Patents Assigned to Systems, LLC
  • Experimental real-time performance enhancement for aircraft
    Patent number: 9911339
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing aircraft performance are provided. In one example, a method can include accessing an initial model that defines operating cost of an aircraft at a series of model operating states. The method also can include identifying one or more sample operating states for analyzing aircraft cost during flight. The method also can include receiving one or more real-time flight performance parameters indicative of aircraft operating cost while the aircraft is operating at the identified sample operating states. The method also can include generating an updated model that defines operating cost of the aircraft using the initial model as well as data defined by the real-time flight performance parameters. The method also can include determining an enhanced operating state based at least in part on the updated model and outputting the enhanced operating state for control of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Lax, Sridhar Adibhatla, Szabolcs Andras Borgyos, Mark Lawrence Darnell
  • Providing communication over a plurality of networks
    Patent number: 9913199
    Abstract: One example aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for providing communication over a plurality of networks. The method can include intercepting a message from a communication management unit located on a vehicle to a first transmitter located on the vehicle, wherein the communication management unit is configured to manage communications over the first network, and wherein the first transmitter is configured to communicate over the first network. The method can include initiating a communication session with the first transmitter and a second transmitter located on the vehicle, wherein the second transmitter is configured to communicate over a second network. The method can include routing the message among the first transmitter and the second transmitter, wherein the communication management unit is unaware of the second transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Randy E. Bolling
  • Lime slaker system, modular water panel for lime slaker system, and method of using the same
    Patent number: 9908812
    Abstract: A lime slaker system for converting quicklime to a lime slurry includes: a lime feeder; a base slaker that includes a slaking chamber and a dilution chamber; a grit remover; and a modular water panel with a piping assembly in fluid communication with at least the base slaker and grit remover. The modular water panel is configured to independently control water distributed to the slaking compartment, the dilution chamber, and the grit remover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Integrity Municipal Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Roop C. Jain, Robert R. Arseneau, Kyle A. Lindberg
  • Aircraft and particulate detection method
    Patent number: 9909971
    Abstract: An aircraft including a jet engine including a core having a compressor and combustion chamber, and a particulate sensor located within the core and a particulate detection method for an aircraft having a jet engine where the method includes sensing particulates within the core and providing a corresponding value for the sensed particulates and providing an indication related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jay Knobloch, Andrew Scott Kessie, Joseph Bernard Steffler, Brian Jacob Loyal
  • Dynamic cloning of application infrastructures
    Patent number: 9912570
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically cloning application infrastructures are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can monitor one or more metrics pertaining to an infrastructure for an application at a first site. If the one or more metrics exceed or fall below one or more corresponding thresholds, the computer system can clone the infrastructure at a second site distinct from the first site, thereby enabling the application to be hosted at the second site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Hartley, Atul Gosain
  • Non-slip fuel tank bracket
    Patent number: 9909535
    Abstract: A fuel holding device is secured to a vehicle by means of straps and brackets, which sits on a system of gaskets to prevent longitudinal sliding and rotation. A gasket system for preventing longitudinal sliding is disposed circumferentially around the tank body, and between the tank body and a circumferential bracket system that includes a U-shaped strap and an L-shaped bracket. The gasket system comprises a wedge-shaped base and a slider portion, with the U-shaped strap secured around the slider portion. A system for preventing rotation of a fuel-holding device has a circumferential wedge gasket segment, or a corrugated segment, positioned at a gap between the U-shaped strap and the L-shaped bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Neel Sirosh, Derrin Lynn Olischefski
  • Multimode retail system
    Patent number: 9911266
    Abstract: A multimode system for receiving data in a retail environment includes: a secure input module for receiving high security input and low security input from a customer, the high security input to be communicated by the secure input module in cipher text, and the low security input to be communicated by the secure input module in plaintext. The multimode system is adapted to operate in a high security mode and a low security mode. The multimode system is adapted to enter the low security mode upon detection by the multimode system of a security breach condition. In the high security mode, the secure input module accepts low security input and high security input. In the low security mode, the secure input module accepts the low security input and does not accept the high security input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Martin Weston, Weiming Tang, David Spiller
  • Techniques for facilitating port mirroring in virtual networks
    Patent number: 9912536
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating port mirroring in virtual networks are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can receive, from a user, port mirroring configuration information for enabling port mirroring within a virtual network, the port mirroring configuration information including an identity of a port to be mirrored and an address of a traffic receiver intended to receive traffic mirrored from the port. The computer system can further power-on a virtual machine (VM) within the virtual network in response to receiving the port mirroring configuration information, where the VM executes an instance of a virtual bridge. The computer system can then transmit one or more configuration commands to the virtual bridge, where the one or more configuration commands cause the virtual bridge to perform port mirroring in accordance with the port mirroring configuration information received from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems LLC
    Inventors: David McDaniel, Kiran Koushik Agrahara Sreenivasa, Balaji Varadaraju
  • General ventilation system with automatic cleaning cycle
    Patent number: 9908075
    Abstract: A general ventilation and air filtration system includes an air filtration control unit that monitors and controls an air flow through an air filter and maintains the air flow at a target velocity set point. The target velocity set point is maintained by monitoring and regulating the power of a motor powering a blower that generates an air flow through the air filtration system and through the air filter. By regulating the air flow and maintaining it in the target set point, power consumption and air filter life are significantly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: IVEC Systems, LLC
