Patents by Inventor Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott 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: 11703266Abstract: A cooling system and a related method is presented. The cooling system includes a reservoir configured to selectively supply a cooling fluid; a circulation loop fluidly coupled to the reservoir, and configured to circulate the cooling fluid to and from the reservoir, and a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the circulation loop and configured to exchange heat with the cooling fluid. The reservoir includes a refrigerant and an anti-freeze additive. The anti-freeze additive is characterized by a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) such that when an operating temperature of the reservoir is greater than the LCST, the reservoir is configured to supply a cooling fluid including the refrigerant to the circulation loop; and when the operating temperature of the reservoir is lower than the LCST, the reservoir is configured to supply a cooling fluid including the refrigerant and the anti-freeze additive to the circulation loop.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ching-Jen Tang, Peter John Bonitatibus, Jr., John Brian McDermott
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Patent number: 11513111Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for evaluating and mitigating the wax risks of a given hydrocarbon composition such as crude oil. The disclosed systems and methods enable rapid and ready prediction of wax risks using algorithms based on a small sample of the hydrocarbon composition. The wax risks are predicted using predictive models developed from machine learning. The disclosed systems and methods include mitigation strategies for wax risks that can include chemical additives, operation changes, and/or hydrocarbon blend.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BL Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nimeshkumar Kantilal Patel, Hitesh Ghanshyam Bagaria, Guoliang Wang, Xiaoan Xie, Xiao Zhang, Yun Peng, Wenqing Peng, Sheng Zheng, John Brian McDermott, Peter Larry Perez Diaz
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Patent number: 11429276Abstract: A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) includes determining whether a display screen of the mobile terminal is shielded. When the display screen is shielded, a shielded area and a display area of the display screen are determined, where the display area is used to display a GUI. Parameter information of the display is determined. A GUI that matches the display area is obtained according to the parameter information, and the GUI is displayed in the display area.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Xie, Zhenghao Guo, Jin Sun, Liang Ma, Brian McDermott, Yan Li
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Publication number: 20220066633Abstract: A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) includes determining whether a display screen of the mobile terminal is shielded. When the display screen is shielded, a shielded area and a display area of the display screen are determined, where the display area is used to display a GUI. Parameter information of the display is determined. A GUI that matches the display area is obtained according to the parameter information, and the GUI is displayed in the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Bin Xie, Zhenghao Guo, Jin Sun, Liang Ma, Brian McDermott, Yan Li
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Patent number: 11169703Abstract: A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI), which relate to the data processing field, includes determining whether a display screen of the mobile terminal is shielded, when the display screen is shielded, determining a shielded area and a display area of the display screen, where the display area is used to display a GUI, determining parameter information of the display area, and obtaining, according to the parameter information, a GUI that matches the display area, and displaying the GUI in the display area.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin Xie, Zhenghao Guo, Jin Sun, Liang Ma, Brian McDermott, Yan Li
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Publication number: 20210004154Abstract: A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI), which relate to the data processing field, includes determining whether a display screen of the mobile terminal is shielded, when the display screen is shielded, determining a shielded area and a display area of the display screen, where the display area is used to display a GUI, determining parameter information of the display area, and obtaining, according to the parameter information, a GUI that matches the display area, and displaying the GUI in the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Bin Xie, Zhenghao Guo, Jin Sun, Liang Ma, Brian McDermott, Yan Li
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Patent number: 10725657Abstract: A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed, which relate to the data processing field. The method specifically includes: determining whether a display of a device is shielded; when it is determined that the display is shielded, determining a shielded area and a display area of the display; determining parameter information of the display area, where the parameter information includes an area size of the display area and a position of the display area; and obtaining, according to the parameter information, a GUI that matches the display area, and displaying the GUI in the display area. Whether a display of the device is shielded is determined. When the display is shielded, the GUI is displayed in the display area, so that the GUI can be displayed only in the display area of the display and does not need to be displayed in full screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bin Xie, Zhenghao Guo, Jin Sun, Liang Ma, Brian McDermott, Yan Li
