Patents by Inventor David Reynolds

David Reynolds 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).

  • Blade centric automatic test equipment system
    Patent number: 9921931
    Abstract: An automated test equipment (ATE) system includes a plurality of test blades each coupled to a test blade connector and mounted on a circular track; a central reference clock (CRC) having an origin point at a center of the circle; and a clock/sync connector coupled to the CRC through a zero skew clock connection to one or more sync buses, wherein each instrument utilizes the CRC to coordinate its testing process with another instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Golden Oak Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Carmichael, Edward Peek, James St. Jean, David Reynolds, Michael Ferland
  • AIR INTAKE SYSTEM FOR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A TRUCK
    Publication number: 20180010559
    Abstract: An air intake system for a commercial vehicle is disclosed. The air intake system includes a hood with at least one frontal intake opening through which air to be guided to an engine of the commercial vehicle can flow and with at least one plenum configured to receive air flowing through the intake opening. The air intake system further includes at least one air pipe having at least one air duct with at least one inlet opening through which the air flowing through the frontal intake opening can flow, the air duct arranged upstream of and fluidically connected with the plenum so as to guide the air to and into the plenum. The air intake system additionally includes at least one air filter and at least one silencer plate arranged upstream of the air filter, the silencer plate having a plurality of through openings through which the air can flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Nicholas MAGNUSKI, David REYNOLDS, Derek O'BANION
  • Ground Treatment Appliance
    Publication number: 20180001786
    Abstract: An autonomous ground treatment appliance, in particular a robotic lawnmower, includes a housing, a running gear, a control unit, at least one wheel unit, and a sensor unit. The control unit is configured to control the autonomous ground treatment appliance. The at least one wheel unit is mounted on the housing so as to be at least partially movable relative to the housing. The sensor unit is configured to ascertain a position of the wheel unit relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: David Reynolds, Gavin Ben Armstrong, Martin Bolton, Philip Tonks, Thomas Eagling
  • Variable stator vane assemblies and variable stator vanes thereof having a locally swept leading edge and methods for minimizing endwall leakage therewith
    Patent number: 9784285
    Abstract: Variable stator vane assemblies and stator vanes thereof having a local swept leading edge are provided. The variable stator vane comprises an airfoil disposed between spaced apart inner and outer buttons centered about a rotational axis. The inner and outer buttons each have a button forward edge portion. The airfoil includes leading and trailing edges, pressure and suction sides, and a root and a tip. The leading edge includes a local forward sweep at the root, a local aft sweep at the tip, or both, thereby forming a locally swept leading edge thereat. The button forward edge portion of one or both of the inner and outer buttons is substantially coextensive with the locally swept leading edge. Methods are also provided for minimizing endwall leakage in the variable stator vane assembly using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, Timothy Gentry, Richard David Conner
  • AXI-CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20170276070
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for an axi-centrifugal compressor in a gas turbine engine for a business aviation or rotorcraft propulsion unit. The compressor includes an axial compressor section operable to affect a first pressure ratio along the flow path between a compressor inlet and a first section exit, and a centrifugal compressor section operable to affect a second pressure ratio along the flow path between a second section inlet and the compressor exit. The pressure rise across the axial and centrifugal compressor section is configured to have a tuning factor is in a range between 2.8 and 4.5 and a loading factor in a range between 0.6 and 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Nick Nolcheff, John Repp, Bruce David Reynolds, David Richard Hanson
  • STRUCTURED LIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170268963
    Abstract: A field deployable, portable structured light measurement (SLM) apparatus, together with a structured light measurement process to manage part to part variation in production and in the field, to support both rotor airfoil mistuning and rotor airfoil repair limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Richard David Conner, Bruce David Reynolds, Jonathan C. Bittner, Srinivas Jaya Chunduru, Bruce D. Wilson
  • Compositions for mesoderm derived ISL1+ multipotent cells (IMPs), epicardial progenitor cells (EPCs) and multipotent C56C cells (C56Cs) and methods of producing and using same
    Patent number: 9732322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inter alia, methods for the generation and maintenance of Mesoderm-derived ISL1+ Multipotent Progenitors (IMPs), the production of a number of pluripotent cells including and epicardial pluripotent cells (EPCs) and using these cells to produce endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle cells, vascular cells and other cells and related methods as otherwise disclosed herein. The invention also relates to compositions comprising a population of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Dalton, David Reynolds
