Patents by Inventor Karithik Balakrishnan

Karithik Balakrishnan 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).

  • Process for detecting the location of a phase interface
    Patent number: 6860972
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for detecting the location of an interface between phases. In one embodiment, the process comprises: introducing a reaction mixture into a vessel wherein the reaction mixture is the product of an at least two phase interfacial reaction, and a difference in densities between at least two of the phases is less than or equal to about 1 g/cc, separating the reaction mixture into the phases with an interface located therebetween, measuring electrical inductance of the reaction mixture at different latitudinal locations; and determining the location of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Karithik Balakrishnan, Danny L. McNeil, Martin Herke Oyevaar, Claude Tinney, Cornelis Adrianus Maria van Gool, Anthony Warren, Xiaolin Wu, Mingjie Zhu
  • Process for detecting the location of a phase interface
    Publication number: 20030085708
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for detecting the location of an interface between phases. In one embodiment, the process comprises: introducing a reaction mixture into a vessel wherein the reaction mixture is the product of an at least two phase interfacial reaction, and a difference in densities between at least two of the phases is less than or equal to about 1 g/cc, separating the reaction mixture into the phases with an interface located therebetween, measuring electrical inductance of the reaction mixture at different latitudinal locations; and determining the location of the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Karithik Balakrishnan, Danny L. McNeil, Martin Herke Oyevaar, Claude Tinney, Cornelis Adrianus Maria van Gool, Anthony Warren, Xiaolin Wu, Mingjie Zhu