    Inventors: David Bohrer, Daniel Bohrer, DuWayne Bohrer, Thomas Scott Rich
  • Interconnection of switches based on hierarchical overlay tunneling
    Patent number: 9912614
    Abstract: A novel fabric switch is provided. The switch includes a tunnel management apparatus that maintains a local inter-switch tunnel and an inter-fabric tunnel. The local inter-switch tunnel facilitates communication to a switch in a local fabric switch. The inter-fabric tunnel facilitates communication to a remote fabric switch. The switch further includes a packet header management apparatus that decapsulates a packet received from the local inter-switch tunnel and encapsulates the packet with a new tunnel header for transmission over the inter-fabric tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Phanidhar Koganti
  • Fitness bar catch mechanism
    Patent number: 9907991
    Abstract: A fitness bar catch includes a first side plate, a central plate perpendicular and adjacent to the first side plate, a second side plate perpendicular and adjacent to the central plate and parallel to the first side plate, a stud extending perpendicular from the second side plate, a bar rest extending from the second side plate, and a safety mechanism extending from the first side plate. The safety mechanism may be engageable to prevent lateral movement of the fitness bar catch relative to a vertical support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Jerry K. Leipheimer
  • System and method of power control for a high-availability system
    Patent number: 9912191
    Abstract: Maintenance of reliable and highly available electronic systems to perform servicing and preventive maintenance may need to be performed without interruption of operations. Removal of circuit cards from a chassis may render the connectors on a chassis vulnerable to inadvertent short circuiting of power sources by stray metallic objects. A configuration where the power is removed from a connector as the circuit card is being extracted eliminates his possibility. The control circuits for the power supply connections and the power supplies are themselves redundant so that they may be similarly serviced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: VIOLIN SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: John R. Sisler, John C. Ottesen, Russell T. Baca, Jean-Phillipe Fricker
  • STACKABLE STATIC MIXING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20180056251
    Abstract: A static mixer is provided. The static mixer includes a plurality of static mixer elements. Each static mixer element includes a core extending axially along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. Each static mixer element includes at least one blade around an outside of the core. At least a first one of the plurality of static mixer elements includes a first keying feature. At least a second one of the plurality of static mixer elements including a second keying feature configured to engage the first keying feature to prevent relative rotation between the first one of the plurality of static mixer elements and the second one of the plurality of static mixer elements about the longitudinal axes of the first one and the second one of the plurality of static mixer elements. Methods of forming the static mixer are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Moldman Systems LLC
    Inventor: Ryan R. Hopkins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF A TACHOMETER SIGNAL AND REDUCTION OF JITTER
    Publication number: 20180059135
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a tachometer signal from a vibration sensor is disclosed in which an approximately idealized band pass filter is used along with a fast Fourier transform (FFT) to create a sufficient analytic signal to derive the tachometer signal for a shaft or other rotating component. In addition, jitter in the generated tachometer signal, or any tachometer signal, can be reduced by using an approximately idealized low pass filter and then transforming the filtered signal using a real FFT. These processes can be performed using a smart vibration sensor, which facilitates improved vibration analysis on rotating equipment where in the past the addition of a tachometer would be prohibitive due to cost, weight, certification requirements, or physical impracticality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Green Power Monitoring Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Robert Bechhoefer
  • Predicted position display for vehicle
    Patent number: 9902267
    Abstract: A processing device controls an associated display. The processing device includes an input for receiving electronic signals from an object detector. The object detector detects an object relative to a vehicle. The processing device also includes a means for predicting a position of the vehicle at a future time, a means for generating first signals for causing an image of the vehicle at the predicted position at the future time relative to the object to be displayed on the associated display device, and an output transmitting the first signals to the associated display for causing the image of the vehicle at the predicted position at the future time relative to the object to be displayed on the associated display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Kuehnle, Marton Gyori, Hans Molin, Huba Nemeth
  • Filling in surround view areas blocked by mirrors or other vehicle parts
    Patent number: 9902322
    Abstract: An imaging system, method, and computer readable medium filling in blind spot regions in images of peripheral areas of a vehicle. Intrinsic or extrinsic blind spot data is used together with vehicle movement data including vehicle speed and steering angle information to determine one or more portions of a series of images of the peripheral areas that include or will include one or more blind spot obstructions in the images. Portions of the images predicted to be obstructed at a future time, portions of overlapping images obtained concurrently from plural sources, or both, are obtained and used as an image patch. A blind spot region restoration unit operates to stitch together a restored image without the blind spot obstruction by merging one or more image patches into portions of the images that include the one or more blind spot obstructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Andreas U. Kuehnle, Cathy L. Boon, Zheng Li, Hans M. Molin
  • Slow cooker
    Patent number: D811800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BAREBONES SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Emmett Workman, David Jared Burton, Michelle Ann Merrill, Kristin Mecham, Henry Howell, Erik Robert Workman
  • Dutch oven
    Patent number: D811801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BAREBONES SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Emmett Workman, David Jared Burton, Michelle Ann Merrill, Kristin Mecham, Henry Howell, Erik Robert Workman
  • Switch
    Patent number: D812020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Raffel Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Seidl, Paul Li, Douglas A. Dorn
  • Dental wrench
    Patent number: D812225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Titan Dental Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Kaupp, John Richard Stockton, Jr., Michael J. Crescenzo