Patents Represented by Attorney Global Patent Operation
  • Patent number: 8053095
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1 is, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; a is, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-4; b is 0, 1 or 2; Ar1 is a direct bond or heteroaryl, aryl, or alkyl or cycloalkyl; Ar2 is heteroaryl, aryl, or alkyl or cycloalkyl; c is an integer ranging from 1-7; and n is an integer ranging from 2-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qing Ye, Jie Liu
  • Patent number: 8050800
    Abstract: One embodiment of a system and method for meeting end conditions of a path plan utilizing a path generator that continuously generates commands for a path plan while tracking the total time expired in the path plan. The path generator computes the time remaining in the path plan and substitutes the remaining time for the length of the final sample period in the path plan when the length of the remaining time is less than the length of a full sample period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel H. Miller, William Lindsay Morrison
  • Patent number: 8047853
    Abstract: A printed circuit board including a P1 connector, a P2 connector, and a first common connector configured to connect an application-specific connector to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Slaton
  • Patent number: 8050809
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the remote control of locomotives, and more particularly to various methods and apparatus employed in implementing systems for such remote control. Contemplated in the present invention are systems and methods for not only reliable remote-control communications, but also the use of repeaters and communications servers to assure reliable, centralized communication between locomotives and operator control units. In another embodiment, there is described a reliable distributed communication mode using an uncorrelated time sequence that does not interfere with a time division multiple access network. Differentiation between the centralized mode and the distributed mode is accomplished by assessing whether a locomotive and control unit is within a rail yard's infrastructure. Moreover, reliability is assured using a coordination server that dynamically routes packets between multiple satellite RCL repeaters based on received signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: GE MDS, LLC
    Inventors: John A. Geiger, Thomas C. Mayo
  • Patent number: 8050878
    Abstract: A device and method for dynamically determining an impedance of a network is disclosed. The device includes at least a processing system for measuring a network voltage and network current when said network is determined to be in a first state, measuring a network voltage when said network is determined to be in a second state, estimating said impedance value dependent upon said measured voltages and current, adapting said estimated impedance based on at least one prior impedance value and storing at least said adapted impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John James Dougherty, Dale Finney, Senthoor Navaratnam
  • Patent number: 8043012
    Abstract: A seal arrangement for sealing a bearing comprising a first component and a second component which are rotatably movable with respect to each other is provided. The seal arrangement includes brush seal having an annular brush body carried by the first component and a bundle of resiliently bendable bristles. The brush seal is adapted to maintain a sealing condition when the first and second component are moved relative to each other in a non-rotational manner. Further, a brush seal and a wind turbine having a brush seal are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Rogall, Meng Gao, Yuanyuan Qiu
  • Patent number: 8043986
    Abstract: A sealing glass for an energy storage device is provided. The sealing glass includes silicon dioxide, boron oxide, aluminum oxide, sodium oxide and zirconium oxide. Methods for preparing the sealing glass and the energy storage device incorporating the sealing glass are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dong-Sil Park, Jian Wu, Mamatha Nagesh, Sundeep Kumar, Craig Stringer, Digamber Porob, Vinayak Hassan Vishwanath
  • Patent number: 8042402
    Abstract: A modular sensor assembly for performing measurement or calibration is disclosed, comprising a sensing module comprising a threaded spigot, a first slip ring conductive track, and a second slip ring conductive track; a base module comprising a threaded receptacle, a first conductor, and a second conductor; wherein the sensing module is detachably mounted to the base module by rotating the threaded spigot into the threaded receptacle thereby forming a first electrical connection between the first slip ring conductive track and the first conductor, and a second electrical connection between the second slip ring conductive track and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roderick Gordon Brown, Harbhajan Singh Mankia, Keith Fleming
  • Patent number: 8039982
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a method for operating a wind turbine having a generator, the generator having for each phase a plurality of coils, wherein the plurality of coils of each phase includes at least one group of coils including at least two coils, the group of coils including at least two subgroups including at least one coil, wherein the generator has a first state in which the coils of the group of coils are electrically connected in series, and, the generator has a second state in which the at least two subgroups are switched electrically in parallel; the method including: changing the state of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Hartmut Scholte-Wassink
  • Patent number: 8037693
    Abstract: A method for cooling an object includes coupling a cooling device to the object, wherein the cooling device includes at least one thermoacoustic engine and a plurality of gas diodes, generating acoustic power with the thermoacoustic engine, channeling acoustic oscillations of a fluid through the gas diodes, and transferring the heat produced by the object to the fluid to facilitate moving the heat away from the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin Thurnau
  • Patent number: 8041094
