Patents by Inventor James A. Kenny
James A. Kenny 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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Publication number: 20240141674Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Christopher James Kenny, Xiaopeng Li, Gregory Edward Cooper, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer, Collin McKee Sheppard, Ryan Eric Vogel
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Patent number: 11939762Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLCInventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Gregory Edward Cooper, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
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Patent number: 11919193Abstract: The present application presents novel systems and methods for tracking reinforcement member placement in an additively manufactured structure that are simple, accurate, non-labor-intensive, and cost-effective. The present application also presents a novel method of manufacturing a tower structure comprising: depositing, via an additive printing system, a first printed layer of a wall with a printhead assembly, the wall at least partially circumscribing a vertical axis of the tower structure; positioning a first reinforcement member on the first printed layer; depositing, via the additive printing system, a second printed layer of the wall with the printhead assembly on the first reinforcement member, the second printed layer configured to hold a second reinforcement member thereon; and determining, via an optical sensor of the additive printing system, a position for placing the second reinforcement member based on the first reinforcement member positioning.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLCInventors: Christopher James Kenny, Collin McKee Sheppard, Xiaopeng Li, Norman Arnold Turnquist
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Publication number: 20240033967Abstract: The present application presents novel systems and methods for tracking reinforcement member placement in an additively manufactured structure that are simple, accurate, non-labor-intensive, and cost-effective. The present application also presents a novel method of manufacturing a tower structure comprising: depositing, via an additive printing system, a first printed layer of a wall with a printhead assembly, the wall at least partially circumscribing a vertical axis of the tower structure; positioning a first reinforcement member on the first printed layer; depositing, via the additive printing system, a second printed layer of the wall with the printhead assembly on the first reinforcement member, the second printed layer configured to hold a second reinforcement member thereon; and determining, via an optical sensor of the additive printing system, a position for placing the second reinforcement member based on the first reinforcement member positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Christopher James Kenny, Collin McKee Sheppard, Xiaopeng Li, Norman Arnold Turnquist
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Patent number: 11815191Abstract: A choke valve includes a choke body and a choke trim disposed within the choke body. The choke trim also includes an insert defining a plurality of positive beans and a plate defining an aperture. The plate is configured to contact and to rotate relative to the insert to cover and uncover the plurality of positive beans to adjust a fluid flow through the choke valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Declan Elliott, James Kenny, Jerry A. Martino, Stuart Robinson
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Patent number: 11697222Abstract: A method and system of additively-manufacturing a structure having a reinforced access opening includes printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface. The portion of the structure is printed of a cementitious material, and the printed portion of the structure defines an access opening for the structure. Moreover, the method includes providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening, placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void, and continuing to print the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure. Thus, the method also includes backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Xiaopeng Li, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer, Christopher James Kenny
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Publication number: 20230135767Abstract: A system for manufacturing a structure includes a supporting frame assembly moveable in a vertical direction of the structure. Further, the system includes an additive printing assembly secured to the supporting frame assembly. The additive printing assembly includes at least one printer head configured to dispense a first cementitious material. The system also includes a reinforcement dispensing assembly supported by the supporting frame assembly. Thus, the reinforcement dispensing assembly is configured to automatically and continuously dispense a plurality of reinforcing members as the structure is printed and built up via the at least one printer head and as the supporting frame assembly moves in the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Xiaopeng Li, Gregory Edward Cooper, Norman Arnold Turnquist, Christopher James Kenny
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Publication number: 20230135211Abstract: A method and system of additively-manufacturing a structure having a reinforced access opening includes printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface. The portion of the structure is printed of a cementitious material, and the printed portion of the structure defines an access opening for the structure. Moreover, the method includes providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening, placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void, and continuing to print the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure. Thus, the method also includes backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Xiaopeng Li, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer, Christopher James Kenny
