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).

  • Patent number: 9106078
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: UTILIDATA, INC.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20150042488
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Patent number: 8809235
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Gordon Bell, Guy Ramsay
  • Publication number: 20140222226
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20140200728
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20140184134
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: UTILIDATA, INC.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20140107858
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating performance metrics of conservation voltage reduction (CVR) systems and VOLT/VAR optimization systems is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Patent number: 8676396
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20140043170
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20140043171
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20140039712
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating performance metrics of conservation voltage reduction (CVR) systems and VOLT/VAR optimization systems is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Patent number: 8639886
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Bell, Anil Krishna, Srinivasan Ramani
  • Patent number: 8618757
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Utilidata, Inc.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20130241462
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Patent number: 8420859
    Abstract: 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; and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Gordon Bell, Ian David Tovey
  • Publication number: 20120316692
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: UTILIDATA, INC.
    Inventor: David Gordon Bell
  • Patent number: 8211829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Bell, Guy Ramsay
  • Publication number: 20110190129
    Abstract: 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 gro
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: SYNGENTA LIMITED
    Inventors: Gordon Bell, Clair Louise Harris, Ian David Tovey
  • Publication number: 20110167229
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Sandor Szalay, Alainna White, Jan Vandenberg, Hao Howie Huang, Andreas Terzis, Gordon Bell
  • Publication number: 20100199045
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUISNESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gordon Bell, Anil Krishna, Srinivasan Ramani