Patents by Inventor Donald Gordon

Donald Gordon 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: 20180214049
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a flexible circuit for insertion into a pill capsule. The flexible circuit has a first portion having an electrical contact to electrically connect with a battery, a second portion having an electrical contact to electrically connect with the battery, a first arm separating the first portion and second portion, a third portion comprising a first antenna, a second arm separating the first portion and third portion, a fourth portion comprising a second antenna, a third arm separating the first portion and fourth portion, a third arm separating the first portion and fourth portion, and a fifth portion comprising a third antenna. The first portion, second portion, and first arm form a first receptacle to receive a battery. The third portion, fourth portion, and fifth portion form a second receptacle to receive a cube ferrite core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: NEAL JAY CARRON, THOMAS EUGENE OLD, DONALD GORDON PRITCHETT, JOHN CHRISTOPHER BAKER
  • Patent number: 10030579
    Abstract: A system a first mobile body configured to support a turbine engine and an auxiliary skid communicatively and fluidly coupled to the turbine engine. The auxiliary skid includes one or more interconnects configured to support a turbine engine component. The system also includes a second mobile body configured to support a generator. The first and second mobile bodies are configured to align a removable coupling between the turbine engine and the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Robert Austin, Vineet Sethi, Raymond Kalok Fong, Jose Emmanuel Guillen, Robert Allen Baten, Donald Gordon Laing
  • Publication number: 20180128181
    Abstract: A diffuser removal tool for displacing an exhaust diffuser from a gas turbine engine is provided, which includes a pair of support arms, a clamp and wedge assembly coupled to an exhaust diffuser, and a lead screw assembly coupled between the support arms and to the clamp and wedge assembly via a wedge of the clamp and wedge assembly. The tool also includes a pair of linear bearing assemblies coupled to the support arms and to the clamp and wedge assembly via wedges of the clamp and wedge assembly. The lead screw assembly is configured to displace the diffuser in an axial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine while the linear bearing assemblies are configured to both enable the displacement of the diffuser in the axial direction while vertically supporting the diffuser to maintain alignment between the diffuser and the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Matthew Biffle, Donald Gordon Laing, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ramune Auzelyte
  • Publication number: 20180080376
    Abstract: A system includes a first mobile body configured to support a turbine engine and an air intake section coupled to the turbine engine. The system also includes a second mobile body configured to support a generator. The first and second mobile bodies are configured to guide a removable coupling between the turbine engine and the generator. The system also includes a third mobile body configured to support one or more partially assembled components associated with the turbine engine and the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth Robert Austin, Vineet Sethi, Raymond Kalok Fong, Jose Emmanuel Guillen, Robert Allen Baten, Donald Gordon Laing
  • Publication number: 20180080377
    Abstract: A system a first mobile body configured to support a turbine engine and an auxiliary skid communicatively and fluidly coupled to the turbine engine. The auxiliary skid includes one or more interconnects configured to support a turbine engine component. The system also includes a second mobile body configured to support a generator. The first and second mobile bodies are configured to align a removable coupling between the turbine engine and the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth Robert Austin, Vineet Sethi, Raymond Kalok Fong, Jose Emmanuel Guillen, Robert Allen Baten, Donald Gordon Laing
  • Publication number: 20180030895
    Abstract: A system includes a modularized air inlet system. The modularized air inlet system includes an air filter house section configured to receive air via an air inlet. The modularized air inlet system also includes a transition/silencer section configured to direct the air from the modularized air inlet system, via an air outlet, into an air inlet plenum coupled to a gas turbine engine enclosure. The modularized air inlet system is configured to couple directly to the air inlet plenum and the gas turbine enclosure without an expansion joint disposed between the modularized air inlet system and the air inlet plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Eric Tracy Watson, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Ravinder Yerram
  • Patent number: 9863279
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine and a multipurpose gas turbine engine support frame couple to the gas turbine engine. The multipurpose gas turbine support frame is configured to support the gas turbine engine during both operation and transport of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Jose Francisco Estrada, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Mehdi Milani Baladi
  • Publication number: 20170306845
