Patents by Inventor Alan Larson
Alan Larson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200303980Abstract: An electric machine rotor assembly includes a rotor core defining a rotor axis. Windings are seated in the rotor core. A plurality of wedges circumferentially spaced apart around the rotor core relative to the rotor axis. Each rotor core extends axially and separates between two respective portions of the windings. A supply end plate is mounted at a first axial end of the rotor core. A return end plate is mounted at a second axial end of the rotor core opposite the first axial end. A flow path for coolant fluid extends through the supply end plate into the wedges, through the wedges and into the return end plate, and through the return end plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Eric Alan Larson, Glenn C. Lemmers, JR., Brady A. Manogue
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Publication number: 20200295624Abstract: A generator includes a stator with a stator winding, a rotor with a field winding supported for rotation relative to the stator, and a housing enclosing the stator and the rotor. The housing has an independent system port that is connected to a shared system port by a selector. The selector fluidly couples the stator and one of the independent system port and the shared system port. The selector also fluidly separates the stator from the other of the independent system port and the shared system port. Generator arrangements and methods of making generators are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventor: Eric Alan Larson
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Publication number: 20200060069Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nut planter tool comprising an elongate drop tube fixed to a dig tube. The dig tube is spaced from the drop tube with each having generally parallel central axes. A plunger assembly comprises a plunger at an inferior end that translates within the dig tube. The tool ergonomically removes a soil core that is larger than the diameter of the tree nut, delivers the nut from an ergonomic height to a proper depth for germination; and replaces the soil core, covering the tree nut. The device is utilized standing upright thus eliminating the physical labor of bending over and reducing typical nut planting time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventor: Lowell Alan Larson, SR.
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Publication number: 20190376172Abstract: A method of controlling deposition of material from at least one plasma transferred wire arc (PTWA) torch within at least one bore includes: directing a fluid through a duct; and directing the fluid through a number of cannons N disposed adjacent and downstream from the duct. The fluid is directed through the duct and N cannons and past the PTWA torch while the PTWA torch is spraying downstream from N?1 cannons.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Michael J. Habel, Michael Dennis Mucci, Ted A. Settimo, Timothy George Beyer, Keith Alan Larson
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Patent number: 10435779Abstract: An apparatus for controlling deposition of material from a plasma transferred wire arc (PTWA) torch within a bore is provided. The apparatus includes a duct and a plurality of cannons. The duct includes a plurality of fluid passageways separated by cross-members. The plurality of cannons are disposed adjacent and downstream from the plurality of fluid passageways of the duct. The flow of fluid is simultaneously directed through all of the fluid passageways and the plurality of cannons and past the PTWA torch in the bore.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Michael J Habel, Michael Dennis Mucci, Ted A Settimo, Timothy George Beyer, Keith Alan Larson
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Patent number: 10401418Abstract: A method and apparatus for nondestructive testing of a gas discharge tube (GDT) comprising: electrically connecting a first terminal of the GDT to a first port of a vector network analyzer (VNA); electrically connecting a second terminal of the GDT to a second port of the VNA; measuring S parameters with the VNA; determining GDT capacitance and insertion loss based on the measured S parameters; comparing the determined capacitance and insertion loss of the GDT with a threshold value to determine if the GDT is functional.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Daniel Wing Shum Tam, Gregory Alan Larson, Christopher Agustin Dilay, David Russell Hilton
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Publication number: 20190141374Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a low-latency approach for local or remote application streaming that reaches high FPS targets without overloading the available streaming bandwidth, for example, by limiting the bit rate to the same value that is used by traditional 60 FPS streaming solutions. A client device and server device cooperate to actively monitor and control a video stream to maintain an acceptable balance between latency and video quality by adjusting the frequency or resolution when necessary to improve the streaming experience. When the server device captures and transmits frames at a higher rate, the software stack executing on the client device is able to display frames with less delay, even on a display device limited to 60 Hz, thereby achieving additional latency reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Alexander McAuley, Haitao Xue, Sam Azar, Bipin Todur, Alan Larson, Reza Marandian Hagh
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Publication number: 20180265956Abstract: An apparatus for controlling deposition of material from a plasma transferred wire arc (PTWA) torch within a bore is provided. The apparatus includes a duct and a plurality of cannons. The duct includes a plurality of fluid passageways separated by cross-members. The plurality of cannons are disposed adjacent and downstream from the plurality of fluid passageways of the duct. The flow of fluid is simultaneously directed through all of the fluid passageways and the plurality of cannons and past the PTWA torch in the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Michael J Habel, Michael Dennis Mucci, Ted A Settimo, Timothy George Beyer, Keith Alan Larson
