Patents by Inventor Randall Richards
Randall Richards 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).
-
Publication number: 20140037458Abstract: A rotor blade for a turbine of a combustion turbine engine having an airfoil that includes a pressure and a suction sidewall defining an outer periphery and a tip portion defining an outer radial end. The tip portion includes a rail that defines a tip cavity. The airfoil includes an interior cooling passage configured to circulate coolant. The rotor blade further includes: a slotted portion of the rail; and at least one film cooling outlet disposed within at least one of the pressure sidewall and the suction sidewall of the airfoil. The film cooling outlet includes a position that is adjacent to the tip portion and in proximity to the slotted portion of the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Benjamin Paul Lacy, Randall Richard Good, Brian Gene Brzek
-
Patent number: 8628299Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, includes a turbine blade having a radial blade tip. The system further includes a trailing edge trench that is formed in the radial blade tip and which extends towards a trailing edge of the turbine blade. The trailing edge trench further includes a first set of cooling passages, each of which includes a first slot formed along a first sidewall of the trailing edge trench, whereby the slot is coupled to a first respective hole extending through a floor of the trailing edge trench.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Luke John Ammann, Randall Richard Good
-
Publication number: 20130230394Abstract: The present application provides a turbine bucket for use with a gas turbine engine. The turbine bucket may include a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform, and a number of cooling circuits extending through the platform and the airfoil. One of the cooling circuits may be a serpentine cooling channel positioned within the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Scott Edmond Ellis, Randall Richard Good, Bradley Taylor Boyer, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
-
Publication number: 20130136610Abstract: 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: Alexander Stein, Bradley Taylor Boyer, Xiaoyong Fu, Randall Richard Good
-
Publication number: 20120174872Abstract: A sprayer device and method to treat animal hooves by spraying concentrated foot treatment fluid directly onto the hooves. Substantially all overspray of the hoof treatment fluid is collected and recycled thereby minimizing loss of fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Randall Richards
-
Patent number: 8214839Abstract: File resources that are most likely to be used on a target computer are proactively cached, so that the resources are available before they are needed. This greatly reduces or eliminates associated user wait times. It is determined which file resources are most likely to be used, the cost of transmitting them to the cache, the cost of storing them in the cache and the amount of cache space available. Based on a weighted balancing analysis of factors such as these, specific file resources are proactively streamed for use on the target computer. The determination as to which resources are most likely to be used can be based on a variety of factors, such as usage patterns, schedule based information, user and group based information, target computer and network information, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Symantec CorporationInventors: Shaun Cooley, Randall Richards Cook, William E. Sobel
-
Patent number: 8140782Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the invention permit a virtualization application to interact with a SuperFetch feature of an operating system so that on creation of a virtualization layer the SuperFetch feature is provided the opportunity to act on the newly available file system objects of the virtualization layer. Further, when the virtualization layer is removed, embodiments in accordance with the invention remove the file system objects associated with the virtualization layer from utilization by the SuperFetch feature.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Symantec CorporationInventors: William E. Sobel, Randall Richards Cook
-
Publication number: 20120013328Abstract: A proximity transducer system including an eddy current effect proximity probe, a proximity electronics module coupled to the probe, a monitoring system and a two-wire, current interface connecting the proximity electronics module to the monitoring system is disclosed. The proximity transducer system is operative for measuring position and vibration of a component to be monitored. The current interface is made up of a pair of wires, e.g., a twisted pair, and is adapted for providing power to the electronics module and an electrical signal from the proximity electronics module that is representative of (e.g., proportional to) the length of the gap between the probe and the component being monitored. That signal has a DC component that represents a steady state distance and an AC component that represents active movement of the component, such as vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: METRIX INSTRUMENT CO., LPInventors: Randall Richard Chitwood, Christine Borgfeld, David Dobsky
-
Publication number: 20110176929Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, includes a turbine blade having a radial blade tip. The system further includes a trailing edge trench that is formed in the radial blade tip and which extends towards a trailing edge of the turbine blade. The trailing edge trench further includes a first set of cooling passages, each of which includes a first slot formed along a first sidewall of the trailing edge trench, whereby the slot is coupled to a first respective hole extending through a floor of the trailing edge trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Luke John Ammann, Randall Richard Good
-
Patent number: 7953737Abstract: A storage medium and computer system that, in an embodiment, in response to a request to create a target object, create a reference object for the target object and bind the reference object to a name space without the target object being instantiated. In response to an invocation of a method on the reference object, a determination is made whether a target object associated with the reference object exists. If the target object does not already exist, the target object is instantiated. If the target object does already exist, the target object is returned. In this way, target objects are not instantiated until a method on the reference object is invoked, which in an embodiment increases the performance of the invoking application.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James C. Krueger, Randall Richard Schnier
