Patents Represented by Attorney Fletcher Yoder

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  • Method and apparatus for monitoring polyolefin production
    Patent number: 7417095
    Abstract: The present technique provides for the use of spectroscopic probes, such as Raman probes, within the conduits of a polyolefin production system. The Raman probe or other spectroscopic probes may be used to obtain spectroscopic measurements of the contents of the conduits. The spectroscopic measurements may be processed and analyzed to determine the composition of the conduit contents. In addition, the spectroscopic measurements may be used in conjunction with correlations or other statistical models to determine one or more properties of interest of a constituent of the conduit contents. One or more processes upstream and/or downstream of the conduit may be adjusted in response to the determined composition or composition properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventor: David R. Battiste
  • Methods of reducing coupling noise between wordlines
    Patent number: 7417916
    Abstract: Memory devices configured to reduce coupling noise between adjacent wordlines in a memory array. More specifically, wordline drivers are interleaved such that adjacent wordlines are driven by wordline drivers enabled by different row decoders. Each wordline driver includes a weak transistor to ground and a strong transistor to ground. By disabling the wordline driver on the wordlines directly adjacent to the active wordlines, a path is provided to drive the coupling noise from the active wordline to ground through the strong transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae H. Kim, Charles L. Ingalls, Howard C. Kirsch, Jeremy J. Gum
  • Vertical tunneling transistor
    Patent number: 7414260
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a vertical tunneling transistor that may include a channel disposed on a substrate. A quantum dot may be disposed so that an axis through the channel and the quantum dot is substantially perpendicular to the substrate. A gate may be disposed so that an axis through the channel, the quantum dot and the gate is substantially perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gurtej S. Sandhu
  • Power converter system and method
    Patent number: 7414331
    Abstract: A power system for supplying power to a load is provided. The power system comprises a converter system comprising a first converter and a second converter and configured for operating in a first mode and a second mode. The first converter and the second converter are configured to be coupled in series during the first mode, and in parallel when operating in the fault mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Rajib Datta
  • Compound electrodes for electronic devices
    Patent number: 7411223
    Abstract: A compound electrode comprises a first layer that comprises at least one halide compound of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals and alkaline-earth metals; and a second layer comprising an electrically conducting material. The second layer is disposed between the first layer and an electronically active material of an electronic device. The compound electrode can serve as a cathode for an organic light-emitting device or an organic photovoltaic device. The compound electrode can be produced to be substantially transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Joseph John Shiang, Anil Raj Duggal, Christian Maria Anton Heller
  • Method of etching materials patterned with a single layer 193nm resist
    Patent number: 7410748
    Abstract: A technique for etching with a single layered patterned photomask at wavelengths of 193 nanometers or less. Specifically, a method for etching a bottom anti-reflectant coating layer that utilizes a combination of CF4, CH2F2, and O2 to produce a stabilized pattern in the photoresist layer. The etching process results in a structure with a defined pattern having minimal defects and that maintains integrity through the remainder of the etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Keller
  • System and method for compensating for spoke light
    Patent number: 7410262
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for compensating for spoke light in a video unit (10). More specifically, there is provided a method comprising measuring a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel (14) to generate a non-spoke light level; and setting a spoke light compensation value based on the measured non-spoke light level. There is also provided a video unit (10) comprising a light source (12) configured to generate a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel (14), a photodiode assembly (26) configured to measure the first light level to generate a non-spoke light level, and a processor (20) configured to set a spoke light compensation value based on the non-spoke light level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: TTE Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent Hoffman
  • Integrated fuel cell hybrid power plant with re-circulated air and fuel flow
    Patent number: 7410713
    Abstract: A hybrid power plant includes at least one fuel cell having a cathode inlet and a cathode outlet in flow communication with the cathode inlet along a re-circulation flow path. A reformer is configured to reform air and fuel, and the fuel cell includes an anode inlet in flow communication with the reformer and an anode outlet in flow communication with the reformer along a re-circulation flow path. Compressed air is supplied to a recuperator heated by turbine exhaust, and heated compressed air is mixed with re-circulated exhaust from the fuel cell prior to entering the fuel cell. A tail gas burner combusts a mixture of cathode exhaust and reformed residual fuel, and combustion gases are directed to the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chellappa Balan, David DeAngelis
  • Micromachined ultrasonic transducer cells having compliant support structure
    Patent number: 7408283
    Abstract: A micromachined ultrasonic transducer array comprising a multiplicity of cMUT cells built on a substrate. Each cMUT cell comprises a compliant support structure built on the substrate, a membrane supported over a cavity by the compliant support structure, a first electrode supported by the membrane, and a second electrode that forms a capacitor with the first electrode, the cavity being disposed between the first and second electrodes. The compliant support structure uncouples the non-membrane outer surface of each cMUT cell from the supporting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lowell Scott Smith, Douglas G. Wildes
  • Method and apparatus for nondestructive evaluation of insulative coating
    Patent number: 7409313
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for determining thickness and thermal conductivity for an insulative coating disposed on a substrate in an object. The apparatus includes a source for rapidly applying a multiple optical pulses on a surface of the object, where the surface comprises the insulative coating. The system further includes a recording system configured to collect data representative of the propagation of the optical pulses in the object. The apparatus further includes a processor coupled to the recording system and configured to receive the data from the recording system and configured to determine a thickness value and a thermal conductivity value for the insulative coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harry Israel Ringermacher, Elena Rozier