  • IMPELLER SHROUD SUPPORTS HAVING MID-IMPELLER BLEED FLOW PASSAGES AND GAS TURBINE ENGINES INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170211586
    Abstract: Embodiments of an impeller shroud support for disposition around an impeller are provided, as are embodiments of gas turbine engine including impeller shroud supports. In one embodiment, the impeller shroud support includes a shroud body, a support arm joined to and extending around the shroud body, and a plurality of Mid-Impeller Bleed (MIB) flow passages. Each MIB flow passage includes, in turn, an inlet formed in the shroud body and configured to receive bleed air extracted from the impeller, a throat portion, an outlet formed in the support arm and through which the bleed air is discharged, and a curved intermediate section between the inlet and the outlet. During usage of the impeller shroud support, the curved intermediate section turns the bleed air flowing through the MIB passage in a radially outward direction prior to discharge from the outlet of the MIB flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Gage, Bruce David Reynolds, Jeffrey D. Harrison, Michael Todd Barton, Mahmoud Mansour, Kent L. Kime
  • BLADE CENTRIC AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170147461
    Abstract: An automated test equipment (ATE) system includes a plurality of test blades each coupled to a test blade connector and mounted on a circular track; a central reference clock (CRC) having an origin point at a center of the circle; and a clock/sync connector coupled to the CRC through a zero skew clock connection to one or more sync buses, wherein each instrument utilizes the CRC to coordinate its testing process with another instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Carmichael, Edward Peek, James St. Jean, David Reynolds, Michael Ferland
  • FLOOR TOOL
    Publication number: 20170135540
    Abstract: A floor tool for an apparatus for cleaning a floor surface includes a source of suction. The floor tool includes a housing having an interior surface that defines a chamber for receiving at least a portion of a cleaning member. The housing includes a chamber inlet for receiving dirty air, and a chamber outlet for communication with the suction source. The housing is formed of at least two housing portions which provide said interior surface and all of said housing portions are permanently connected or permanently joined to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Guy Lawrence Newsom, James David Reynolds, Richard David Waters
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AXIAL COMPRESSOR WITH SECONDARY FLOW
    Publication number: 20160252098
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for a compressor. The compressor includes a first stage having a first rotor and a first stator, and a second stage downstream from the first stage in a direction of a fluid flow. The compressor also includes a secondary flow system that directs fluid from the second stage into the first stator to improve at least one of a performance and a stability of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, David Richard Hanson, John Repp, Michael Todd Barton, John A. Gunaraj
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPRESSORS HAVING OPTIMIZED STALL ENHANCEMENT FEATURE CONFIGURATIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160222973
    Abstract: Multistage gas turbine engine (GTE) compressors having optimized stall enhancement feature (SEF) configurations are provided, as are methods for the production thereof. The multistage GTE compressor includes a series of axial compressor stages each containing a rotor mounted to a shaft of a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps or processes of selecting a plurality of engine speeds distributed across an operational speed range of the gas turbine engine, identifying one or more stall limiting rotors at each of the selected engine speeds, establishing an SEF configuration in which SEFs are integrated into the multistage GTE compressor at selected locations corresponding to the stall limiting rotors, and producing the multistage GTE compressor in accordance with the optimized SEF configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, Nick Nolcheff
  • Alignment guide with embedded features for intra-operative fluoro-checks
    Patent number: 9402640
    Abstract: A surgical device having an assembly used to position a patient-specific surgical instrument with a bone of a patient, the assembly having radio-opaque and radiolucent portions that provide an indication of the instrument, and corresponding implant's alignment with respect to the bone, as well as an indication that the angle of the projection (or orientation of the view) of the alignment guide to assess the placement of the alignment guide relative to the underlying bony anatomy. The radio-opaque portion may include a plurality of Kirschner wires, fiducial markers, and may include a void allowing for alignment down a first length of the radio-opaque portion. Embodiments may be used with intra-operative fluoroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Reynolds, Paul Stemniski, Sarah Lancianese, Richard Obert
  • COMPOSITIONS FOR MESODERM DERIVED ISL1+ MULTIPOTENT CELLS (IMPs), EPICARDIAL PROGENITOR CELLS (EPCs) AND MULTIPOTENT C56C CELLS (C56Cs) AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160186140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inter alia, methods for the generation and maintenance of Mesoderm-derived ISL1+ Multipotent Progenitors (IMPs), the production of a number of pluripotent cells including and epicardial pluripotent cells (EPCs) and using these cells to produce endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle cells, vascular cells and other cells and related methods as otherwise disclosed herein. The invention also relates to compositions comprising a population of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Dalton, David Reynolds