-
Publication number: 20110110179Abstract: A system for mixing dairy animal teat dip from water and additives. The system includes a mixing manifold into which the water and additives are fed and mixed in a controlled manner. Mixed teat dip is automatically quality tested and monitored to provide data for controlling quantities of water and additives being fed to the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Randall Richards, Eric Mathias
-
Publication number: 20100185411Abstract: An object monitor including two or more sensors for detecting two or more objects on two or more paths. Each sensor operates to detect location values of an object traveling along one of the paths. A processor receives first location values of a first object and calculates a first arrival time of the first object at a collision point. The processor receives second location values of a second object and calculates a second arrival time of the second object at the collision point. The processor operates to provide an alarm signal when the first arrival time and the second arrival time are within a safety difference value of being equal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventors: Randall Richard Pfeiffer, Niromi Leelamani Wijewantha
-
Patent number: 7731482Abstract: A damping system for a turbine bucket. The damping system includes a damper pocket with a variable tangential depth and a damper pin positional within the damper pocket.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Benjamin Arnette Lagrange, Randall Richard Good, Gary Charles Liotta, Jon Robert DeLong, Matthew Durham Collier, James William Vehr, Anthony Aaron Chiurato
-
Patent number: 7534090Abstract: An enhanced damping system for a turbine bucket. The damping system includes a damper pocket and a damper pin with an offset center of gravity positioned within the damper pocket.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Randall Richard Good, Benjamin Arnette Lagrange, Gary Charles Liotta, James William Vehr, Jonathan David Crim, Stephen Paul Wassynger, Anthony Aaron Chiurato
-
Publication number: 20090106301Abstract: A storage medium and computer system that, in an embodiment, in response to a request to create a target object, create a reference object for the target object and bind the reference object to a name space without the target object being instantiated. In response to an invocation of a method on the reference object, a determination is made whether a target object associated with the reference object exists. If the target object does not already exist, the target object is instantiated. If the target object does already exist, the target object is returned. In this way, target objects are not instantiated until a method on the reference object is invoked, which in an embodiment increases the performance of the invoking application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James C. Krueger, Randall Richard Schnier
-
Patent number: 7519963Abstract: The inventions relate generally to computer systems having facilities for providing virtual portions of file systems and configuration settings to applications. More particularly, the inventions relate to computer systems that provide a layer organization for files and configuration settings that can be overlaid on top of an operating system. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Symantec CorporationInventors: Jared Ricks Blaser, Randall Richards Cook
-
Patent number: 7480678Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, in response to a request to create a target object, create a reference object for the target object and bind the reference object to a name space without the target object being instantiated. In response to an invocation of a method on the reference object, a determination is made whether a target object associated with the reference object exists. If the target object does not already exist, the target object is instantiated. If the target object does already exist, the target object is returned. In this way, target objects are not instantiated until a method on the reference object is invoked, which in an embodiment increases the performance of the invoking application.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James C. Krueger, Randall Richard Schnier
-
Patent number: 7434670Abstract: A shroud support method and apparatus for a ceramic component of a gas turbine having: an outer shroud block having a coupling to a casing of the gas turbine; a spring mass damper attached to the outer shroud block and including a spring biased piston extending through said outer shroud block, wherein the spring mass damper applies a load to the ceramic component; and the ceramic component has a forward flange and an aft flange each attachable to the outer shroud block.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Randall Richard Good, Kevin Leon Bruce, Gregory Scot Corman, David Joseph Mitchell, Mark Stewart Schroder, Christopher Grace
-
Publication number: 20080202877Abstract: A shroud support method and apparatus for a ceramic component of a gas turbine having: an outer shroud block having a coupling to a casing of the gas turbine; a spring mass damper attached to the outer shroud block and including a spring biased piston extending through said outer shroud block, wherein the spring mass damper applies a load to the ceramic component; and the ceramic component has a forward flange and an aft flange each attachable to the outer shroud block.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2006Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Randall Richard Good, Kevin Leon Bruce, Gregory Scot Corman, David Joseph Mitchell, Mark Stewart Schroder, Christopher Grace
-
Publication number: 20070286732Abstract: An enhanced damping system for a turbine bucket. The damping system includes a damper pocket and a damper pin with an offset center of gravity positioned within the damper pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2006Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Randall Richard Good, Benjamin Arnette Lagrange, Gary Charles Liotta, James William Vehr, Jonathan David Crim, Stephen Paul Wassynger, Anthony Aaron Chiurato