Patents by Inventor Andrew CLIFFORD
Andrew CLIFFORD 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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Patent number: 11960507Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for identifying ancestor objects in hierarchical data configured for processing with a query, the query having an associated abstract syntax tree. The abstract syntax tree may be processed so as to generate an augmented abstract syntax tree which includes parent identifiers configured to identify the parent nodes of the query. In this way, a need to pre-parse the data may be alleviated. Instead, the identification of a parent node of a query may be encoded into the abstract syntax tree of the query.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew John Coleman, John Anthony Reeve, Trevor Clifford Dolby
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Patent number: 11927091Abstract: A drill bit has a plurality of cutters secured to the bit body, including a gauge cutter defining a gauge diameter of the drill bit. A reciprocating gauge assembly on the bit comprises a cavity defined in the bit body, a piston reciprocably disposed in the cavity, a wear element on an outwardly facing end of the piston, a piston retainer for moveably retaining the piston in the cavity, and a spring biasing the piston outwardly to a neutral position of the wear element with respect to the gauge diameter. The wear element and piston may be urged inwardly in response to an applied load at the drill bit gauge pad, increasing the lateral depth of cut and thereby controlling the aggressiveness of the bit in response to the load.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Van Jordan Brackin, Trung Huynh, Kelley Leigh Plunkett, Kevin Clark, Andrew David Lake, Darien Louis Gurka, Jr., Daniel Brendan Voglewede, Curtis Clifford Lanning, William Brian Atkins
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Patent number: 11802933Abstract: Systems and methods for WiFi mapping an industrial facility are disclosed. The system comprises a self-driving vehicle having a WiFi transceiver. The self-driving vehicle communicates with a fleet-management using the WiFi transceiver, via a WiFi access point. The self-driving vehicle receives a mission from the fleet-management system, and moves to a destination location based on the mission, using autonomous navigation. While executing the mission, the self-driving vehicle simultaneously measures the received signal strength indication of the WiFi access point and other WiFi access points in the facility, and stores the received signal strength indication in association with the location at which the received signal strength indication was measured.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Anthony William Tod, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Ivor Wanders, Andrew Clifford Blakey
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Patent number: 11799806Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for automatic environmental data collection and analysis are provided, including a server comprising: a processor and a communication interface, the processor configured to: receive, using the communication interface, a geographic survey request from a first computing device; translate the geographic survey request into mission data for collecting geographic survey data; transmit, using the communication interface, the mission data to a second computing device associated with a geographic survey entity; receive, using the communication interface, the geographic survey data collected by the geographic survey entity using the mission data; analyze the geographic survey data to generate processed geographic survey data; and, transmit, using the communication interface, the processed geographic survey data to the first computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Matthew Allen Rendall, Andrew Clifford Blakey
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Publication number: 20220357174Abstract: Systems and methods for a stand-alone self-driving material-transport vehicle are provided. A method includes: displaying a graphical map on a graphical user-interface device based on a map stored in a storage medium of the vehicle, receiving a navigation instruction based on the graphical map, and navigating the vehicle based on the navigation instruction. As the vehicle navigates, it senses features of an industrial facility using its sensor system, and locates the features relative to the map. Subsequently, the vehicle stores the updated map including the feature on the vehicle's storage medium. The map can then be shared with other vehicles or a fleet-management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Jason Scharlach, Andrew Clifford Blakey, Simon Drexler, James Dustin Servos
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Publication number: 20220322216Abstract: Systems and methods for WiFi mapping an industrial facility are disclosed. The system comprises a self-driving vehicle having a WiFi transceiver. The self-driving vehicle communicates with a fleet-management using the WiFi transceiver, via a WiFi access point. The self-driving vehicle receives a mission from the fleet-management system, and moves to a destination location based on the mission, using autonomous navigation. While executing the mission, the self-driving vehicle simultaneously measures the received signal strength indication of the WiFi access point and other WiFi access points in the facility, and stores the received signal strength indication in association with the location at which the received signal strength indication was measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Anthony William Tod, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Ivor Wanders, Andrew Clifford Blakey
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Patent number: 11441427Abstract: A rotor blade includes an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape has a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances expressed in a unit of distance by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a scaling factor of the airfoil in the unit of distance. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z value. The airfoil profile sections at Z values are joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul G. Deivernois, Andrew Clifford Hart, Michael James Dutka, Jeremy Peter Latimer
