Patents by Inventor David A. Painter

David A. Painter 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: 10704353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modular electrical feedthrough system for use in offshore and top-side electrical submersible pump (“ESP”) installations. A modular electrical connection system includes a stab receptacle assembly for mating with a stab plug assembly and a compliance mount. The stab plug assembly includes stab plugs and guide funnels adapted to guide the stab receptacles into a mating position with the stab plugs. The compliance mount compensates for physical misalignment between stab receptacles and stab plugs. A tubing hanger assembly forms a pressure barrier at a production bore by use of a tubing hanger penetrator assembly including a set of seals to isolate the electrical penetrator from the production bore. A secondary penetrator assembly provides a redundant pressure barrier for increased safety and system reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: David A Painter, Brandon M Watson, Alexander D Socha
  • Patent number: 10318697
    Abstract: A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SYNOPSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Rieger, Thomas Christopher Cecil, Benjamin David Painter
  • Patent number: 9774131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fire-resistant electrical feedthrough system for use in offshore and top-side electrical submersible pump (“ESP”) installations. The fire-resistant electrical feedthrough system includes a minimum of two, redundant pressure barriers, in order to provide for safe operation and increased system reliability. The primary barrier is typically embedded within the wellhead equipment structure, while the secondary barrier is typically externally mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: David A Painter, Brandon M Watson, Alexander D Socha
  • Publication number: 20170179635
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fire-resistant electrical feedthrough system for use in offshore and top-side electrical submersible pump (“ESP”) installations. The fire-resistant electrical feedthrough system includes a minimum of two, redundant pressure barriers, in order to provide for safe operation and increased system reliability. The primary barrier is typically embedded within the wellhead equipment structure, while the secondary barrier is typically externally mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Painter, Brandon M. Watson, Alexander D. Socha
  • Publication number: 20170175476
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modular electrical feedthrough system for use in offshore and top-side electrical submersible pump (“ESP”) installations. A modular electrical connection system includes a stab receptacle assembly for mating with a stab plug assembly and a compliance mount. The stab plug assembly includes stab plugs and guide funnels adapted to guide the stab receptacles into a mating position with the stab plugs. The compliance mount compensates for physical misalignment between stab receptacles and stab plugs. A tubing hanger assembly forms a pressure barrier at a production bore by use of a tubing hanger penetrator assembly including a set of seals to isolate the electrical penetrator from the production bore. A secondary penetrator assembly provides a redundant pressure barrier for increased safety and system reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Painter, Brandon M. Watson, Alexander D. Socha
  • Publication number: 20170032076
    Abstract: A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Rieger, Thomas Christopher Cecil, Benjamin David Painter
  • Patent number: 9546896
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particulate filter comprising at least one cell. One or more indicator components is inserted into the at least one cell so as to lie upon any deposits contained therein. Radiation is emitted from a radiation source into the cell, and the position of the one or more indicator components is detected on the basis of the emitted radiation. The deposit level within the cell is then calculated on the basis of the position of the one or more indicator components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Gatz, David Painter, Steven F. Meister
  • Patent number: 9471746
    Abstract: A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Rieger, Thomas Christopher Cecil, Benjamin David Painter
  • Publication number: 20160042118
    Abstract: A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Rieger, Thomas Christopher Cecil, Benjamin David Painter
  • Patent number: 9170481
    Abstract: A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Rieger, Thomas Christopher Cecil, Benjamin David Painter
  • Publication number: 20150177046
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particulate filter comprising at least one cell. One or more indicator components is inserted into the at least one cell so as to lie upon any deposits contained therein. Radiation is emitted from a radiation source into the cell, and the position of the one or more indicator components is detected on the basis of the emitted radiation. The deposit level within the cell is then calculated on the basis of the position of the one or more indicator components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Gatz, David Painter, Steven F. Meister
  • Patent number: 8979986
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particulate filter comprising at least one cell. One or more indicator components is inserted into the at least one cell so as to lie upon any deposits contained therein. Radiation is emitted from a radiation source into the cell, and the position of the one or more indicator components is detected on the basis of the emitted radiation. The deposit level within the cell is then calculated on the basis of the position of the one or more indicator components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David Painter, Steven F. Meister, Michael C. Gatz
  • Patent number: 8968018
