Patents by Inventor Jean Lucas
Jean 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).
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Patent number: 11719432Abstract: The embodiments described relate to an expeditionary solid waste disposal system configured to improve logistics and enable it to be readily deployed. The two-stage gasification/oxidation process takes place in a dual chambered device that resembles and functions as a shipping container. Incinerators or other waste conversion devices are commonly containerized by loading the equipment into a standard or modified shipping container. This apparatus is designed as a waste conversion unit that integrates all of the necessary features required to be an ISO-certified shipping container within its structural design such that the waste conversion system and shipping container are one and the same. With correct set-up by 2 persons aided by forklift the system can be configured and operational in a matter of hours.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Carlos Murillo
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Publication number: 20210207800Abstract: The embodiments described relate to an expeditionary solid waste disposal system configured to improve logistics and enable it to be readily deployed. The two-stage gasification/oxidation process takes place in a dual chambered device that resembles and functions as a shipping container. Incinerators or other waste conversion devices are commonly containerized by loading the equipment into a standard or modified shipping container. This apparatus is designed as a waste conversion unit that integrates all of the necessary features required to be an ISO-certified shipping container within its structural design such that the waste conversion system and shipping container are one and the same. With correct set-up by 2 persons aided by forklift the system can be configured and operational in a matter of hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Eco Burn Inc.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Carlos Murillo
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Patent number: 10969099Abstract: The embodiments described relate to an expeditionary solid waste disposal system configured to improve logistics and enable it to be readily deployed. The two-stage gasification/oxidation process takes place in a dual chambered device that resembles and functions as a shipping container. Incinerators or other waste conversion devices are commonly containerized by loading the equipment into a standard or modified shipping container. This apparatus is designed as a waste conversion unit that integrates all of the necessary features required to be an ISO-certified shipping container within its structural design such that the waste conversion system and shipping container are one and the same. With correct set-up by 2 persons aided by forklift the system can be configured and operational in a matter of hours.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Carlos Murillo
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Patent number: 10928066Abstract: The present embodiments provide an incinerator which includes a system for reducing NOx and CO emissions. A computational fluid dynamics module is configured to generate a plurality of models related to a plurality of incinerator parameters. A programmable logic controller dynamically maintains a plurality of set points. Further, the programmable logic controller receives a plurality of output signals from a plurality of sensors and compares the plurality of output signals with the plurality of set points. The programmable logic controller is further to affect an amount of above-fire combustion air, an amount of under-fire combustion air, and an amount of above-fire and under-fire flue gas recirculation to reduce NOx emissions produced by the incinerator.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Kim Docksteader
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Publication number: 20200340669Abstract: The embodiments described relate to an expeditionary solid waste disposal system configured to improve logistics and enable it to be readily deployed. The two-stage gasification/oxidation process takes place in a dual chambered device that resembles and functions as a shipping container. Incinerators or other waste conversion devices are commonly containerized by loading the equipment into a standard or modified shipping container. This apparatus is designed as a waste conversion unit that integrates all of the necessary features required to be an ISO-certified shipping container within its structural design such that the waste conversion system and shipping container are one and the same. With correct set-up by 2 persons aided by forklift the system can be configured and operational in a matter of hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Carlos Murillo
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Patent number: 10816197Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for the dynamic movement of waste through an incinerator. The system includes a stepped hearth combustion chamber, an input to receive a combustible material, and an output to permit egress of a product of combustion. A plurality of sensing elements and response elements are in communication with a control system to facilitate the automated movement of the combustible material through the stepped hearth combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Kim Docksteader
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Publication number: 20200256559Abstract: The present embodiments provide an incinerator which includes a system for reducing NOx and CO emissions. A computational fluid dynamics module is configured to generate a plurality of models related to a plurality of incinerator parameters. A programmable logic controller dynamically maintains a plurality of set points. Further, the programmable logic controller receives a plurality of output signals from a plurality of sensors and compares the plurality of output signals with the plurality of set points. The programmable logic controller is further to affect an amount of above-fire combustion air, an amount of under-fire combustion air, and an amount of above-fire and under-fire flue gas recirculation to reduce NOx emissions produced by the incinerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Kim Docksteader
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Publication number: 20200182462Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for the dynamic movement of waste through an incinerator. The system includes a stepped hearth combustion chamber, an input to receive a combustible material, and an output to permit egress of a product of combustion. A plurality of sensing elements and response elements are in communication with a control system to facilitate the automated movement of the combustible material through the stepped hearth combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: ECO BURN INC.Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao, Kim Docksteader
