Patents by Inventor Alan Powers
Alan Powers 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).
-
Patent number: 11964175Abstract: A bridge rope assembly includes a main body comprising a rope that has a first end and a second end. The rope has a splice therein to form an eye loop in the main body. The eye loop is configured to engage a first bridge loop of a harness. The main body comprises a first portion including the first end and a second portion including the second end. The first portion extends through the second portion of the main body such that the first end is positioned adjacent to the second end. A distance between the first and second ends is less than 2.0 inches.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventors: Walter Ernest Power, II, Gregory Alan Godfrey, Carl Eugene Kossuth, III
-
Patent number: 11952305Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for processing an optical fiber includes: drawing an optical fiber through a draw furnace, conveying the optical fiber through a flame reheating device downstream from the draw furnace, wherein the flame reheating device comprises one or more burners each comprising: a body having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, an opening within the body extending from the top surface through the body to the bottom surface, wherein the optical fiber passes through the opening, and one or more gas outlets within the body; and igniting a flammable gas provided by the one or more gas outlets to form a flame encircling the optical fiber passing through the opening, wherein the flame heats the optical fiber by at least 100 degrees Celsius at a heating rate exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius/second.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Ravindra Kumar Akarapu, Joel Patrick Carberry, David Alan Deneka, Steven Akin Dunwoody, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, John Michael Jewell, Yuanjie Jiang, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Ming-Jun Li, Barada Kanta Nayak, Dale Robert Powers, Chunfeng Zhou, Vincent Matteo Tagliamonti, Christopher Scott Thomas
-
Patent number: 11787528Abstract: A jam free dual redundant actuator lane changer system includes a primary lane system and a secondary lane system. The primary lane system is configured to provide actuation of a component during a normal operation while the secondary lane system remains in a standby configuration; and the secondary lane system is configured to provide an actuation of the component when the primary lane system fails or jams, but freed from its output to the component.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Whippany Actuation Systems LLCInventors: Shijie Liu, Kurt Goldhammer, Douglas Campbell, Philip DeMauro, Michael Doyle, Alan Powers, Philip Chivily
-
Publication number: 20220194560Abstract: A jam free dual redundant actuator lane changer system includes a primary lane system and a secondary lane system. The primary lane system is configured to provide actuation of a component during a normal operation while the secondary lane system remains in a standby configuration; and the secondary lane system is configured to provide an actuation of the component when the primary lane system fails or jams, but freed from its output to the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Shijie Liu, Kurt Goldhammer, Douglas Campbell, Philip DeMauro, Michael Doyle, Alan Powers, Philip Chivily
-
Patent number: 9290826Abstract: A process to upgrade heavy oil and convert the heavy oil into lower boiling hydrocarbon products is provided. The process employs a catalyst slurry comprising catalyst particles with an average particle size ranging from 1 to 20 microns. In the upgrade process, spent slurry catalyst in heavy oil is generated as an effluent stream, which is subsequently recovered/separated from the heavy oil via membrane filtration. In one embodiment, dynamic filtration is used for the separation of the heavy oil from the catalyst particles. Valuable metals can be recovered from catalyst particles for subsequent re-use in a catalyst synthesis unit, generating a fresh slurry catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Andre R. Da Costa, Christopher Alan Powers, Bruce Reynolds, Oluwaseyi Abiodun Odueyungbo
-
Patent number: 8228645Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting a series capacitor bank are provided. According to one exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a capacitor protection circuit. The capacitor protection circuit may include a capacitor bank, a pilot circuit and a main commutation gap. The pilot circuit and the main commutation gap may be provided in parallel electrical communication with the capacitor bank. Additionally, one or more plasma injectors may be provided in series electrical communication with the pilot circuit. The plasma injectors may be operable to provide partially or completely ionized plasma across the main commutation gap to make conductive the main commutation gap.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bruce Edward English, Christopher William Hart, Paul Joseph Datka, David Scott Birrell, David Martins, Robert Frank Willard, Jr., Kenneth Alan Powers, Richard Robert Young
-
Patent number: 8080155Abstract: A process to upgrade heavy oil and convert the heavy oil into lower boiling hydrocarbon products is provided. The process employs a catalyst slurry comprising catalyst particles with an average particle size ranging from 1 to 20 microns. In the upgrade process, spent slurry catalyst in heavy oil is generated as an effluent stream, which is subsequently recovered/separated from the heavy oil via a filtration assembly. The filtration assembly has a least a filtration unit employing at least a membrane for separating heavy oil from the catalyst particles. Valuable metals can be recovered from catalyst particles for subsequent re-use in a catalyst synthesis unit, generating a fresh slurry catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Andre R. Da Costa, Christopher Alan Powers, Bruce Reynolds, Seyi A. Odueyungbo
-
Patent number: 8048292Abstract: Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones and a solvent deasphalting (SDA) unit for providing at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the deasphalted oil, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones which operates at a temperature within 20° F. and a pressure within 10 psi of the pressure in the contacting zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Christopher Alan Powers, Bruce Reynolds
-
Publication number: 20100226049Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting a series capacitor bank are provided. According to one exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a capacitor protection circuit. The capacitor protection circuit may include a capacitor bank, a pilot circuit and a main commutation gap. The pilot circuit and the main commutation gap may be provided in parallel electrical communication with the capacitor bank. Additionally, one or more plasma injectors may be provided in series electrical communication with the pilot circuit. The plasma injectors may be operable to provide partially or completely ionized plasma across the main commutation gap to make conductive the main commutation gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Bruce Edward English, Christopher William Hart, Paul Joseph Datka, David Scott Birrell, David Martins, Robert Frank Willard, JR., Kenneth Alan Powers, Richard Robert Young
-
Publication number: 20090057195Abstract: Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones and a solvent deasphalting (SDA) unit for providing at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the deasphalted oil, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones which operates at a temperature within 20° F. and a pressure within 10 psi of the pressure in the contacting zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Christopher Alan Powers, Bruce Reynolds
-
Publication number: 20040140669Abstract: A pipe connection includes a threaded pin and a threaded box for securely forming a metal-to-metal seal. The pin includes an elongated thread section forming threads that are oriented with angled front and rear faces. The pin also includes a sealing surface for direct engagement with an interior surface of the box, preventing the exacerbation of corrosion of the threads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventors: William Alan Powers, Arvel M. Berry
-
Patent number: 5246469Abstract: Distillate fuel is stabilized against degradation during storage by inserting into storage tanks solid materials containing polar sites to enable polar condensation of the fuel constituents active in degradation. Polyether or polyester polyurethane open cell foams are the prime solid stabilizers proposed.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 1988Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: The Commonwealth of AustraliaInventors: William Arfelli, Alan Power, Richard Solly