    Abstract: An electrical penetrator assembly has a ceramic housing with a through bore, a first electrical conductor extending through at least part of the bore and terminating and having an outer end outside the bore and a second end, and a second electrical conductor having a first end in electrical communication with the second end of the first conductor and an outer end. The second end of the first conductor and the first end of the second conductor are in electrical communication and at least one of the conductors is movable relative to the other conductor to accommodate expansion and contraction as a result of temperature variations, and first and second seals extend between respective ends of the ceramic housing and the first and second conductor, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Sivik, Roy E. Jazowski, David A. Painter
  • Publication number: 20140282290
    Abstract: A design layout for a semiconductor chip includes information on shapes desired to be fabricated. Clusters of photolithographic exposure “shots” are generated and subject to a measure of shot density to approximate a mask shape that generates the desired fabricated shapes when exposed during wafer fabrication. A simulation is run on the clusters of shots to estimate the resulting fabrication shapes that the clusters of shots create. The clusters of shots are modified to align the estimated fabrication shapes more closely with desired fabrication shapes. The process of simulating and modifying the shots is iterative, repeating until the estimated fabrication shapes are within a desired error difference of the planned fabrication shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Rieger, Thomas Christopher Cecil, Benjamin David Painter
  • Patent number: 8568536
    Abstract: A tool for removing particulate matter from a diesel particulate filter (DPF) includes a container defining a chamber that has an open end, and a support associated with the open end that supports a first axial end of the DPF and forms a seal around an outside surface of the can of the DPF and the container. An air nozzle mounted proximate to a second axial end of the DPF directs a narrow flow of air through the DPF that passes through a portion of the DPF element bundle and exits through the first axial end into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Meister, David Painter, Dwain Kamphuis
  • Publication number: 20120234169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particulate filter comprising at least one cell. One or more indicator components is inserted into the at least one cell so as to lie upon any deposits contained therein. Radiation is emitted from a radiation source into the cell, and the position of the one or more indicator components is detected on the basis of the emitted radiation. The deposit level within the cell is then calculated on the basis of the position of the one or more indicator components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: David PAINTER, Steven F. MEISTER, Michael C. GATS
  • Patent number: 8070857
    Abstract: A particulate removal tool and method are provided to remove the particulates such as ash and soot from a particulate filter. The particulate filter can be placed on a filter holder in a housing of the tool where a quick burst of air can be provided to clean the particulate filter. The air then can travel to a container which includes additional filter to filter the air. A vacuum can be used to remove additional particulates from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Jim Jirele, Stan Norland, William Clayton Brown, Jamie Erin Stringfield, David Painter, Mark Gasper, Eric Vinyard, James Sarnes, Jade Katinas, Jason Scott Cooper, Cheryl Lynn Sellers, James Josh Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20110146721
    Abstract: A tool for removing particulate matter from a diesel particulate filter (DPF) includes a container defining a chamber that has an open end, and a support associated with the open end that supports a first axial end of the DPF and forms a seal around an outside surface of the can of the DPF and the container. An air nozzle mounted proximate to a second axial end of the DPF directs a narrow flow of air through the DPF that passes through a portion of the DPF element bundle and exits through the first axial end into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Meister, David Painter, Dwain Kamphuis
  • Publication number: 20100032448
    Abstract: A device (10) for automatically dispensing and ejecting products (B), includes at least one tray (P) having a series of channels (C), which are separated by a partition (34), stop elements (40), and a series of controlled ejection members, characterized in that each ejection device includes a movable ejection plate which is able to act, directly or indirectly, on the lower face of at least the first front product so that it can be ejected, and an actuator (54) which is associated with each channel (C), which is mechanically connected to the ejection plate and which includes a movable element (60) which is able to be operated between a rest position and a working position for ejection purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARX
    Inventors: Rupert Katritzky, Bruce Piggott, David Painter, Luc Hasenfratz, Guillaume Nogues, Jérémy Fontenay, Jean-Louis Connier
  • Publication number: 20090261118
    Abstract: A device (10) for automatically dispensing and ejecting products (B), includes at least one tray (P) having a series of channels (C), which are separated by a partition (34), stop elements (40) and a series of controlled ejection members, characterized in that each partition is a separation plate (34) which can occupy an active separation position and a retracted position so as to constitute a modular device (10) having an adjustable number of channels (C) of different transverse widths, and in that the device (10) includes elements which are able to supply signals representative of the presence of each separation plate (34) in the active position, these signals being able to be processed by a dispensing control unit associated with the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Rupert Katritzky, Bruce Piggott, David Painter, Luc Hasenfratz, Guillaume Nogues, Jérémy Fontenay, Jean-Louis Connier