Patents by Inventor Glenn Roberts

Glenn Roberts 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).

  • Video system and method for data communication
    Patent number: 11039055
    Abstract: A camera system and method capture image data with a camera, a data storage device electrically connected to the camera and configured to store the video data and/or a communication device electrically connected to the camera and configured to communicate the image data to a system receiver located remote from the camera. The system receiver may be located onboard a vehicle such that an operator can carry the camera off board the vehicle and communicate the image data back to the vehicle, when performing, for example, work on the vehicle or inspecting the vehicle or the environs of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey James Kisak
  • Radially and axially self-aligning split seal ring
    Patent number: 10975967
    Abstract: A split seal ring having end faces that self-align in both the axial and radial directions is prepared by forming an opposing first pair of angled grooves extending from an inner edge partway across the seal ring inner diameter, and a second pair of angled grooves extending from the inner edge partway across the seal ring rear surface. In embodiments, corresponding grooves meet to form V-shapes. Additional grooves can extend from the outer edge partway across the inner diameter. Corresponding grooves extending from the outer and inner edges on the inner diameter can terminate at locations that are offset radially and/or angularly. By applying an outward force, the seal ring is split at the groove locations into split ring sections having mating end faces. The resulting end face geometry is sufficiently complex to cause both radial and axial realignment as the seal ring halves are mated together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Owens, Jr., Mark David Volz
  • Apparatus and method for unitizing split ring halves with holder halves of a clamshell split ring mechanical seal face assembly
    Patent number: 10935141
    Abstract: A clamshell half of a split ring mechanical seal face assembly comprises a split seal ring half having circumferential and proximal surfaces that are seated against corresponding radial and axial support surfaces of a holder half. At least one extending member extends from a hole in the proximal surface to an arcuate slot in the axial support surface, or vice-versa, and thereby radially constrains the split seal ring half to remain unitized with the holder half during clamshell assembly, while permitting rotation of the split seal ring half about a shaft axis over a limited range, which in embodiments is between 2 degrees and 20 degrees. Embodiments further include a secondary seal between the holder half and split seal ring half that frictionally resists displacement of the split seal ring half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Owens, Jr., Mark David Volz, Jason Crawford Ferris, Rodney Wayne Rynearson, Ryan John Kremer
  • Mechanism for assembling split seal rings
    Patent number: 10935140
    Abstract: An improved rotor or stator split ring seal assembly includes a flexible ring-advancing mechanism that advances at least one of the split ring halves radially inward, so that during assembly the split ring halves meet before adjacent elastomeric members, thereby preventing the elastomeric members from expanding between the seal ring halves and interfering with their alignment. The ring-advancing mechanism is flexed as the seal is assembled, thereby allowing the ring halves to be seated in the housing. The ring-advancing mechanism can be removable after assembly or internal to the seal. In various embodiments, the ring-advancing mechanism is a flexible bracket, a coil spring, or a vertical or horizontal leaf spring. Separate, identical ring-advancing mechanisms can be included with each of the housing halves so as to advance the split ring halves symmetrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Owens, Jr., Rodney Wayne Rynearson, Michael Anthony Kraus
  • Ophthalmic lubrication system and associated apparatus, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10920767
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods including a lubricating solution bath for a pump integrated into an ophthalmic surgical hand piece are provided. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic pump system includes a housing defining a cavity. The system includes a rotating element positioned within the cavity of the housing. The system includes a flexible tubular structure positioned within the housing adjacent to the rotating element such that rotation of the rotation element urges a fluid through the flexible tubular structure. The system includes a lubricating solution positioned within the cavity around the rotating element and at least a portion of the flexible tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: John Morgan Bourne, Glenn Robert Sussman, John Richard Carpenter
  • MECHANISM FOR ASSEMBLING SPLIT SEAL RINGS
    Publication number: 20200408307
    Abstract: An improved rotor or stator split ring seal assembly includes a flexible ring-advancing mechanism that advances at least one of the split ring halves radially inward, so that during assembly the split ring halves meet before adjacent elastomeric members, thereby preventing the elastomeric members from expanding between the seal ring halves and interfering with their alignment. The ring-advancing mechanism is flexed as the seal is assembled, thereby allowing the ring halves to be seated in the housing. The ring-advancing mechanism can be removable after assembly or internal to the seal. In various embodiments, the ring-advancing mechanism is a flexible bracket, a coil spring, or a vertical or horizontal leaf spring. Separate, identical ring-advancing mechanisms can be included with each of the housing halves so as to advance the split ring halves symmetrically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Owens, JR., Rodney Wayne Rynearson, Michael Anthony Kraus
  • Mining detection system and method
    Patent number: 10798282
    Abstract: A device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a microprocessor configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the alert device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, a communication device configured to generate a signal in response to a determination that the alert device is proximate the active AC voltage source, and an interference reduction device configured to discharge an accumulated charge on the alert device to reduce electromagnetic interference from sources other than the active AC voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC