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Publication number: 20180217199Abstract: A method and apparatus for nondestructive testing of a gas discharge tube (GDT) comprising: electrically connecting a first terminal of the GDT to a first port of a vector network analyzer (VNA); electrically connecting a second terminal of the GDT to a second port of the VNA; measuring S parameters with the VNA; determining GDT capacitance and insertion loss based on the measured S parameters; comparing the determined capacitance and insertion loss of the GDT with a threshold value to determine if the GDT is functional.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Daniel Wing Shum Tam, Gregory Alan Larson, Christopher Agustin Dilay, David Russell Hilton
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Publication number: 20180076694Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably supported by the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis and a stator assembly fixed secured to the housing spaced apart from a surface of the rotor and concentric with the rotor about the longitudinal axis. The stator assembly includes a stator winding comprising circumferentially spaced apart stator teeth about the longitudinal axis, the stator teeth having remote ends proximate the surface of the rotor. A plurality of sealed cooling channels extend parallel to the longitudinal axis and are disposed between remote ends of successive teeth. The cooling channels are formed in resin of the stator assembly, the cooling channels being fluidly connected to ports in a closed system to circulate cooling fluid to cool the stator assembly and configured to remove heat from the stator assembly proximate the rotor surface. Other aspects include methods of making such machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Victor Leonid Aronovich, John Wesley Wattleworth, Gregory Alan Larson
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Patent number: 9836436Abstract: An exemplary method includes accessing a source document where the source document is associated with a citation and copying a selected portion of the source document. Then, in response to copying the selected portion, the method includes generating a referenced element where the referenced element consists of the selected portion and a hyperlink associated with the citation. Finally, the method includes accessing a destination document and inserting the referenced element into the destination document. An additional exemplary method further includes storing a copy of the referenced element in a memory of an access device. Another exemplary method includes annotating the destination document and generating an annotated destination document. Another exemplary method includes printing, within a single print session, the annotated destination document and the source document.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyInventors: Craig Alan Larson, Kevin Scott Koch, David Wayne DeMoss
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Patent number: 9720784Abstract: A technique for cloud infrastructure backup in a virtualized environment utilizing shared storage includes obtaining a workload input/output (I/O) profile to the shared storage over a time period. An attempt to locate one or more time windows in the workload I/O profile for which a cloud infrastructure backup can be staged is initiated. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup can be staged during at least one of the time windows, staging of the cloud infrastructure backup is scheduled during a selected one of the time windows. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup cannot be staged during at least one of the time windows, an interference tolerance approach is employed for accessing the shared storage for active workloads and the cloud infrastructure backup during the staging of the cloud infrastructure backup.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Edward Raymond Bernal, Rahul Ghosh, Ivan M. Heninger, Douglas Alan Larson, Aaron James Quirk
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Patent number: 9690669Abstract: A technique for cloud infrastructure backup in a virtualized environment utilizing shared storage includes obtaining a workload input/output (I/O) profile to the shared storage over a time period. An attempt to locate one or more time windows in the workload I/O profile for which a cloud infrastructure backup can be staged is initiated. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup can be staged during at least one of the time windows, staging of the cloud infrastructure backup is scheduled during a selected one of the time windows. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup cannot be staged during at least one of the time windows, an interference tolerance approach is employed for accessing the shared storage for active workloads and the cloud infrastructure backup during the staging of the cloud infrastructure backup.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Internaitonal Business Machines CorporationInventors: Edward Raymond Bernal, Rahul Ghosh, Ivan M. Heninger, Douglas Alan Larson, Aaron James Quirk
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Patent number: 9501467Abstract: For automated text processing, the inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes an entity tagger, an entity resolver, a text segment classifier, and a relationship extractor. The entity tagger receives an input text segment, and tags named entities with the segment as being a person, company, or place. The entity resolver accesses authority files, and associates the persons and companies named in the text segment with specific entries in the files. The text segment classifier determines whether the text segment includes a relationship event, such as job-change event or merger and acquisition event, and if an event is detected, the relationship extractor determines the event role of entities named in the segment. For example, the extractor determines for a merger and acquisition event, which named company was the acquirer and which was acquired.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global ResourcesInventors: Marc Noel Light, Craig Alan Larson, Kevin Scott Koch, David Wayne DeMoss
