Patents by Inventor Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell 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: 9106078Abstract: A method is disclosed of controlling the operation of a system for providing electrical power to one or more electrical devices, the system comprising an adjustable power source root node and a plurality of adjustable power source remote nodes located remotely from the root node.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: UTILIDATA, INC.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20150042488Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a system and method of allocating energy provided by a power source. The system includes a computing device that receives, from meters, observations of energy delivered by the power source to sites. The device classifies the sites into consumption classes, where a first consumption class has complete coverage and a second consumption class has incomplete coverage. The device determines a metric for a characteristic of energy for the first class. The device determines a first demand for the first class based on the metric for the characteristic of energy for the first class. The device generates a sampling distribution of the metric for the characteristic for the second class and determines a second demand for the second class based on the sampling distribution. The device determines a dissipation metric based on the first and second demands.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Patent number: 8809235Abstract: Agrochemical concentrates having a continuous water-containing single phase, where said continuous phase also comprises an oil-based adjuvant and a hydrotrope capable of solubilizing said adjuvant in said continuous phase, a process for making these concentrates and a method of using these concentrates.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Gordon Bell, Guy Ramsay
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Publication number: 20140222226Abstract: A method is disclosed of controlling the operation of a system for providing electrical power to one or more electrical devices, the system comprising an adjustable power source root node and a plurality of adjustable power source remote nodes located remotely from the root node.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20140200728Abstract: A mesh delivery system for controlling electricity supplied to one or more electrical devices from a power source are disclosed. Signals relating to characteristics of the electrical devices are uniformly or non-uniformly sampled at discrete intervals are provided along with associated sampling time indications via the mesh network to a destination controller. The controller applies a compacting algorithm to the received samples and the received associated time indications to generate a paired vector comprising samples and an associated compacted time indication. The paired vector representing the sampled signal in a time domain is transformed into a discrete Fourier spectrum of the signal in the frequency domain where the discrete Fourier spectrum of the signal is in a uniformly sampled in the frequency domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20140184134Abstract: A system and process includes continuously determining an applied armature voltage supplied to a polyphase synchronous machine for which a maximum mechanical load is characterized by a pull-out torque. The armature voltage is supplied from a power source via one of many taps of a regulating transformer. The armature voltage being supplied from the power source to the machine is changed by selecting one of the voltage levels from the taps of the regulating transformer. The tap voltage levels are selected based on the determined applied armature voltage to minimize power consumption of the machine while ensuring based on a predetermined confidence level that the pullout torque of the machine will not be exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: UTILIDATA, INC.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20140107858Abstract: A system and method for estimating performance metrics of conservation voltage reduction (CVR) systems and VOLT/VAR optimization systems is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Patent number: 8676396Abstract: A mesh delivery system for controlling electricity supplied to one or more electrical devices from a power source are disclosed. Signals relating to characteristics of the electrical devices are uniformly or non-uniformly sampled at discrete intervals are provided along with associated sampling time indications via the mesh network to a destination controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20140043170Abstract: A method is disclosed including receiving with a controller at a destination node signal samples and associated sampling time indications. The signal samples and the associated sampling time indications are received from a source node via a mesh network. The signal samples are delivered with sampling time indications generated at the source node to form a series of signals corresponding to one or more characteristic(s) related to electricity supplied to one or more electrical devices from a power source. The method also includes applying a time domain convolution procedure to the received signal in the time domain that is uniformly sampled. The weighting of sample values in time domain convolution procedure is determined at least partially based on information indicative of the statistical behavior of a corresponding realized sample process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20140043171Abstract: A method is disclosed including receiving with a controller at a destination node signal samples and associated sampling time indications. The signal samples and the associated sampling time indications are received from a source node via a mesh network. The signal samples are delivered with sampling time indications generated at the source node to form a series of signals corresponding to one or more characteristic(s) related to electricity supplied to one or more electrical devices from a power source. The method also includes applying a time domain convolution procedure to the received signal in the time domain that is uniformly sampled. The weighting of sample values in time domain convolution procedure is determined at least partially based on information indicative of the statistical behavior of a corresponding realized sample process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20140039712Abstract: A system and method for estimating performance metrics of conservation voltage reduction (CVR) systems and VOLT/VAR optimization systems is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Patent number: 8639886Abstract: A system and method to optimize runahead operation for a processor without use of a separate explicit runahead cache structure. Rather than simply dropping store instructions in a processor runahead mode, store instructions write their results in an existing processor store queue, although store instructions are not allowed to update processor caches and system memory. Use of the store queue during runahead mode to hold store instruction results allows more recent runahead load instructions to search retired store queue entries in the store queue for matching addresses to utilize data from the retired, but still searchable, store instructions. Retired store instructions could be either runahead store instructions retired, or retired store instructions that executed before entering runahead mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gordon Bell, Anil Krishna, Srinivasan Ramani
