Patents by Inventor Daniel Cullen
Daniel Cullen 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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Patent number: 12239402Abstract: An instrument holder generally includes a carriage rotatable with respect to a carriage support, a light pipe extending axially through the carriage, and an electrical conductor extending through the carriage radially outward of the light pipe. The light pipe can transmit light energy and the electrical conductor can transmit electricity between a proximal end portion and a distal end portion of the carriage to a medical instrument. The rotatable carriage may include a sterile adapter assembly positioned at the proximal and/or distal end portions of the rotatable carriage. The sterile adapter assembly may include a roll disk rotatable with respect to the outer frame, an inner disk rotatable with respect to the roll disk, and a light pipe to transmit light energy through the roll disk. The inner disk can transfer movement of an actuator between the rotatable carriage and the instrument.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Cullen Waterbury, Daniel H. Gomez, John Ryan Steger
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Patent number: 10920694Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an engine capable of receiving liquid and gaseous fuel. In one example, cylinder misfire may be identified based on a misfire monitor. The misfire monitor may detect misfire based on signals from a crankshaft sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Paul Lloyd Flynn, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ganesasubramanian Murugesan, Milan Palinda Karunaratne, Daniel Cullen
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Publication number: 20190195151Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an engine capable of receiving liquid and gaseous fuel. In one example, cylinder misfire may be identified based on a misfire monitor. The misfire monitor may detect misfire based on signals from a crankshaft sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Paul Lloyd Flynn, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ganesasubramanian Murugesan, Milan Palinda Karunaratne, Daniel Cullen
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Patent number: 10316772Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an engine capable of receiving liquid and gaseous fuel. In one example, cylinder misfire may be identified based on a misfire monitor. The misfire monitor may detect misfire based on signals from a crankshaft sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLCInventors: Paul Lloyd Flynn, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ganesasubramanian Murugesan, Milan Palinda Karunaratne, Daniel Cullen
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Patent number: 9951703Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for identifying cylinder misfire. In one example, cylinder misfire may be identified based on a misfire monitor that differentiates a single-cylinder misfire event from a multi-cylinder misfire event based on output from a crankshaft speed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Habeeb Khan Pathan, Paul Lloyd Flynn, Pritamkumar Gangwal, James Robert Schreiner, Bhanuprakash Haranahalli Panchakshari, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ganesasubramanian Murugesan, Milan Palinda Karunaratne, Daniel Cullen
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Patent number: 9810730Abstract: Methods and systems detect short circuits in an electrical system, such as a dynamic braking grid of a vehicle. The methods and system measure a characteristic of a current that is conducted through one or more resistive elements of an electrical system. The current is supplied to the electrical system from a power source as an applied voltage. A resistance change signal representative of a change in one or more electrical resistances of the one or more resistive elements is determined The resistance change signal can be based at least in part on a difference between the characteristic of the current that is measured and a low pass filtered value of one or more of the characteristic of the current that is measured or the applied voltage supplied by the power source. A short circuit event is identified based at least in part on the resistance change signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William James Premerlani, Karim Younsi, Bret Dwayne Worden, John Krahn, Daniel Cullen, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
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Publication number: 20160333807Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for identifying cylinder misfire. In one example, cylinder misfire may be identified based on a misfire monitor that differentiates a single-cylinder misfire event from a multi-cylinder misfire event based on output from a crankshaft speed sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Habeeb Khan Pathan, Paul Lloyd Flynn, Pritamkumar Gangwal, James Robert Schreiner, Bhanuprakash Haranahalli Panchakshari, Aninda Bhattacharya, Ganesasubramanian Murugesan, Milan Palinda Karunaratne, Daniel Cullen
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Publication number: 20160169141Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an engine capable of receiving liquid and gaseous fuel. In one example, cylinder misfire may be identified based on a misfire monitor. The misfire monitor may detect misfire based on signals from a crankshaft sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Paul Lloyd FLYNN, Aninda BHATTACHARYA, Ganesasubramanian MURUGESAN, Milan Palinda KARUNARATNE, Daniel CULLEN
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Publication number: 20160116519Abstract: Methods and systems detect short circuits in an electrical system, such as a dynamic braking grid of a vehicle. The methods and system measure a characteristic of a current that is conducted through one or more resistive elements of an electrical system. The current is supplied to the electrical system from a power source as an applied voltage. A resistance change signal representative of a change in one or more electrical resistances of the one or more resistive elements is determined The resistance change signal can be based at least in part on a difference between the characteristic of the current that is measured and a low pass filtered value of one or more of the characteristic of the current that is measured or the applied voltage supplied by the power source. A short circuit event is identified based at least in part on the resistance change signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: William James Premerlani, Karim Younsi, Bret Dwayne Worden, John Krahn, Daniel Cullen, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
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Publication number: 20030224482Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory Lawrence Gray, Kirk James Hayenga, Virgil Bryan Lawlis
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Publication number: 20030044955Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory Lawrence Gray, Kirk James Hayenga, Virgil Bryan Lawlis
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Patent number: 6379928Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1999Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory Lawrence Gray, Kirk James Hayenga, Virgil Bryan Lawlis
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Patent number: 6171817Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1997Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory Lawrence Gray, Kirk James Hayenga, Virgil Bryan Lawlis
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Patent number: 6103490Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1994Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory Lawrence Gray, Kirk James Hayenga, Virgil Bryan Lawlis
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Patent number: 6004785Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Genencor International Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory Lawrence Gray, Kirk James Hayenga, Virgil Bryan Lawlis
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Patent number: 5578463Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 1994Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.Inventors: Randy M. Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory L. Gray, Kirk J. Hayenga, Virgil B. Lawlis
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Patent number: 5364770Abstract: Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fungus to express and secrete a heterologous polypeptide include a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide and a DNA sequence encoding a signal sequence which is functional in a secretory system in a given filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the sequence encoding the heterologous polypeptide. Such signal sequences may be the signal sequence normally associated with the heterologous polypeptides or may be derived from other sources. The vector may also contain DNA sequences encoding a promoter sequence which is functionally recognized by the filamentous fungus and which is operably linked to the DNA sequence encoding the signal sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1989Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Assignee: Genencor International Inc.Inventors: Randy M. Berka, Daniel Cullen, Gregory L. Gray, Kirk J. Hayenga, Virgil B. Lawlis