    Abstract: A ventilation system for a turbomachine enclosure includes: a bladeless airflow amplifier configured to pass an airflow through at least a portion of the turbomachine enclosure; and an amplifier airflow source fluidly coupled to the bladeless airflow amplifier for providing an operative airflow to operate the bladeless airflow amplifier. The ventilation system may be employed with or without a conventional vent fan system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Jose Antonio Cordova Magaña, Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez, Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio
  • Publication number: 20170306846
    Abstract: A ventilation system for a turbomachine enclosure includes: a bladeless airflow amplifier configured to pass an airflow through at least a portion of the turbomachine enclosure; and an amplifier airflow source fluidly coupled to the bladeless airflow amplifier for providing an operative airflow to operate the bladeless airflow amplifier. The ventilation system may be employed with or without a conventional vent fan system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Jose Antonio Cordova Magaña, Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez, Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio
  • Patent number: 9644496
    Abstract: The present application provides a radial diffuser exhaust system for use with a gas turbine engine. The radial diffuser exhaust system may include a radial diffuser positioned within an asymmetric exhaust collector. The asymmetric exhaust collector may include a closed end chamber and an exhaust end chamber. The closed end chamber may have a first size, the exhaust end chamber may have a second size, and the first size may be smaller than the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fernando Lopez-Parra, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Przemyslaw Drezek, Mehdi Milani Baladi, Ravinder Yerram, Donald Gordon Laing
  • Publication number: 20170053673
    Abstract: An MPEG object is an object-oriented data structure that may be used in the creation of interactive MPEG video stream. The MPEG object data structure includes an MPEG object interface defining data received by the MPEG object and data output by the MPEG object. The MPEG object data structure further includes either one or more MPEG video elements or an association to one or more MPEG video elements. The MPEG video elements are preferably defined as MPEG slices that include a plurality of encoded macroblocks. Additionally, the data structure may provide a method for receiving input through the MPEG object interface and in response to input from the client device outputting an MPEG video element. In certain configurations, the MPEG object contains a method that maintains state data for the MPEG object. The state data may be used to select between a plurality of MPEG elements to output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Donald Gordon, Lena Y. Pavlovskaia, Airan Landau, Andreas Lennartsson, Glenn M. Cloud
  • Publication number: 20160323565
    Abstract: A Holocam Orb system uses multiple Holocam Orbs (Orbs) within a real-life environment to generate an artificial reality representation of the real-life environment in real time. Each Orb is an electronic and software unit that includes a local logic module, a local CPU and multiple synchronous and asynchronous sensors, include stereo cameras, time-of-flight sensors, inertial measurement units and a microphone array. Each Orb synchronizes itself to a common master clock, and packages its asynchrony data into data bundles whose timings are matched to frame timing of synchronous sensors, and all gathered data bundles and data frames are given a time stamp using a reference clock common to all Orbs. The overlapping sensor data from all the Orbs is combined to create the artificial reality representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: John Peter van Baarsen, Michael Joseph Mannion, Kevin Gillett, Donald Gordon Wait, Keith Gillett, Jimmy Kwok Lap Lai, Alexander Burton
  • Patent number: 9420896
    Abstract: A replaceable basecover mechanism for securing a basecover on an automated furniture item is provided. In embodiments, the replaceable basecover mechanism includes a basecover border having a plurality of border panels, a center panel coupled to the plurality of border panels, and at least one stretch panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of border panels. The stretch panels include at least one j-shaped upholstery channel coupled to the stretch panel, and the j-shaped upholstery channels are configured to removably couple the basecover border to a deckboard of an adjustable furniture item. Additionally, the deckboard may include a locking channel configured to couple to the j-shaped upholstery channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Fifer, III, Teri Meyer, Josiah David Prieto, Chad Baker, Steven W. Kelley, William Rohr, Daniel Wade Williams
  • Patent number: 9414693
    Abstract: A replaceable basecover mechanism for securing a basecover on an automated furniture item is provided. In embodiments, the replaceable basecover mechanism includes a basecover border having a plurality of border panels, a center panel coupled to the plurality of border panels, and at least one stretch panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of border panels. The stretch panels include at least one j-shaped upholstery channel coupled to the stretch panel, and the j-shaped upholstery channels are configured to removably couple the basecover border to a deckboard of an adjustable furniture item. Additionally, the deckboard may include a locking channel configured to couple to the j-shaped upholstery channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Fifer, III, Teri Meyer, Josiah David Prieto, Chad Baker, Steven W. Kelley, William Rohr, Daniel Wade Williams
