Patents by Inventor Stephen Rice
Stephen Rice 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: 20240109564Abstract: A method is provided that can include activating at least two wireless communication channels in parallel, between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. Each of the at least two wireless communication channels can operate at a different radio carrier frequency, and the first wireless transceiver may be part of a first vehicle. The method can also include transmitting, by the first wireless transceiver, common information in parallel on the at least two wireless communication channels to the second wireless transceiver and deactivating the at least two wireless communication channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Padam Dhoj Swar, Carl L. Haas, Danial Rice, Rebecca W. Dreasher, Adam Hausmann, Matthew Steven Vrba, Edward J. Kuchar, James Lucas, Andrew Ryan Staats, Jerrid D. Chapman, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Janmejay Tripathy, Stephen Craven, Tania Lindsley, Derek K. Woo, Ann K. Grimm, Scott Sollars, Phillip A. Burgart, James Allen Oswald, Shannon K. Struttmann, Stuart J. Barr, Keith Smith, Francois P. Pretorius, Craig K. Green, Kendrick Gawne, Irwin Morris, Joseph W. Gorman, Srivallidevi Muthusami, Mahesh Babu Natarajan, Jeremiah Dirnberger, Adam Franco
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Publication number: 20240093221Abstract: This disclosure provides recombinant DNA constructs and transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency, and enhanced drought tolerance or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed, and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Edwards M. Allen, Bettina Darveaux, Stephen M. Duff, Mary Fernandes, Barry S. Goldman, Cara L. Griffith, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Paul J. Loida, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Robert J. Meister, Monnanda S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Elena A. Rice, Daniel Ruzicka, Anagha M. Sant, Jon J. Schmuke, Rebecca L. Thompson, Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Xiao Yang, Qin Zeng, Jianmin Zhao
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Patent number: 9920628Abstract: A steam turbine with a resonance chamber in the outer annulus opposite a rotating blade row. The resonance chamber provides passive resonance to place the excitation at a frequency away from the natural frequency of the blades.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbHInventor: Timothy Stephen Rice
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Patent number: 9316107Abstract: An axial flow turbine is described having a casing defining a flow path for a working fluid therein, a rotor co-axial to the casing, a plurality of stages, each including a stationary row of vanes circumferentially mounted on the casing a rotating row blades, circumferentially mounted on the rotor, with within a stage n vanes have an extension such that at least a part of the trailing edge of each of the n vanes reaches into the annular space defined by the trailing edges of the remaining N-n vanes and the leading edges of rotating blades of the same stage.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: ALSTOM Technology LtdInventors: Benjamin Megerle, Ivan William McBean, Timothy Stephen Rice, Said Havakechian
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Publication number: 20150267538Abstract: A steam turbine with a resonance chamber in the outer annulus opposite a rotating blade row. The resonance chamber provides passive resonance to place the excitation at a frequency away from the natural frequency of the blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: Timothy Stephen RICE
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Patent number: 9128743Abstract: Representing a non-executing virtual machine with a graphical representation. Resource consumption on a hardware device is monitored. A policy that considers at least a present level of resource consumption and an amount of available resources of the hardware device is consulted. An operational state of a particular virtual machine that resides on the hardware device is changed to a non-executing state. An image that represents the virtual machine is displayed. The image is based upon the state of the virtual machine immediately prior to the virtual machine entering the non-executing state.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Bromium, Inc.Inventors: Kiran Bondalapati, Gaurav Banga, Vikram Kapoor, Ian Pratt, Prakash Buddhiraja, Stephen Rice
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Publication number: 20140369815Abstract: Configuration of the last stage of a steam turbine where rotor blades rotate encircled by a vane carrier, such that a plurality of passages are located in the vane carrier, such that a fluid is blown through these passages forming a flow that impinges onto the rotor blades, the number of passages, the location of the passages in the vane carrier and the velocity of the flow impinging onto the rotor blades, being calculated in such a way that rotating flow instabilities in the rotor blades when the steam turbine operates at low volumetric flow conditions are avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Brian Robert HALLER, Timothy Stephen Rice
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Publication number: 20140017071Abstract: An axial flow turbine is described having a casing defining a flow path for a working fluid therein, a rotor co-axial to the casing, a plurality of stages, each including a stationary row of vanes circumferentially mounted on the casing a rotating row blades, circumferentially mounted on the rotor, with within a stage n vanes have an extension such that at least a part of the trailing edge of each of the n vanes reaches into the annular space defined by the trailing edges of the remaining N-n vanes and the leading edges of rotating blades of the same stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Benjamin MEGERLE, Ivan William MCBEAN, Timothy Stephen RICE, Said HAVAKECHIAN
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Patent number: 8480533Abstract: A multi-speed transmission may include an input member and an output member disposed in a housing. A first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set may also be disposed in the housing, each planetary gear set including a sun gear, a planet carrier, and a ring gear. Six control elements may be operably coupled to the planetary gear sets and selectively engageable to create a set of different gear ratios between the input member and the output member, the set of different gear ratios including at least nine forward gear ratios and at least two reverse gear ratios.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Kevin Gerard Meyer, James Stephen Rice, Peter Hall Hodges, Larry Wayne Carpenter, Kevin Jay Knox
