Patents by Inventor James William Bray
James William Bray 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: 20160160845Abstract: A submersible liquid-vapor generator (LVG) includes an evaporator portion in heat transfer communication with a heat energy source. The LVG also includes a magnetic field apparatus coupled in flow communication with the evaporator portion. The LVG further includes a condenser portion coupled in flow communication with the magnetic field apparatus. The LVG also includes a hybrid working fluid including nanoparticles. The evaporator portion, the magnetic field portion, and the condenser portion at least partially define a hybrid working vapor flow path. The LVG further includes an electrically non-conductive wick structure coupled in flow communication with the evaporator portion and the condenser portion. The wick structure at least partially defines a hybrid working liquid flow path extending between the condenser portion and the evaporator portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Stanton Earl Weaver, James William Bray, Michael John Bowman
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Patent number: 9312063Abstract: A contactless power transfer system is provided. The system includes a first coil configured to produce a magnetic field. The system also includes a second coil configured to receive power from the first coil via the magnetic field. The system further includes a field focusing element. The field focusing element includes a plurality of resonators arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of resonators, upon excitation, interfere constructively in a direction of the second coil and interfere destructively in a remaining space to focus the magnetic field onto the second coil and enhance the coupling between the first coil and the second coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori, James William Bray, Somakumar Ramachandrapanicker, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat
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Patent number: 9287485Abstract: Method for joining wires using low resistivity joints is provided. More specifically, methods of joining one or more wires having superconductive filaments, such as magnesium diboride filaments, are provided. The wires are joined by a low resistivity joint to form wires of a desired length for applications, such in medical imaging applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Judson Sloan Marte, Xianrui Huang, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Bruce Alan Knudsen, Thomas Robert Raber, Robert John Zabala, James William Bray, Paul Shadforth Thompson, Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Curtis Alan Johnson, Sylvia Marie Decarr
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Patent number: 9244049Abstract: A system for measuring nutritional parameters of food items is provided. The system includes a holding cavity. The system further includes a sensor assembly that includes a transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna. The transmitter antenna is configured to transmit signals to a food item in the holding cavity. The receiver antenna is configured to receive response signals from the food item. The system includes at least one switch coupled to each antenna. The switch, in a first state, is configured to set the sensor assembly to an electric potential equal to that of the holding cavity. In a second state, the switch is configured to couple the sensor assembly to a power source. The system also includes a processing unit to process the signals received to determine the nutritional parameters of the food item.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yongjae Lee, Aghogho Atemu Obi, Seog Tae Kim, William Chester Platt, James William Bray, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Jack Mathew Webster, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes
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Publication number: 20150380999Abstract: A permanent magnet machine and a rotor assembly for the permanent magnet machine. The permanent magnet machine includes a stator assembly including a stator core configured to generate a magnetic field and extending along a longitudinal axis with an inner surface defining a cavity and a rotor assembly including a rotor core and a rotor shaft. The rotor core is disposed inside the stator cavity and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis. The rotor assembly further including a plurality of permanent magnets for generating a magnetic field which interacts with the stator magnetic field to produce torque. The permanent magnets are disposed within one or more cavities formed in a sleeve component. The sleeve component configured to include a plurality of cavities or voids therein and thus provide minimal weight to the permanent magnet machine. The permanent magnet machine providing increased centrifugal load capacity, increased power density and improved electrical performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Narendra Digamber Joshi, Manoj Ramprasad Shah, James William Bray, Randy Marinus Vondrell, Kurt David Murrow, Jeffrey Anthony Hamel, Samuel Jacob Martin
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Publication number: 20140331796Abstract: A system for measuring nutritional parameters of food items is provided. The system includes a holding cavity. The system further includes a sensor assembly that includes a transmitter antenna and at least one receiver antenna. The transmitter antenna is configured to transmit signals to a food item in the holding cavity. The receiver antenna is configured to receive response signals from the food item. The system includes at least one switch coupled to each antenna. The switch, in a first state, is configured to set the sensor assembly to an electric potential equal to that of the holding cavity. In a second state, the switch is configured to couple the sensor assembly to a power source. The system also includes a processing unit to process the signals received to determine the nutritional parameters of the food item.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yongjae Lee, Aghogho Atemu Obi, Seog Tae Kim, William Chester Platt, James William Bray, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Jack Mathew Webster, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes
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Publication number: 20140139041Abstract: A contactless power transfer system is provided. The system includes a first coil configured to produce a magnetic field. The system also includes a second coil configured to receive power from the first coil via the magnetic field. The system further includes a field focusing element. The field focusing element includes a plurality of resonators arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of resonators, upon excitation, interfere constructively in a direction of the second coil and interfere destructively in a remaining space to focus the magnetic field onto the second coil and enhance the coupling between the first coil and the second coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori, James William Bray, Somakumar Ramachandrapanicker, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat
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Patent number: 8671552Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a central opening that is configured to receive the rotor. The rotor includes a generally cylindrical first section comprising a first material mounted on an axially extending shaft within the central opening. The rotor further includes a second section having a second material of a predetermined thickness that is coated directly on at least a portion of the first section. The second material has a higher electrical conductivity relative to the first material.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James William Bray, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam, Manoj Ramprasad Shah
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Patent number: 8674550Abstract: A contactless power transfer system is proposed. The system includes a first coil coupled to a power source and configured to produce a magnetic field. A second coil is configured to receive power from the first coil via the magnetic field. A field focusing element is disposed between the first coil and the second coil and configured as a self resonant coil having a standing wave current distribution. The field focusing element is further configured to focus the magnetic field onto the second coil and enhance the coupling between the first coil and the second coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori, James William Bray, Somakumar Ramachandrapanicker, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat
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Publication number: 20130255281Abstract: A cooling system is provided for cooling an electrical component. The cooling system includes a supply of liquid natural gas (LNG) and a heat sink configured to be positioned in thermal communication with the electrical component. The cooling system also includes an LNG conduit configured to be interconnected between the heat sink and the supply of LNG such that the LNG conduit is configured to carry LNG from the supply to the heat sink. A pump is configured to be operatively connected in fluid communication with the supply of LNG. The pump is configured to move LNG within the LNG conduit from the supply to the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventor: James William Bray
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Publication number: 20130104985Abstract: A photovoltaic device includes an absorber layer comprising a material comprising cadmium and tellurium. The photovoltaic device further includes a p+-type semiconductor layer and an interlayer interposed between the absorber layer and the p+-type semiconductor layer. The interlayer comprises manganese. The photovoltaic device may be manufactured as a substrate-based device or as a superstrate base device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, James William Bray
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Patent number: 8346326Abstract: An electrical component comprises a superconductive wire, the wire comprising a first wire segment joined to a second wire segment, wherein the first wire segment and the second wire segment differ in at least one property selected from the group consisting of magnetic field tolerance, temperature tolerance, ac loss, and strain tolerance, and wherein the magnetic field tolerance is measured by the relationship of critical current Ic to magnetic field H at a given temperature T below critical temperature Tc, the temperature tolerance is measured by the relationship of critical current Ic to temperature T at a given magnetic field below critical magnetic field Hc, the ac loss is measured by the amount of ac loss versus the frequency and magnitude of applied ac currents and fields, and the strain tolerance is measured by critical current Ic degradation with strain.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James William Bray, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam
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Patent number: 8338979Abstract: A direct current generating including an annular armature connectable to rotate with a rotating component of a wind turbine and a stationary annular field winding coaxial to the armature and separated by a gap from the armature. The field winding is configured to include superconducting coil magnets and a support structure connectable to an upper region of a tower of the wind turbine. The direct current generator further including a commutator assembly configured to transfer DC current generated by the rotating armature to a power conversion system.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: James William Bray
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Patent number: 8301409Abstract: A method includes supplying current to at least one photovoltaic device via a current source and detecting emitted photon radiations from the at least one photovoltaic device via a radiation detector. The method also includes outputting a signal corresponding to the detected emitted photon radiations from the radiation detector to a processor device, and processing the signal corresponding to the detected emitted photon radiations via the processor device to generate one or more two-dimensional photon images. The method further includes analyzing the one or more two-dimensional photon images to determine at least one defect in the at least one photovoltaic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Faisal Razi Ahmad, Oleg Sulima, Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar, Ri-an Zhao, James William Bray
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Patent number: 8292052Abstract: A contactless power transfer system for a mobile asset is presented. The system includes a primary loop disposed adjacent to a location that is coupled to a power source. A secondary receiving coil is disposed on the mobile asset and coupled to a traction motor for receiving power from the primary loop. The power transfer system further includes a field-focusing element that can focus a magnetic field from the primary loop onto the secondary receiving coil, the field-focusing element having a non-linear current distribution.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adnan Kutubuddin Bohori, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Dwayne Worden, James William Bray, Somakumar Ramachandrapanicker, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Suma Memana Narayana Bhat
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Publication number: 20120192923Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a photovoltaic device is provided. The photovoltaic device includes a first semiconductor layer; a p+-type semiconductor layer; and an interlayer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the p+-type semiconductor layer, wherein the interlayer includes magnesium and tellurium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, James William Bray
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Publication number: 20120165200Abstract: Method for joining wires using low resistivity joints is provided. More specifically, methods of joining one or more wires having superconductive filaments, such as magnesium diboride filaments, are provided. The wires are joined by a low resistivity joint to form wires of a desired length for applications, such in medical imaging applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Judson Sloan Marte, Xianrui Huang, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Bruce Alan Knudsen, Thomas Robert Raber, Robert John Zabala, James William Bray, Paul Shadforth Thompson, Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Curtis Alan Johnson, Sylvia Marie Decarr
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Publication number: 20120132593Abstract: A magnetic separator comprising a separation chamber is provided. The separation chamber comprises a having an inlet and at least one outlet opposite the inlet in a downstream direction, and a magnetic source operatively coupled to the separation chamber. The magnetic source comprises a plurality of magnets that can be selectively turned off and on to create a dynamic magnetic field in the separation chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sunil Srinivasa Murthy, James William Bray, Shankar Chandrasekaran, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Aaron Joseph Dulgar-Tulloch, Munish Vishwas Inamdar
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Publication number: 20120135494Abstract: A magnetic separator comprising a separation chamber is provided. The magnetic separator comprises an inlet and at least one outlet, and a magnetic source operatively coupled to the separation chamber and comprising a plurality of magnets that can be selectively turned off and on to create a dynamic magnetic field in the separation chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sunil Srinivasa Murthy, James William Bray, Shankar Chandrasekaran, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Aaron Joseph Dulgar-Tulloch, Munish Vishwas Inamdar
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Publication number: 20120103604Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a subsurface heating device comprising: (a) a combustion conduit casing defining a combustion conduit; (b) at least two combustors disposed within the combustion conduit casing; (c) at least one fuel supply conduit; d) at least one oxygen supply conduit configured to supply oxygen to at least one combustor; and (e) a combustion product gas outlet. The at least two combustors are characterized by an inter-combustor distance of at least one thousand feet and a combustion power of at least 3.41 million BTU per hour. The at least one fuel supply conduit is configured to supply a combustible fuel to at least one combustor. Also provided in another aspect of the present invention, is a method for heating a subsurface zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sherif Hatem Abdulla Mohamed, Richard Blair Sheldon, Ahmed Mostafa ELKady, Andrei Tristan Evulet, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, JR., James William Bray