Patents by Inventor John Dalton
John Dalton 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: 20190067805Abstract: A broadband conformal antenna (“BCA”) is disclosed. The BCA includes a narrow approximately rectangular outer conductive (“NARO”) housing, a plurality of dielectric layers within the NARO housing forming a laminated dielectric structure, and an inner conductor formed within the laminated dielectric structure. The NARO housing includes a top broad wall and the BCA further includes an antenna slot within the top broad wall. The BCA is configured to support a transverse electromagnetic signal within the NARO housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: John E. Rogers, Larry Leon Savage, John Dalton Williams, Ted Ronald Dabrowski
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Patent number: 10175002Abstract: A cooling tower system and/or fluid cooler that provides desired cooling performance, without the use of pressurized or gravity based nozzle spray systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Dalton, Jason Stratman
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Publication number: 20180281339Abstract: A honeycomb thermal insulation structure may comprise a first facesheet, a second facesheet, and a honeycomb core between the first facesheet and the second facesheet. The honeycomb core may include a plurality of honeycomb unit cells each composed of walls having a height and spaced by a distance. The walls of the honeycomb cells may have perforations. The honeycomb thermal insulation structure may further comprise a non-convective gas loaded in the honeycomb unit cells between the walls. A flow of the gas through the perforations may be substantially absent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John R. Hull, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, John Dalton Williams
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Publication number: 20180270988Abstract: Provided is a cooling device, and methods of fabricating and operating such cooling devices, for electromagnetic induction (EMI) filters. Specifically, a cooling device is provided which comprises a housing enclosing the electromagnetic induction filter. The housing may comprise one or more of the following: one or more exterior chambers, one or more central flow channels, and peripheral flow channels. The one or more exterior chambers surround an exterior surface of the EMI filter. The one or more central flow channels extend the length of the center of the EMIR filter. The peripheral flow channels extend the length of the exterior of the electromagnetic induction filter. The peripheral flow channels may be disposed between one or more exterior chambers and open into the one or more exterior chambers. The one or more central flow channels, the peripheral flow channels, and the one or more exterior chambers are interconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John Dalton Williams, Timothy Doyle Messer, John R. Hull
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Patent number: 10015908Abstract: Provided is a cooling device, and methods of fabricating and operating such cooling devices, for electromagnetic induction (EMI) filters. Specifically, a cooling device is provided which comprises a housing enclosing the electromagnetic induction filter. The housing may comprise one or more of the following: one or more exterior chambers, one or more central flow channels, and peripheral flow channels. The one or more exterior chambers surround an exterior surface of the EMI filter. The one or more central flow channels extend the length of the center of the EMI filter. The peripheral flow channels extend the length of the exterior of the electromagnetic induction filter. The peripheral flow channels may be disposed between one or more exterior chambers and open into the one or more exterior chambers. The one or more central flow channels, the peripheral flow channels, and the one or more exterior chambers are interconnected.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John Dalton Williams, Timothy Doyle Messer, John R. Hull
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Publication number: 20180160567Abstract: Provided is a cooling device, and methods of fabricating and operating such cooling devices, for electromagnetic induction (EMI) filters. Specifically, a cooling device is provided which comprises a housing enclosing the electromagnetic induction filter. The housing may comprise one or more of the following: one or more exterior chambers, one or more central flow channels, and peripheral flow channels. The one or more exterior chambers surround an exterior surface of the EMI filter. The one or more central flow channels extend the length of the center of the EMI filter. The peripheral flow channels extend the length of the exterior of the electromagnetic induction filter. The peripheral flow channels may be disposed between one or more exterior chambers and open into the one or more exterior chambers. The one or more central flow channels, the peripheral flow channels, and the one or more exterior chambers are interconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John Dalton Williams, Timothy Doyle Messer, John R. Hull
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Patent number: 9956916Abstract: A truck mirror positioning device for adjusting the position of a rear-view truck mirror includes a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to a truck external to the truck driver's cabin. A pivotal support means is provided mechanically coupled to the mounting bracket for substantially supporting the weight of the truck mirror. An electric motor is mounted on the mounting bracket for moving the mirror, and a gearbox is mechanically coupled to the motor and adapted to be mechanically coupled to the truck mirror so as to adjust the plane in which the mirror lies wherein, in use, an operator can adjust the angle of the mirror by activating the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Alpine Tech Australia Pty Ltd.Inventors: Richard John Dalton, Stuart Gerald Hunt
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Publication number: 20180096785Abstract: Provided is a low-weight, high-efficiency inductor design for use with or in electrical power equipment, such as inverters. A toroidal power inductor includes a support structure comprising an outer shell, an inner shell, and one or more coolant channels formed therebetween, a plurality of conductors wrapped around and supported by an exterior surface of the outer shell, and an interior cavity substantially enclosed by the inner shell of the toroidal support structure. The plurality of conductors are configured to provide an inductance for the toroidal power inductor, and the one or more coolant channels are distributed beneath the exterior surface of the outer shell to cool the plurality of conductors. An air-core power inductor may implement the conductors using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes cooled by cryogenic fluid flowing within the coolant channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: John R. Hull, Vyacheslav Khozikov, Shengyi Liu, Eugene V. Solodovnik, John Dalton Williams
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Patent number: 9915754Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an energetic material on a surface. Electromagnetic radiation is generated. A beam of the electromagnetic radiation is transmitted from a handheld device towards the surface. Reflected electromagnetic radiation from the beam reflecting off of the surface is detected at the handheld device to generate test data. The test data is analyzed at a base unit that is separate from the handheld device to determine whether the energetic material is present on the surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: David Keith Mefford, Robert Alan Smith, John Dalton Williams
