Patents by Inventor Chris Groves
Chris Groves 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: 20230025688Abstract: A software-based interactive collection book for mobile devices provides the users a way to connect their customers to products while the products are still being developed. This will allow a user to engage with their customers earlier to drive more sales. This will result in their products being more successful in the market at the time of launch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Humberto Roa, Chris Groves, Ronald S. Watson, Ravi Rangan, James Horne
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Patent number: 11461837Abstract: A software-based interactive collection book for mobile devices provides the users a way to connect their customers to products while the products are still being developed. This will allow a user to engage with their customers earlier to drive more sales. This will result in their products being more successful in the market at the time of launch.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Centric Software, Inc.Inventors: Humberto Roa, Chris Groves, Ronald S. Watson, Ravi Rangan, James Horne
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Publication number: 20220086612Abstract: Software allows images captured during product development on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone or other client device) to be uploaded to a design management system from the mobile device. Mark-up annotations and comments can be added to the images at the mobile device. Assignment of tasks related to the images can be made from the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Humberto Roa, Ron Watson, James Horne, Yuriy Gorvitovskiy, Chris Groves, Ravi Rangan
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Patent number: 11184752Abstract: Software allows images captured during product development on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone or other client device) to be uploaded to a design management system from the mobile device. Mark-up annotations and comments can be added to the images at the mobile device. Assignment of tasks related to the images can be made from the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Centric Software, Inc.Inventors: Humberto Roa, Ron Watson, James Horne, Yuriy Gorvitovskiy, Chris Groves, Ravi Rangan
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Patent number: 10697361Abstract: An assembly for an exhaust bypass valve of a two-stage turbocharger can include a first turbocharger stage; a second turbocharger stage; an exhaust bypass valve that includes an open state and a closed state; an actuator; and a linkage mechanism that links the exhaust bypass valve to the actuator where the linkage mechanism includes a spring-biased linkage with a preset load where, in the closed state of the exhaust bypass valve, an axial length of the spring-biased linkage increases responsive to application of a load by the actuator that exceeds the preset load.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.Inventors: Emeric Genin, Marylene Ruffinoni, Jean-Luc Perrin, Chris Groves, Damien Marsal
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Publication number: 20200186983Abstract: Software allows images captured during product development on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone or other client device) to be uploaded to a design management system from the mobile device. Mark-up annotations and comments can be added to the images at the mobile device. Assignment of tasks related to the images can be made from the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Humberto Roa, Ron Watson, James Horne, Yuriy Gorvitovskiy, Chris Groves, Ravi Rangan
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Publication number: 20200151808Abstract: A software-based interactive collection book for mobile devices provides the users a way to connect their customers to products while the products are still being developed. This will allow a user to engage with their customers earlier to drive more sales. This will result in their products being more successful in the market at the time of launch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Humberto Roa, Chris Groves, Ronald S. Watson, Ravi Rangan, James Horne
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Patent number: 10567936Abstract: Software allows images captured during product development on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone or other client device) to be uploaded to a design management system from the mobile device. Mark-up annotations and comments can be added to the images at the mobile device. Assignment of tasks related to the images can be made from the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Centric Software, Inc.Inventors: Humberto Roa, Ron Watson, James Horne, Yuriy Gorvitovskiy, Chris Groves, Ravi Rangan
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Patent number: 10535096Abstract: A software-based interactive collection book for mobile devices provides the users a way to connect their customers to products while the products are still being developed. This will allow a user to engage with their customers earlier to drive more sales. This will result in their products being more successful in the market at the time of launch.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Centric Software, Inc.Inventors: Humberto Roa, Chris Groves, Ronald S. Watson, Ravi Rangan, James Horne
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Patent number: 10094272Abstract: An assembly for an exhaust bypass valve of a two-stage turbocharger can include a first turbocharger stage; a second turbocharger stage; an exhaust bypass valve that includes an open state and a closed state; and a linkage mechanism that links the exhaust bypass valve to an actuator where the linkage mechanism includes a locked state for the closed state of the exhaust bypass valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Chris Groves, Damien Marsal, Stephane Sibille, Andreas Heckner
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Patent number: 9938894Abstract: A turbocharger includes a variable turbine nozzle defined between a nozzle ring and a pipe flange, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes rotatably mounted on the nozzle ring such that the vanes are pivotable. Each vane includes an airfoil section and a disk section rigidly affixed to an end of the airfoil section, the disk section being disposed against a face of the pipe flange, each disk section having a plurality of perforations extending axially therethrough. The pipe flange has a corresponding number of holes for each disk section of the vanes, the holes being positioned such that as each vane is rotated the perforations in the disk sections and the holes in the pipe flange of the insert become aligned in some positions of the vanes, allowing exhaust gas to pass between the nozzle and a space on an opposite side of the pipe flange from the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Chris Groves, Damien Marsal, Stephane Sibille, Aurelien Tingaud, Alain Lombard
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Patent number: 9932886Abstract: A turbocharger has an annular bypass valve disposed in an annular portion of a bypass passage of the turbine housing. The turbine housing defines an exhaust gas chamber having separate half-annular first and second scrolls, and a portion of the bypass passage is sector-divided by a pair of dividing walls that create two 180-degree bypass sectors respectively connected to the first and second scrolls. Each dividing wall has a through-hole. The valve rotor defines a pair of valve members that close the through-holes when the bypass valve is fully closed. When the valve rotor begins to rotate toward an open position, first the valve members open the through-holes to connect the two bypass sectors, and then the bypass flow passages begin to open.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alain Lombard, Lionel Toussaint, Chris Groves, Aurelien Tingaud
