Patents by Inventor J. Lucas

J. Lucas 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: 20250038542
    Abstract: A method for determining when a connection of a power system to a grid has been disconnected. The method includes the power system supplying a first amount of reactive power to the grid to which the power system is connected, and the power system determining if there is a frequency change within the grid. This includes if the frequency change does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the power system supplying a second amount of reactive power to the grid, and if the frequency exceeds a predetermined threshold, the power system supplying a first amount of reactive power to the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Donald J. LUCAS, Christopher L. BARBER, Xiaorong XIA
  • Patent number: 12188441
    Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew A. Schnellinger, James R. Lowell, Bryan A. Finseth, Christopher L Barber, Jason M. Sachs, Donald J. Lucas, Shannon Prescott, Jeffrey W. Kite, Andras K. Fekete, Douglas R. Adams
  • Publication number: 20240386053
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing and executing queries in a data intake and query system. The data intake and query system receives raw machine data at an indexing system, and stores at least a portion of the raw machine data in buckets using containerized indexing nodes instantiated in a containerized environment. The data intake and query system stores the buckets in a shared storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Alexandros Batsakis, Ashish Mathew, Christopher Madden Pride, Bharath Kishore Reddy Aleti, Sourav Pal, Arindam Bhattacharjee, James Monschke, Sai Krishna Sajja, Igor Stojanovski, Tameem Anwar, Paul J. Lucas, Eric Woo, Steve Wong
  • Publication number: 20240384718
    Abstract: A positive displacement roots blower can include a housing having an inlet structured to receive an incoming flow of a fluid, an outlet structured to receive an outgoing flow of the fluid, and a passage. The positive displacement roots blower can also include a pair of intermeshed rotating members supported for complementary rotation within the housing, where the rotating members and the housing form respective operating volumes there between which rotate with the rotating members. Each of the respective operating volumes has the following regions: (1) open to inlet/closed to outlet; (2) closed to inlet/closed to outlet; and (3) closed to inlet/open to outlet. The passage includes a restriction and connects to at least one of the operating volumes when the at least one of the respective operating volumes is in region (2). The restriction can be a venturi feedback connecting to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J. Lucas, Gautier Lombart, Christian Doucet, Thomas Gholami-Zouj
  • Patent number: 12134054
    Abstract: A filter system can include a replaceable filter cartridge having a spinner element structured to swirl a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil, as well as an end cap used to enclose an open interior of a filter media of the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge can be configured to interface with and be supported by a mesh holder. A housing can be attached over the filter cartridge to enclose the system and create a flow path for a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil. The replaceable filter cartridge can be constructed of materials suitable for disposal in a waste incineration process. The mesh holder can be inserted on a combo-block and secured in place by a compression fitting. A stand pipe can extend into the interior of the filter media and be coupled with a central passage of the mesh holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lucas, Christopher Leamon, Daniel Patrick McGuinness
  • Patent number: 12119658
    Abstract: A method for determining when a connection of a power system to a grid has been disconnected. The method includes the power system supplying a first amount of reactive power to the grid to which the power system is connected, and the power system determining if there is a frequency change within the grid. This includes if the frequency change does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the power system supplying a second amount of reactive power to the grid, and if the frequency exceeds a predetermined threshold, the power system supplying a first amount of reactive power to the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Donald J. Lucas, Christopher L. Barber, Xiaorong Xia
  • Patent number: 12105632
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for performing cache aware searching. In response to a search query, a first bucket and a second bucket in remote storage for processing the search query. A determination is made that a first file in the first bucket is present in a cache when the search query is received. In response to the search query, a search is performed using the first file based on the determination that the first file is present in the cache when the search query is received, and the search is performed using a second file from the second bucket once the second file is stored in the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Ledion Bitincka, Alexandros Batsakis, Paul J. Lucas, Nicholas Robert Romito
  • Patent number: 12060881
    Abstract: A positive displacement roots blower can include a housing having an inlet structured to receive an incoming flow of a fluid, an outlet structured to receive an outgoing flow of the fluid, and a passage. The positive displacement roots blower can also include a pair of intermeshed rotating members supported for complementary rotation within the housing, where the rotating members and the housing form respective operating volumes there between which rotate with the rotating members. Each of the respective operating volumes has the following regions: (1) open to inlet/closed to outlet; (2) closed to inlet/closed to outlet; and (3) closed to inlet/open to outlet. The passage includes a restriction and connects to at least one of the operating volumes when the at least one of the respective operating volumes is in region (2). The restriction can be a venturi feedback connecting to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lucas, Gautier Lombart, Christian Doucet, Thomas Gholami-Zouj
  • Patent number: 12020030
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory component, a delay component, and a command component coupled to the delay component. The command component can be configured to enter a received command associated with accessing a physical address in the memory component into an execution queue and mark the command as active. The command component can be configured to send the active command to the memory component to be executed. The command component can be configured to clear the active command from the execution queue in response to receiving a message from the memory component, via the delay component, indicating the active command has been executed. The delay component can be configured to delay the message from the memory component a particular period of time before sending the message to the command component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Dunlop, Gary J. Lucas, Edward C. McGlaughlin
