Patents by Inventor David Mulford

David Mulford 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: 12125745
    Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
  • Publication number: 20230329193
    Abstract: An animal toy for use with an animal, such as a canine, is described. The animal toy includes a body portion. The body portion includes a first side disposed opposite a second side and an opening disposed in a center of the body portion. The first side of the body portion of the animal toy includes a planar portion disposed circumferentially around the opening, a sidewall located on a circumference of the planar portion and extending away from the opening, and a ridge component affixed to the sidewall. The second side of the body portion of the animal toy includes a concave portion affixed to the sidewall. An object may contact an interior of the concave portion such that a user can perform an action to throw the animal toy to a new location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: David Mulford
  • Publication number: 20230020337
    Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
  • Patent number: 11482449
    Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
  • Publication number: 20220037201
    Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
  • Publication number: 20210102870
    Abstract: An insertion apparatus for use with a rotary machine includes a body extending from an insertion end to a steering end and sized to fit within an annular cavity. The body has a first stiffness and curves along a circumference of the annular cavity as the insertion end travels through the annular cavity. The insertion apparatus also includes a stiffener coupled to the body and extending from the steering end to the insertion end. The stiffener has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness. The insertion apparatus further includes at least one maintenance device coupled to the insertion end of the insertion apparatus and a displacement mechanism configured to adjust a position of the at least one maintenance device relative to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Deepak Trivedi, Grover Andrew Bennett, JR., Sandeep Kumar, Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal, David Mulford Shaddock, Andrew Crispin Graham, Stephen Paul Leclerc, JR.
  • Patent number: 10874184
    Abstract: An umbrella frame stabilizer system configured to maintain frame integrity of an umbrella is described. The system includes the umbrella, a removable light component configured to be housed in a shaft of the umbrella, and a removable stabilizer device coupled to a runner of the umbrella. The device includes a removable attachment that includes at least one movable appendage and at least one matching appendage configured to couple to the at least one movable appendage. The device also includes a housing coupled to the removable attachment, at least one deformable linking member comprises a stretchable material and is at least partially contained within the housing, and at least one ring coupled to a first end of the at least one deformable linking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: David Mulford
  • Publication number: 20200187608
    Abstract: An umbrella frame stabilizer system configured to maintain frame integrity of an umbrella is described. The system includes the umbrella, a removable light component configured to be housed in a shaft of the umbrella, and a removable stabilizer device coupled to a runner of the umbrella. The device includes a removable attachment that includes at least one movable appendage and at least one matching appendage configured to couple to the at least one movable appendage. The device also includes a housing coupled to the removable attachment, at least one deformable linking member comprises a stretchable material and is at least partially contained within the housing, and at least one ring coupled to a first end of the at least one deformable linking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: David Mulford
  • Publication number: 20190116949
    Abstract: An anti-inversion apparatus for an umbrella may include a removable clasp having at least one movable appendage and at least one matching appendage configured to couple the movable appendage. A housing may be coupled to a top end of the removable clasp with at least one linking member at least partially contained within the housing and at least one ring coupled to an end of the at least one linking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: David Mulford
  • Patent number: 10260500
    Abstract: A downhole dynamometer for a rod pumping unit is provided. The downhole dynamometer includes a shell within which a plurality of sensors, a non-transitory memory, and a dynamometer controller are located. The shell is configured to be coupled to a sucker rod string of the rod pumping unit and disposed in a well opposite a wellhead of the well. The plurality of sensors is configured to measure downhole accelerations of the sucker rod string and to measure a downhole load on the sucker rod string. The dynamometer controller is coupled to the plurality of sensors and the non-transitory memory. The dynamometer controller is configured to periodically collect measurements from the plurality of sensors and store the measurements in the non-transitory memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xuele Qi, Cheng-Po Chen, Grant Lynn Hartman, Yizhen Lin, David Mulford Shaddock
  • Publication number: 20180328357
    Abstract: A downhole dynamometer for a rod pumping unit is provided. The downhole dynamometer includes a shell within which a plurality of sensors, a non-transitory memory, and a dynamometer controller are located. The shell is configured to be coupled to a sucker rod string of the rod pumping unit and disposed in a well opposite a wellhead of the well. The plurality of sensors is configured to measure downhole accelerations of the sucker rod string and to measure a downhole load on the sucker rod string. The dynamometer controller is coupled to the plurality of sensors and the non-transitory memory. The dynamometer controller is configured to periodically collect measurements from the plurality of sensors and store the measurements in the non-transitory memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Xuele Qi, Cheng-Po Chen, Grant Lynn Hartman, Yizhen Lin, David Mulford Shaddock
  • Patent number: 9947647
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an overvoltage protection device and an over-voltage circuit protection device are provided. The over-voltage circuit protection device includes a plurality of transient voltage suppression (TVS) devices coupled in electrical parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Avinash Srikrishnan Kashyap, Peter Micah Sandvik, Mark Gerard Roberto, David Mulford Shaddock, Joe Walter Kirstein