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Publication number: 20200208899Abstract: A cooling system and a related method is presented. The cooling system includes a reservoir configured to selectively supply a cooling fluid; a circulation loop fluidly coupled to the reservoir, and configured to circulate the cooling fluid to and from the reservoir, and a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the circulation loop and configured to exchange heat with the cooling fluid. The reservoir includes a refrigerant and an anti-freeze additive. The anti-freeze additive is characterized by a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) such that when an operating temperature of the reservoir is greater than the LCST, the reservoir is configured to supply a cooling fluid including the refrigerant to the circulation loop; and when the operating temperature of the reservoir is lower than the LCST, the reservoir is configured to supply a cooling fluid including the refrigerant and the anti-freeze additive to the circulation loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Ching-Jen TANG, Peter John BONITATIBUS, JR., John Brian MCDERMOTT
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Publication number: 20200033317Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for evaluating and mitigating the wax risks of a given hydrocarbon composition such as crude oil. The disclosed systems and methods enable rapid and ready prediction of wax risks using algorithms based on a small sample of the hydrocarbon composition. The wax risks are predicted using predictive models developed from machine learning. The disclosed systems and methods include mitigation strategies for wax risks that can include chemical additives, operation changes, and/or hydrocarbon blend.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Nimeshkumar Kantilal PATEL, Hitesh Ghanshyam BAGARIA, Guoliang WANG, Xiaoan XIE, Xiao ZHANG, Yun PENG, Wenqing PENG, Sheng ZHENG, John Brian MCDERMOTT, Peter Larry PEREZ DIAZ
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Patent number: 10465565Abstract: A CO2 energy storage system includes a storage tank that stores a CO2 slurry, including dry ice and liquid CO2, at CO2 triple point temperature and pressure conditions. The storage system also includes a first pump coupled in flow communication with the storage tank. The first pump is configured to receive the CO2 slurry from the storage tank and to increase a pressure of the CO2 slurry to a pressure above the CO2 triple point pressure. The energy storage system further includes a contactor coupled in flow communication with the first pump. The contactor is configured to receive the high pressure CO2 slurry from the pump and to receive a first flow of gaseous CO2 at a pressure above the CO2 triple point pressure. The gaseous CO2 is contacted and then condensed by the melting dry ice in the slurry to generate liquid CO2.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Irina Pavlovna Spiry, Albert Santo Stella, John Brian McDermott, Stephen Sanborn
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Patent number: 10213732Abstract: A method for treatment of a flue gas involves feeding the flue gas and a lean solvent to an absorber. The method further involves reacting the flue gas with the lean solvent within the absorber to generate a clean flue gas and a rich solvent. The method also involves feeding the clean flue gas from the absorber and water from a source, to a wash tower to separate a stripped portion of the lean solvent from the clean flue gas to generate a washed clean flue gas and a mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent. The method further involves treating at least a portion of the mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent via a separation system to separate the water from the stripped portion of the lean solvent.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Irina Pavlovna Spiry, Benjamin Rue Wood, Surinder Prabhjot Singh, Robert James Perry, John Brian McDermott
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Patent number: 10053987Abstract: A manufacturing method includes forming one or more grooves in a component that comprises a substrate with an outer surface. The substrate has at least one interior space. Each groove extends at least partially along the substrate and has a base and a top. The manufacturing method further includes applying a structural coating on at least a portion of the substrate and processing at least a portion of the surface of the structural coating so as to plastically deform the structural coating at least in the vicinity of the top of a respective groove, such that a gap across the top of the groove is reduced. A component is also disclosed and includes a structural coating disposed on at least a portion of a substrate, where the surface of the structural coating is faceted in the vicinity of the respective groove.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Scott Andrew Weaver, Don Mark Lipkin, John Brian McDermott
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Publication number: 20180156074Abstract: A CO2 energy storage system includes a storage tank that stores a CO2 slurry, including dry ice and liquid CO2, at CO2 triple point temperature and pressure conditions. The storage system also includes a first pump coupled in flow communication with the storage tank. The first pump is configured to receive the CO2 slurry from the storage tank and to increase a pressure of the CO2 slurry to a pressure above the CO2 triple point pressure. The energy storage system further includes a contactor coupled in flow communication with the first pump. The contactor is configured to receive the high pressure CO2 slurry from the pump and to receive a first flow of gaseous CO2 at a pressure above the CO2 triple point pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Irina Pavlovna Spiry, Albert Santo Stella, John Brian McDermott, Stephen Sanborn
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Patent number: 9919261Abstract: A method for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream is provided. The method includes reacting at least a portion of CO2 in the gas stream with a plurality of liquid sorbent particles to form a plurality of solid adduct particles and a first CO2-lean gas stream; the solid adduct particles entrained in the first CO2-lean gas stream to form an entrained gas stream. The method includes separating at least a portion of the plurality of solid adduct particles from the entrained gas stream in a separation unit to form an adduct stream and a second CO2-lean gas stream. The method further includes heating at least a portion of the adduct stream in a desorption unit to form a CO2 stream and a regenerated liquid sorbent stream. A system for separating CO2 from a gas stream is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf, Benjamin Rue Wood, Sarah Elizabeth Genovese, John Brian McDermott
