Patents Assigned to General Electrics Company
  • Publication number: 20130287550
    Abstract: A compressor of a gas turbine system includes at least one inlet row having a plurality of inlet guide vanes. Also included is at least one stator row having a plurality of stator vanes. Further included is a first actuation mechanism operably connected to the at least one stator row, wherein the first actuation mechanism is configured to positionally manipulate the at least one stator row. Yet further included is a second actuation mechanism operably connected to the at least one stator row, wherein the second actuation mechanism is configured to positionally manipulate the at least one stator row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Allen Rittenhouse, Harry McFarland Jarrett, JR., Daniel Richard Waugh
  • Publication number: 20130285488
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrical machines and, more particularly, to electrical machines containing a coil block assembly for cooling conductive coils. In one embodiment, the invention provides an electrical machine comprising: at least one tooth coil including: a stator tooth; and at least one conductive coil wound around the stator tooth, forming a plurality of coil turns; a coil block assembly between a first turn and a second turn of the plurality of coil turns, the coil block assembly including: at least two coil blocks, each coil block including a body and a face having at least one recess into the body, wherein the coil blocks are oriented with faces opposed, such that at least one cooling channel is formed by the at least one recess of each coil block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Evgeny Victorovich Kazmin, Mikhail Avramovich Avanesov, Gary Randall Barnes, Yury Danilovich Vinitzky, Natalja Stanislavovna Voiteko
  • Publication number: 20130286591
    Abstract: A system for cooling components of a power generation system. The system may include a working fluid, 100% of which may be sent to a heat exchanger for cooling the components. During cooling, the working fluid may be retained in liquid form. All of the working fluid exiting the heat exchanger may be introduced to an evaporator which may transform the working fluid to a gas for use by an expander or other device to create motive power to run a generator. Upon exiting the expander, the gas may be condensed back to liquid form, 100% of which may be sent back to the heat exchanger to cool the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott R. Myers, David Huber
  • Publication number: 20130286023
    Abstract: A user interface and method for identifying related information displayed in an ultrasound system are provided. A medical image display of the ultrasound system includes a first region configured to display a medical image having color coded portions and a second region configured to display non-image data related to the medical image displayed in the first region. The non-image data is color coded to associate the non-image data with the color coded portions of the medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zvi Friedman, Sergei Goldenberg, Peter Lysyansky
  • Publication number: 20130289257
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to dry solid matrices for the extraction, stabilization, and storage of nucleic acids, particularly RNA, in a dry format under ambient conditions for a prolonged period of time. Methods for collecting and recovering the nucleic acids stored in the dry solid matrix are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Bales, Erik Leeming Kvam, Jason Louis Davis
  • Publication number: 20130284175
    Abstract: An arrangement and method for guiding expired gas flow in a breathing circuit through a housing assembly for removing an undesired gas component is disclosed herein, The housing assembly includes a first port and a second port, one of the ports receiving the flow and another discharging the flow. The arrangement includes a gas routing device in flow communication with the breathing circuit and the housing assembly. The routing device is provided with at least two different route options. According to a first option the gas is guided to the first port and through the housing assembly to the second port and to the gas routing device for guiding for the inspiration. According to a second option the gas is guided to the second port and through the housing assembly to the first port and to the gas routing device for guiding for the inspiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Janne Ranta, Niklas Arkima
  • Publication number: 20130283800
    Abstract: A system for supplying fuel to a combustor includes a combustion chamber, a liner that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the combustion chamber, and a flow sleeve that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the liner. A tube provides fluid communication for a working fluid to flow through the flow sleeve and the liner and into the combustion chamber, and the tube includes a tube wall. A plurality of fuel ports through the tube wall provide fluid communication for fuel to flow through the tube wall and into the tube, and the fuel ports are non-circular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bryan Wesley Romig, Lucas John Stoia
  • Publication number: 20130285296
    Abstract: A process for producing an internal cavity in a CMC article and mandrels used therewith. The process entails incorporating a mandrel made of a fusible material that is melted and drained during a thermal treatment of a CMC preform to form the CMC article. The mandrel material is preferably non-wetting and non-reactive with any constituents of the CMC preform during the thermal treatment. The mandrel is preferably tin or an alloy of tin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Edward Gray, Herbert Chidsey Roberts, III, Glenn Curtis Taxacher, Sheena Kum Foster Walker
  • Publication number: 20130283852
    Abstract: A method for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream is provided. The method includes cooling the gas stream in a cooling stage to form a cooled gas stream and cooling the cooled gas stream in a converging-diverging nozzle to form one or both of solid CO2 and liquid CO2. The method further includes separating at least a portion of one or both of solid CO2 and liquid CO2 from the cooled gas stream in the converging-diverging nozzle to form a CO2-rich stream and a CO2-lean gas stream. The method further includes expanding the CO2-lean gas stream in an expander downstream of the converging-diverging nozzle to form a cooled CO2-lean gas stream and circulating at least a portion of the cooled CO2-lean gas stream to the cooling stage for cooling the gas stream. Systems for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from a CO2 stream are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Nikolett Sipöcz, Jassin Marcel Fritz, Miguel Angel Gonzalez Salazar, Rene du Cauze de Nazelle, Roger Allen Shisler, Vitali Victor Lissianski, Vittorio Michelassi
  • Publication number: 20130283807
    Abstract: A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes a fuel nozzle, a combustion chamber downstream from the fuel nozzle, and a flow sleeve that circumferentially surrounds the combustion chamber. Injectors circumferentially arranged around the flow sleeve provide fluid communication through the flow sleeve and into the combustion chamber. A valve upstream from the injectors has a first position that permits working fluid flow to the injectors and a second position that prevents working fluid flow to the injectors. A method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through a combustion chamber, diverting a portion of the working fluid through injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber, and operating a valve upstream from the injectors to control the working fluid flow through the injectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lucas John Stoia, Bryan Wesley Romig, Thomas Edward Johnson, Christian Xavier Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20130284939
