Patents by Inventor Gregory James Cooper

Gregory James Cooper 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: 20240141674
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a tower structure with at least partially additively manufactured, stacked tower sections. Embodiments of the tower structure have a plurality of stacked tower sections, wherein at least one tower section of the plurality of stacked tower sections includes a wall element having one or more printed layers, and a base holding thereon the one or more printed layers. The present disclosure also is directed to a method of manufacturing a tower structure using a stacked tower sections and additive manufacturing. Embodiments of the method include forming a base of poured concrete or cast material, printing and depositing one or more printed layers to form a wall element, and stacking the plurality of tower sections to form the tower structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Christopher James Kenny, Xiaopeng Li, Gregory Edward Cooper, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer, Collin McKee Sheppard, Ryan Eric Vogel
  • Patent number: 11939762
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, one or more layers of a wall element are deposited with a printhead assembly. At least one recess is defined in the wall element. The recess(es) has a single, circumferential opening positioned along an inner reference curve or an outer reference curve of the wall element. The recess(es) also has a depth which extends in a radial direction and intersects a midline reference curve. A reinforcing element is placed entirely within the recess(es) at the midline reference curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Gregory Edward Cooper, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
  • Patent number: 11499668
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an apparatus including a television monitor mount with a foldout portion and a predefined main body, a constant torque hinge on a plate having at least one handle configured to be affixed to a structure that can hold other plates and either contains or holds at least one device, VESA mounting holes or equivalent hole configurations with lockable positions using a locking mechanism, and wherein the foldout portion of the mount along with the main body is configured to mount to other mounts or similar devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory James Cooper
  • Publication number: 20190346081
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an apparatus including a television monitor mount with a foldout portion and a predefined main body, a constant torque hinge on a plate having at least one handle configured to be affixed to a structure that can hold other plates and either contains or holds at least one device, VESA mounting holes or equivalent hole configurations with lockable positions using a locking mechanism, and wherein the foldout portion of the mount along with the main body is configured to mount to other mounts or similar devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory James Cooper