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Patent number: 11343758Abstract: Systems and methods for WiFi mapping an industrial facility are disclosed. The system comprises a self-driving vehicle having a WiFi transceiver. The self-driving vehicle communicates with a fleet-management using the WiFi transceiver, via a WiFi access point. The self-driving vehicle receives a mission from the fleet-management system, and moves to a destination location based on the mission, using autonomous navigation. While executing the mission, the self-driving vehicle simultaneously measures the received signal strength indication of the WiFi access point and other WiFi access points in the facility, and stores the received signal strength indication in association with the location at which the received signal strength indication was measured.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Clearpath Robotics Inc.Inventors: Anthony William Tod, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Ivor Wanders, Andrew Clifford Blakey
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Patent number: 11339665Abstract: The present embodiments set forth a blade including an airfoil, the airfoil including a tip cap, a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall extending axially between corresponding leading and trailing edges and radially between the base and the tip cap. The blade, including the airfoil and base, being formed in at least two airfoil parts, each of the two airfoil parts including contacting edges engaging each other respective contacting edges, the contacting edges defining a joint for preloading each of the at least two parts with each other and with the base. The at least two airfoil parts forming the airfoil being retained to each other by an interference fit at the joint. The interference fit providing frictional damping of vibrations in the blade during blade operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Clifford Hart, Jing Li, Suryarghya Chakrabarti, James Tyson Balkcum, III, Markus Feigl
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Patent number: 11339666Abstract: An article, such as a turbine blade, includes an airfoil. The airfoil includes a body, the body having an elongated internal cavity extending from a tip of the body. The cavity is defined an internal wall within the body. At least one elongated damping element is disposed in the elongated internal cavity and frictionally engages the internal wall. Thus, the least one elongated damping element is capable of damping vibrations in the article.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Clifford Hart, John McConnell Delvaux, Joseph Anthony Weber, James Zhang, Peter de Diego
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Patent number: 11293454Abstract: A stator vane includes an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in one of Table I, Table II, Table III, Table IV, Table V, Table VI, Table VII, or Table VIII. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances expressed in a unit of distance by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a scaling factor of the airfoil in the unit of distance. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z value. The airfoil profile sections at Z values being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul G. Deivernois, Marcus Edward Blohm, Michael James Dutka, Andrew Clifford Hart, Steven Lynn Huskins, Aaron David Williamson, Corey Lynn Hubbert, Venkata Siva Prasad Chaluvadi, Brandon Lamar Bush, Jeremy Peter Latimer
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Publication number: 20220061307Abstract: A pest repeller comprises a pest detector operable to detect the presence of a pest and then to generate an internal trigger signal, a speaker operable to produce ultrasound, and an antenna operable to transmit wirelessly and to receive wirelessly external trigger signals. A controller is configured to receive internal trigger signals from the pest detector and to receive external trigger signals from the antenna. Upon receiving an internal trigger signal, the controller is configured to provide a speaker drive signal to drive the speaker to produce the ultrasound, to generate an external trigger signal and to provide the external trigger signal to the antenna for transmission of the external trigger signal. Upon receiving an external trigger signal, the controller is configured to provide a speaker drive signal to drive the speaker to produce the ultrasound.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Justin John Daubeney, Andrew Clifford Donaldson
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Publication number: 20210324743Abstract: An article, such as a turbine blade, includes an airfoil. The airfoil includes a body, the body having an elongated internal cavity extending from a tip of the body. The cavity is defined an internal wall within the body. At least one elongated damping element is disposed in the elongated internal cavity and frictionally engages the internal wall. Thus, the least one elongated damping element is capable of damping vibrations in the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Andrew Clifford Hart, John McConnell Delvaux, Joseph Anthony Weber, James Zhang, Peter de Diego
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Publication number: 20210311475Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for handling operational constraints for unmanned vehicles. The system includes: a plurality of mobile unmanned vehicles for deployment in an environment; a computing device connected to the plurality of unmanned vehicles via a network, the computing device storing, in a memory, a plurality of operational constraints; each operational constraint including (i) a type identifier, (ii) an indication of a region of the environment, and (iii) a property defining a constraint on the operation of the unmanned vehicles within the region. The computing device is configured to: receive a request from one of the mobile unmanned vehicles, the request identifying an operational constraint; responsive to receiving the request, retrieve an operational constraint from the memory based on the request; and send the retrieved operational constraint to the one of the mobile unmanned vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Alex Bencz, Andrew Clifford Blakey, Shahab Kaynama, James Servos