    Abstract: In a method for the 3D viewing of tomosynthesis images in mammography, an algorithm is proposed for the viewing of radiology signs in series of 3D data. When the digital volume is being viewed by a practitioner, the disclosed algorithm is used to provide a dynamic indication of the position of the radiology signs on the 3D image by means of markers. The use of dynamic viewing draws the practitioner's attention to the zones of clinical interest. The disclosed algorithm thus highlights all the radiology signs in the 3D image of the breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Bernard, Bruno Le Corgne, Razvan Gabriel Iordache, Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller
  • Patent number: 8039116
    Abstract: Nb—Si based alloy articles comprising a Nb—Si based alloy upon which is disposed an environmentally-resistant coating are described. They include a coating comprising at least one phase selected from the group consisting of M(Al,Si)3, M5(Al,Si)3, and M3Si5Al2, wherein M is one or more of Nb, Ti, Hf, Cr. Such coating can improve the environmental (e.g., in oxidation-promoting environments) resistance of a Nb—Si based alloy and alloy articles. Methods for preparing these articles are described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Ramgopal Darolia, Voramon Supatarawanich Dheeradhada, Richard DiDomizio, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Joseph David Rigney, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian
  • Patent number: 8035285
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical interference multilayer coatings having region provided by a physical vapor deposition process and region provided by a chemical vapor deposition process. Also disclosed herein are methods of making such coatings, as well as lamps comprising a light-transmissive envelope, at least a portion of the surface of the light-transmissive envelope being provided with the optical interference multilayer coating noted above. Such coatings, when used on lamps, may advantageously offer improved energy efficiencies for such lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhibo Zhao, Tianji Zhao, Rajasingh Schwartz Israel, Jiawei Li
  • Patent number: 8033951
    Abstract: A gearbox device adapted for converting a first torque at a first rotational speed into a second torque at a second rotational speed is provided. The gearbox device includes a hollow gearbox input shaft adapted for inputting the first torque, a transmission unit arranged at least partially within the hollow gearbox input shaft and adapted for converting the first rotational speed into the second rotational speed, and a gearbox output shaft adapted for outputting the second torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Klaus Pischel
  • Patent number: 8036490
    Abstract: To measure the dimensions of a tubular vessel, it is planned to plot a set of wall lines on the surface of the vessels. Then, the lengths of these wall lines are measured between a starting section and an arrival section. The plotting of the wall lines starts from a central line of the vessel divided into segments. For each central line segment, a wall line segment is defined on the wall by intersection of a plane containing this central line segment and intersecting this wall. Other wall line segments are distributed all around and all along the wall. Then, the lengths are measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Renaud Capolunghi, Pascal Pineau, Laurent Launay
  • Patent number: 8033279
    Abstract: An appliance including at least two surface burners and a burner control system configured to selectively allow individual control of each of the at least two burners or simultaneous control of the at least two burners as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Timothy Scott Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8036442
    Abstract: In a method for the processing of radiology images for detection of radiological signs, an algorithm is provided to detect such radiological signs on projections as a function of their contrasts. These contrasts are measured by using the responses of linear differential filters with different scale parameters. The method can be used to color or enhance the intensity of the radiological signs detected as a function of their degree of malignancy. The algorithm may be applied directly to the signal given by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Bernard, Serge Muller, Henri Souchay, Gero Peters, Razvan Iordache
  • Patent number: 8033126
    Abstract: A flow controlling assembly configured to permit air flow between a first chamber and a second chamber. A frame member includes a damper contacting surface at least partially surrounding a frame opening configured to permit the air flow therethrough. A damper plate includes a frame contacting surface configured to contact the damper contacting surface when the damper plate is in a closed position. A hinge assembly is disposed between the frame member and the damper plate. The hinge assembly is configured to permit the damper plate to rotate on a rotational axis relative to the frame member and to permit the rotational axis to translate relative to the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Newton, Arthur Wilson Scrivener, Richard Devos, Kristen Kamath, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Timothy Allen Hamel, Preston Howard
  • Patent number: 8035332
    Abstract: A method of operating a motor, the method comprising: operating a motor at a first speed; operating the motor in negative slip; imbalancing at least one phase of the motor to dissipate regeneration energy using windings of the motor; and wherein a next motor speed is decreased to a speed less than the first speed. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mariano Filippa, Edward Hatfield, Richard D. Suel, II, John Steven Holmes
  • Patent number: 8036340
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus includes a converter into which there is integrated a control logic circuit configured to regulate the supply voltage of a high-voltage power supply source of the X-ray apparatus. To this end, the intelligent voltage-voltage, converter is placed between the power battery and the capacitor bank. This intelligent converter is capable of determining the optimum voltage to be delivered to the generator for the radiology examination to be undertaken in regulating the current of the power battery at the necessary level of current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jose-Emilio Soto Santos