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Publication number: 20170348900Abstract: A real time inspection and correction system and method for additive manufacturing process is described. The method may include operating a direct writing device configured to deposit material on a substrate through a tip to provide a portion of a product according to initial parameter values, receiving a hyperspectral image frame including a plurality of spectral images of the deposited material, processing the received hyperspectral image frame to determine a characteristic of the deposited material comparing the determined characteristic with a target characteristic determining at least one corrective parameter value to conform the determined characteristic to the target characteristic updating at least one of the initial parameter values with the corrective parameter values, and operating the direct writing device to deposit additional material on the substrate according to the corrective parameter value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: John Dalton Williams, Aaron Yi Mosher, Preston Tyler Bushey
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Patent number: 9809352Abstract: The present invention is generally related to product packaging, and more particularly to a product packaging having an external sample of the product contained within the packaging and a method of making the product packaging. The present invention is directed to exemplary embodiments of a product packaging having an external sample of the product contained within the packaging. The product packaging is configured to provide a representation of the product contained within the packaging in the product's final and/or applied form. The product packaging may include a product sample swatch that is configured to affixation to a product container containing the product represented by the sample swatch in its non-final form. The present invention is also directed to exemplary embodiments of a method for affixing a product sample swatch to a product container containing the product represented by the sample swatch in its non-final form.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: LJWC LLCInventor: John Dalton
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Publication number: 20170093045Abstract: A method and apparatus for tuning a metamaterial cell. A set of electromagnetic properties of a tunable element associated with the metamaterial cell may be tuned. A resonance of the metamaterial cell may be adjusted in response to the set of electromagnetic properties being tuned. A range of frequencies over which the metamaterial cell provides a negative index of refraction may be changed in response to the resonance of the metamaterial cell changing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Larry Leon Savage, John Dalton Williams, Corey McKinney Thacker, Jarrod Douglas Fortinberry, Preston Tyler Bushey
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Patent number: 9562479Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to control an operational behavior of a turbine system. The controller includes a droop response system configured to detect one or more operational characteristics of the turbine system as an indication of a frequency variation of an electric power system associated with the turbine system. The droop response system is further configured to generate a response to vary an output of the turbine system in response to the indication of the frequency variation. The controller includes a multivariable droop response correction system configured to determine one or more possible errors associated with the one or more operational characteristics of the turbine system, and to generate a plurality of correction factors to apply to the response generated by the droop response system. The plurality of correction factors is configured to correct the response generated by the droop response system.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yuhui Chen, John Dalton Warren
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Publication number: 20160349401Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting an energetic material on a surface. Electromagnetic radiation is generated. A beam of the electromagnetic radiation is transmitted from a handheld device towards the surface. Reflected electromagnetic radiation from the beam reflecting off of the surface is detected at the handheld device to generate test data. The test data is analyzed at a base unit that is separate from the handheld device to determine whether the energetic material is present on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: David Keith Mefford, Robert Alan Smith, John Dalton Williams
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Publication number: 20160161187Abstract: A cooling tower system and/or fluid cooler that provides desired cooling performance, without the use of pressurized or gravity based nozzle spray systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: John DALTON, Jason STRATMAN
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Patent number: 9291397Abstract: A cooling tower system and/or fluid cooler that provides desired cooling performance, without the use of pressurized or gravity based nozzle spray systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Dalton, Jason Stratman
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Publication number: 20150226491Abstract: A cooling tower system and/or fluid cooler that provides desired cooling performance, without the use of pressurized or gravity based nozzle spray systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: John DALTON, Jason STRATMAN
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Patent number: 8907508Abstract: A load protection system for a turbine is provided. The turbine has a load floor representing a lowest allowable load the turbine generally operates above. The turbine supplies power to an electrical grid. The grid has a grid frequency where as the grid frequency increases the turbine sheds load. The load protection system includes a controller in communication with the turbine and the electrical grid. The controller has a memory for storing a commanded target turbine load. The commanded target turbine load is the load the turbine operates at the load floor. The controller includes control logic for sending a flag to a variable rate limiter and a commanded load control block. The variable rate limiter and the commanded load control block generally prevent the turbine from shedding load and operating below the load floor once the flag is received.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: John Dalton Warren, Jr., John Rogers Huey
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Publication number: 20140260293Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to control an operational behavior of a turbine system. The controller includes a droop response system configured to detect one or more operational characteristics of the turbine system as an indication of a frequency variation of an electric power system associated with the turbine system. The droop response system is further configured to generate a response to vary an output of the turbine system in response to the indication of the frequency variation. The controller includes a multivariable droop response correction system configured to determine one or more possible errors associated with the one or more operational characteristics of the turbine system, and to generate a plurality of correction factors to apply to the response generated by the droop response system. The plurality of correction factors is configured to correct the response generated by the droop response system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yuhui Chen, John Dalton Warren
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Publication number: 20140192432Abstract: A truck mirror positioning device for adjusting the position of a rear-view truck mirror includes a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to a truck external to the truck driver's cabin. A pivotal support means is provided mechanically coupled to the mounting bracket for substantially supporting the weight of the truck mirror. An electric motor is mounted on the mounting bracket for moving the mirror, and a gearbox is mechanically coupled to the motor and adapted to be mechanically coupled to the truck mirror so as to adjust the plane in which the mirror lies wherein, in use, an operator can adjust the angle of the mirror by activating the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: ALPINE TECH AUSTRALIA PTY LTDInventors: Richard John Dalton, Stuart Gerald Hunt