to the forward portion of the outer shroud via a plurality of fasteners for enhanced assembly and reparability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Johnie F. McConnaughhay, Steven Charles Woods
  • METHOD FOR REPAIRING A BUNDLED TUBE FUEL INJECTOR
    Publication number: 20150165568
    Abstract: A method for repairing a bundled tube fuel injector includes removing a portion of a pre-mix tube, aligning a tube tip with the remaining portion pre-mix tube and fixedly connecting the tube tip to the pre-mix tube. The method may further include removing an aft plate and an outer shroud from the bundled tube fuel injector so as to expose the pre-mix tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory Scott Means, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Jonathan Dwight Berry, Patrick S. Riley
  • BUNDLED TUBE FUEL INJECTOR
    Publication number: 20150167981
    Abstract: A bundled tube fuel injector includes a fuel plenum that is defined within the bundled tube fuel injector and a plurality of pre-mix tubes that extend downstream from the fuel plenum substantially parallel to one another. Each pre-mix tube includes an end portion and a radially extending end surface. The bundled tube fuel injector further includes a tube tip that is fixedly connected to the end portion of a corresponding pre-mix tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Charles Woods, Gregory Scott Means, Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Johnie F. McConnaughhay
  • BUNDLED TUBE FUEL INJECTOR AFT PLATE RETENTION
    Publication number: 20150167984
    Abstract: A bundled tube fuel injector includes a fuel distribution module, a tube bundle having a plurality of pre-mix tubes that extend in parallel downstream from the fuel distribution module and a support plate disposed substantially adjacent to the fuel distribution manifold. The plurality of pre-mix tubes extends through the support plate. A retention sleeve is coupled to the support plate at a first end. A second end of the retention sleeve includes a plurality of radially extending retention features that are circumferentially arranged around the second end. The bundled tube fuel injector also includes an aft plate having a retention collar. The retention collar is configured to engage with the retention features. The retention sleeve and the retention collar partially define a cartridge passage that extends through the bundled tube fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Johnie F. McConnaughhay, Steven Charles Woods, Gregory Scott Means
  • BUNDLED TUBE FUEL INJECTOR TUBE TIP
    Publication number: 20150167983
    Abstract: A bundled tube fuel injector includes a fuel plenum defined within the bundled tube fuel injector and a plurality of pre-mix tubes that extend downstream from the fuel plenum substantially parallel to one another. Each pre-mix tube includes an end portion and a radially extending end surface. An additively manufactured tube tip is fixedly connected to the end portion of a corresponding pre-mix tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Johnie F. McConnaughhay, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Jonathan Dwight Berry
  • METHOD FOR DISASSEMBLING A BUNDLED TUBE FUEL INJECTOR
    Publication number: 20150167556
    Abstract: A method for disassembling a bundled tube fuel injector includes decoupling an aft plate from a fuel distribution module of the bundled tube fuel injector, where the aft plate is disposed at a downstream end of the bundled tube fuel injector. The method also includes removing the aft plate from the bundled tube fuel injector to expose a portion of a plurality of pre-mix tubes so as to allow for inspection repair and/or replacement of one or more of the plurality of pre-mix tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Johnie F. McConnaughhay, Steven Charles Woods, Gregory Scott Means
  • ELECTRONIC BACKUP OF APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150112942
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for storing and restoring digital data. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view of an application is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a history view associated with the current view of the application be displayed, retrieve data associated with the history view, determining a presentation format for the data, and displaying the history view in response to the first user input in accordance with the presentation format, the history view including data associated with at least a first visual representation of an earlier version of the current view of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Toby Charles Wood PATERSON, David A. LYONS, Julien Jacques JALON, Julien Yann ROBERT, Pavel CISLER, Yan ARROUYE, Robert M. CHINN
  • Electronic backup of applications
    Patent number: 8965851
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for storing and restoring digital data. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view of an application is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a history view associated with the current view of the application be displayed, retrieve data associated with the history view, determining a presentation format for the data, and displaying the history view in response to the first user input in accordance with the presentation format, the history view including data associated with at least a first visual representation of an earlier version of the current view of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Toby Charles Wood Paterson, David A. Lyons, Julien Jacques Jalon, Julien Yann Robert, Pavel Cisler, Yan Arrouye, Robert M. Chinn
  • Computer Security System and Method