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for imaging are presented. Preliminary image data corresponding to a first FOV of a subject at a first resolution is acquired using an imaging system including one or more radiation sources and at least one hybrid detector, specifically using at least one section of the hybrid detector having the first resolution. The target ROI is identified using the preliminary image data. Further, the subject is positioned to align the target ROI along a designated axis. Additionally, parameters associated with the sources, the hybrid detector and/or an imaging system gantry are configured for acquiring target image data at a second resolution greater than the first resolution using at least one section of the hybrid detector having the second resolution. Further, one or more images corresponding to at least the target ROI are reconstructed using the target and/or the preliminary image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DeMan, James Vradenburg Miller, Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen
  • Publication number: 20130290729
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to control a process, and store at least one binary file, wherein the at least one binary files is generated from at least one source file, wherein the at least one source file comprises instructions configured to be executed by a processor in the controller. The controller may also be configured to retrieve a whitelist file comprising a first hash key value derived from the at least one binary file, and execute an executable file based on the whitelist file, wherein the executable file comprises the source file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Robert Pettigrew, Justin Brandon Chong, Manas Ranjan Sahoo
  • Publication number: 20130290006
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include methods, systems, and devices for determining a positive or negative correlation between a clinical outcome and one or more features of biological tissue. An exemplary user interface enables a user to select a clinical outcome and one or more aspects of a displayed field-of-view of biological tissue. Exemplary embodiments may automatically perform correlation analysis between the selected clinical outcome and one or more features characteristic of the user-selected aspects of the field-of-view of biological tissue. For example, exemplary embodiments may automatically perform correlation analysis between the selected clinical outcome and one or more features characteristic of one or more biological units in the biological tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vidya Pundalik Kamath, Colin Craig McCulloch, Megan Rothney, Alberto Santamaria-Pang, Brion Daryl Sarachan
  • Publication number: 20130283808
    Abstract: A system for cooling a gas turbine with an exhaust gas provided by the gas turbine generally includes an exhaust gas recirculation system including an exhaust gas scrubber. The exhaust gas recirculation system is disposed downstream from the gas turbine and may receive at least a portion of the exhaust gas provided by the gas turbine. The system may also include a moisture separator located downstream from the exhaust gas recirculation system, and a cooling circuit configured to connect to one or more cooling circuit inlets. The one or more cooling circuit inlets may provide fluid communication between the cooling circuit and the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Sandra Beverly Kolvick
  • Publication number: 20130284276
    Abstract: An actuator mounting system is provided. The actuator mounting system includes a flow body and an actuator configured to be coupled to the flow body. The flow body includes a plurality of mounting points and the actuator is configured to be coupled to the flow body in a plurality of predetermined positions via the plurality of mounting points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew David Simpson, Michael Edward Sandy
  • Publication number: 20130283801
    Abstract: A system for supplying fuel to a combustor includes a combustion chamber and a fuel nozzle that provides fluid communication into the combustion chamber. A plurality of passages circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber provide fluid communication into the combustion chamber. A liquid fuel plenum provides fluid communication to the plurality of passages. A baffle circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the liquid fuel plenum inside the plurality of passages and forms a plurality of lobes around the liquid fuel plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bryan Wesley Romig, Lucas John Stoia, Patrick Benedict Melton, Thomas Edward Johnson, Gregory Allen Boardman
  • Publication number: 20130287645
    Abstract: A microfluidic flow cell subassembly, which may be assembled into a flow cell having fluidic connections outside of the main substrate, is described for encapsulating a sample to allow for subsequent controlled delivery of reagents to the sample, such as multiplexed in situ biomarker staining and analysis. Methods for fabricating the subassembly and assembled flow cell are also provided. The method includes the steps of adhering a gasket layer to a substrate layer, wherein the gasket layer may contain enclosed features and adhering an adherent layer to the gasket layer. The subassembly may be sealed against a solid support to form a flow cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kashan Ali Shaikh, Jessica Marie Godin, Alex David Corwin, Robert John Filkins
  • Publication number: 20130287248
    Abstract: A method for detecting and tracking a target includes detecting the target using a plurality of feature cues, fusing the plurality of feature cues to form a set of target hypotheses, tracking the target based on the set of target hypotheses and a scene context analysis, and updating the tracking of the target based on a target motion model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dashan Gao, Ting Yu, Li Guan, Yi Yao, Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Peter Henry Tu
  • Publication number: 20130285675
    Abstract: A tunable proximity sensor and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The proximity sensor includes a cap with different sections having different dielectric constants, shapes, and/or thicknesses. As the cap is rotated with respect the sensing element, these non-uniform sections induce a different loading on the sensor element from the electromagnetic field, allowing the proximity sensor to be tuned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Boris Leonid Sheikman, Nathan Andrew Weller, Yongjae Lee
  • Publication number: 20130286043
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for selecting a field of view for a biological sample, selecting first and second biomarkers, each having a corresponding image in a multiplexed biomarker image of the selected field of view, automatically analyzing expression level criterion for each of the first and second biomarkers, rendering the corresponding images of the selected field-of-view in an overlaid manner on the graphical user interface and highlighting a first set of biological units in the biological tissue that meets both the biomarker expression level criterion for both the first and second biomarkers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vidya Pundalik Kamath, Zhengyu Pang, Brion Daryl Sarachan