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Publication number: 20210285330Abstract: The present embodiments set forth a blade including an airfoil, the airfoil including a tip cap, a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall extending axially between corresponding leading and trailing edges and radially between the base and the tip cap. The blade, including the airfoil and base, being formed in at least two airfoil parts, each of the two airfoil parts including contacting edges engaging each other respective contacting edges, the contacting edges defining a joint for preloading each of the at least two parts with each other and with the base. The at least two airfoil parts forming the airfoil being retained to each other by an interference fit at the joint. The interference fit providing frictional damping of vibrations in the blade during blade operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Andrew Clifford Hart, Jing Li, Suryarghya Chakrabarti, James Tyson Balkcum, III, Markus Feigl
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Patent number: 10990100Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for handling operational constraints for unmanned vehicles. The system includes: a plurality of mobile unmanned vehicles for deployment in an environment; a computing device connected to the plurality of unmanned vehicles via a network, the computing device storing, in a memory, a plurality of operational constraints; each operational constraint including (i) a type identifier, (ii) an indication of a region of the environment, and (iii) a property defining a constraint on the operation of the unmanned vehicles within the region. The computing device is configured to: receive a request from one of the mobile unmanned vehicles, the request identifying an operational constraint; responsive to receiving the request, retrieve an operational constraint from the memory based on the request; and send the retrieved operational constraint to the one of the mobile unmanned vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Alex Bencz, Andrew Clifford Blakey, Shahab Kaynama, James Servos
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Patent number: 10955845Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for handling operational constraints for unmanned vehicles. The system includes: a plurality of mobile unmanned vehicles for deployment in an environment; a computing device connected to the plurality of unmanned vehicles via a network, the computing device storing, in a memory, a plurality of operational constraints; each operational constraint including (i) a type identifier, (ii) an indication of a region of the environment, and (iii) a property defining a constraint on the operation of the unmanned vehicles within the region. The computing device is configured to: receive a request from one of the mobile unmanned vehicles, the request identifying an operational constraint; responsive to receiving the request, retrieve an operational constraint from the memory based on the request; and send the retrieved operational constraint to the one of the mobile unmanned vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Alex Bencz, Andrew Clifford Blakey, Shahab Kaynama, James Servos
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Publication number: 20200288389Abstract: Systems and methods for WiFi mapping an industrial facility are disclosed. The system comprises a self-driving vehicle having a WiFi transceiver. The self-driving vehicle communicates with a fleet-management using the WiFi transceiver, via a WiFi access point. The self-driving vehicle receives a mission from the fleet-management system, and moves to a destination location based on the mission, using autonomous navigation. While executing the mission, the self-driving vehicle simultaneously measures the received signal strength indication of the WiFi access point and other WiFi access points in the facility, and stores the received signal strength indication in association with the location at which the received signal strength indication was measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Anthony William Tod, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Ivor WANDERS, Andrew Clifford Blakey
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Patent number: 10753745Abstract: There is provided a method of sensing a rotation rate using a vibrating structure gyroscope, said gyroscope comprising an electronic control system comprising one or more control loops, wherein at least one of said control loops comprises a filter having a variable time constant, said method comprising the steps of: determining or estimating a characteristic of the vibrating structure of said gyroscope; and adapting or varying said time constant of said filter with the determined or estimated characteristic of said vibrating structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Kevin Townsend, Andrew Clifford, Nicholas Wilkinson
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Patent number: 10701622Abstract: Systems and methods for WiFi mapping an industrial facility are disclosed. The system comprises a self-driving vehicle having a WiFi transceiver. The self-driving vehicle communicates with a fleet-management using the WiFi transceiver, via a WiFi access point. The self-driving vehicle receives a mission from the fleet-management system, and moves to a destination location based on the mission, using autonomous navigation. While executing the mission, the self-driving vehicle simultaneously measures the received signal strength indication of the WiFi access point and other WiFi access points in the facility, and stores the received signal strength indication in association with the location at which the received signal strength indication was measured.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Anthony William Tod, Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Ivor Wanders, Andrew Clifford Blakey