Patents by Inventor Andrew A Long
Andrew A Long 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: 20240166361Abstract: An example system includes a throttle control for managing power in a hybrid propulsion system that includes an electrical propulsion unit configured to operate using electrical energy sourced from an electrical energy storage system (ESS) and/or one or more electrical generators, the throttle control comprising: a control lever movable through a plurality of positions, the plurality of positions including: a regeneration position; an off position; a maximum electric only position; a maximum continuous dual source position; and a maximum non-continuous dual source position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Stephen Andrew Long, David Virgil Kopeschka, Michael P. Dougherty, Mark Ian McLaren
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Patent number: 11970973Abstract: An example system comprises an electric machine including a stator and a rotor, a cooling system configured to supply a cooling fluid to cool the electric machine, and a stator tube configured to contain the cooling fluid within a stator portion of the electric machine and prevent the cooling fluid from contacting the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway AS, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Andrew Long, David Russell Trawick, Sean Morgan, Kolbeinn Kristjansson
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Publication number: 20240108552Abstract: The medication dispensing assembly includes a housing having an interior. A medication bottle is disposed in the interior with its cap assembly facing vertically downwardly. The cap assembly includes outer, middle, and inner pieces. The outer and inner pieces are fixed with one another, and the middle piece is fixed with the bottle. A drive unit is disposed in the interior of the housing and is configured to rotate the bottle and the middle piece of the cap assembly about a vertical axis. The three pieces of the cap assembly have respective medication openings, and rotating the bottle causes individual pills to travel first from the bottle into the inner piece, then into the middle piece, then around the vertical axis, and then outside of the cap assembly through the medication opening of the outer piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Andrew Long, Stanley Joe Johnson, Robert E. Hoffman
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Publication number: 20240069527Abstract: A thermal management system for an energy storage system for an aircraft includes a pump circulating a thermal management fluid through the thermal management system and an energy storage device of the aircraft. A controller circuitry may control a variable pumping capacity of the pump based on sensing pressure or temperature of the thermal management fluid at the energy storage device. The controller circuitry may default operation of the pump to a first pumping capacity in response to the pressure or temperature being within a predetermined operating range and a predetermined failure condition or a power demand of an aircraft engine supply bus exceeding a predetermined threshold. The controller controlling operation of the pump to a second pumping capacity in response to absence of the power demand signal of the aircraft engine supply bus and the pressure or temperature being within the predetermined operating range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Stephen Andrew LONG, Michael DOUGHERTY, Tomasz Marek LUBECKI, Firman SASONGKO, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake
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Patent number: 11905026Abstract: An example system includes a throttle control for managing power in a hybrid propulsion system that includes an electrical propulsion unit configured to operate using electrical energy sourced from an electrical energy storage system (ESS) and/or one or more electrical generators, the throttle control comprising: a control lever movable through a plurality of positions, the plurality of positions including: a regeneration position; an off position; a maximum electric only position; a maximum continuous dual source position; and a maximum non-continuous dual source position.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KGInventors: Stephen Andrew Long, David Kopeschka, Michael P. Dougherty, Mark McLaren
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Publication number: 20240011438Abstract: Methods of controlling an in-line heater for an energy storage device are provided. A determination is made that a pump is running. When running, the pump circulates a thermal management fluid through a thermal management conditioning loop, which includes the in-line heater and a heat transfer hardware configured to transfer heat between the thermal management fluid and the energy storage device, wherein the in-line heater is in thermal communication with the thermal management fluid. The in-line heater is turned on in response to the determination that the pump is running and a temperature of the thermal management fluid is below a lower control limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Stephen Andrew LONG, Michael DOUGHERTY, Tomasz Marek LUBECKI, Firman SASONGKO, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake, Michael Adam Zagrodnik
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Publication number: 20240012169Abstract: Methods for performing a marine survey of a subterranean formation using a hybrid combination of ocean bottom seismic (“OBS”) receivers, wide towed sources, and moving streamers are described herein. In one aspect, a sail line separation in a crossline direction is determined based on an average streamer separation and number of streamers. An array of OBS receivers are deposited on a surface of a subterranean formation with an OBS receiver separation that is based on the sail line separation. Wide towed sources and streamers are towed above the array of OBS receivers behind a survey vessel that travels sail lines separated by the sail line separation. The wide towed sources may be activated above the array of OBS receivers. Wavefields reflected from the subterranean formation are recorded at the OBS receivers and receivers located in the streamers as seismic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: PGS Geophysicai ASInventors: Manuel Beitz, Martin Widmaier, Andrew Long