  • Publication number: 20240165550
    Abstract: A filter system can include a replaceable filter cartridge having a spinner element structured to swirl a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil, as well as an end cap used to enclose an open interior of a filter media of the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge can be configured to interface with and be supported by a mesh holder. A housing can be attached over the filter cartridge to enclose the system and create a flow path for a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil. The replaceable filter cartridge can be constructed of materials suitable for disposal in a waste incineration process. The mesh holder can be inserted on a combo-block and secured in place by a compression fitting. A stand pipe can extend into the interior of the filter media and be coupled with a central passage of the mesh holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J. Lucas, Christopher Leamon, Daniel Patrick McGuinness
  • Publication number: 20240093663
    Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew A. Schnellinger, James R. Lowell, Bryan A. Finseth, Christopher L. Barber, Jason M. Sachs, Donald J. Lucas, Shannon Prescott, Jeffrey W. Kite, Andras K. Fekete, Douglas R. Adams
  • Patent number: 11868267
    Abstract: A system includes a first memory component having a particular access size associated with performance of memory operations, a second memory component to store a logical to physical data structure whose entries map management segments to respective physical locations in the memory component, wherein each management segment corresponds to an aggregated plurality of logical access units having the particular access size, and a processing device, operably coupled to the memory component. The processing device can perform memory management operations on a per management segment basis by: for each respective management segment, tracking access requests to constituent access units corresponding to the respective management segment, and determining whether to perform a particular memory management operation on the respective management segment based on the tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward C. McGlaughlin, Gary J. Lucas, Joseph M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 11865481
    Abstract: A filter system can include a replaceable filter cartridge having a spinner element structured to swirl a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil, as well as an end cap used to enclose an open interior of a filter media of the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge can be configured to interface with and be supported by a mesh holder. A housing can be attached over the filter cartridge to enclose the system and create a flow path for a mixed flow of compressible fluid and oil. The replaceable filter cartridge can be constructed of materials suitable for disposal in a waste incineration process. The mesh holder can be inserted on a combo-block and secured in place by a compression fitting. A stand pipe can extend into the interior of the filter media and be coupled with a central passage of the mesh holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lucas, Christopher Leamon, Daniel Patrick McGuinness
  • Patent number: 11859589
    Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew A. Schnellinger, James R. Lowell, Bryan A. Finseth, Christopher L. Barber, Jason M. Sachs, Donald J. Lucas, Shannon Prescott, Jeffrey W. Kite, Andras K. Fekete, Douglas R. Adams
  • Patent number: 11840179
    Abstract: A Camera/lens mounting platform (also referred to hereafter as the “platform”) for attachment to the window opening in a vehicle door is described. The platform is configurable to clamp to the doors of many, if not most, passenger cars and light duty trucks when a door's window is fully or nearly fully retracted. The platform offers a firm connection to the vehicle door and high stability to minimize blurring of photos and video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: William J. Lucas
  • Publication number: 20230392570
    Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew A. Schnellinger, James R. Lowell, Bryan A. Finseth, Christopher L. Barber, Jason M. Sachs, Donald J. Lucas, Shannon Prescott, Jeffrey W. Kite, Andras K. Fekete, Douglas R. Adams
  • Publication number: 20230315785
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing and executing queries in a data intake and query system. The data intake and query system receives raw machine data at an indexing system, and stores at least a portion of the raw machine data in buckets using containerized indexing nodes instantiated in a containerized environment. The data intake and query system stores the buckets in a shared storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandros Batsakis, Sourav Pal, Sai Krishna Sajja, Igor Stojanovski, Tameem Anwar, Paul J. Lucas, Eric Woo, Steve Wong
  • Publication number: 20230315641
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for performing cache aware searching. In response to a search query, a first bucket and a second bucket in remote storage for processing the search query. A determination is made that a first file in the first bucket is present in a cache when the search query is received. In response to the search query, a search is performed using the first file based on the determination that the first file is present in the cache when the search query is received, and the search is performed using a second file from the second bucket once the second file is stored in the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ledion Bitincka, Alexandros Batsakis, Paul J. Lucas, Nicholas Robert Romito
  • Patent number: 11768776
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for making space available in a local storage of a data intake and query system. A cache manager of the data intake and query system may determine an amount of storage space of a local data store that is available for use to perform a query. The cache manager may then use one or more eviction policies associated with content stored at the local data store to purge content items to evict from the local storage. The system may then retrieve content for performing the query from a remote storage and store the retrieved content at the local storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Bharath Aleti, Alexandros Batsakis, Paul J. Lucas, Igor Stojanovski
  • Patent number: D1015260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Andy J. Lucas, Jamie L. Harris