Patents by Inventor Charles Erklin Seeley
Charles Erklin Seeley 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: 20140217199Abstract: A synthetic jet includes a first backer structure, one and only one actuator, a wall member coupled to and positioned between the first backer structure and the one and only one actuator to form a cavity, and wherein the wall member has an orifice formed therethrough, and wherein the orifice fluidically couples the cavity to an environment external to the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Publication number: 20140202657Abstract: An apparatus for removing heat comprises a heat sink having a cavity, and a synthetic jet stack comprising at least one synthetic jet mounted within the cavity. At least one rod and at least one engaging structure to provide a rigid positioning of the at least one synthetic jet with respect to the at least one rod. The synthetic jet comprises at least one orifice through which a fluid is ejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rajdeep Sharma, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Mehmet Arik, Tunc Icoz, Charles Franklin Wolfe, JR., Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Publication number: 20140178205Abstract: Joints for connecting a first blade segment to a second blade segment of a wind turbine rotor blade include a first bolt comprising a first proximal end connected to the first blade segment and a first distal end connected to the second blade segment, a second bolt comprising a second proximal end connected to the first blade segment and a second distal end connected to the second blade segment, and a third bolt comprising a third proximal end connected to the first blade segment and a third distal end connected to the third blade segment. At least two of the first bolt, the second bolt and the third bolt differ in size, and a first distance between the first bolt and the second bolt is different than a second distance between the second bolt and the third bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Biju Nanukuttan, Srikanth Samudrala, Afroz Akhtar, Santhosha Yelwal Srikanta, Vamsi Krishna Kanchumarthy, Charles Erklin Seeley, Daniel Alan Hynum, Srinath Bonala
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Patent number: 8752775Abstract: A synthetic jet includes a first backer structure, one and only one actuator, a wall member coupled to and positioned between the first backer structure and the one and only one actuator to form a cavity, and wherein the wall member has an orifice formed therethrough, and wherein the orifice fluidically couples the cavity to an environment external to the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Patent number: 8695686Abstract: An apparatus for removing heat comprises a heat sink having a cavity, and a synthetic jet stack comprising at least one synthetic jet mounted within the cavity. At least one rod and at least one engaging structure to provide a rigid positioning of the at least one synthetic jet with respect to the at least one rod. The synthetic jet comprises at least one orifice through which a fluid is ejected.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rajdeep Sharma, Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr., Charles Erklin Seeley, Mehmet Arik, Tunc Icoz, Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr., Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Publication number: 20130285379Abstract: Power plant systems and methods are presented. The power plant includes a steam turbine configured to release exhaust steam. The power plant further includes an electro-hydrodynamic system operatively coupled to the steam turbine. The electro-hydrodynamic system is configured to receive the exhaust steam from the steam turbine and generate auxiliary electric power using the exhaust steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Charles Erklin Seeley, Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni, Chiranjeev Kalra
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Publication number: 20130241415Abstract: Lighting systems having unique configurations are provided. For instance, the lighting system may include a light source, a thermal management system and driver electronics, each contained within a housing structure. The light source is configured to provide illumination visible through an opening in the housing structure. The thermal management system is configured to provide an air flow, such as a unidirectional air flow, through the housing structure in order to cool the light source. The driver electronics are configured to provide power to each of the light source and the thermal management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Thomas Elliot Stecher, Charles Erklin Seeley, Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Charles Franklin Wolfe, JR., Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, Rajdeep Sharma, Satish Prabhakaran, Tunc Icoz
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Patent number: 8496049Abstract: A heat sink with distributed jet cooling is provided. The heat sink includes a base for thermal connection to at least one heated object, an array of fins thermally coupled to the base, and at least one multi-orifice synthetic jet or multiple single orifice jets disposed on a side of the array of fins. A heat sink with distributed and integrated jet cooling is also provided and includes a base and an array of fins. Respective ones of at least a subset of the fins comprise a synthetic jet configured to eject an ambient fluid into an ambient environment of the fins and base. Another heat sink with distributed and integrated jet cooling is provided and includes a base, an array of fins and multiple synthetic jets coupled to respective ones of the fins. The synthetic jets are provided for at least a subset of the fins.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Tunc Icoz, Juan Manuel Rivas Davila, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr.
