Patents by Inventor James A. Rollins
James A. Rollins 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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Publication number: 20240144690Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products of intelligent image analysis using object detection models to identify objects and locate and detect features in an image are disclosed. The systems, methods, and computer program products include automated learning to identify the location of an object to enable continuous identification and location of an object in an image during periods when the object may be difficult to recognize or during low visibility conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Amos James Hall, Jared Lee Markes, Beau Travis Rollins, Michael Alan Adler, JR.
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Patent number: 11920442Abstract: A wellbore select fire switch retaining member system and method with an integrated through wire and ground wire in a switch sub. The system/method includes a retaining member that has a form factor acceptable by a conventional switch sub. The retaining member incorporates an electrical connection to the center pin of a pressure switch. The system further includes a secondary piston aligned with a piston in the switch (switch piston) so that external pressure is fully acted upon the entire switch piston creating a reliable switch connection. Another system includes an integrated retaining member and switch module having a form factor compatible with existing switch subs. The integrated module inputs include a ground wire and a through wire and the outputs include a ground wire, through wire and an arming wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: John T. Hardesty, James A. Rollins
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Publication number: 20240061872Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a schema, the apparatus comprising at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to display, at a graphical control interface, a content field window, receive, as a function of the content field window, a criterion element, and generate a schema as a function of the criterion element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Banjo Health Inc.Inventors: Saaransh Mahna, James Rollins, Shannon Fee, Randy Ulloa, Jimmy Lin
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Publication number: 20240060401Abstract: A loading tube is configured to receive one or more shaped charges to form a perforating gun. The loading tube includes a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis; a cord passage formed into the tubular body; a retention cutoff formed into the tubular body and configured to receive a detonator cord; and a holding element extending into the retention cutoff and being integrally made with a wall of the tubular body, wherein the holding element is configured to hold the detonator cord into the retention cutoff. The cord passage is configured to receive the detonator cord from a bore of the tubular body and to direct the detonator cord outside the bore of the tubular body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins
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Patent number: 11836173Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a schema, the apparatus comprising at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to display, at a graphical control interface, a content field window, receive, as a function of the content field window, a criterion element, and generate a schema as a function of the criterion element.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Banjo Health Inc.Inventors: Saaransh Mahna, James Rollins, Shannon Fee, Randy Ulloa, Erika Granger, Jimmy Lin
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Patent number: 11834935Abstract: A loading tube is configured to receive one or more shaped charges to form a perforating gun. The loading tube includes a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis; a cord passage formed into the tubular body; a retention cutoff formed into the tubular body and configured to receive a detonator cord; and a holding element extending into the retention cutoff and being integrally made with a wall of the tubular body, wherein the holding element is configured to hold the detonator cord into the retention cutoff. The cord passage is configured to receive the detonator cord from a bore of the tubular body and to direct the detonator cord outside the bore of the tubular body.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins
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Publication number: 20230383626Abstract: A perforating gun for use in a well casing, the gun having a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural shaped charges located inside the gun carrier, in a plurality of groups, a first group being positioned in a first single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a second group being positioned in a second single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis. The first and second groups of charges are spaced along the longitudinal axis so that a third single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, intersects each of the shaped charges of the first and second groups of charges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins, Philip Martin Snider, John T. Hardesty, David Wesson
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Patent number: 11738386Abstract: An approach for supporting a wax pattern during investment casting. The approach described herein forms a support structure to support the wax pattern during investment casting. The support structure has a capping structure with a geometry that can match a profile of a lower region of the wax pattern, and at least one support brace extending outward from the support capping structure. The support structure can be placed on a surface of the lower region. The support capping structure can form a defined envelope to enclose the lower region of the wax pattern. The support structure is connected to a base plate by the support brace(s). The capping structure and the support brace(s) secure the wax pattern to the base plate and distribute the load of the wax pattern to maximize strength while minimizing the risk of a discontinuity in the wax or shell that could affect the casting process.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Rollins Maughan, Jason Herzlinger, Patrick Daniel Willson
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Patent number: 11719077Abstract: A perforating gun for use in a well casing, the gun having a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural shaped charges located inside the gun carrier, in groups of three, a first group of three shaped charges being positioned in a first single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a second group of three shaped charges being positioned in a second single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a charge holder configured to carry the plural shaped charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier. The first and second groups of three charges are spaced along the longitudinal axis so that a third single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, intersects each of the six shaped charges of the first and second groups of three charges, to achieve an ultra-short, high-density, perforating gun.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins, Philip Martin Snider, John T. Hardesty, David S. Wesson
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Publication number: 20230230708Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for probabilistically filtering candidate intervention representations. Systems and methods are described that receive a candidate intervention representation; specify a plurality of parameters as a function of the candidate intervention representation; identify a plurality of analytical constraints, where each analytical constraint corresponds to an analytical parameter of the plurality of parameters; generate a probabilistic output as a function of the candidate intervention representation, the plurality of analytic constraints, and training data correlating past intervention representations to a deterministic outcome; and, filter the at least a candidate intervention representation using the probabilistic output.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Banjo Health Inc.Inventors: Saaransh Mahna, James Rollins, Farzana Rahman, Yuan Yu
