Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Kress

Jeffrey A. Kress 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: 11997346
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface that provides context sensitive hints to assist the viewer. The system further enables viewers skip, view, and interact with advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 6065928
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes radially outer and inner bands between which extend a plurality of vanes. The vanes include impingement baffles having impingement holes for impinging cooling air inside the vane for cooling thereof. An air circuit is disposed in the inner band and includes a plurality of outlet holes. A transfer tube is disposed in flow communication between respective ones of the baffles and the air circuit for channeling thereto a portion of the cooling air from inside the baffles as pre-impingement air for discharge through the outlet holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harold P. Rieck, Jr., Jeffrey A. Kress
  • Patent number: 5332358
    Abstract: A seal support assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a stator seal support having an annular seal backing extending axially away therefrom and having an integral retention flange at one end thereof. The retention flange includes a retention groove. An annular seal block is supported radially inwardly of the seal backing for cooperating with rotor seal teeth to define a fluid seal. A control ring is disposed radially outwardly of the seal backing and is supported thereby, with the control ring having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart retention tabs cooperating with the retention flange for axially retaining the control ring on the seal backing. An annular heat shield is fixedly joined at one end to the seal support, and includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart retention tabs cooperating with the retention flange for axially retaining the heat shield to the seal backing while permitting unrestrained differential radial movement therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Hemmelgarn, Jeffrey A. Kress, Richard W. Albrecht