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Patent number: 8443672Abstract: Sensors for monitoring shock or vibration of an object are provided. The sensors include a proof mass, at least piezoelectric device, and an electronic circuit connected to the piezoelectric device. The piezoelectric device generates a current when the proof mass imparts a force on the piezoelectric device in response to the proof mass being subjected to a transient acceleration when the object is subjected to a shock or vibration. The electronic circuit is at least partially controlled in response to the current generated from the piezoelectric device due to the shock or vibration. Embodiments of the sensor provide multi-axis sensing capabilities. Methods of making the sensors and flexible circuits are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Charles Erklin Seeley, Eladio Clemente Delgado
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Patent number: 8404020Abstract: A method for monitoring operation of a rapper in an electrostatic precipitator using a rapper control system is described. The method includes determining model electrical characteristics of the rapper. The model electrical characteristics of the rapper correspond to model mechanical operating characteristics of the rapper. The method also includes storing data corresponding to the model electrical characteristics and the model mechanical operating characteristics of the rapper, determining actual electrical characteristics of the rapper, and comparing the actual electrical characteristics of the rapper to the stored model electrical characteristics to determine actual mechanical operating characteristics of the rapper.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.Inventors: Terry Lewis Farmer, Vivek Badami, Charles Erklin Seeley, David F. Johnston, Michael M. Mahler, Timothy Gerald Lawrence
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Patent number: 8379225Abstract: A system is provided for monitoring a relative displacement of a pair of end-winding components. The system includes a structure mounted to the end-winding components. The system further includes a fiber Bragg grating mounted to a non-curved surface of the structure, where the fiber Bragg grating is configured to reflect incident radiation having a peak intensity at a respective wavelength based on a strain of the fiber Bragg grating. The structure is configured so that the strain produced by the structure limits a magnitude of the strain of the fiber Bragg grating within a predetermined range over a span of the relative displacement of the pair of end-winding components.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Glen Peter Koste, Renato Guida, Charles Erklin Seeley, Hua Xia, Sachin Dekate, Daniel Fishman, Kevin Sheridan
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Publication number: 20130015257Abstract: An electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion system is presented. The system includes a wind passage allowing wind flow. Further, the system includes a reservoir having an opening in communication with the wind passage and configured to hold a liquid. The system also includes an agitator coupled to the reservoir and configured to convert the liquid into droplets. Additionally, the system includes a charging system disposed substantially opposite the reservoir opening and configured to deposit an electrostatic charge on the droplets and draw the droplets into the wind passage. Moreover, the system includes a charge collector disposed at a distal end of the wind passage and configured to collect the electrostatic charge from the droplets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Chiranjeev Kalra, Charles Erklin Seeley, Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni, Gary Lee Leonard
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Patent number: 8342819Abstract: A mounting apparatus for a cooling device is disclosed. The mounting apparatus includes a plurality of connectors extending outwardly from the cooling device. The mounting apparatus also includes at least one mounting post coupled to the plurality of connectors and configured to mount the cooling device on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, William Edward Burdick, Jr., Kunal Ravindra Goray, Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr.
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Patent number: 8308078Abstract: A synthetic jet includes a first backer structure, a first actuator coupled to the first backer structure to form a first composite unit, a second backer structure, a second actuator coupled to the second backer structure to form a second composite unit, and a wall member coupled to and positioned between the first and second backer structures to form a cavity, wherein the first composite unit has an orifice formed through both the first backer structure and the first actuator, the orifice fluidically coupled to the cavity and fluidically coupled to an environment external to the cavity, and wherein the first and second composite units are operable independently from one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Publication number: 20120141287Abstract: A joint for connecting a first blade segment and a second blade segment of a wind turbine rotor blade is disclosed. The joint includes a body, the body including an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has an aerodynamic contour that generally corresponds to an aerodynamic contour of the first blade segment and the second blade segment. The body includes a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. In some embodiments, the joint further includes a channel defined in the outer surface of the body. The channel includes a generally continuous base wall extending between opposing sidewalls. The inner surface includes the base wall. In other embodiments, the joint further includes a channel defined in the body, and a shell extending from the body in a generally span-wise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Daniel Alan Hynum, Charles Erklin Seeley, Bruce Clark Busbey, Brandon Shane Gerber, Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Roger Neal Johnson
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Patent number: 8120908Abstract: A thermal management system for an embedded environment is described. The thermal management system includes a pleumo-jet that has at least one wall defining a chamber, at least one piezoelectric device on the at least one wall, and a compliant material within the at least one wall and encompassing the chamber. The compliant material has at least one opening providing fluid communication between said chamber and the embedded environment. A cooling system is also described. A method for making a pleumo-jet is also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Charles Franklin Wolfe, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, Charles Erklin Seeley, David Shannon Slaton, William Henry Lueckenbach
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Publication number: 20110242546Abstract: A system is provided for monitoring a relative displacement of a pair of end-winding components. The system includes a structure mounted to the end-winding components. The system further includes a fiber Bragg grating mounted to a non-curved surface of the structure, where the fiber Bragg grating is configured to reflect incident radiation having a peak intensity at a respective wavelength based on a strain of the fiber Bragg grating. The structure is configured so that the strain produced by the structure limits a magnitude of the strain of the fiber Bragg grating within a predetermined range over a span of the relative displacement of the pair of end-winding components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Glen Peter Koste, Renato Guida, Charles Erklin Seeley, Hua Xia, Sachin Dekate, Daniel Fishman, Kevin Sheridan
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Publication number: 20110220339Abstract: A synthetic jet includes a first backer structure and a first actuator coupled to the first backer structure to form a first composite unit. The synthetic jet also includes a second backer structure, and a second actuator coupled to the second backer structure to form a second composite unit. A wall member is coupled to and positioned between the first and second backer structures to form a cavity. The first composite unit has an orifice formed therethrough and the orifice is fluidically coupled to the cavity and fluidically coupled to an environment external to the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Patent number: 8006917Abstract: A synthetic jet includes a first backer structure and a first actuator coupled to the first backer structure to form a first composite unit. The synthetic jet also includes a second backer structure, and a second actuator coupled to the second backer structure to form a second composite unit. A wall member is coupled to and positioned between the first and second backer structures to form a cavity. The first composite unit has an orifice formed therethrough and the orifice is fluidically coupled to the cavity and fluidically coupled to an environment external to the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
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Publication number: 20110162823Abstract: An apparatus for removing heat comprises a heat sink having a cavity, and a synthetic jet stack comprising at least one synthetic jet mounted within the cavity. At least one rod and at least one engaging structure to provide a rigid positioning of the at least one synthetic jet with respect to the at least one rod. The synthetic jet comprises at least one orifice through which a fluid is ejected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Rajdeep Sharma, Stanton Earl Weaver, JR., Charles Erklin Seeley, Mehmet Arik, Tunc Icoz, Charles Franklin Wolfe, JR., Yogen Vishwas Utturkar