Patents by Inventor Andrew Philip Shapiro
Andrew Philip Shapiro 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: 6521810Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating contaminated media. The method comprises introducing remediating ions consisting essentially of ferrous ions, and being peroxide-free, in the contaminated media; applying a potential difference across the contaminated media to cause the remediating ions to migrate into contact with contaminants in the contaminated media; chemically degrading contaminants in the contaminated media by contact with the remediating ions; monitoring the contaminated media for degradation products of the contaminants; and controlling the step of applying the potential difference across the contaminated media in response to the step of monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Roy Fred Thornton, Joseph James Salvo
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Publication number: 20030018394Abstract: A system and method for tuning a turbine comprises a turbine controller coupled to the turbine, a first computer system coupled to the turbine controller and located locally to the turbine, and a second computer system for exchanging data with the first computer system. The second computer system is located remotely from the turbine and exchanges data with the first computer system via a network connection such as the internet, an intranet or a virtual private network (VPN). Data relating to a characteristic such as turbine combustion dynamics and/or emissions is transmitted by the first computer system to the second computer system. The second computer system transmits control data over the network connection to the first computer to tune the turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: John Patrick McCarthy, Andrew Philip Shapiro, George Edward Williams, Eric Gardner Butterfield, Scott Campbell Mattison, Victor Franz Russo, Milton Lewiston Grant
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Publication number: 20020153873Abstract: A corrosion sensor for use within a fluid flow path includes a sensing element and circuitry coupled to the sensing element for detecting corrosion of the sensing element. Another embodiment of a corrosion sensor for use within a fluid flow path comprises a hermetic housing, a sensing element attached to an external portion of the housing for exposure to the fluid flow path, and circuitry disposed within said hermetic housing, which circuitry is coupled to the sensing element for detecting corrosion of the sensing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Roger Warren Haskell
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Patent number: 6442954Abstract: A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and access door. An icemaker is disposed in the freezer compartment. An upper hopper is disposed inside the freezer door below the icemaker, and includes a rotary auger and first and second ice ports below opposite ends thereof. A receptacle is disposed outside the freezer door below the upper hopper, and a lower hopper is disposed inside the freezer door below the receptacle. A chute joins the second port of the upper hopper to the lower hopper for storing ice cubes therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Steve Paraszczak, Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Lorina June White, Martin Scott Mershon, Scott Russell King, Samuel Vincent DuPlessis
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Patent number: 6438976Abstract: An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Walter Whipple, Timothy Scott Shaffer, William Merritt Nall, Jr., Eayre Bruce Voorhees, Steven Paraszczak
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Publication number: 20020112481Abstract: A system for continuously removing alkali metal contaminants from liquid fuel supplied to a combustor of a gas turbine comprising a source of fuel; means for supplying the fuel to the gas turbine; a prefilter downstream of the source and upstream of the gas turbine for removing solid particulates from the liquid fuel; and a coalescer located downstream of the prefilter and upstream of the gas turbine for separating water containing alkali metals from the liquid fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Alan Whitehead, Vinod Kumar Pareek, Andrew Philip Shapiro
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Publication number: 20020092869Abstract: A rotary doser valve includes a stator with a plurality of ports therein which cooperates with a rotor having a plurality of channels therein. The rotor is rotatable against the stator in first and second positions which alternately channel water to and from a doser for refilling an icemaker in a preferred use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2001Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventors: Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Andrew Philip Shapiro, Walter Whipple,, Richard DeVos
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Publication number: 20020081231Abstract: A fluid analyte measurement system includes an extraction unit having a fluid flow path in intimate contact with an extraction solution flow path. The fluid flow path includes a fluid entry port and a fluid exit port and the extraction solution flow path includes an extraction solution flow entry port and an extraction solution flow exit port. The extraction unit extracts analytes from a fluid flow introduced within the fluid flow path through exposure of the fluid flow to an extraction solution introduced within the extraction solution flow path. A sample head vessel is coupled to the extraction solution flow exit port and at least one probe is coupled to the sample head vessel to generate signals indicative of the characteristics of the fluid flow analytes within the extraction solution flow. For example, this measurement system can be used to determine Na+ level within fuel oil. Circuitry is coupled to the probe(s), which circuitry is configured to measure the signals generated by the probe(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, John Yupeng Gui, Vinod Kumar Pareek, Alan Whitehead
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Patent number: 6357720Abstract: An ice tray includes mold cells each having an open top and closed bottom. The bottom is air permeable for venting released air during formation of ice cubes therein. And, external sides of the ice tray may be thermally insulated for enhancing directional solidification of the ice cubes.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Jerome Johnson Tiemann
