Patents by Inventor Nicholas Porter

Nicholas Porter 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: 11967688
    Abstract: Provided are systems for vehicle energy storage having parallel cooling comprising a plurality of modules. Each module may comprise two half modules coupled together. Each half module can include a plurality of battery cells. A current carrier of each half module may be electrically coupled to the cells. The cells may be disposed between the current carrier and a plate. Each half module can have the cells, current carrier, and blast plate disposed in an enclosure. The enclosure can have a coolant sub-system for circulating coolant in parallel to the plurality of cells such that each of the battery cells is at approximately the same predetermined temperature. The modules may be disposed in a tray. A coolant system may be provided for circulating coolant across the plurality of modules in parallel such that each of the modules can be maintained at approximately the same predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Faraday & Future Inc.
    Inventors: W. Porter Harris, Blake Rosengren, Nicholas John Sampson
  • Publication number: 20240118792
    Abstract: A method for configuring a system having a wearable optical unit is disclosed. The method includes powering on the system, and in response to the system being powered on, using one or more processors to control the system to: determine whether to cause the system to run a configuration workflow, and in response to determining to cause the system to run the configuration workflow, (a) control the system in connection with configuring an interpupillary distance (IPD) for a user of the system, (b) determine whether the IPD is configured for the user, and (c) in response to determining that the IPD is configured for the user, control the system in connection with configuring a focus of the optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Trae Benjamin Stephens, Benjamin Eli Nelson Chelf, Nicholas Cory Johnson, John Aaron Boiles, Nicholas Grant Lewis, Kevin Robert McKinney, Steven David Oliver, Tun Yuen Yeung, Meghan Easley, Robin Porter, Jeremiah O'Leary, Keith Alsberg, Robert Samuel Clay
  • Patent number: 10907501
    Abstract: Shroud assemblies and methods for cooling gas turbine engine shrouds are provided. For example, a shroud assembly comprises a shroud segment having hot and cold side portions. The hot side portion faces a gas flow path, and the cold side portion faces a cooling fluid flow path. The shroud assembly further comprises a shroud hanger for mounting the shroud segment in the gas turbine engine. The shroud hanger includes a conduit for receipt of a flow of cooling fluid that defines an outlet configured for the flow of cooling fluid to exit the conduit substantially tangential to the cold side portion of the shroud segment. The shroud and shroud hanger together define an annular cavity that forms the cooling fluid flow path, and fluid exits a plurality of conduits defined in the shroud hanger into the cavity substantially tangential to the shroud cold side to cool the shroud cold side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sergio Filippi, Ryan Nicholas Porter, Craig Alan Gonyou, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20200063601
    Abstract: Shroud assemblies and methods for cooling gas turbine engine shrouds are provided. For example, a shroud assembly comprises a shroud segment having hot and cold side portions. The hot side portion faces a gas flow path, and the cold side portion faces a cooling fluid flow path. The shroud assembly further comprises a shroud hanger for mounting the shroud segment in the gas turbine engine. The shroud hanger includes a conduit for receipt of a flow of cooling fluid that defines an outlet configured for the flow of cooling fluid to exit the conduit substantially tangential to the cold side portion of the shroud segment. The shroud and shroud hanger together define an annular cavity that forms the cooling fluid flow path, and fluid exits a plurality of conduits defined in the shroud hanger into the cavity substantially tangential to the shroud cold side to cool the shroud cold side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio Filippi, Ryan Nicholas Porter, Craig Alan Gonyou, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20180128177
    Abstract: A method of forming a hole in an engine component. The hole is formed through a wall defining first and second opposing surfaces. An inlet is located on the first surface and an outlet on the second surface where a passage connects the inlet and the outlet. Fluid is passed through the passage, emitted from the passage, and redirected upon existing the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas George Holland, Mehmet Muhittin Dede, Ryan Nicholas Porter, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Jason Randolph Allen
  • Patent number: 9957816
    Abstract: An engine component with particulate mitigation features is provided. The engine component comprises an internal engine component surface having a cooling flow path on one side thereof and a second component adjacent to the first component. The second component, for example an insert, may have a plurality of openings forming an array wherein the openings extend through the second component at a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Jason Randolph Allen, Ryan Nicholas Porter, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Christopher Joseph Greenwell, Timothy Deryck Stone, Andrew Stephen Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20150345397
    Abstract: An engine component with particulate mitigation features is provided. The engine component comprises an internal engine component surface having a cooling flow path on one side thereof and a second component adjacent to the first component. The second component, for example an insert, may have a plurality of openings forming an array wherein the openings extend through the second component at a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Scott BUNKER, Jason Randolph ALLEN, Ryan Nicholas PORTER, Byron Andrew PRITCHARD, Christopher Joseph GREENWELL, Timothy Deryck STONE, Andrew Stephen Pritchard
  • Patent number: D631683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Phlash Products Limited
    Inventors: David Ash, Nicholas Porter