Patents by Inventor Craig Marion

Craig Marion 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).

  • Publication number: 20240318613
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10, wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Randy M. Vondrell, David Marion Ostdiek, Craig Williams Higgins, Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Syed Arif Khalid, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Daniel Lawrence Tweedt, William Joseph Solomon, Kevin Edward Hinderliter
  • Publication number: 20240309829
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10, wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Randy M. Vondrell, David Marion Ostdiek, Craig William Higgins, Alexander Kimberley Simpson
  • Patent number: 11432752
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting and retracting machine cables, thereby protecting operational components attached to machine cables. A cable organization system includes at least one modular cable management module fixed to a mounting plate that allows mounting of the cable organization system to a machine or other surface. The system has clamps which secure machine cables. The clamps are supported on top of pivoting guide tubes. The cable management modules contain retraction systems which retract the machine cable clamps from an extended position. By utilizing retracting cable clamps on pivoting guide tubes, the system allows the use of operational components attached to secured machine cables, and organizes the machine cables, so that the machine cables do not extend out into the floor around the machine. The system redirects pulling force on the machine cables, so that operational components do not get pulled onto the floor if a passerby catches on a machine cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Pragmatic Medical Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Emil Soleyman, Paul Simon, Craig Marion, Tina Asher Marion
  • Patent number: 11027215
    Abstract: Vacuum distillation apparatus and methods are provided. In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes an evaporation chamber having a bottom flow rate control (FRC) surface that is curved to provide multiple flow rates to a solution as it flows across the bottom surface. The apparatus also includes a wiper that is curved to match the curve of the bottom FRC surface and wipes the bottom FRC surface to distribute the solution. A heater heats the bottom FRC surface to evaporate one or more components from the moving solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Simon, Craig Marion, Tina Asher Marion
  • Patent number: 10912477
    Abstract: An assembly for supporting and retracting machine cables, thereby protecting operational components attached to machine cables. A cable organization system includes at least one modular cable management module fixed to a mounting plate that allows mounting of the cable organization system to a machine or other surface. The system has clamps which secure machine cables. The clamps are supported on top of pivoting guide tubes. The cable management modules contain retraction systems which retract the machine cable clamps from an extended position. By utilizing retracting cable clamps on pivoting guide tubes, the system allows the use of operational components attached to secured machine cables, and organizes the machine cables, so that the machine cables do not extend out into the floor around the machine. The system redirects pulling force on the machine cables, so that operational components do not get pulled onto the floor if a passerby catches on a machine cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pragmatic Medical Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Emil Soleyman, Paul Simon, Craig Marion, Tina Asher Marion
  • Patent number: 6919001
    Abstract: There is described a disk processing and manufacturing equipment in which the processing chambers are stacked on top of each other and in which the disks move through the system on disk carriers which are adjustable to take disks of varying sizes. The disks enter the system through a load zone and are then installed into disk carriers. They move in the carriers sequentially through processing chambers at one level and then move to the other level in a lift or elevator. At this other level, the disks again move sequentially through the system on that level and then exit at an unload zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Intevac, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. Fairbairn, Terry Bluck, Craig Marion, Robert E. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20030159919
    Abstract: There is described a disk processing and manufacturing equipment in which the processing chambers are stacked on top of each other and in which the disks move through the system on disk carriers which are adjustable to take disks of varying sizes. The disks enter the system through a load zone and are then installed into disk carriers. They move in the carriers sequentially through processing chambers at one level and then move to the other level in a lift or elevator. At this other level, the disks again move sequentially through the system on that level and then exit at an unload zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin P. Fairbairn, Terry Bluck, Craig Marion