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Publication number: 20110289623Abstract: Novel isolated plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs in modulating the transcription of DNA sequences of interest are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicants: RUBICON FORESTS HOLDINGS LIMITED, ARBORGEN, LLCInventors: RANJAN PERERA, STEPHEN RICE, CLARE EAGLETON, MARION WOOD, ELIZABETH VISSER
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Patent number: 8030472Abstract: Novel isolated plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs in modulating the transcription of DNA sequences of interest are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignees: Arborgen, LLC, Rubicon Forests Holdings LimitedInventors: Ranjan Perera, Stephen Rice, Clare Eagleton, Marion Wood, Elizabeth Visser
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Patent number: 7998016Abstract: A gear train includes a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first ring gear, and a first carrier and a second planetary gear set including a second sun gear, a second ring gear, and second carrier. The gear train also includes a first clutch configured to selectively connect the first carrier with the second carrier and a second clutch configured to selectively connect the first sun gear with the second sun gear. The gear train also includes a first brake configured to selectively fix the first sun gear, a second brake configured to selectively fix the second sun gear, and a third brake configured to selectively fix the first carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Baojun Si, Barry Mei, William H. Lane, James Stephen Rice
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Publication number: 20110150014Abstract: An analog circuit including a voltage divider for providing a first voltage corresponding to an actual temperature of said thermal tuning element of the laser; an analog comparator generating an analog output current for comparing the first voltage with a reference voltage, the reference voltage being representative of a temperature of said thermal tuning element of the laser corresponding to a desired wavelength of the laser; and a heating element thermally coupled to said thermal tuning element, wherein the analog comparator increases said analog current to the heating element, when the first voltage is less than the reference voltage; and decreases said analog current to the heating element, when the first voltage is larger than the second reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Andrew Daiber, Mark Stephen Rice, Timothy L. Robertson
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Publication number: 20110124462Abstract: A multi-speed transmission may include an input member and an output member disposed in a housing. A first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set may also be disposed in the housing, each planetary gear set including a sun gear, a planet carrier, and a ring gear. Six control elements may be operably coupled to the planetary gear sets and selectively engageable to create a set of different gear ratios between the input member and the output member, the set of different gear ratios including at least nine forward gear ratios and at least two reverse gear ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.Inventors: Kevin Gerard Meyer, James Stephen Rice, Peter Hall Hodges, Larry Wayne Carpenter, Kevin Jay Knox
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Publication number: 20100160108Abstract: A gear train includes a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first ring gear, and a first carrier and a second planetary gear set including a second sun gear, a second ring gear, and second carrier. The gear train also includes a first clutch configured to selectively connect the first carrier with the second carrier and a second clutch configured to selectively connect the first sun gear with the second sun gear. The gear train also includes a first brake configured to selectively fix the first sun gear, a second brake configured to selectively fix the second sun gear, and a third brake configured to selectively fix the first carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Baojun Si, Barry Mei, William H. Lane, James Stephen Rice
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Publication number: 20090205077Abstract: Novel isolated plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs in modulating the transcription of DNA sequences of interest are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Ranjan PERERA, Stephen Rice, Clare Eagleton, Marion Wood, Elizabeth Visser
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Publication number: 20090145942Abstract: A container mounted on a standard bicycle water bottle cage. The container could be a fabric bag or a hard shell case. In the preferred embodiment the container is fastened to the bottle cage by a plurality of straps, with at least one upper strap oriented to wrap around the curved upper front portion of the bottle cage and at least two lower straps, each oriented to wrap around each opposing vertical leg of the bottle cage. These straps can be attached to the container or attached to a base plate that is designed to receive the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventor: Glenn Stephen Rice
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Patent number: 7518034Abstract: Novel isolated plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with genetic constructs comprising such polynucleotides. Methods for using such constructs in modulating the transcription of DNA sequences of interest are also disclosed, together with transgenic plants comprising such constructs.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignees: ArborGen LLC, Rubicon Forests Holdings LimitedInventors: Ranjan Perera, Stephen Rice, Clare Eagleton, Marion Wood, Elizabeth Visser
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Publication number: 20090031726Abstract: A steam turbine installation (1), especially for electricity generation, includes a steam path (2) in which a steam generator (4) and a steam turbine (3) are arranged. In order to reduce the risk of erosion for components which are arranged in the steam path (2), for example blades of the steam turbine (3), an inertial separator (6) is arranged in the steam path (2) between the steam generator (4) and the steam turbine (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Ralf Greim, Timothy Stephen Rice
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Publication number: 20070219159Abstract: The present invention provides methods and therapeutic compositions for treating viral infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2006Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventors: Kendall Wallace, Muhammad Khan, Robert Carlson, Stephen Rice, Mervin Froberg