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Patent number: 11618216Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a build platform, a particulate dispenser assembly configured to dispense or remove particulate to or from the build platform, and a plurality of print heads each having at least one binder jet. The binder jets are configured to dispense at least one binder in varying densities onto the particulate in multiple locations to consolidate the particulate to form the component with a variable binder density throughout. The system also includes a plurality of arms extending at least partially across the build platform and supporting the print heads and at least one actuator assembly configured to rotate the print heads and/or the build platform about a rotation axis and move at least one of the print heads and the build platform in a build direction perpendicular to the build platform as part of a helical build process for the component.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Juan Pablo Cilia, John P. Davis, William Thomas Carter, Jr., Jared Micheal Iverson, Michael Robert Tucker, Michael Evans Graham, Edward James Nieters, Christopher James Kenny
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Patent number: 11613904Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes providing an additive printing device having at least one printer head atop a support surface. The method also includes positioning a pre-fabricated component adjacent to the support surface. The pre-fabricated component is constructed of a composite material reinforced with a plurality of reinforcement members. Further, portions of the plurality of reinforcement members protrude from the composite material. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the at least one printer head, a cementitious material onto the support surface to build up the tower structure layer by layer around the pre-fabricated component. Thus, the portions of the plurality of reinforcement members that protrude from the composite material reinforce the cementitious material around the pre-fabricated component.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Gregory Edward Cooper, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
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Publication number: 20220384168Abstract: A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising: a step (10) of analysing a reference compound in a first mass spectrometer and outputting mass spectral data in response thereto; a step (20) of analysing the reference compound in a second, different mass spectrometer and outputting mass spectral data in response thereto; and a step (30) of automatically adjusting an operational parameter, duty cycle (e.g. duty cycle of data acquisition), or acquired spectral data of at least one mass spectrometer such that, for the same (given) consumption of reference compound by the spectrometer, the statistical precision of quantification (the number of detected ions) and/or of mass measurement (the mass resolution) by the mass spectrometer is substantially the same as that of the other mass spectrometer. A similar method of ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: Jason Lee Wildgoose, Martin Raymond Green, Keith Richardson, Daniel James Kenny, David Gordon, Kate Whyatt
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Publication number: 20220341152Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Gregory Edward Cooper, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
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Patent number: 11415547Abstract: A method of filtering ions according to their ion mobility using a device is disclosed, the method comprising a plurality of electrodes and one or more voltage source(s) arranged and adapted to apply voltages to the plurality of electrodes, the method comprising, generating using the one or more voltage source(s) one or more local separation region(s), wherein ions can be separated within each local separation region according to their ion mobility, and moving each local separation region axially along the device with a certain velocity such that, for each local separation region, ions having a value of their ion mobility falling within a selected range are transmitted axially along the device with that local separation region whereas ions having higher and/or lower ion mobility falling outside that range escape the local separation region, wherein any ions that escape the local separation region(s) are removed from within the device and/or otherwise kept apart from those ions falling within the selected rangType: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: David J. Langridge, Jason Lee Wildgoose, Martin Raymond Green, Daniel James Kenny, Kevin Giles, Steven Derek Pringle
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Publication number: 20220243836Abstract: A choke valve includes a choke body and a choke trim disposed within the choke body. The choke trim also includes an insert defining a plurality of positive beans and a plate defining an aperture. The plate is configured to contact and to rotate relative to the insert to cover and uncover the plurality of positive beans to adjust a fluid flow through the choke valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Declan Elliott, James Kenny, Jerry A. Martino, Stuart Robinson