  • VARIABLE STATOR VANE ASSEMBLIES AND VARIABLE STATOR VANES THEREOF HAVING A LOCALLY SWEPT LEADING EDGE AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING ENDWALL LEAKAGE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20160076548
    Abstract: Variable stator vane assemblies and stator vanes thereof having a local swept leading edge are provided. The variable stator vane comprises an airfoil disposed between spaced apart inner and outer buttons centered about a rotational axis. The inner and outer buttons each have a button forward edge portion. The airfoil includes leading and trailing edges, pressure and suction sides, and a root and a tip. The leading edge includes a local forward sweep at the root, a local aft sweep at the tip, or both, thereby forming a locally swept leading edge thereat. The button forward edge portion of one or both of the inner and outer buttons is substantially coextensive with the locally swept leading edge. Methods are also provided for minimizing endwall leakage in the variable stator vane assembly using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, Timothy Gentry, Richard David Conner
  • ROTORS WITH STALL MARGIN AND EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING GAS TURBINE ENGINE PERFORMANCE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20160059365
    Abstract: Methods are provided for improving performance of a gas turbine engine comprising a component having a rotor mounted in a rotor casing and having rotor blades. A tip sweep is applied to a leading edge of one or more rotor blades each having a pressure sidewall and a circumferentially opposing suction sidewall extending in a radial direction between a root and a tip and in an axial direction between the leading edge and a trailing edge. One or more blade geometric design parameters are adjusted. A rotor casing treatment is applied to the rotor casing over at least one of the one or more rotor blades. The applying and adjusting steps are performed during design of the rotor and cause a measured stall margin to substantially match a required stall margin with an increase in efficiency of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, John A. Gunaraj, Timothy Gentry
  • Early mesoderm cells, a stable population of mesendoderm cells that has utility for generation of endoderm and mesoderm lineages and multipotent migratory cells (MMC)
    Patent number: 9175260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of multipotent migratory cell (MMCs) which can be differentiated into mesoderm or endoderm lineages. Multipotent Migratory Cells (MMC) are stable and robust and can be passaged at least 20 times (perhaps indefinitely), can be recovered after freezing, reamplified and differentiated into multiple lineages. They are therefore storage stable. The method of producing these cells points to a way to generate a multipotent cell type (mesendoderm) from blastocycts for the generation of therapeutically useful cell types without going through a classical hESC state. The production of multipotent migratory cells, mesendoderm cells and mesoderm cells (Isl1+) is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TheUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Dalton, David Reynolds
  • ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150182273
    Abstract: Various surgical devices and methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is multi-component prosthesis, which can be used as an ankle prosthesis. One of the disclosed surgical alignment systems includes a guide arm, a ratchet arm frame configured to be coupled slidably to the guide arm, a ratchet arm configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm frame, and a sagittal sizing guide body configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm. The sagittal sizing guide body includes a first radiopaque object disposed at a first position and a second radiopaque object disposed at a second position that is spaced apart from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Stemniski, David Reynolds, Shawn McGinley, Ramon Luna
  • Circuits for soft logical functions
    Patent number: 9048830
    Abstract: A circuit implementing a soft logical processing network includes an interconnection of analog processing elements, which can include soft logic gates, for instance soft Equals gates and soft XOR gates. In some examples, each of the soft logic gates include multiple circuit parts, with each part including an input configured to accept a voltage signal representation of a soft logical quantity, and a conversion section configured to use the accepted voltage representation to form a corresponding current signal. The current signals are combined to form a signal representation of the output of the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventors: David Reynolds, Benjamin Vigoda
  • Storage devices with soft processing
    Patent number: 9036420
    Abstract: A storage device includes a storage array having a group of storage elements. Each storage element can written to a discrete set of physical states. A read circuit selects one or more storage elements and generates, for each selected storage element, an analog signal representative of the physical state of the selected storage element. A signal processing circuit processes the analog signal to generate a plurality of outputs, with each output representing a degree of an association of the selected storage element with a different subset of one or more of the discrete set of physical states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Vigoda, Jeffrey Bernstein, Jeffrey Venuti, Alexander Alexeyev, Eric Nestler, David Reynolds, William Bradley, Vladimir Zlatkovic