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Patent number: 10184086Abstract: A method for cracking hydrocarbon includes providing a feedstock comprising steam and hydrocarbon, and feeding the feedstock into a device having an inner surface accessible to the feedstock. The inner surface includes a compound of formula An+1BnO3n+1, wherein A includes at least one alkaline earth metal, B includes at least one transition metal, O is oxygen, and 1?n?20.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Shizhong Wang, Wusheng Xu, Hong Zhou, Lawrence B Kool, Wenqing Peng, Yanfei Gu, Jeffrey E Castor, Patrick Jean Lucas, Raymon Barlow
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Patent number: 10168072Abstract: Embodiments described provide a mobile containerized waste-to-energy recovery apparatus which enables a multi-stage gasification/oxidation of a solid waste and provide an energy source from a plurality of releasably couple technologies including at least a heat exchanger, a thermoelectric generator, an organic Rankine cycle unit, and chiller/heat pump. The apparatus includes an integrated slide rail mechanism that allows each of the plurality of iso containers to be releasably attached to one another and attach a variety of interchangeable and universally coded part types therein to enable a multi-stage gasification/oxidation in at least the primary and secondary chambers n and provide a recovered energy at the heat recovery module.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao
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Publication number: 20180202687Abstract: Embodiments described provide a mobile containerized waste-to-energy recovery apparatus which enables a multi-stage gasification/oxidation of a solid waste and provide an energy source from a plurality of releasably couple technologies including at least a heat exchanger, a thermoelectric generator, an organic Rankine cycle unit, and chiller/heat pump. The apparatus includes an integrated slide rail mechanism that allows each of the plurality of iso containers to be releasably attached to one another and attach a variety of interchangeable and universally coded part types therein to enable a multi-stage gasification/oxidation in at least the primary and secondary chambers n and provide a recovered energy at the heat recovery module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Jean Lucas, Jun Xiao
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Publication number: 20170260460Abstract: A method for cracking hydrocarbon includes providing a feedstock comprising steam and hydrocarbon, and feeding the feedstock into a device having an inner surface accessible to the feedstock. The inner surface includes a compound of formula An+1BnO3n+1, wherein A includes at least one alkaline earth metal, B includes at least one transition metal, O is oxygen, and 1?n?20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Shizhong Wang, Wusheng Xu, Hong Zhou, Lawrence B. Kool, Wenqing Peng, Yanfei Gu, Jeffrey E. Castor, Patrick Jean Lucas, Raymon Barlow
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Patent number: 7779350Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
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Publication number: 20090204633Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: DAVID MICHAEL BENDER, SHARON JEAN LUCAS, CHARLES VAUGHN RANKIN
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Patent number: 7539936Abstract: The method enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
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Patent number: 7143343Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2002Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
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Publication number: 20040153967Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
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Patent number: 4867103Abstract: Automatic positioning of milking cups on the teats of an animal is achieved by way of an installation comprising a stall accessible to an animal, a device for calculating the coordinates of the teats of an animal in the stall, and arms carrying the cups for positioning same on the teats of an animal under the control of a signal generated as a function of the measured coordinates. The coordinates of the teats are determined using an overall sensor which is located in a fixed spot on one side of the stall and which has scanning device permitting the formation of an image of the teats, and a processing device for working out the instantaneous coordinates of the teats from the information supplied by the sensor. Four independent arms are provided, each carrying a respective cup, and each being controlled independently of the others in order to bring the carried cup to a respective teat of an animal without interfering with the movement of the other arms.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1987Date of Patent: September 19, 1989Assignee: Etablissement Public: Centre National du Machinisme Agricole du Genie Rural, des Eaux et des Forets - (Cemagref)Inventors: Jean-Bernard Montalescot, Guy Camus, Jean Lucas
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Patent number: 4522841Abstract: A movably mounted element (1) is stabilized with respect to a desired path according to one component of movement. The element is mounted with complete freedom of movement along that component of movement which takes part in the formation of the actual path and to maintain or return the movable member (1) to the predetermined path, for example, maintaining a spray manifold parallel to the ground. With the aid of a jack (10) there is exerted, between the movable member and its support point or points (3) and as a function of the position of the movable member with respect to the desired path, one or more forces whose magnitude is independent of the position of the movable member with respect to the points of support. The invention is applicable to movable members having plural degrees of movement in rotation and/or translation and particularly for the stabilization of a spray manifold.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1982Date of Patent: June 11, 1985Assignee: Centre National Du Machinisme Agricole, Du Genie Rural, Des Eaux et des Forets (Cemagref)Inventors: Etienne Gille, Jean Lucas, Didier Mechineau, Marie-Odile Monod
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Patent number: 4503767Abstract: Method and apparatus for sustaining the oscillatory movement of an oscillating device of the type comprising a mass oscillating between dead points on opposite sides of a point of equilibrium, with a potential force acting to return the mass toward the point of equilibrium. This potential force is greatest at the dead points and the speed of the oscillating point is greatest adjacent the point of equilibrium. A force is applied to the device from a motive source, which force is greater than the maximum potential force at a speed lower than the speed of the device adjacent the point of equilibrium. The force of the motive source is applied to the oscillating device on the portion of the path of movement of the oscillating device preceding one of the dead points, and the application speed of the force of the motive source is higher than what would be the instantaneous speed of the oscillating device along that portion of its trajectory were the force of the motive source not applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1981Date of Patent: March 12, 1985Assignee: Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, du Genie Rural, des Eaux et des ForetsInventors: Jean Lucas, Jean-Francois Goupillon, Bernard Drouin