Patents by Inventor John Herbert

John Herbert 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).

  • Microfluidic Transfer Pins
    Publication number: 20140332112
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser for a microfluidic assay system is described. The dispenser includes at least one transfer pin for transferring a microfluidic sample of liquid to a target receptacle. A pin tip at one end of the transfer pin is structured to cooperate with an opening in the target receptacle. The tip uses a high voltage potential to transfer the sample from the pin to the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leila HASAN, John Linton, Colin John Herbert Brenan
  • Thrust reverser and VAFN arrangement
    Patent number: 8733080
    Abstract: An actuator arrangement comprises an actuator having a rotatable drive input, a motor, and a drive transmission arrangement for transmitting rotary drive from the motor to the rotatable drive input of the actuator, wherein the transmission arrangement includes a telescopic drive coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Tony Jones, John Herbert Harvey, Peter William Bacon, Mark Hubberstey, Brett John Wharton, Neil Charles Davies, Stephen Michael Roberts, Steven Andrew Wylie
  • OXYGEN REMOVAL
    Publication number: 20140056773
    Abstract: A process for reducing free oxygen in a gaseous nitrogen stream includes the steps of (i) reforming a hydrocarbon to generate a gas mixture containing hydrogen and carbon oxides, (ii) mixing the gas mixture with a nitrogen stream containing free oxygen, and (iii) passing the resulting nitrogen gas mixture over a conversion catalyst that converts at least a portion of the free oxygen present in the nitrogen to steam wherein the hydrocarbon reforming step includes oxidation of a hydrocarbon using an oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Peter John Herbert Carnell, Martin Fowles, Raymond Anthony Hadden, Suzanne Rose Ellis
  • TURBINE APERTURE CAP SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140050577
    Abstract: Systems and devices adapted to reduce disturbances and windage effects in a turbine during operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cap includes: a body portion having a shape complementary to an aperture in a turbine component, the body portion including an external surface which substantially covers the aperture; and a cap groove formed in a circumferential surface of the body portion, the cap groove configured to substantially align with a component groove formed in the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Herbert Dimmick, III, Bruce Carlisle McClintick
  • 4?-substituted nucleoside derivatives as inhibitors of HCV RNA replication
    Patent number: 8648054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nucleoside derivatives of formula Ia wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification, and of pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Rene Robert Devos, Christopher John Hobbs, Wen-Rong Jiang, Joseph Armstrong Martin, John Herbert Merrett, Isabel Najera, Nobuo Shimma, Takuo Tsukuda
  • GAS TURBINE CONICAL FLANGE BOLTED JOINT
    Publication number: 20130343902
    Abstract: A bolted flange assembly for securing rotating components in a gas turbine. The bolted flange assembly includes two rotating wheels, each wheel having at least one arm extending towards a spacer positioned partially between the two rotating wheels, wherein each arm has a flange surface facing the spacer. Either each flange surface or a surface of the spacer is conical, i.e., non-perpendicular to a centerline of the gas turbine, such that in an unconstrained state, a heel end of each flange surface is closer to the spacer than a toe end of each flange surface; and a bolt extending through the arm of each rotating wheel and the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Raymond Joseph Lecuyer, John Herbert Dimmick, Ashok Kumar Haveri Murigeppa, Gang Liu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COVERING A BLADE MOUNTING REGION OF TURBINE BLADES
    Publication number: 20130294927
    Abstract: A system includes a cover segment configured to mount in first and second grooves circumferentially along a blade mounting region of a turbine rotor. The cover segment includes a cover body and at least one fastener. The cover body includes first and second lips extending along first and second circumferential portions of the cover body at an offset from one another. The first lip is configured to mount circumferentially along the first groove and the second lip is configured to mount circumferentially along the second groove. The at least one fastener is configured to retain the cover body to the turbine rotor or at least one blade mounted in the blade mounting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Herbert Dimmick, III, Raymond Joseph Lecuyer, David Arthur Butz, Norman K. Austin
  • Oxygen removal
    Patent number: 8574328
    Abstract: A process for reducing free oxygen in a gaseous nitrogen stream comprises the steps of (i) reforming a hydrocarbon to generate a gas mixture containing hydrogen and carbon oxides, (ii) mixing the gas mixture with a nitrogen stream containing free oxygen, and (iii) passing the resulting nitrogen gas mixture over a conversion catalyst that converts at least a portion of the free oxygen present in the nitrogen to steam wherein the hydrocarbon reforming step includes oxidation of a hydrocarbon using an oxygen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Peter John Herbert Carnell, Martin Fowles, Raymond Anthony Hadden, Suzanne Rose Ellis
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COVERING A BLADE MOUNTING REGION OF TURBINE BLADES
    Publication number: 20130272886
    Abstract: A system includes a cover segment set configured to mount in first and second grooves circumferentially along a blade mounting region of a turbine rotor. The cover segment set includes a seal segment and a cover segment. The seal segment has a seal body with a lock feature, wherein the seal segment is configured to mount circumferentially along the second groove. The cover segment includes first and second lips extending along first and second circumferential portions of a cover body. The first and second lips are at an offset from one another. The first lip is configured to mount circumferentially along the first groove, the second lip is configured to mount circumferentially along the second groove adjacent the seal segment, and the second lip includes a mating lock feature configured to couple with the lock feature of the seal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Herbert Dimmick, III, Raymond Joseph Lecuyer, Norman K. Austin
  • System and Method for Coupling Rotor Components
    Publication number: 20130259678
    Abstract: A system includes a rotor assembly with a first rotor component having a first set of bushing receptacles and a first set of bolt holes arranged about a first rotational axis of the first rotor component. The rotor assembly also includes a second rotor component having a second set of bushing receptacles and a second set of bolt holes arranged about a second rotational axis of the second rotor component. The rotor assembly includes a first set of bushings disposed in the first and second sets of bushing receptacles in a first installed configuration, wherein the first installed configuration of the first set of bushings is configured to align the first and second rotational axes with one another, and the first installed configuration of the first set of bushings is configured to bear at least a first portion of a torque during rotation of the rotor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: John Herbert Dimmick, III