    Inventors: Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Christopher Gushee, Jeffrey Mayton, Cheng-Po Chen, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Smith, Jose Luis R. Virgen, Daniel L. Olson
  • Interlocking frame for computer numerical control (CNC)
    Patent number: 10751812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular frame for CNC machining, comprising: a first side panel and a second side panel, each side panel for with an elongated base with a notch at either end and a vertical extension from the base with a notch at the distal end of the vertical extension; a first crossbeam and a second crossbeam, each crossbeam having a notch at either end, the notches on the crossbeam oriented in an opposing direction to the notches on the side panels; and a gantry beam, the gantry beam having a notch at either end, the notches on the gantry beam oriented in an opposing direction to the notches on the side panels, wherein the side panels, crossbeams and gantry beam are user-assembled into the modular frame via alignment and engagement of the respective notches on the crossbeams and gantry beam with the notches on the side panels, and wherein user assembly of the modular frame is performed without the use of tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventor: Glenn Robert Sargent
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UNITIZING SPLIT RING HALVES WITH HOLDER HALVES OF A CLAMSHELL SPLIT RING MECHANICAL SEAL FACE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200256469
    Abstract: A clamshell half of a split ring mechanical seal face assembly comprises a split seal ring half having circumferential and proximal surfaces that are seated against corresponding radial and axial support surfaces of a holder half. At least one extending member extends from a hole in the proximal surface to an arcuate slot in the axial support surface, or vice-versa, and thereby radially constrains the split seal ring half to remain unitized with the holder half during clamshell assembly, while permitting rotation of the split seal ring half about a shaft axis over a limited range, which in embodiments is between 2 degrees and 20 degrees. Embodiments further include a secondary seal between the holder half and split seal ring half that frictionally resists displacement of the split seal ring half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Owens, JR., Mark David Volz, Jason Crawford Ferris, Rodney Wayne Rynearson, Ryan John Kremer
  • Systems and methods for ocular surgery
    Patent number: 10736776
    Abstract: Ocular surgery may be performed by a variety of systems, processes, and techniques. In certain implementations, systems and processes for ocular surgery may include the ability to emulsify a lens in an eye using a modular hand-held system including a phacoemulsification unit detachably coupled to a pump unit and remove lens portions from the eye using suction provided by the pump unit. The system and the process may also include the ability to decouple the phacoemulsification unit from the pump unit, couple an irrigation-aspiration unit to the pump unit to form a second hand-held system, and remove material from the eye using suction provided by the pump unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Sussman, John Morgan Bourne, John Richard Carpenter
  • Flexible device and its application for bio-cell in-vitro electrical and mechanical stimulation and characterization
    Publication number: 20200199515
    Abstract: Disclosed below is a device comprising a base 112, polymer walls 105, comb fingers 104, groove/ridge architecture 107, metal film 108, comb buses 103, electrical ground electrode 109, and polymer well 101 for electrical and mechanical stimulation as well as for measuring of contractile force and conduction velocity of the cellular sheet/cluster 102 in response to mechanical and electrical stimulation of the cell source as it grows into a multilayer cellular sheet on the device. This allows cell sheets to be cultured and conditioned to be compatible with the patient's cardiac environment in vitro, prior to sheet release and implantation. Major innovative elements of this device include: real-time data for rich understanding of engineered tissues as they are grown, ability to expose engineered tissues to patient-derived stimuli (specifically localized electrical stimuli, mechanical stimuli, and micro-architecture), and the option to implant after characterization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Erin Glenn Roberts
  • SOLAR TRACKING INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20200195191
    Abstract: Solar tracking installation includes first movement assembly which functionally engages with the primary axis shaft to cause rotation of the primary axis shaft around the primary axis for moving the plurality of planar modules of solar collector elements in a first rotational direction around the primary axis. The installation further includes a second movement assembly which functionally engages with the secondary movement member to cause tilting of each of the plurality of planar modules of solar collector elements around each respective pivotal mount. In this way the movement of the multitude of solar collection elements is a combination of the rotation of first movement assembly and the tilting motion caused by the second movement assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Xirasol Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Glenn Robert MELTON, Allan James BRADY
  • Statistical analysis in X-ray imaging
    Patent number: 10685759
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a specimen using X-rays, comprising the steps of: Irradiating the specimen with input X-rays; Using a detector to detect a flux of output X-rays emanating from the specimen in response to said irradiation, which method further comprises the following steps: Using the detector to intercept at least a portion of said flux so as to produce a set {Ij} of pixeled images Ij of at least part of the specimen, whereby the cardinality of the set {Ij} is M>1. For each pixel pi in each image Ij, determining the accumulated signal strength Sij, thus producing an associated set of signal strengths {Sij}. Using the set {Sij} to calculate the following values: A mean signal strength S per pixel position i; A variance ?2S in S per pixel position i. Using these values S and ?2S to produce a map of mean X-ray photon energy E per pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar, Andrew Maurice Kingston, Glenn Robert Myers, Mahsa Paziresh, Trond Karsten Varslot