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Patent number: 8618757Abstract: A system and process includes continuously determining an applied armature voltage supplied to a polyphase synchronous machine for which a maximum mechanical load is characterized by a pull-out torque. The armature voltage is supplied from a power source via one of many taps of a regulating transformer. The armature voltage being supplied from the power source to the machine is changed by selecting one of the voltage levels from the taps of the regulating transformer. The tap voltage levels are selected based on the determined applied armature voltage to minimize power consumption of the machine while ensuring based on a predetermined confidence level that the pull-out torque of the machine will not be exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Utilidata, Inc.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20130241462Abstract: A system and process includes continuously determining an applied armature voltage supplied to a polyphase synchronous machine for which a maximum mechanical load is characterized by a pull-out torque. The armature voltage is supplied from a power source via one of many taps of a regulating transformer. The armature voltage being supplied from the power source to the machine is changed by selecting one of the voltage levels from the taps of the regulating transformer. The tap voltage levels are selected based on the determined applied armature voltage to minimize power consumption of the machine while ensuring based on a predetermined confidence level that the pull-out torque of the machine will not be exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL SERVICES, INC.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Patent number: 8420859Abstract: This invention relates to the use of lactamide compounds of formula (I): CH3CH(OH)C(?O)NR1R2, where R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen; or C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from phenyl, hydroxy, C1-5 alkoxy, morpholinyl and NR3R4 where R3 and R4 are each independently C1-3 alkyl; or phenyl optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl or azepanyl ring, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl, in formulations to reduce the toxicity associated with other formulation components; to the use of certain lactamide compounds as solvents, especially in formulations, particularly in agrochemical formulations and in environmentally friendly formulations; to novel lactamide compounds; andType: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Syngenta LimitedInventors: Gordon Bell, Ian David Tovey
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Publication number: 20120316692Abstract: A mesh delivery system for controlling electricity supplied to one or more electrical devices from a power source are disclosed. Signals relating to characteristics of the electrical devices are uniformly or non-uniformly sampled at discrete intervals are provided along with associated sampling time indications via the mesh network to a destination controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: UTILIDATA, INC.Inventor: David Gordon Bell
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Patent number: 8211829Abstract: Agrochemical concentrates having a continuous water-containing single phase, where said continuous phase also comprises an oil-based adjuvant and a hydrotrope capable of solubilizing said adjuvant in said continuous phase, a process for making these concentrates and a method of using these concentrates.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLCInventors: Gordon Bell, Guy Ramsay
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Publication number: 20110190129Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) CH3CH(OH)C(?O)NR1R2 where R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen; or C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from phenyl, hydroxy, C1-5 alkoxy, morpholinyl and NR3R4 where R3 and R4 are each independently C1-3 alkyl; or phenyl optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl; or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl or azepanyl ring, each of which is optionally substituted by up to three substituents independently selected from C1-3 alkyl; and at least one biologically active compound, which comprises at least one aromatic five and/or six membered ring wherein the ring contains at least one nitrogen as a ring member, with the provisos (i) that the composition does not contain cyproconazole when the compound of formula (1) is selected from the groType: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITEDInventors: Gordon Bell, Clair Louise Harris, Ian David Tovey
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Publication number: 20110167229Abstract: A computing device including a processor operable to process data at a processing speed and a storage device in communication with the processor operable to retrieve stored data at a data transfer rate, where the data transfer rate matches the processing speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Sandor Szalay, Alainna White, Jan Vandenberg, Hao Howie Huang, Andreas Terzis, Gordon Bell
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Publication number: 20100199045Abstract: A system and method to optimize runahead operation for a processor without use of a separate explicit runahead cache structure. Rather than simply dropping store instructions in a processor runahead mode, store instructions write their results in an existing processor store queue, although store instructions are not allowed to update processor caches and system memory. Use of the store queue during runahead mode to hold store instruction results allows more recent runahead load instructions to search retired store queue entries in the store queue for matching addresses to utilize data from the retired, but still searchable, store instructions. Retired store instructions could be either runahead store instructions retired, or retired store instructions that executed before entering runahead mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUISNESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Gordon Bell, Anil Krishna, Srinivasan Ramani