Patents Represented by Attorney Fletcher Yoder

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  • Current limiting antifuse programming path
    Patent number: 7173855
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for regulating an antifuse programming current by lightly doping an electrically connected region so that the resistance of the region responds in a non-linear manner to changes in voltage. In this way a variable resistor or a variably resistive transistor may be created which vary their resistance in response to an applied voltage and which may thereby limit a programming current while not limiting a lesser, reading current to a serially connected antifuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Porter, Scott J. Derner
  • Hybrid metal forming system and method
    Patent number: 7162910
    Abstract: A hybrid metal forming system includes a die cavity defined by a first die and a second die and a press adapted to apply a static pressure over the first die to deform a workpiece against the second die. The hybrid forming system also includes a dynamic loading system coupled to and positioned between, the press and the die cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wenwu Zhang, David Peter Mika
  • Data retention kill function
    Patent number: 7164611
    Abstract: A secure memory device that is configured to prevent unauthorized access of data is disclosed. More specifically, a kill function logic device is capable of initiating security measures upon the occurrence of some event. The security measures may include disabling read access to the memory device, accelerated erasing of the memory device, or disabling of the memory device itself. Alternatively, a circuit may be configured to purge data stored in the memory device in an accelerated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Kinsley
  • Internal package heat dissipator
    Patent number: 7163845
    Abstract: A technique is provided for dissipating heat from an integrated circuit within a package. A thermally conductive strip may be disposed adjacent to an integrated circuit die before packaging. The package is formed around the integrated circuit and the thermally conductive strip such that a portion of the thermally conductive strip extends through the package. Heat is conducted from the integrated circuit through the thermally conductive strip to the environment surrounding the package. A thermally conductive strip may be installed within a package by an adhesive or other mechanical means. A thermally conductive strip may be comprised of a metallic foil or other thermally conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Casey L. Prindiville
  • Workstation configuration and selection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7162439
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a radiological imaging workstation system customer with a recommended radiological imaging workstation and/or radiological imaging workstation configuration. The recommended radiological imaging workstation being established by a customer's responses to a plurality of questions. The system has a product selector file and a product configuration file. The product selector file provides a query page with the plurality of questions to be answered by the customer. The product configuration file having a plurality of predicted system values. A Java applet being used to compare the customer's responses to the plurality of questions to the predicted values. The product configuration file supplying a results page with the recommended system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Edward J. Panelli
  • Energy absorbing articles
    Patent number: 7160621
    Abstract: An article comprises a plurality of auxetic structures wherein the auxetic structures are of size greater than about 1 mm. The article also comprises at least one cell boundary that is structurally coupled to the auxetic structures. The cell boundary is configured to resist a deformation of the auxetic structures. An automotive energy absorber comprises a plurality of auxetic structures wherein the auxetic structures are of size greater than about 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tansen Dhananjay Chaudhari, Chinniah Thiagarajan, Poovanna Kushalappa Theethira, Stephen Shuler, Eric Jon Jaarda
  • Skew tolerant high-speed digital phase detector
    Patent number: 7161391
    Abstract: A skew-tolerant digital phase detector is provided. Specifically, a detector is provided in the digital phase detector to detect certain failure conditions that may result from clock skew and duty cycle distortion. If the condition is detected, an adjusted signal is generated and the adjusted signal is synchronized with the reference signal. By using the generated signal to provide a lock if certain conditions arise, adjustment errors resulting from duty cycle distortion and clock skew can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Micron Technology
    Inventor: Feng Lin
  • Method for making multi-layer ceramic acoustic transducer
    Patent number: 7156938
    Abstract: Methods for preparing a multi-layer acoustic transducer with reduced total electrical impedance. The methods are based on the stacking of individual piezoelectric layers with metallized surfaces to form a plate in which the metal layers are electrically connected to form interdigitated electrodes. The total electrical impedance of a multi-layer stack comprised of piezoelectric layers connected in this manner is inversely related to the square of the number of layers in the stack. This provides for better matching of the acoustic stack impedance to that of the electrical cable and improved acoustic element sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Baumgartner, Robert S. Lewandowski
  • Techniques for fabricating a resistor on a flexible base material
    Patent number: 7158383
    Abstract: A technique for fabricating a resistor on a flexible substrate. Specifically, at least a portion of a polyimide substrate is activated by exposure to a ion sputter etch techniques. A metal layer is disposed over the activated portion of the substrate, thereby resulting in the formation of a highly resistive metal-carbide region. Interconnect layers are disposed over the metal-carbide region and patterned to form terminals at opposite ends of the metal carbide region. The metal-carbide region is patterned to form a resistor between the terminals. Alternatively, only a selected area of the polyimide substrate is activated. The selected area forms the area in which the metal-carbide region is formed. Interconnect layers are disposed over the metal-carbide region and patterned to form terminals at opposite ends of the metal-carbide region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin M. Durocher, Richard J. Saia, Vikram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Contained micro-particles for use in well bore operations
    Patent number: 7156174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to well bore operations, and more particularly, to contained micro-particles, and methods for using such contained micro-particles in cementing operations. An exemplary method of facilitating the use of micro-particles in a well bore fluid comprises the steps of providing contained micro-particles, and adding the contained micro-particles to the well bore fluid. In an exemplary embodiment, the well bore fluids of the present invention comprise encapsulated micro-particles. In another exemplary embodiment, the well bore fluids of the present invention comprise pelletized micro-particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig W. Roddy, Bradley L. Todd