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Publication number: 20220163480Abstract: A method of selecting ions comprises selecting ions corresponding to a target ion of interest by separating analyte ions according to their ion mobility, isolating first ions of the analyte ions, separating the first ions according to their ion mobility, and isolating second ions of the first ions. Preferably, the separation is accomplished by using a cyclic or closed-loop separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: Martin Palmer, Eleanor Riches, Jakub Ujma, Jason Lee Wildgoose, Martin Raymond Green, David J. Langridge, Kevin Giles, Steven Derek Pringle, Daniel James Kenny
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Publication number: 20220154486Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tower structure includes providing an additive printing device having at least one printer head atop a support surface. The method also includes positioning a pre-fabricated component adjacent to the support surface. The pre-fabricated component is constructed of a composite material reinforced with a plurality of reinforcement members. Further, portions of the plurality of reinforcement members protrude from the composite material. Moreover, the method includes printing and depositing, via the at least one printer head, a cementitious material onto the support surface to build up the tower structure layer by layer around the pre-fabricated component. Thus, the portions of the plurality of reinforcement members that protrude from the composite material reinforce the cementitious material around the pre-fabricated component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Gregory Edward Cooper, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
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Publication number: 20220099627Abstract: A method of filtering ions according to their ion mobility using a device is disclosed, the method comprising a plurality of electrodes and one or more voltage source(s) arranged and adapted to apply voltages to the plurality of electrodes, the method comprising, generating using the one or more voltage source(s) one or more local separation region(s), wherein ions can be separated within each local separation region according to their ion mobility, and moving each local separation region axially along the device with a certain velocity such that, for each local separation region, ions having a value of their ion mobility falling within a selected range are transmitted axially along the device with that local separation region whereas ions having higher and/or lower ion mobility falling outside that range escape the local separation region, wherein any ions that escape the local separation region(s) are removed from within the device and/or otherwise kept apart from those ions falling within the selected rangType: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: David J. Langridge, Jason Lee Wildgoose, Martin Raymond Green, Daniel James Kenny, Kevin Giles, Steven Derek Pringle
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Publication number: 20220063188Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a build platform, a particulate dispenser assembly configured to dispense or remove particulate to or from the build platform, and a plurality of print heads each having at least one binder jet. The binder jets are configured to dispense at least one binder in varying densities onto the particulate in multiple locations to consolidate the particulate to form the component with a variable binder density throughout. The system also includes a plurality of arms extending at least partially across the build platform and supporting the print heads and at least one actuator assembly configured to rotate the print heads and/or the build platform about a rotation axis and move at least one of the print heads and the build platform in a build direction perpendicular to the build platform as part of a helical build process for the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Juan Pablo Cilia, John P. Davis, William Thomas Carter, JR., Jared Micheal Iverson, Michael Robert Tucker, Michael Evans Graham, Edward James Nieters, Christopher James Kenny
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Publication number: 20210382005Abstract: A dual-mode ion detector for a mass and/or ion mobility spectrometer comprising a first conversion electrode (20) that is maintained, in use, at a negative potential and arranged for converting incident positive ions (32) into secondary electrons (34), and a second conversion electrode (22) that is maintained, in use, at a positive potential and arranged for converting incident negative ions (42) into secondary positive ions (44) and/or secondary electrons (74). The detector also comprises an electron detecting surface (26) and an entrance electrode (24) for drawing ions into the ion detector. The ion detector is switchable between a first mode for detecting positive ions and a second mode for detecting negative ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: David Gordon, Daniel James Kenny, Richard Barrington Moulds, David J. Langridge
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Patent number: 11017990Abstract: A miniature mass spectrometer includes an atmospheric pressure ionisation source and a first vacuum chamber having an atmospheric pressure sampling orifice or capillary, a second vacuum chamber downstream of the first vacuum chamber, and a third vacuum chamber downstream of the second vacuum chamber. An ion detector is located in the third vacuum chamber. A first RF ion guide is located within the first vacuum chamber and a second RF ion guide is located within the second vacuum chamber. The ion path length from the atmospheric pressure sampling orifice or capillary to an ion detecting surface of the ion detector is ?400 mm. The mass spectrometer also includes a tandem quadrupole mass analyser, 3D ion trap mass analyser, 2D or linear ion trap mass analyser, Time of Flight mass analyser, quadrupole-Time of Flight mass analyser, or electrostatic mass analyser arranged in the third vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Micromass UK LimitedInventors: David Gordon, Daniel James Kenny