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Patent number: 9497291Abstract: Methods for scheduling data download requests for a device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes assigning to a device a first wait period of a random length below a first pre-determined maximum value, and receiving a notification that data is available for download to the device. The method also includes determining whether an amount of time elapsed since the data was made available for download to the device exceeds the first wait period, and when the determination indicates that the amount of time elapsed since the data was made available for download exceeds the first wait period, downloading the data available for the device. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jayendran Srinivasan, Glenn Wilson, Sumit Gwalani, Mark Alan Larson
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Patent number: 9239959Abstract: An imaging system includes: a transmit side that generates a plurality of switched beam laser signals and scans each of the switched beam laser signals into a respective field of view by two polygon facets simultaneously of a polygonal mirror, the respective fields of view overlapping in at least a portion thereof; and a receive side that receives a plurality of reflections of the laser signals, detects them, and captures them as three-dimensional imagery data. A method includes: generating a plurality of switched beam laser signals from a single laser signal; scanning each of the switched beam laser signals in seriatim into a respective field of view by each of two polygonal facets of a polygonal mirror, the respective fields of view overlapping in at least a portion thereof; receiving reflections of the switched beam laser signals; and generating a set of three-dimensional imagery from the received reflections.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Bruno J Evans, William Dale Cotten, Don Alan Larson
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Publication number: 20150363275Abstract: A technique for cloud infrastructure backup in a virtualized environment utilizing shared storage includes obtaining a workload input/output (I/O) profile to the shared storage over a time period. An attempt to locate one or more time windows in the workload I/O profile for which a cloud infrastructure backup can be staged is initiated. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup can be staged during at least one of the time windows, staging of the cloud infrastructure backup is scheduled during a selected one of the time windows. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup cannot be staged during at least one of the time windows, an interference tolerance approach is employed for accessing the shared storage for active workloads and the cloud infrastructure backup during the staging of the cloud infrastructure backup.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: EDWARD RAYMOND BERNAL, RAHUL GHOSH, IVAN M. HENINGER, DOUGLAS ALAN LARSON, AARON JAMES QUICK
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Publication number: 20150365478Abstract: A technique for cloud infrastructure backup in a virtualized environment utilizing shared storage includes obtaining a workload input/output (I/O) profile to the shared storage over a time period. An attempt to locate one or more time windows in the workload I/O profile for which a cloud infrastructure backup can be staged is initiated. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup can be staged during at least one of the time windows, staging of the cloud infrastructure backup is scheduled during a selected one of the time windows. In response to determining the cloud infrastructure backup cannot be staged during at least one of the time windows, an interference tolerance approach is employed for accessing the shared storage for active workloads and the cloud infrastructure backup during the staging of the cloud infrastructure backup.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: EDWARD RAYMOND BERNAL, RAHUL GHOSH, IVAN M. HENINGER, DOUGLAS ALAN LARSON, AARON JAMES QUIRK
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Publication number: 20150207902Abstract: Methods for scheduling data download requests for a device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes assigning to a device a first wait period of a random length below a first pre-determined maximum value, and receiving a notification that data is available for download to the device. The method also includes determining whether an amount of time elapsed since the data was made available for download to the device exceeds the first wait period, and when the determination indicates that the amount of time elapsed since the data was made available for download exceeds the first wait period, downloading the data available for the device. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Jayendran Srinivasan, Glenn Wilson, Sumit Gwalani, Mark Alan Larson
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Patent number: 8935505Abstract: A system with a processor in communication with a memory controller in communication with a plurality of memory devices wherein one of the plurality of memory devices is interposed between the memory controller and the remaining plurality of memory devices. By programming command delay in the memory controller, the command delay coordinates the execution of the command signal across all memory devices. The processor provides control signals to the memory controller that, in response, decodes the control signals and determines the mode of operation of one or more of the memory devices. The processor is also in communication with storage media and stores data in or retrieves data from the storage media.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLCInventor: Douglas Alan Larson