  • 4'-SUBSTITUTED NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF HCV RNA REPLICATION
    Publication number: 20130237491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of nucleoside derivatives of formula Ia wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification, and of pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Rene Robert Devos, Christopher John Hobbs, Wen-Rong Jiang, Joseph Armstrong Martin, John Herbert Merrett, Isabel Najera, Nobuo Shimma, Takuo Tsukuda
  • IMPELLER TUBE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130170998
    Abstract: An attenuation bracket is provided and includes an annular body having an annular attenuation arm defining first through-holes and an annular base defining second through-holes. A cross-section of the attenuation arm includes a flange, a connector opposite the flange and a curvilinear section extending between the flange and the connector. A cross-section of the base includes a first side corresponding with the flange and a second side opposite the first side and corresponding with the connector. The second side is connectable with the connector such that each of the first through-holes is defined in positional alignment with a corresponding one of the second through-holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Clifford Hart, Tushar Sharadchandra Desai, John Herbert Dimmick, III, Matthew Paul Forcier, Chunlian Han, Charles Alexander Smith
  • Disconnect Assembly
    Publication number: 20130062152
    Abstract: A disconnect assembly comprises an angularly movable input member 24 arranged to be driven for movement by an actuator, an angularly moveable output member 32, and a drive member 36 connected to one of the input member 24 and the output member 32 for angular movement therewith and having a formation 40 cooperable with the other of the input member 24 and the output member 32, wherein the drive member 36 is axially movable between a drive position in which the formation 40 cooperates with the said other of the input member 24 and the output member 32 to transmit torque between the input member 24 and the output member 32, and a disconnect position in which the formation 40 does not cooperate with the said other of the input member 24 and the output member 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen John Buxton, John Herbert Harvey
  • Self Locking Nut and Bolt Assembly
    Publication number: 20130034402
    Abstract: The present application provides a self locking nut and bolt assembly for a stack of rotating wheels. The self locking nut and bolt assembly may include a tie bolt extending through the stack of rotating wheels, a locking nut positioned on a first end of the tie bolt, and a locking washer positioned on the one end of the tie bolt within the locking nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Roger Clayton Walker, John Herbert Dimmick, III
  • Actuator
    Publication number: 20120304788
    Abstract: An actuator comprises a rotatable nut arranged to be driven for rotation by a motor, an axially translatable shaft cooperable with the nut and arranged such that rotation of the nut drives the shaft for axial movement, and a steering rack coupled to the shaft by a coupling arrangement so as to be driven for axial movement by the shaft, wherein the coupling accommodates limited relative lateral movement between the shaft and the steering rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Antony Morgan, John Herbert Harvey
  • LOCKING DEVICE ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTATING BLADED STAGE
    Publication number: 20120257976
    Abstract: A locking device arrangement for a rotating bladed stage is provided and includes a wheel formed to define a substantially circumferential slot and three slot sections, one of the slot sections including one radial slot and two lock slots to permit blade and blade lock installation along the circumferential slot, respectively, the other slot sections including a lock slot to permit blade lock installation along the circumferential slot, and the three slot sections being separated from one another with angular offsets such that the wheel is mass balanced substantially evenly about a desired center of rotation with the blade locks installed and to reduce accumulation of flowpath gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Herbert Dimmick, III, Andrew Clifford Hart
  • Apparatus and method for machining of hard metals with reduced detrimental white layer effect
    Patent number: 8220370
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for reducing a thickness of a thermomechanically-affected layer on an as-machined surface of a hard metal workpiece being machined by a hard cutting tool exerting a thermomechanical load on a surface of the workpiece. The method involves reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece, and the apparatus includes a means for reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Zurecki, Ranajit Ghosh, John Herbert Frey, James Bryan Taylor
  • WATER DESALINATION PLANT AND SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PURE WATER AND SALT
    Publication number: 20120160753
    Abstract: A desalination plant for treating a sea water or brackish water feed is provided. The desalination plant includes a first treatment section to effectively remove scaling species, the first treatment section including nanofiltration section, the nanofiltration section including at least two stages and at least two passes; and a reverse osmosis section that operates at high recovery to produce a purified permeate stream and a selectively NaCl salt-enriched reject stream as a saline output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Nishith Vora, Irving David Elyanow, Robert Lee Solomon, John Herbert, Lanny D. Weimer
  • Use of Vitelline Protein B as a Microencapsulating Additive
    Publication number: 20120156287
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for the use of an encapsulation additive having between about 0.1 to about 30 percent isolated and purified vitelline protein B to provide for mixed and extended release formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Allison R. Ficht, Ken Carson, Cynthia Sheffield, John Herbert Waite
  • Clutch arrangement
    Patent number: 8177160
    Abstract: A clutch arrangement, especially adapted for use in an aircraft nose wheel landing gear steering arrangement, includes a rotatable drive input, a rotatable output, and an epicyclic gear arrangement, and a carrier upon which the planet gears are mounted, the drive input being connected to the ring gear of the gear arrangement or the carrier, the output being connected to the other of the ring gear or the carrier, and a clutch operable to control relative rotation between the ring gear and the sun gear and to direct the major portion of the torque being transmitted therethrough the first of two transmission paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Richard Hadley, John Herbert Harvey, Andrew Robert Hawksworth, Edward George Hill, Mark Whitehouse