  • Method and apparatus for detecting rub in a turbomachine
    Patent number: 7409319
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosed method and apparatus relates to a system for detecting a rub in a turbomachine. The system includes a turbomachine; sensors monitoring turbomachine conditions; and an on site monitor in communication with the sensors, and loaded with instructions to implement a method for detecting a rub in the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Abhay Sudhakarrao Kant, Vivek Venugopal Badami, Joseph Robert Toth, Nicholas Giannakopoulos, Mark M. Dimond, Jitendra Kumar
  • Method and apparatus for image correction
    Patent number: 7408595
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for correcting a video image. In an exemplary embodiment, an image processing unit (21) comprises an image offset generator (56) configured to calculate a baseline measurement for a first display location of a plurality of display locations, a stretch coefficient generator (58) configured to calculate a stretch coefficient relative to a neighboring display location for a remainder of the plurality of display locations, and an image correction processor (59) configured to correct a default display location of each of the plurality of display locations using the baseline measurement for the first display location and the stretch coefficient for the remainder of the plurality of display locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: TTE Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Rumreich
  • Pulsed eddy current pipeline inspection system and method
    Patent number: 7402999
    Abstract: A pulsed eddy current pipeline inspection device is provided. The pulsed eddy current pipeline inspection device comprises a plurality of stages longitudinally spaced apart from each other and adapted to move between a contracted position and an expanded position, and a plurality of sensors disposed around at least a portion of a circumference of each of the plurality of stages in the contracted position with at least one gap between sensors in each of the plurality of stages in the expanded position, the plurality of sensors being arranged such that the at least one gap in a first one of the plurality of stages is aligned with a portion of a second one of the plurality of stages that has sensors disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yuri Plotnikov, Andrew May, Shridhar Nath, Changting Wang
  • DC common bus self-protection method and system
    Patent number: 7402965
    Abstract: A system and method in accordance with the present technique for protecting motor drives from damage due to misconfiguration while coupled to a common DC bus, comprises sensing electrical operating parameters of the motor drives, automatically determining whether each of the drives is actually installed as a common bus leader or a common bus follower, and comparing the actual installation of the motor drives to a respective stored configuration of each of the motor drives as either a common bus leader or a common bus follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd M. Oestreich, Timothy A. Davis
  • Memory modules having accurate operating current values stored thereon and methods for fabricating and implementing such devices
    Patent number: 7404071
    Abstract: Memory modules having accurate operating current values stored thereon and methods for fabricating and implementing such devices to improve system performance. Memory modules comprising a number of volatile memory devices may be fabricated. Operating current values for specific memory devices on the memory module or a specific lot in which the memory devices are fabricated may be stored on a non-volatile memory device on the memory module. A system may be configured in accordance with the operating current values stored on the non-volatile memory device such that operating current thresholds are not exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Janzen, Scott Schaefer, Todd D. Farrell
  • Forward biasing protection circuit
    Patent number: 7403060
    Abstract: A forward biasing protection circuit is provided. More specifically, there is provided a device comprising a transistor, a resistive element coupled to the body terminal of the transistor, and a clamping element coupled in parallel to the resistive element and configured to limit a voltage between the source terminal and the body terminal of the transistor. A method of manufacturing the forward biasing protection circuit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Dong Pan
  • Oximeter ambient light cancellation
    Patent number: 7400919
    Abstract: A pulse oximeter method and apparatus which provides (1) a notch filter at a distance between a modulation frequency and a common multiple of commonly used power line frequencies (50, 60, 100 and 120) and also (2) a demodulation frequency greater than a highest pulse rate of a person and lower than any harmonic of 50, 60, 100 or 120 Hz, to filter ambient light interference, while choosing an optimum demodulation frequency that avoids interference from the notch filter or from harmonics of the line interference. Also, ambient light for any low frequency interference, such as power line interference, is measured both before and after each of the light emitter wavelengths and the average of the ambient light is then subtracted from the detected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Ethan Petersen, William Shea, Bradford B. Chew
  • Process for semi-automatic maintenance of a knowledge base using tagged examples
    Patent number: 7401063
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method for maintaining a knowledge base. The method taking as input, text examples that are tagged with a structural markup language; and maps knowledge nodes in the knowledge base with the tagged examples to determine: (1) the knowledge nodes that best match the tagged examples, and (2) the knowledge nodes that are best connected to the tagged examples. The results are displayed to the user, who verifies that the tagged examples match the selected knowledge nodes. Based on the user response, indices of the knowledge nodes are updated. The method may further include determining discrepancies between the existing knowledge base and the tagged examples, and further displaying the discrepancies to the user. The user can update the missing information in the knowledge base to remove the discrepancies in the existing knowledge base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Edward Cuddihy, Jeremiah Francis Donoghue, Steven Hector Azzaro, Timothy Lee Johnson, Daniel Joseph Cleary, Lijie Yu
  • Optical waveguide devices and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7400809
    Abstract: An optical device structure includes a first cladding having a first refractive index, a second cladding having a second refractive index, a core disposed between the first and second claddings, wherein the core has a third refractive index, and wherein the first and second refractive indices are relatively lower than the third refractive index, and a diffusion region disposed between the core and one of the first cladding, the second cladding, or both. A method for making the aforementioned optical device structure is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christoph Georg Erben, Thomas Bert Gorczyca
  • Stick-electrode container
    Patent number: D574605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Hobart Brothers Company
    Inventors: Jeffery P. Schroeder, Anthony F. Nikodym, Michael A. Mohrbacker