  • Vehicle control system and method
    Patent number: 10569792
    Abstract: A system and method for examining a route and/or vehicle system obtain a route parameter and/or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system are separated from each other by location and/or time. The route parameter and/or the vehicle parameter are examined to determine whether the route and/or the vehicle system is damaged and, responsive to determining that the route and/or the vehicle is damaged, the route and/or the vehicle system are continually monitored, such as by examination equipment onboard the vehicle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sameh Fahmy, Jared Klineman Cooper, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Wolfgang Daum, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Paul Kenneth Houpt, David Lowell McKay
  • Vacuum control method for surgical hand piece
    Patent number: 10478532
    Abstract: A surgical hand piece is described that maintains a vacuum pressure within the hand piece at a selected level. A check valve is provided substantially near an inlet of an integrated aspirating pump. The check valve opens to introduce fluid into the hand piece to maintain the vacuum pressure within the hand piece at or above the selected level so as to prevent or substantially reduce post-occlusion flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Sussman, Mikhail Boukhny, John Morgan Bourne
  • Analyzing geomechanical properties of subterranean rock based on seismic data
    Patent number: 10422901
    Abstract: Some aspects of what is described here relate to seismic data analysis techniques. A seismic excitation is generated in a first directional wellbore section in a subterranean region. A seismic response associated with the seismic excitation is detected in a second directional wellbore section in the subterranean region. Seismic response data based on the seismic response are analyzed to identify geomechanical properties of subterranean rock in a fracture treatment target region in the subterranean region. In some cases, the geomechanical properties include pore pressure, stress, or mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Grayson Walters, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Priyesh Ranjan, Ken Smith, Glenn Robert McColpin
  • INTERLOCKING FRAME FOR COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC)
    Publication number: 20190283145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular frame for CNC machining, comprising: a first side panel and a second side panel, each side panel for with an elongated base with a notch at either end and a vertical extension from the base with a notch at the distal end of the vertical extension; a first crossbeam and a second crossbeam, each crossbeam having a notch at either end, the notches on the crossbeam oriented in an opposing direction to the notches on the side panels; and a gantry beam, the gantry beam having a notch at either end, the notches on the gantry beam oriented in an opposing direction to the notches on the side panels, wherein the side panels, crossbeams and gantry beam are user-assembled into the modular frame via alignment and engagement of the respective notches on the crossbeams and gantry beam with the notches on the side panels, and wherein user assembly of the modular frame is performed without the use of tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Glenn Robert Sargent
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE ORIENTATION IN A VEHICLE CONSIST
    Publication number: 20190263430
    Abstract: A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene Smith, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Sameh Fahmy, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffret James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Suresh Govindappa, Manibabu Pippalla, Sethu Madhavan, Jared Klineman Cooper, Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick, Brad Thomas Costa, James D. Brooks, Micahel Scott Miner, Harry Kirk Matthews, JR., Bradford Wayne Miller, Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, Shawn Arthur McClintic
  • OPHTHALMIC LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190234393
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods including a lubricating solution bath for a pump integrated into an ophthalmic surgical hand piece are provided. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic pump system includes a housing defining a cavity. The system includes a rotating element positioned within the cavity of the housing. The system includes a flexible tubular structure positioned within the housing adjacent to the rotating element such that rotation of the rotation element urges a fluid through the flexible tubular structure. The system includes a lubricating solution positioned within the cavity around the rotating element and at least a portion of the flexible tubular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: John Morgan Bourne, Glenn Robert Sussman, John Richard Carpenter
  • Tomographic reconstruction for material characterization
    Patent number: 10354418
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of determining a material characteristic of material in a sample by iterative tomographic reconstruction. The method conducts one or more X-ray tomography scans of a sample, and then determines one or more estimated material characteristics, such as atomic number and density, for multiple volume elements in the sample using a tomographic reconstruction algorithm. These estimated material characteristics are then modified by reference to stored known material characteristic data. Preferably, determining the composition of the sample volume during reconstruction includes segmenting the sample into regions of common composition, the segmenting being performed during iterative reconstruction instead of being based on the voxel characteristics determined upon the completion of iterative reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Benoit Mathieu Baptiste Recur, Mahsa Paziresh, Glenn Robert Myers, Andrew Maurice Kingston, Shane Jamie Latham