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Publication number: 20230204408Abstract: An apparatus for weighing containers comprises a stage configured to support a receptacle for securing one or more containers and a singulation post comprising a vertical element positioned below the stage. The singulation post is aligned with and configured to displace a single one of the containers within the receptacle in an upward vertical direction as the stage is translated in a downward vertical direction towards the singulation post. The singulation post is coupled to a load cell configured to measure a weight of the single displaced container while the vertical element of the singulation post contacts the container. The apparatus further comprises a controller for actuating the stage in the vertical directions and for recording a weight of the container measured by the load cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: David K. Matsumoto, Eric James Rollins, Thomas Patrick Grimley
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Publication number: 20230150015Abstract: An approach for supporting a wax pattern during investment casting. The approach described herein forms a support structure to support the wax pattern during investment casting. The support structure has a capping structure with a geometry that can match a profile of a lower region of the wax pattern, and at least one support brace extending outward from the support capping structure. The support structure can be placed on a surface of the lower region. The support capping structure can form a defined envelope to enclose the lower region of the wax pattern. The support structure is connected to a base plate by the support brace(s). The capping structure and the support brace(s) secure the wax pattern to the base plate and distribute the load of the wax pattern to maximize strength while minimizing the risk of a discontinuity in the wax or shell that could affect the casting process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: JAMES ROLLINS MAUGHAN, JASON HERZLINGER, PATRICK DANIEL WILLSON
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Patent number: 11620580Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for probabilistically filtering candidate intervention representations. Systems and methods are described that receive a candidate intervention representation; specify a plurality of parameters as a function of the candidate intervention representation; identify a plurality of analytical constraints, where each analytical constraint corresponds to an analytical parameter of the plurality of parameters; generate a probabilistic output as a function of the candidate intervention representation, the plurality of analytic constraints, and training data correlating past intervention representations to a deterministic outcome; and, filter the at least a candidate intervention representation using the probabilistic output.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Banjo Health Inc.Inventors: Saaransh Mahna, James Rollins, Farzana Rahman, Yuan Yu
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Publication number: 20230065779Abstract: Lawn mowers are provided. A lawn mower includes: a mower deck; a cutting implement disposed below the mower deck; a handle coupled to the mower deck; a battery receiver configured to receive one or more batteries; a rear drive wheel; a forward drive wheel; a rear transmission coupled to the rear drive wheel and configured to receive power from the one or more batteries; a forward transmission coupled to the forward drive wheel and configured to receive power from the one or more batteries; and a controller configured to control at least one of the rear or forward transmissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Ryan Williams, Ryan Kropfelder, James Rollins
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Publication number: 20220382722Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a schema, the apparatus comprising at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to display, at a graphical control interface, a content field window, receive, as a function of the content field window, a criterion element, and generate a schema as a function of the criterion element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Banjo Health Inc.Inventors: Saaransh Mahna, James Rollins, Shannon Fee, Randy Ulloa, Erika Grainger, Jimmy Lin
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Patent number: 11498117Abstract: An approach for supporting a wax pattern during investment casting. The approach described herein forms a support structure to support the wax pattern during investment casting. The support structure has a capping structure with a geometry that can match a profile of a lower region of the wax pattern, and at least one support brace extending outward from the support capping structure. The support structure can be placed on a surface of the lower region. The support capping structure can form a defined envelope to enclose the lower region of the wax pattern. The support structure is connected to a base plate by the support brace(s). The capping structure and the support brace(s) secure the wax pattern to the base plate and distribute the load of the wax pattern to maximize strength while minimizing the risk of a discontinuity in the wax or shell that could affect the casting process.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James Rollins Maughan, Jason Herzlinger, Patrick Daniel Willson
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Publication number: 20220318600Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for probabilistically filtering candidate intervention representations. Systems and methods are described that receive a candidate intervention representation; specify a plurality of parameters as a function of the candidate intervention representation; identify a plurality of analytical constraints, where each analytical constraint corresponds to an analytical parameter of the plurality of parameters; generate a probabilistic output as a function of the candidate intervention representation, the plurality of analytic constraints, and training data correlating past intervention representations to a deterministic outcome; and, filter the at least a candidate intervention representation using the probabilistic output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Banjo Health Inc.Inventors: Saaransh Mahna, James Rollins, Farzana Rahman, Yuan Yu
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Patent number: 11326421Abstract: A perforating gun system with at least one gun. Each of the perforating guns have charges disposed in a gun carrier that are angled to the longitudinal axis of the gun to achieve a predetermined proppant transport profile into clusters within a stage in a well casing. The perforation tunnels may also have burrs on each side of the casing and acts in initially aiding proppant transport during fracture treatment. A method of tuning a cluster to achieve a desired fracturing treatment based on a feedback from another cluster includes selecting a hole diameter, a hole angle for creating an angled opening, a discharge coefficient, and a proppant efficiency. Moreover, a method of improving perforation charge efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: John T. Hardesty, Wenbo Yang, James A. Rollins, Kevin Wutherich, Ross Harvey
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Publication number: 20220127936Abstract: A perforating gun for making perforations in a well, the perforating gun including a carrier extending along a longitudinal axis X and having a bore; a tube extending along the longitudinal axis X and having a radius smaller than a radius of the carrier so that the tube slides inside the bore of the carrier; a shaped charge placed inside the tube and configured to make a hole through the carrier; and a scallop formed in a body of the carrier, corresponding to a location of the shaped charge along the longitudinal axis X. The scallop has a side surface that makes an angle ? with the longitudinal axis X, and the angle ? is different from 90 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Wenbo YANG, James A. ROLLINS
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Publication number: 20220049586Abstract: A perforating gun for use in a well casing, the gun having a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural shaped charges located inside the gun carrier, in groups of three, a first group of three shaped charges being positioned in a first single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a second group of three shaped charges being positioned in a second single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a charge holder configured to carry the plural shaped charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier. The first and second groups of three charges are spaced along the longitudinal axis so that a third single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, intersects each of the six shaped charges of the first and second groups of three charges, to achieve an ultra-short, high-density, perforating gun.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Wenbo YANG, James A. ROLLINS, Philip Martin SNIDER, John T. HARDESTY, David S. WESSON