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Publication number: 20240011437Abstract: A thermal management system for an energy storage system, the energy storage system comprising an energy storage device, an energy storage monitoring system including circuitry dedicated and configured to monitor a temperature of the energy storage device. The thermal management system comprises: a thermal management conditioning loop, a pump configured to circulate a thermal management fluid through the thermal management conditioning loop, a heat source, and a heat transfer hardware in thermal communication with the energy storage device. An energy storage controller of the energy storage monitoring system is configured to confirm that a temperature of the thermal management fluid and/or a temperature of the energy storage device is below an upper safety limit, between a lower control limit and an upper control limit, or both, and in response, to send an enable heater request indicating the heat source is to turn on.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Stephen Andrew LONG, Michael DOUGHERTY, Tomasz Marek LUBECKI, Firman SASONGKO, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake, Michael Adam Zagrodnik
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Patent number: 11866180Abstract: An example hybrid aircraft propulsion system includes one or more power units configured to output electrical energy onto one or more electrical busses; a plurality of propulsors; and a plurality of electrical machines, each respective electrical machine configured to drive a respective propulsor of the plurality of propulsors using electrical energy received from at least one of the one or more electrical busses.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Andrew Long
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Patent number: 11857505Abstract: The medication dispensing assembly includes a housing having an interior. A medication bottle is disposed in the interior with its cap assembly facing vertically downwardly. The cap assembly includes outer, middle, and inner pieces. The outer and inner pieces are fixed with one another, and the middle piece is fixed with the bottle. A drive unit is disposed in the interior of the housing and is configured to rotate the bottle and the middle piece of the cap assembly about a vertical axis. The three pieces of the cap assembly have respective medication openings, and rotating the bottle causes individual pills to travel first from the bottle into the inner piece, then into the middle piece, then around the vertical axis, and then outside of the cap assembly through the medication opening of the outer piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Long, Stanley Joe Johnson, Robert E. Hoffman
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Publication number: 20230395215Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a scalable framework for a digital mesh are provided. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: receiving patient information associated with a patient; receiving, via a graphical user interface, a request for health services for the patient; in response to receiving the request for health services, applying a model to the patient information to select a first type of service of care from a plurality of types of service of care; accessing a mesh application service architecture (MASA) to route traffic comprising a portion of the patient information to a server associated with the first type of service of care; and generating, for display within the graphical user interface, health service information received from the server associated with the first type of service of care.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Andrew Long, Christina M. Vallery, Chris Haddad, Brian S. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20230393894Abstract: A system includes processor hardware configured to execute instructions from memory hardware. The instructions include, in response to designation of an entity within a data store, obtaining information and determining a condition of the designated entity. The instructions include, based on the condition of the designated entity, identifying a set of states. The instructions include obtaining trigger conditions for the selected state, each specifying a set of satisfaction criteria. The instructions include determining whether each trigger condition is satisfied by evaluating the satisfaction criteria based on data corresponding to the designated entity. The instructions include selectively selecting another state based on whether the trigger conditions are satisfied. The instructions include determining, and scheduling for execution, an executable sequence based on the selected state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Kevin Herzig, Neha Jain, Christina M. Vallery, Andrew Long, Shauna Mooney
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Publication number: 20230395214Abstract: A method for automated entity field correction includes receiving one or more target health conditions, obtaining a set of multiple patient entries, stored patient data, stored claims data and stored prescription data, and determining an eligibility status for each patient entry according to specified eligibility criteria, indicative of the patient entry being eligible for targeted outreach regarding the target health condition(s). For each patient entry in an eligible subset, the method includes determining an exclusion status for the patient entry according to specified exclusion criteria, indicative of the patient entry being excluded from targeted outreach regarding the target health condition(s). The method includes accessing stored provider data, and for each patient entry in the non-excluded subset, determining a provider match for the patient entry according to at least a portion of the stored provider data, and transmitting the provider match to a computing device associated with the patient entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Priya Needs, Carol Quinlan, Andrew Long, Beth Taylor, Jason A. Short, Shauna Mooney
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Publication number: 20230365328Abstract: Waste storage devices are provided. The waste storage device is capable of sharing information concerning the health of a user. The waste storage device includes a sampling area in the interior of the container configured to detect the presence of one or more volatile organic compounds. The waste storage device is in communication with a server system capable of generating and delivering a notification to a user. Methods for communicating a health state of a user are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Shawn J. Sullivan, David Koenig, Jonathan D. Boulos, Andrew Long, Nickolas Barnes