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Patent number: 9926941Abstract: An assembly can include a compressor backplate; a bearing boss that extends axially from the compressor backplate and that includes an outer surface and male coupling features disposed along the outer surface; and a casing that includes a compressor end, a bearing boss opening at the compressor end, a turbine end, an inner surface located between the compressor end and the turbine end and female coupling features disposed along a portion of the inner surface, the male coupling features and the female coupling features configured to couple the bearing boss to the casing. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Santosh V, Suryakant Gupta, Parikshit I Mulani, Poomkuzhimannil Zachariah John, Sunil Dayalan, Maltesh Kolur, Prithivi Karthikeyan, Chris Groves, Peter Davies, Mark Groskreutz
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Publication number: 20180080370Abstract: An assembly for an exhaust bypass valve of a two-stage turbocharger can include a first turbocharger stage; a second turbocharger stage; an exhaust bypass valve that includes an open state and a closed state; an actuator; and a linkage mechanism that links the exhaust bypass valve to the actuator where the linkage mechanism includes a spring-biased linkage with a preset load where, in the closed state of the exhaust bypass valve, an axial length of the spring-biased linkage increases responsive to application of a load by the actuator that exceeds the preset load.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Emeric Genin, Marylene Ruffinoni, Jean-Luc Perrin, Chris Groves, Damien Marsal
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Publication number: 20170234212Abstract: A turbocharger has an annular bypass valve disposed in an annular portion of a bypass passage of the turbine housing. The turbine housing defines an exhaust gas chamber having separate half-annular first and second scrolls, and a portion of the bypass passage is sector-divided by a pair of dividing walls that create two 180-degree bypass sectors respectively connected to the first and second scrolls. Each dividing wall has a through-hole. The valve rotor defines a pair of valve members that close the through-holes when the bypass valve is fully closed. When the valve rotor begins to rotate toward an open position, first the valve members open the through-holes to connect the two bypass sectors, and then the bypass flow passages begin to open.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alain Lombard, Lionel Toussaint, Chris Groves, Aurelien Tingaud
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Patent number: 9683484Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for a turbocharger includes an inlet-adjustment mechanism in an air inlet for the compressor, operable to move between an open position and a closed position in the air inlet. The inlet-adjustment mechanism includes a variable-geometry conduit comprising a plurality of vanes that in the closed position collectively form a converging inlet member having a trailing edge inner diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the shroud surface of the compressor housing at the inducer portion of the compressor wheel such that an effective diameter of the air inlet at the inducer portion is determined by the trailing edge inner diameter of the variable-geometry conduit. The vanes in the open position are pivoted radially outwardly so as to increase the trailing edge inner diameter of the inlet member and thereby increase the effective diameter of the air inlet at the inducer portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Aurelien Tingaud, Damien Marsal, Chris Groves, Alain Lombard, Lionel Toussaint, Hani Mohtar
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Publication number: 20170016390Abstract: An assembly for an exhaust bypass valve of a two-stage turbocharger can include a first turbocharger stage; a second turbocharger stage; an exhaust bypass valve that includes an open state and a closed state; and a linkage mechanism that links the exhaust bypass valve to an actuator where the linkage mechanism includes a locked state for the closed state of the exhaust bypass valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Chris Groves, Damien Marsal, Stephane Sibille, Andreas Heckner
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Publication number: 20160326951Abstract: A turbocharger includes a variable turbine nozzle defined between a nozzle ring and a pipe flange, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes rotatably mounted on the nozzle ring such that the vanes are pivotable. Each vane includes an airfoil section and a disk section rigidly affixed to an end of the airfoil section, the disk section being disposed against a face of the pipe flange, each disk section having a plurality of perforations extending axially therethrough. The pipe flange has a corresponding number of holes for each disk section of the vanes, the holes being positioned such that as each vane is rotated the perforations in the disk sections and the holes in the pipe flange of the insert become aligned in some positions of the vanes, allowing exhaust gas to pass between the nozzle and a space on an opposite side of the pipe flange from the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Chris Groves, Damien Marsal, Stephane Sibille, Aurelien Tingaud, Alain Lombard
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Publication number: 20160265424Abstract: A centrifugal compressor for a turbocharger includes an inlet-adjustment mechanism in an air inlet for the compressor, operable to move between an open position and a closed position in the air inlet. The inlet-adjustment mechanism includes a variable-geometry conduit comprising a plurality of vanes that in the closed position collectively form a converging inlet member having a trailing edge inner diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the shroud surface of the compressor housing at the inducer portion of the compressor wheel such that an effective diameter of the air inlet at the inducer portion is determined by the trailing edge inner diameter of the variable-geometry conduit. The vanes in the open position are pivoted radially outwardly so as to increase the trailing edge inner diameter of the inlet member and thereby increase the effective diameter of the air inlet at the inducer portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Aurelien Tingaud, Damien Marsal, Chris Groves, Alain Lombard, Lionel Toussaint, Hani Mohtar
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Publication number: 20160239884Abstract: A software-based interactive collection book for mobile devices provides the users a way to connect their customers to products while the products are still being developed. This will allow a user to engage with their customers earlier to drive more sales. This will result in their products being more successful in the market at the time of launch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Humberto Roa, Chris Groves, Ron Watson, Ravi Rangan, James Horne