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Patent number: 6349550Abstract: An ice tray is filled with water and exposed to freezing temperature in a freezer. The freezing temperature is measured and integrated over time to obtain a monitoring parameter. The parameter is compared with a predetermined freezing standard for detecting transformation of the water into ice.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Jerome Johnson Tiemann
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Publication number: 20020013506Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating contaminated media. The method comprises introducing remediating ions consisting essentially of ferrousions, and being peroxide-free, in the contaminated media; applying a potential difference across the contaminated media to cause the remediating ions to migrate into contact with contaminants in the contaminated media; chemically degrading contaminants in the contaminated media by contact with the remediating ions; monitoring the contaminated media for degradation products of the contaminants; and controlling the step of applying the potential difference across the contaminated media in response to the step of monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Roy Fred Thornton, Joseph James Salvo
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Patent number: 6327869Abstract: An icemaker dose dispenser includes a housing with a septum therein defining opposite chambers having corresponding water ports. Water is routed alternately through the ports for dispensing water from the chambers in sequence for accurately filling an ice tray.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Jerome Johnson Tiemann
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Publication number: 20010027654Abstract: An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Walter Whipple, Timothy Scott Shaffer, William Merritt Nall, Eayre Bruce Voorhees, Steven Paraszczak
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Patent number: 6255551Abstract: A process treats contaminated media and comprises detecting a non-uniform contaminated media property selected from electrical conductivity or electroosmotic permeability; and selectively applying an electric field to the contaminated media to effect the process in a selected area of the contaminated media.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Joseph James Salvo
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Patent number: 6197187Abstract: A method for treating a contaminated media. The method comprises disposing electrodes at the contaminated media, injecting a salt-containing solution into contaminated media, applying an electric voltage between electrodes imposed peripherally to the region, forming ions from the salt-containing solution, and migrating the ions between the electrodes across the contaminated media. The ions of the salt-containing solution migrate into at least a portion of the contaminated media to treat the contaminated media.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Roy Fred Thornton, Andrew Philip Shapiro, Timothy Mark Sivavec
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Patent number: 6155098Abstract: A dewpoint sensor comprises a pressure vessel having an entry port, an exit port, and a temperature controlled plate. A quartz crystal resonator is housed within the pressure vessel and disposed in intimate contact with the temperature controlled plate. A temperature sensor is disposed to generate signals representative of the quartz crystal resonator temperature. Circuitry is coupled to the quartz crystal resonator and the temperature sensor, which circuitry is configured to control the temperature of the quartz crystal resonator, to measure the frequency of the quartz crystal resonator and to monitor the temperature signals and the frequency of the quartz crystal resonator when exposed to a flow between the entry port and the exit port so as to calculate a dewpoint value of the flow.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Anthony John Dean
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Patent number: 6110321Abstract: An improved process for sealing at least one ultracapacitor which includes a multi-layer structure is disclosed. The process includes the step of applying a substantial vacuum to press together an uppermost layer of the structure and a lowermost layer of the structure and to evacuate ambient gasses, wherein a sealant situated in a peripheral area between the facing surfaces of the layers forms a liquid-impermeable seal for the structure under the vacuum. In some embodiments, a press is used to apply pressure to the peripheral area on which the sealant is disposed. Usually, the ultracapacitor would be situated within an enclosable region of the press, and a collapsible membrane would be fastened over the ultracapacitor to fully enclose the region and transmit the vacuum force to the multi-layer structure. The force applied by the press itself causes the sealant to flow, thereby ensuring a complete seal upon curing of the sealant.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1997Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Day, Andrew Philip Shapiro, Elihu Calvin Jerabek
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Patent number: 6073479Abstract: A dewpoint sensor comprises a pressure vessel having an entry port, an exit port, and a temperature controlled plate. A quartz crystal resonator is housed within the pressure vessel and disposed in intimate contact with the temperature controlled plate. A temperature sensor is disposed to generate signals representative of the quartz crystal resonator temperature. Circuitry is coupled to the quartz crystal resonator and the temperature sensor, which circuitry is configured to control the temperature of the quartz crystal resonator, to measure the frequency of the quartz crystal resonator and to monitor the temperature signals and the frequency of the quartz crystal resonator when exposed to a flow between the entry port and the exit port so as to calculate a dewpoint value of the flow.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Philip Shapiro, Anthony John Dean