Patents by Inventor Clifford Ginfrida, Jr.

Clifford Ginfrida, Jr. 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).

  • Superconducting magnet coil support with cooling and method for coil-cooling
    Patent number: 8676282
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet coil support with cooling and a method for coil cooling are provided. One superconducting coil support arrangement includes a superconducting coil and at least one support beam supporting the superconducting coil and defining a tank for storing a cooling fluid therein. The superconducting coil support arrangement further includes a plurality of cooling tubes coupled to the superconducting coil and connected to the at least one support beam, wherein the plurality of cooling tubes are configured to transfer the cooling fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Longzhi Jiang, Clifford Ginfrida, Jr., Neil Clarke, Weijun Shen, Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Tao Zhang, Robbi McDonald
  • SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET COIL SUPPORT WITH COOLING AND METHOD FOR COIL-COOLING
    Publication number: 20120108433
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet coil support with cooling and a method for coil cooling are provided. One superconducting coil support arrangement includes a superconducting coil and at least one support beam supporting the superconducting coil and defining a tank for storing a cooling fluid therein. The superconducting coil support arrangement further includes a plurality of cooling tubes coupled to the superconducting coil and connected to the at least one support beam, wherein the plurality of cooling tubes are configured to transfer the cooling fluid therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Longzhi Jiang, Clifford Ginfrida, JR., Neil Clarke, Weijun Shen, Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Tao Zhang, Robbi McDonald
  • Apparatus for supporting and method for forming a support for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet
    Patent number: 7924010
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting a magnetic resonance imaging magnet are provided. The apparatus includes a magnet coil support structure having a main former body with a plurality of channels and an end flange at each end of the main former body. The end flanges are reinforced with a strengthening material at least at corner regions of the end flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Longzhi Jiang, John Scaturro, Jr., Clifford Ginfrida, Jr.
  • APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AND METHOD FOR FORMING A SUPPORT FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) MAGNET
    Publication number: 20100244824
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting a magnetic resonance imaging magnet are provided. The apparatus includes a magnet coil support structure having a main former body with a plurality of channels and an end flange at each end of the main former body. The end flanges are reinforced with a strengthening material at least at corner regions of the end flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: LONGZHI JIANG, JOHN SCATURRO, JR., CLIFFORD GINFRIDA, JR.