    Publication number: 20150047037
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer security system and method in which the various algorithms not only do not search for or detect the presence of a steganographic or other hidden image in a data file or across data files, but also includes at least one or more combined approaches for altering and neutralizing any hidden messages without significantly detracting from the underlying integrity of the data file or files thus treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    Inventor: Charles Wood
  • HYBRID DIFFUSION-BRAZING PROCESS AND HYBRID DIFFUSION-BRAZED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20140356056
    Abstract: A hybrid diffusion-brazing process and hybrid diffusion-brazed article are disclosed. The hybrid diffusion-brazing process includes providing a component having a temperature-tolerant region and a temperature-sensitive region, brazing a braze material to the temperature-tolerant region during a localized brazing cycle, then heating the component in a furnace during a diffusion cycle. The brazing and the heating diffusion-braze the braze material to the component, and the localized brazing cycle is performed independent of the diffusion cycle in the hybrid diffusion-brazing process. The hybrid diffusion-brazed article includes a component, and a braze material diffusion-brazed to the component with a filler material. The filler material has a melting temperature that is above a tolerance temperature of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Liangde XIE, Ronald Lee SOUTHER, Mark Lawrence HUNT, Steven Charles WOODS
  • METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH DEFERIPRONE
    Publication number: 20140314676
    Abstract: The current application is directed to methods of treating or ameliorating myocardial ischemia, an acute coronary event, and a myocardial reperfusion injury comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of deferiprone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need thereof. The application is also directed to reducing the risk for myocardial reperfusion injury as well as promoting the beneficial remodeling of cardiac tissue in a patient, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of deferiprone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient before, during or after reperfusion therapy. The application also includes methods of selecting a patient for treatment of reperfusion injury and subsequently treating the selected patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Spino, John Chalmers Connelly, John Charles Wood, Graham Arnold Wright, Nilesh Ramesh Ghugre
  • HIGH-DENSITY METALLIC SPUTTERING TARGETS
    Publication number: 20140299466
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing high density, refractory metal products via a press/sintering process. The invention is also directed to a process for producing a sputtering target and to the sputtering target so produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar, Charles Wood, Gary Rozak, Steven A. Miller, Glen Zeman, Rong-Chein Richard Wu
  • BACK PRESSURE REGULATOR
    Publication number: 20140264108
    Abstract: A paint circulating system back pressure regulator comprises a flow passage for paint, at least part of which is disposed between a fixed structure and a moveable surface which is moveable to vary the width of the flow passage so as to regulate a pressure of paint upstream of the regulator. The regulator is also provided with a chamber having an opening for communicating with a supply of a pressurised fluid for controlling operation of the regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FINISHING BRANDS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Smith, Nigel Charles Wood
  • High density refractory metals and alloys sputtering targets
    Patent number: 8784729
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing high density, refractory metal products via a press/sintering process. The invention is also directed to a process for producing a sputtering target and to the sputtering target so produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: H.C. Starck Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Kumar, Charles Wood, Gary Rozak, Steven A. Miller, Glen Zeman, Rong-Chein Richard Wu
  • System and method for qualifying usability risk associated with subsurface defects in a multilayer coating
    Patent number: 8759770
    Abstract: A system for qualifying usability risk associated with subsurface defects in a multilayer coating includes a component having a multilayer coating, an infrared detection device for capturing infrared images of the multilayered coating and a processing unit that is in electronic communication with the infrared detection device where the processing unit generates a subsurface defect map of the multilayer coating based on the infrared images. The system further includes a risk map of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Charles Woods, James Carroll Baummer
  • Back pressure regulator
    Patent number: 8733392
    Abstract: A paint circulating system back pressure regulator comprises a flow passage for paint, at least part of which is disposed between a fixed structure and a moveable surface which is moveable to vary the width of the flow passage so as to regulate a pressure of paint upstream of the regulator. The regulator is also provided with a chamber having an opening for communicating with a supply of a pressurized fluid for controlling operation of the regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Finishing Brands UK Limited
    Inventors: Alan Smith, Nigel Charles Wood