  • Patent number: 9252138
    Abstract: An electronic packaging assembly having a semiconductor integrated circuit and a plurality of interconnect components is provided. The plurality of interconnect components is operatively coupled to the semiconductor integrated circuit. Further, one or more interconnect components include one or more support elements having a first surface and a second surface, and one or more spring elements having a first end and a second end, and wherein first ends of the one or more spring elements are coupled to the first surface or the second surface of a respective support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, David Mulford Shaddock, Arun Virupaksha Gowda, John Anthony Vogel, Christian Giovanniello
  • Publication number: 20150348952
    Abstract: An electronic packaging assembly having a semiconductor integrated circuit and a plurality of interconnect components is provided. The plurality of interconnect components is operatively coupled to the semiconductor integrated circuit. Further, one or more interconnect components include one or more support elements having a first surface and a second surface, and one or more spring elements having a first end and a second end, and wherein first ends of the one or more spring elements are coupled to the first surface or the second surface of a respective support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, David Mulford Shaddock, Arun Virupaksha Gowda, John Anthony Vogel, Christian Giovanniello
  • Patent number: 9130365
    Abstract: A high temperature electronic system includes an electronics unit configured for exposure to an environment having a temperature greater than approximately 150.0° C. The remote electronics unit includes a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly coupled in operative relationship with at least some electronic components of the electronics unit. The TVS assembly includes at least one TVS device comprising at least one of a punch-through wide band-gap semiconductor TVS die and an avalanche breakdown wide band-gap semiconductor TVS die encapsulated in a flip-chip package at least partially surrounding the die, and coupled to first and second electrodes exposed to a single side of the encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Avinash Srikrishnan Kashyap, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, David Mulford Shaddock
  • Patent number: 9113583
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate and a plurality of conductive traces formed on the substrate. The conductive traces are doped with a concentration of an aluminum material forming a protective layer as a portion of the plurality of conductive traces to inhibit oxidation. A set of first metal contact pads are formed in contact with the plurality of conductive traces. The substrate, the plurality of conductive traces and the set of first metal contact pads define an electronic circuit board configured to operate at a temperature greater than 200 degrees Celsius. A high operating temperature electronic device is configured in electrical communication with the conductive traces defining an assembly configured to operate at a temperature greater than 200 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis
  • Publication number: 20150162743
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an overvoltage protection device and an over-voltage circuit protection device are provided. The over-voltage circuit protection device includes a plurality of transient voltage suppression (TVS) devices coupled in electrical parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Avinash Srikrishnan Kashyap, Peter Micah Sandvik, Mark Gerard Roberto, David Mulford Shaddock, Joe Walter Kirstein
  • Publication number: 20150002976
    Abstract: A high temperature electronic system includes an electronics unit configured for exposure to an environment having a temperature greater than approximately 150.0° C. The remote electronics unit includes a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly coupled in operative relationship with at least some electronic components of the electronics unit. The TVS assembly includes at least one TVS device comprising at least one of a punch-through wide band-gap semiconductor TVS die and an avalanche breakdown wide band-gap semiconductor TVS die encapsulated in a flip-chip package at least partially surrounding the die, and coupled to first and second electrodes exposed to a single side of the encapsulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Avinash Srikrishnan Kashyap, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, David Mulford Shaddock
  • Patent number: 8835976
    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon carbide transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly and a system for a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly are provided. The transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly includes a semiconductor die including a contact surface on a single side of the die, the die further including a substrate comprising a layer of at least one of an electrical insulator material, a semi-insulating material, and a first wide band gap semiconductor having a conductivity of a first polarity, at least a TVS device including a plurality of wide band gap semiconductor layers formed on the substrate; a first electrode coupled in electrical contact with the TVS device and extending to the contact surface, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the substrate extending to the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Avinash Srikrishnan Kashyap, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, David Mulford Shaddock
  • Patent number: RE48015
    Abstract: An electronic packaging assembly having a semiconductor integrated circuit and a plurality of interconnect components is provided. The plurality of interconnect components is operatively coupled to the semiconductor integrated circuit. Further, one or more interconnect components include one or more support elements having a first surface and a second surface, and one or more spring elements having a first end and a second end, and wherein first ends of the one or more spring elements are coupled to the first surface or the second surface of a respective support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gamal Refai-Ahmed, David Mulford Shaddock, Arun Virupaksha Gowda, John Anthony Vogel, Christian Michael Giovanniello