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Patent number: 11816971Abstract: A system, wearable device and management device provided for predicting a flashover event. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a wearable device for predicting a flashover event is provided. The wearable device includes at least one thermal sensor configured to generate thermal data associated with an environment, and processing circuitry configured to: determine a risk of ignition of at least one combustible gas in the environment based on the thermal data, and trigger at least one action based on the determined risk of ignition.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Andrew Long, Panagiotis D. Stanitsas, Jerome Shanko, Jr., Wesley M. Barbee, Matthew M. Shettel, Matthew Shannon, Johnathan R. Graves, James W. Howard, James B. Snyder, James L. C. Werness, Jr., Jason Patterson, Ravi Raagav Srinivas, Payas Tikotekar
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Patent number: 11802986Abstract: Methods for performing a marine survey of a subterranean formation using a hybrid combination of ocean bottom seismic (“OBS”) receivers, wide towed sources, and moving streamers are described herein. In one aspect, a sail line separation in a crossline direction is determined based on an average streamer separation and number of streamers. An array of OBS receivers are deposited on a surface of a subterranean formation with an OBS receiver separation that is based on the sail line separation. Wide towed sources and streamers are towed above the array of OBS receivers behind a survey vessel that travels sail lines separated by the sail line separation. The wide towed sources may be activated above the array of OBS receivers. Wavefields reflected from the subterranean formation are recorded at the OBS receivers and receivers located in the streamers as seismic data.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: PGS GEOPHYSICAL ASInventors: Manuel Beitz, Martin Widmaier, Andrew Long
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Patent number: 11518538Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a load configured to generate propulsion based on power received from a bus via a power converter. The system also includes a controller configured to determine that a voltage magnitude on the bus is not less than a threshold level in a first instance and cause the power converter to deliver a first magnitude of power to the load in response to determining that the voltage magnitude is not less than the threshold level in the first instance. The controller is also configured to determine that the voltage magnitude on the bus is less than the threshold level in a second instance and cause the power converter to deliver a second magnitude of power to the load in response to determining that the voltage magnitude is less than the threshold level in the second instance, the second magnitude being less than the first magnitude.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd., Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Souvik Dasgupta, Gabriel Ooi, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake, Suvajit Mukherjee, Michael P. Dougherty, Stephen Andrew Long
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Patent number: 11520362Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an energy storage device configured to deliver power to a bus or receive power from a bus via a power converter. The system also includes a controller configured to determine that a voltage magnitude on the bus is less than a first threshold level in a first instance and cause the energy storage device to deliver power to the bus in response to determining that the voltage magnitude is less than the first threshold level. The controller is also configured to determine that the voltage magnitude on the bus is greater than a second threshold level in the second instance, wherein the second threshold level is greater than a first threshold level and cause the energy storage device to receive power from the bus in response to determining that the voltage magnitude is greater than the second threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd., Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Souvik Dasgupta, Gabriel Ooi, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake, Suvajit Mukherjee, Michael P. Dougherty, Stephen Andrew Long
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Patent number: 11520361Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a bus and a first power converter connected to the bus. The system also includes a second power converter connected to the bus, the second power converter having a topology different from the topology of the first power converter. The system further includes a power source and an energy storage device connected to the bus via the first and second power converters, respectively. In addition, the system includes a source controller configured to control the first power converter and a storage controller configured to control the second power converter. The system also includes a system controller configured to determine a first set point for the first power converter, transmit an indication of the first set point to the source controller, determine a second set point for the second power converter, and transmit an indication of the second set point to the storage controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd., Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Souvik Dasgupta, Gabriel Ooi, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake, Suvajit Mukherjee, Michael P. Dougherty, Stephen Andrew Long
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Patent number: 11470812Abstract: A system for providing nourishment to pets is provided. The system includes a base component and an electrically operated platform including a scale configured to move along one or more vertical shafts which brings one or more reservoirs positioned on the platform to various levels of height. The system further includes an affixed mount configured to retain a computing device which controls components of the system, particularly the movement of the platform along the one or more vertical shafts and the taking and storage of weight data of the nourishment.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Philip Andrew Long