Patents by Inventor Donald Ernest Woodmansee
Donald Ernest Woodmansee 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: 6734842Abstract: A portable data entry apparatus adapted to be carried by a user including a planar member having top and bottom surfaces. A data entry device is secured to the top surface of the planar member leaving a gap therebetween. A first member is detachably attached to the bottom surface and towards a first edge of the planar member, and a second member is secured to the bottom surface and away from the first edge, the second member enabling a user's forearm to support the data entry apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Jeanette Marie Bruno
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Patent number: 6704688Abstract: A method of inspecting and recording inspection data of machine components, the method including selecting a machine component among a plurality of machine components for inspection; identifying predefined areas of the selected machine component for inspection; identifying a fixed set of conditions allowed to be reported for the select machine component; inspecting the predefined areas of the select machine component; and recording inspection data as continuous numerical values to quantify entry for subsequent querying over a chosen set of machine components.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sami Aslam, Donald Ernest Woodmansee
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Publication number: 20030074160Abstract: A method of inspecting and recording inspection data of machine components, the method including selecting a machine component among a plurality of machine components for inspection; identifying predefined areas of the selected machine component for inspection; identifying a fixed set of conditions allowed to be reported for the select machine component; inspecting the predefined areas of the select machine component; and recording inspection data as continuous numerical values to quantify entry for subsequent querying over a chosen set of machine components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Sami Aslam, Donald Ernest Woodmansee
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Publication number: 20020178140Abstract: A method of storing and recovering database analysis information including a) extracting data from a database system; b) processing the extracted data to produce sorted datasets; c) processing sorted datasets to produce graphical objects; d) processing the graphical objects to produce analysis objects; and e) storing the analysis objects as separate file records.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Thomas Koshy, Anand Tadepalli, Evelyn Varner, William T. Tucker, Robert M. Witbeck, Gary Raymond Livingston
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Patent number: 6478565Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing touch between a compression mold and a workpiece located in the compression mold including a mold cavity and a mold closure movable relative to the workpiece. The apparatus may include at least one touch sensor pad positionable to signal touch between the mold closure and the workpiece. The touch sensor pad may be in communication with a touch sensor monitor for indicating touch between the workpiece and the mold closure. The touch sensor pad may also be embodied in a touch sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Ram Kumar Upadhyay
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Publication number: 20020163494Abstract: A portable data entry apparatus adapted to be carried by a user including a planar member having top and bottom surfaces. A data entry device is secured to the top surface of the planar member leaving a gap therebetween. A first member is detachably attached to the bottom surface and towards a first edge of the planar member, and a second member is secured to the bottom surface and away from the first edge, the second member enabling a user's forearm to support the data entry apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Jeanette Marie Bruno
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Patent number: 6422068Abstract: A rig and test program for determining the amount, if any, of contamination that will collect in the passages of a fluid flow system, such as a power plant fluid delivery system to equipment assemblies or sub-assemblies, and for establishing methods and processes for removing contamination therefrom. In the presently proposed embodiment, the rig and test programs are adapted in particular to utilize a high-pressure, high-volume water flush to remove contamination from substantially the entire fluid delivery system, both the quantity of contamination and as disposed or deposited within the system.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2000Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Stewart Schroder, Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Douglas Frank Beadie
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Patent number: 6397690Abstract: A procedure and tools for quantifying surface cleanliness are described. Cleanliness of a target surface is quantified by wiping a prescribed area of the surface with a flexible, bright white cloth swatch, preferably mounted on a special tool. The cloth picks up a substantial amount of any particulate surface contamination. The amount of contamination is determined by measuring the reflectivity loss of the cloth before and after wiping on the contaminated system and comparing that loss to a previous calibration with similar contamination. In the alternative, a visual comparison of the contaminated cloth to a contamination key provides an indication of the surface cleanliness.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Stewart Schroder, Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Douglas Frank Beadie
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Patent number: 6378386Abstract: A procedure and tools for quantifying surface cleanliness are described. Cleanliness of a target surface is quantified by wiping a prescribed area of the surface with a flexible, bright white cloth swatch, preferably mounted on a special tool. The cloth picks up a substantial amount of any particulate surface contamination. The amount of contamination is determined by measuring the reflectivity loss of the cloth before and after wiping on the contaminated system and comparing that loss to a previous calibration with similar contamination. In the alternative, a visual comparison of the contaminated cloth to a contamination key provides an indication of the surface cleanliness.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Stewart Schroder, Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Douglas Frank Beadie
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Publication number: 20020035869Abstract: A procedure and tools for quantifying surface cleanliness are described. Cleanliness of a target surface is quantified by wiping a prescribed area of the surface with a flexible, bright white cloth swatch, preferably mounted on a special tool. The cloth picks up a substantial amount of any particulate surface contamination. The amount of contamination is determined by measuring the reflectivity loss of the cloth before and after wiping on the contaminated system and comparing that loss to a previous calibration with similar contamination. In the alternative, a visual comparison of the contaminated cloth to a contamination key provides an indication of the surface cleanliness.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Stewart Schroder, Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Douglas Frank Beadie
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Patent number: 6294113Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing touch between a compression mold and a workpiece located in the compression mold including a mold cavity and a mold closure movable relative to the workpiece. The apparatus may include at least one touch sensor pad positionable to signal touch between the mold closure and the workpiece. The touch sensor pad may be in communication with a touch sensor monitor for indicating touch between the workpiece and the mold closure. The touch sensor pad may also be embodied in a touch sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1998Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Ram Kumar Upadhyay
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Publication number: 20010022406Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing touch between a compression mold and a workpiece located in the compression mold including a mold cavity and a mold closure movable relative to the workpiece. The apparatus may include at least one touch sensor pad positionable to signal touch between the mold closure and the workpiece. The touch sensor pad may be in communication with a touch sensor monitor for indicating touch between the workpiece and the mold closure. The touch sensor pad may also be embodied in a touch sensor assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Inventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Ram Kumar Upadhyay
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Patent number: 6168162Abstract: A self-centering brush seal is disposed in an annular groove formed in a stationary component about a rotatable component, the stationary and rotatable components having a common axis. The brush seal includes a plurality of bristles projecting into sealing engagement with the rotating component. The brush seal has a radial clearance in the groove enabling the brush seal for free-floating radial excursions within the groove to maintain concentricity with the rotary component notwithstanding deviation of the axis of rotation of the rotating component relative to the axis of the fixed component. In another form, the brush seal comprises a plurality of arcuate segments having a helical coil spring biasing the segments for radial movement enabling the tips of the bristles to seal against the rotatable component. In a further embodiment, leaf springs bias each segment to maintain its bristles in engagement with the rotatable component.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: General Electric Co.Inventors: George Ernest Reluzco, Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Osman Saim Dinc, Norman Arnold Turnquist, Christopher Edward Wolfe
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Patent number: 5847357Abstract: A laser assisted thermal spray process for material spraying of a workpiece utilizes a primary energy source for producing a heating plume and a spray material injector for injecting a spray material comprising a plurality of particles into the heating plume. A deposit of the spray material transported by the heating plume is formed on the workpiece surface. The laser assisted thermal spray a process further utilizes a laser-heating system for irradiating a portion of the spray material and a portion of the targeted workpiece so as to limit incompletely melted particles thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1997Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Donald Ernest Woodmansee, Xiangli Chen