Patents by Inventor Charles Franklin Helms

Charles Franklin Helms 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).

  • Patent number: 10126386
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gradient coil assembly includes a substrate and first hollow conductor coil. The substrate has a surface. The first hollow conductor coil includes a first coiled portion and a first end run portion joined by a first eye lead portion. The first coiled portion defines a series of increasing radius loops disposed on the surface of the substrate, with an outer loop of the first coiled portion defining a coiled portion boundary. The first eye lead portion is disposed in a central portion of the first coiled portion. The first end run portion extends continuously from the first coiled portion via the first eye lead portion beyond the coiled portion boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Derek Allan Seeber, David Glenn Lee, Eric George Budesheim, Timothy Elden Wise, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Charles Franklin Helms, Michael Dominic Graziani, Sung Man Moon, Justin Ricci, William Louis Einziger, Anthony Mantone, Hannah Leigh Aaronson
  • Publication number: 20170003361
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gradient coil assembly includes a substrate and first hollow conductor coil. The substrate has a surface. The first hollow conductor coil includes a first coiled portion and a first end run portion joined by a first eye lead portion. The first coiled portion defines a series of increasing radius loops disposed on the surface of the substrate, with an outer loop of the first coiled portion defining a coiled portion boundary. The first eye lead portion is disposed in a central portion of the first coiled portion. The first end run portion extends continuously from the first coiled portion via the first eye lead portion beyond the coiled portion boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Derek Allan Seeber, David Glenn Lee, Eric George Budesheim, Timothy Elden Wise, Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Charles Franklin Helms, Michael Dominic Graziani, Sung Man Moon, Justin Ricci, William Louis Einziger, Anthony Mantone, Hannah Leigh Aaronson
  • Patent number: 5916436
    Abstract: A drain trap for a plumbing drainage system includes a drain pipe having an inlet end for fluid-connection to an area to be drained of liquid, and a discharge end. A drain cup is provided which includes a bottom wall and a side wall joined to the bottom wall. The side wall defines an open upper end which surrounds the discharge end of the drain pipe and is positioned within a portion of the drain cup to establish therebetween an annulus space to allow liquid flowing through the drain pipe to fill the drain cup and then overflow into plumbing associated with the drainage system. At least one pair of radially extending lugs are provided which are circumferentially spaced apart from one another about the drain pipe. The lugs are joined rigidly to both the drain pipe and the side wall of the drain cup to form an integral structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James Melvin Devore, Charles Franklin Helms, Jr.