  • Patent number: 9418086
    Abstract: Database access is described, for example, where data in a database is accessed by an inference engine. In various examples, the inference engine executes inference algorithms to access data from the database and carry out inference using the data. In examples the inference algorithms are compiled from a schema of the database which is annotated with expressions of probability distributions over data in the database. In various examples the schema of the database is modified by adding one or more latent columns or latent tables to the schema for storing data to be inferred by the inference engine. In examples the expressions are compositional so, for example, an expression annotating a column of a database table may be used as part of an expression annotating another column of the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Donald Gordon, Thore Kurt Hartwig Graepel, Nicolas Philippe Marie Rolland, Eric Johannes Borgstrom, Claudio Vittorio Russo
  • Patent number: 9410451
    Abstract: The present application provides an integrated bottoming cycle system for use with a gas turbine engine. The integrated bottoming cycle system described herein may include a compressor/pump, a cooling circuit downstream of the compressor/pump, a bottoming cycle heat exchanger, a heating circuit downstream of the bottoming cycle heat exchanger, and a number of turbine components in communication with the cooling circuit and/or the heating circuit to maximize the overall plant efficiency and economics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Charles Michael Booth
  • Patent number: 9355681
    Abstract: An MPEG object is an object-oriented data structure that may be used in the creation of interactive MPEG video stream. The MPEG object data structure includes an MPEG object interface defining data received by the MPEG object and data output by the MPEG object. The MPEG object data structure further includes either one or more MPEG video elements or an association to one or more MPEG video elements. The MPEG video elements are preferably defined as MPEG slices that include a plurality of encoded macroblocks. Additionally, the data structure may provide a method for receiving input through the MPEG object interface and in response to input from the client device outputting an MPEG video element. In certain configurations, the MPEG object contains a method that maintains state data for the MPEG object. The state data may be used to select between a plurality of MPEG elements to output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ACTIVEVIDEO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Gordon, Lena Y. Pavlovskaia, Airan Landau, Andreas Lennartsson, Glenn M. Cloud
  • Publication number: 20150366370
    Abstract: A replaceable basecover mechanism for securing a basecover on an automated furniture item is provided. In embodiments, the replaceable basecover mechanism includes a basecover border having a plurality of border panels, a center panel coupled to the plurality of border panels, and at least one stretch panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of border panels. The stretch panels include at least one j-shaped upholstery channel coupled to the stretch panel, and the j-shaped upholstery channels are configured to removably couple the basecover border to a deckboard of an adjustable furniture item. Additionally, the deckboard may include a locking channel configured to couple to the j-shaped upholstery channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: DONALD GORDON FIFER, III, TERI MEYER, JOSIAH DAVID PRIETO, CHAD BAKER, STEVEN W. KELLEY, WILLIAM ROHR, DANIEL WADE WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20150366369
    Abstract: A replaceable basecover mechanism for securing a basecover on an automated furniture item is provided. In embodiments, the replaceable basecover mechanism includes a basecover border having a plurality of border panels, a center panel coupled to the plurality of border panels, and at least one stretch panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of border panels. The stretch panels include at least one j-shaped upholstery channel coupled to the stretch panel, and the j-shaped upholstery channels are configured to removably couple the basecover border to a deckboard of an adjustable furniture item. Additionally, the deckboard may include a locking channel configured to couple to the j-shaped upholstery channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: DONALD GORDON FIFER, III, TERI MEYER, JOSIAH DAVID PRIETO, CHAD BAKER, STEVEN W. KELLEY, WILLIAM ROHR, DANIEL WADE WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 9131842
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein use near field communications to locate a set of antennas attached to, coupled with, or near the patient. A signal emitted by an antenna in the set of antennas can be received by the other antennas in the set. A second signal can be further transmitted from another antenna in the set. The differential phase and/or time shifts between the antennas from the multiple signal transmissions can contain sufficient information to find the locations of the antennas in antenna centric coordinates. The antenna locations can then be used to find a location of a pill transmitter swallowed by the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Rock West Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eugene Old, John Christopher Baker, Neal J. Carron, Donald Gordon Pritchett