Patents by Inventor James Gustafson
James Gustafson 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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Patent number: 11960387Abstract: A sample ratio mismatch (SRM) analyzer receives data from an online controlled experiment (OCE) and provides information to help determine a root cause of an SRM. The SRM analyzer may identify one or more segments in the data that include an SRM and may determine whether a triggered scorecard of the OCE includes an SRM. The data may include one or more scorecards. The SRM analyzer may determine whether each scorecard has an SRM. The SRM analyzer may test a difference in proportion of users assigned to treatment between a last scorecard without an SRM and a first scorecard with an SRM. If the difference in proportion is statistically meaningful, the SRM analyzer may determine that the SRM arose after the last scorecard. If the difference in proportions is not statistically meaningful, the SRM analyzer may determine that the SRM existed from a beginning of the OCE.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aleksander Fabijan, Trevor Craig Blanarik, Kewei Chen, Ruhan Zhang, Adam Marc Gustafson, Venkata Kavitha Budumuri, Stephen James Hunt, Maxwell Campbell Caughron, Vaibhav Kumar Bajpai
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Publication number: 20240101326Abstract: A product container made of a certain plastic material, and the coupling of multiple such product containers together are disclosed herein. Each of the product containers includes either a solid or a solid/liquid combination product therein, which impacts the process of coupling the product containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Theodore TEKIP, Jessica HAMILTON, Joerg HENDRIX, James MARTINEK, Li ZHANG, Timothy MUI, Stephanie GUSTAFSON, Ryan BROOKS, Clayton OHMES
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Patent number: 10539032Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle has an airfoil. The turbomachine has opposing walls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent nozzles, at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution is defined by values set forth in Table 1, where the throat distribution values are within a +/?10% tolerance of the values set forth in Table 1. The throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sumeet Soni, Rohit Chouhan, Ross James Gustafson, Matthew Peter Scoffone
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Patent number: 10204083Abstract: A computer system for processing bidirectional characters includes a processor and memory. An application stored in the memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor and memory and that are configured to determine an embedding direction and at least one of output, export or display data including characters using bidirectional code. While at least one of outputting, exporting or displaying the data, the instructions are configured to parse a multi-segment data value including a plurality of segments and a delimiter arranged between adjacent ones of the plurality of segments. The delimiter includes two or more neutral type characters that are arranged immediately adjacent to one another. The delimiter causes the bidirectional code to apply the embedding direction to the delimiters of the multi-segment data value to maintain relative ordering of adjacent ones of the segments in the multi-segment data value.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: April Marie Olson, William Leslie Frandsen, Kimberly Kroetsch, Dustin James Gustafson, Russell Brown, Todd Lefor
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Patent number: 9957805Abstract: A blade has an airfoil, and the blade is configured for use with a turbomachine. The airfoil has a throat distribution measured at a narrowest region in a pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on the airfoil. The airfoil has a linear trailing edge profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Rohit Chouhan, Jason Adam Neville
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Patent number: 9957804Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of blades, and each blade has an airfoil. The turbomachine includes opposing walls that define a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Nicholas Alvin Hogberg
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Publication number: 20180113844Abstract: A computer system for processing bidirectional characters includes a processor and memory. An application stored in the memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor and memory and that are configured to determine an embedding direction and at least one of output, export or display data including characters using bidirectional code. While at least one of outputting, exporting or displaying the data, the instructions are configured to parse a multi-segment data value including a plurality of segments and a delimiter arranged between adjacent ones of the plurality of segments. The delimiter includes two or more neutral type characters that are arranged immediately adjacent to one another. The delimiter causes the bidirectional code to apply the embedding direction to the delimiters of the multi-segment data value to maintain relative ordering of adjacent ones of the segments in the multi-segment data value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: April Marie OLSON, William Leslie FRANDSEN, Kimberly KROETSCH, Dustin James GUSTAFSON, Russell BROWN, Todd LEFOR
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Publication number: 20170175556Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle has an airfoil. The turbomachine has opposing walls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent nozzles, at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution is defined by values set forth in Table 1, where the throat distribution values are within a +/?10% tolerance of the values set forth in Table 1. The throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Sumeet SONI, Rohit CHOUHAN, Ross James GUSTAFSON, Matthew Peter SCOFFONE
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Publication number: 20170175530Abstract: A blade has an airfoil, and the blade is configured for use with a turbomachine. The airfoil has a throat distribution measured at a narrowest region in a pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on the airfoil. The airfoil has a linear trailing edge profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Rohit Chouhan, Jason Adam Neville
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Publication number: 20170175529Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of blades, and each blade has an airfoil. The turbomachine includes opposing walls that define a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Nicholas Alvin Hogberg
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Patent number: 9347320Abstract: Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using a particular airfoil profile, which can be used to determine a throat between adjacent airfoils. By shaping the throat according to the particular profile, the total pressure at an endwall can be energized, improving performance of the turbine.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Spencer Aaron Kareff, Dipesh Dinesh Nanda
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Publication number: 20160024930Abstract: A turbomachine airfoil includes a base portion and a blade portion extending from the base portion to a tip portion defining a radial span dimension. The blade portion includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. An axial chord dimension is defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge. At least one protuberance is provided on the pressure side. The at least one protuberance extends from about 10% of the axial chord dimension to about 90% of the axial chord dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Kelvin Rono Aaron, Craig Allen Bielek, Ross James Gustafson, Ariel Caesar Prepena Jacala, Spencer Aaron Kareff, Matthew Robert Piersall, John Franklin Ryman
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Publication number: 20150107266Abstract: Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using a particular airfoil profile, which can be used to determine a throat between adjacent airfoils. By shaping the throat according to the particular profile, the total pressure at an endwall can be energized, improving performance of the turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Spencer Aaron Kareff, Dipesh Dinesh Nanda
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Patent number: 9011101Abstract: A turbine bucket is provided including a bucket airfoil having an airfoil shape, the bucket airfoil having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 1 wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z, the airfoil profile sections at Z distances being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Christopher Michael Penny, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Luke C Sponsellar, William Scott Zemitis
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Patent number: 8998577Abstract: The present application thus provides a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may include a turbine and a diffuser positioned downstream of the turbine. The turbine may include a number of last stage buckets, a number of last stage nozzles, and a gauging ratio of the last stage nozzles of about 0.95 or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Gunnar Leif Siden
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Patent number: 8894376Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a system having a turbomachine including a plurality of turbomachine blades coupled to a rotor, wherein each turbomachine blade has a blade base portion and a flared blade tip portion flared relative to the blade base portion. Additionally, a trailing edge of each turbomachine blade extends along a common plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher Michael Penny, Ross James Gustafson
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Patent number: 8876485Abstract: The present application provides a turbine nozzle including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The airfoil profile sections at Z distances may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Aaron Gregory Winn
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Publication number: 20130136589Abstract: The present application provides a turbine nozzle including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The airfoil profile sections at Z distances may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Aaron Gregory Winn
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Publication number: 20130136611Abstract: A turbine bucket is provided including a bucket airfoil having an airfoil shape, the bucket airfoil having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 1 wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z, the airfoil profile sections at Z distances being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Inventors: Ross James Gustafson, Christopher Michael Penny, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Luke C. Sponseller
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Publication number: 20130115075Abstract: The present application thus provides a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may include a turbine and a diffuser positioned downstream of the turbine. The turbine may include a number of last stage buckets, a number of last stage nozzles, and a gauging ratio of the last stage nozzles of about 0.95 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ross James Gustafson, Gunnar Leif Siden