Patents by Inventor Timothy Francis Powell

Timothy Francis Powell 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).

  • Power supply methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 7113075
    Abstract: A detection circuit includes a first power line, a first signal conditioning module operationally coupled to the first power line, a neutral line (N) operationally coupled to the first signal conditioning module, a second signal conditioning module operationally coupled to the first power line, a second power line operationally coupled to the second signal conditioning module, and an analog to digital (A/D) converter operationally coupled to the first and the second signal conditioning modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kresimir Odorcic, Scott Horning, Timothy Ray Jackson, Timothy Francis Powell, Cecilia Maria Blanchard, Meher Prasadu Kollipara, Mark Dilip Shah, Gregory Michael Thomas
  • Power management systems and methods
    Patent number: 7041940
    Abstract: A cooking platform includes at least one surface heating element having a first power consumption level and an oven located under the surface heating element. The oven includes a first heating element having a second power consumption level and a second heating element having a third power consumption level. The second heating element has at least two heating sub-elements. One of the two heating sub-elements is configured to be deenergized when a sum of the first, second, and third power consumption levels exceeds a power consumption limit of the cooking platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Bakanowski, David Laurence Kinny, Lawrence Michael Portaro, Timothy Francis Powell, Mark Patrick Schoenegge, Joshua Stephen Wiseman, Charles Ray Smith, Cecilia Maria Blanchard