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Publication number: 20170344255Abstract: A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed, which relate to the data processing field. The method specifically includes: determining whether a display of a device is shielded; when it is determined that the display is shielded, determining a shielded area and a display area of the display; determining parameter information of the display area, where the parameter information includes an area size of the display area and a position of the display area; and obtaining, according to the parameter information, a GUI that matches the display area, and displaying the GUI in the display area. Whether a display of the device is shielded is determined. When the display is shielded, the GUI is displayed in the display area, so that the GUI can be displayed only in the display area of the display and does not need to be displayed in full screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Bin Xie, Zhenghao Guo, Jin Sun, Liang Ma, Brian McDermott, Yan Li
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Publication number: 20170341016Abstract: A method for treatment of a flue gas involves feeding the flue gas and a lean solvent to an absorber. The method further involves reacting the flue gas with the lean solvent within the absorber to generate a clean flue gas and a rich solvent. The method also involves feeding the clean flue gas from the absorber and water from a source, to a wash tower to separate a stripped portion of the lean solvent from the clean flue gas to generate a washed clean flue gas and a mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent. The method further involves treating at least a portion of the mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent via a separation system to separate the water from the stripped portion of the lean solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Irina Pavlovna SPIRY, Benjamin Rue WOOD, Surinder Prabhjot SINGH, Robert James PERRY, John Brian MCDERMOTT
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Patent number: 9764274Abstract: A method for treatment of a flue gas involves feeding the flue gas and a lean solvent to an absorber. The method further involves reacting the flue gas with the lean solvent within the absorber to generate a clean flue gas and a rich solvent. The method also involves feeding the clean flue gas from the absorber and water from a source, to a wash tower to separate a stripped portion of the lean solvent from the clean flue gas to generate a washed clean flue gas and a mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent. The method further involves treating at least a portion of the mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent via a separation system to separate the water from the stripped portion of the lean solvent.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Irina Pavlovna Spiry, Benjamin Rue Wood, Surinder Prabhjot Singh, Robert James Perry, John Brian McDermott
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Patent number: 9656205Abstract: A system and method for treatment of a medium is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of separator zones and a plurality of heat transfer zones. Each of the separator zone and the heat transfer zone among the plurality of separator zones and heat transfer zones respectively, are disposed alternatively in a flow duct. Further, each separator zone includes an injector device for injecting a sorbent into the corresponding separator zone. Within the corresponding separator zone, the injected sorbent is reacted with a gaseous medium flowing in the flow duct, so as to generate a reacted gaseous medium and a reacted sorbent. Further, each heat transfer zone exchanges heat between the reacted gaseous medium fed from the corresponding separator zone and a heat transfer medium.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Surinder Prabhjot Singh, Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Robert James Perry, John Brian McDermott
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Patent number: 9580996Abstract: A method for processing a flowback composition stream from a well head includes controlling a first flow rate of the flow back composition stream to a second flow rate by regulating the flowback composition stream from a first pressure to a second pressure. The method also includes separating the flowback composition stream into a first gas stream and a condensed stream. The method includes discharging the condensed stream to a degasser and degassing a carbon dioxide rich gas from the condensed stream. The method also includes mixing the carbon dioxide rich gas stream with the first gas stream to produce a second gas stream. The method includes controlling a third flow rate of the second gas stream by regulating a third pressure of the second gas stream to a fourth pressure that is different than the third pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Duane Sanborn, Imdad Imam, Andrew Philip Shapiro, John Brian McDermott, Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Teresa Grocela Rocha, Jalal Hunain Zia, Johanna Wellington
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Patent number: 9427697Abstract: A method for separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from a gas stream is provided. The method includes reacting at least a portion of CO2 in the gas stream with a plurality of liquid sorbent particles to form a plurality of solid adduct particles and a first CO2-lean gas stream; the solid adduct particles entrained in the first CO2-lean gas stream to form an entrained gas stream. The method includes separating at least a portion of the plurality of solid adduct particles from the entrained gas stream in a separation unit to form an adduct stream and a second CO2-lean gas stream. The method further includes heating at least a portion of the adduct stream in a desorption unit to form a CO2 stream and a regenerated liquid sorbent stream. A system for separating CO2 from a gas stream is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf, Sarah Elizabeth Genovese, Benjamin Rue Wood, John Brian McDermott