Patents by Inventor Gregory Martin Dunlap

Gregory Martin Dunlap 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).

  • Contactless power and data transmission apparatus
    Patent number: 7717619
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an imaging system are provided. The imaging system includes a gantry having a stationary member coupled to a rotating member. The rotating member has an opened area proximate an axis about which the rotating member rotates. An x-ray source provided on the rotating member. An x-ray detector may be disposed on the rotating member and configured to receive x-rays from the x-ray source. A rotary transformer having circumferentially disposed primary and secondary windings may form part of a contactless power transfer system that rotates the rotatable portion of the gantry at very high speeds, the primary winding being disposed on the stationary member and the secondary winding being disposed on the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason Stuart Katcha, Gregory Martin Dunlap, Kai Chi Chan
  • CONTACTLESS POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20090185658
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for an imaging system are provided. The imaging system includes a gantry having a stationary member coupled to a rotating member. The rotating member has an opened area proximate an axis about which the rotating member rotates. An x-ray source provided on the rotating member. An x-ray detector may be disposed on the rotating member and configured to receive x-rays from the x-ray source. A rotary transformer having circumferentially disposed primary and secondary windings may form part of a contactless power transfer system that rotates the rotatable portion of the gantry at very high speeds, the primary winding being disposed on the stationary member and the secondary winding being disposed on the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Jason Stuart Katcha, Gregory Martin Dunlap, Kai Chi Chan