  • Preconditioned air connector assembly for aircraft
    Patent number: 7152886
    Abstract: A connector for coupling a preconditioned air source to an aircraft is provided. The connector comprises actuating members rotatably secured to a body. In one embodiment, the actuating members are supported, at least partially, by an integrated bearing assembly. The connector also comprises securing members that are positionably coupled to the actuating members. Accordingly, rotation of the actuating members displaces the securing members. Moreover, the actuating members comprise respective camming surfaces, wherein the camming surfaces define the axial position of the corresponding securing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Janis, Folkert Fred Koch, Wolfgang Ott, Christopher Robin Drake, Brian Michael Piety, Mark David Resendes
  • Optical battery temperature monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 7155075
    Abstract: Several methods for measuring and monitoring temperature have been presented for systems requiring temperature monitoring. In one implementation, the system has been applied to battery assemblies. Temperature measurements for every part of the battery assembly are disclosed. In one aspect the surface temperature of a battery assembly is measured. In another aspect, the internal temperature of the battery assembly is measured. In other aspects, the internal and external temperatures of several battery assemblies are measured. Based on the measured temperature, control signals are generated by a control system to switch down the power of the battery charging system so as to prevent excess heat generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Veera Palanivelu Rajendran, Robert Dean King, Timothy Gerard Richter, Lembit Salasoo
  • System and method for passive load attenuation in a wind turbine
    Patent number: 7153090
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a wind turbine blade includes an outer skin and an internal support structure. The skin has a closed airfoil shape and includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and opposite sides along a length of the blade. The internal support structure is disposed within the closed airfoil shape. The internal support structure includes at least one shear load bearing member disposed across the opposite sides and oriented lengthwise along the length of the blade. The internal support structure further includes a plurality of bending load bearing members disposed along the inner surface in a lengthwise direction along the length of the blade. The internal support structure is configured to position a shear center and a center of aerodynamic pressure loading of the blade at different locations relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Guy Wayne DeLeonardo, Scott Roger Finn, Peter Michael Finnigan, Donald Joseph Kasperski
  • Robust, low complexity communications system with interference mitigation
    Patent number: 7154934
    Abstract: A system for short range communications includes a transmitter capable of transmitting a colored noise-like preamble. A receiver receives the colored noise-like preamble and the receiver includes an antenna with an antenna pattern. A direction of the antenna is controllable by the receiver. A signal processor is connected to and responsive to the receiver. The signal processor detects and estimates the strength of the colored noise-like preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Erik Hershey, Ralph Thomas Hoctor
  • Cooled turbine integrated fuel cell hybrid power plant
    Patent number: 7153599
    Abstract: A hybrid power plant includes a turbine, a compressor driven by the turbine and a recuperator in flow communication with the compressor. The recuperator is configured to transfer heat from turbine exhaust to compressed air, and at least one fuel cell is in flow communication with said recuperator to provide fresh air for said fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald S. Bunker, Chellappa Balan
  • Method for detection of defects in anisotropic materials
    Patent number: 7150193
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for imaging anisotropic media comprising selecting multiple points within the anisotropic media, which is to be imaged; determining an acoustic path between each selected point in the anisotropic media and a receiver position on the surface of the anisotropic media; calculating an acoustic wave velocity at all necessary points; determining an acoustic path length based on each selected point in the anisotropic media and the receiver position; determining a time delay for each acoustic wave between each image point and the receiver position on the surface of the anisotropic media; calculating a sum for each point selected based on the appropriate acoustic wave velocities and the acoustic path lengths; and generating an image of the anisotropic media using the coherent sums generated for each said image point selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter William Lorraine, Ronald Alan Kline
  • Methods, cement compositions and oil suspensions of powder
    Patent number: 7147705
    Abstract: Methods, cement compositions and oil suspensions of powders selected from the group consisting of micro-silica, silica flour, fine silica flour, silica sand, fine particle size cement, ultra-fine particle size cement, fly ash, slag, vitrified shale and zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiten Chatterji, Ronney R. Koch, Bobby J. King
  • Method and system for improving contrast using multi-resolution contrast based dynamic range management
    Patent number: 7149358
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium for implementing and performing a multi-resolution contrast-based dynamic range management algorithm and allowing for the efficient compression of an intensity dynamic range of an input image to a reduced intensity dynamic range of an image display signal. Specifically, the method, system and computer readable medium of the invention comprise decomposing the input image into a plurality of image components, modifying the intensity characteristics of the plurality of image components and reconstructing the plurality of image components into an output image for display on an image display device. In another aspect of the method, system and computer readable medium of the invention, the decomposition of the input image and reconstruction into an output image are performed using a Laplacian pyramid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: David A. Langan
  • Multi-layer ceramic acoustic transducer
    Patent number: 7148608
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-layer acoustic transducer with reduced total electrical impedance. The method is based on the bonding of two piezoelectric ceramic layers with confronting metallized surfaces to a thin electrical conductor, then electrically connecting the top and bottom surfaces to form a wrap-around electrode while a center conductor forms a second electrode. The total electrical impedance of a two-layer ceramic stack comprised of piezoelectric layers connected in this manner is one-fourth that of a solid ceramic element of the same size. This provides for better matching of the acoustic stack impedance to that of the electrical cable, increased penetration depth for imaging within the body, and improved acoustic element sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Baumgartner, Robert S. Lewandowski, George Sogoian
  • Cordless telephone
    Patent number: D535969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventor: Paul Stephen Haney