Patents by Inventor Kevin Frederick

Kevin Frederick 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).

  • Patent number: 11965479
    Abstract: A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor lock assembly has at least one relocatable rotor lock. The relocatable rotor lock has a housing, a bushing element, a pin shaft position within the bushing element, and a locking mechanism. The housing includes a mounting portion adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brian William Manikas, Paul Howard Davidson, Michael Frederick Sander, Jacob Thomas Hoyt, Jason James Welsh, Kevin L Holmes
  • Patent number: 11956218
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing dynamic network channel switching for secure communication. The present invention is configured to receive, from a first user input device, a resource transfer request via a first communication channel; determine, using a secure channel monitoring engine, that the first communication channel does not meet one or more preset channel requirements for secure communication; determine a second communication channel associated with a second user input device, wherein the second user input device is within a preset geographic radius of the first user input device, wherein the second user input device is associated with the resource distribution platform; trigger, via the second communication channel, the second user input device to establish a communication link with the first user input device to form an alternate communication channel; and execute, via the alternate communication channel, the resource transfer request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Therese Humburg Willis, Christopher J. Smith, Kathleen Hanko Trombley, Kevin Graham Robberts, Lee Ann Proud, Adam Frederick Perrigo, Ann Ta, Naoll Addisu Merdassa
  • Patent number: 11949715
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamic communication channel switching based on preconfigured network security protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Therese Humburg Willis, Christopher J. Smith, Kathleen Hanko Trombley, Kevin Graham Robberts, Lee Ann Proud, Adam Frederick Perrigo, Ann Ta, Naoll Addisu Merdassa
  • Patent number: 11949573
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for the parallel testing of multiple data processing channels. The present invention may be configured to generate a data packet, send the data packet to a processing channel for processing at a send time, receive the processed data from the processing channel at a return time, determine the percent accuracy for the processed data from the processing channel, and record the send time, return time, and percent accuracy in an analytics system. The present invention may also be configured to determine the security of the processing channel and record the security in the analytics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Naoll Addisu Merdassa, Adam Frederick Perrigo, Lee Ann Proud, Kevin Graham Robberts, Christopher J. Smith, Ann Ta, Kathleen Hanko Trombley, Therese Humburg Willis
  • Publication number: 20240018412
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion that includes an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, at least one water-insoluble hydrophobic monomer, and at least one surfactant, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water and a water soluble polymer that includes: (i) at least one acrylamide monomer and (ii) at least one acrylic acid monomer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 10 to about 35 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Genyao Lin, Louis Villafane, Kailas Sawant, Kevin Frederick, Shih-Ruey Chen
  • Patent number: 11795376
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion that includes an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, at least one water-insoluble hydrophobic monomer, and at least one surfactant, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water and a water soluble polymer that includes: (i) at least one acrylamide monomer and (ii) at least one acrylic acid monomer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 10 to about 35 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Genyao Lin, Louis Villafane, Kailas Sawant, Shih-Ruey Chen, Kevin Frederick
  • Publication number: 20230332035
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion, having an oil phase (0) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1, may include the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water, a water soluble polymer, and at least one surfactant: wherein the water soluble polymer includes from about 1 to about 60 weight percent of one or more cationic monomers, wherein the amount is by total weight of the water soluble polymer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion; and wherein an aqueous solution prepared by inverting the water- in-oil emulsion by adding it to water has at least comparable viscosity build to an aqueous solution made from a water-in-oil emulsion of the same composition containing 15 weight percent more water soluble polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Kailas Sawant, Louis Villafane, Kevin Frederick, Shih-Ruey Chen, Randy Loeffler
  • Patent number: 11746277
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion having an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water, a water soluble polymer, and at least one surfactant; wherein the water soluble polymer includes from about 1 to about 60 weight percent of one or more cationic monomers, wherein the amount is by total weight of the water soluble polymer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion; and wherein an aqueous solution prepared by inverting the water-in-oil emulsion by adding it to water has at least comparable viscosity build to an aqueous solution made from a water-in-oil emulsion of the same composition containing 15 weight percent more water soluble polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Kailas Sawant, Louis Villafane, Kevin Frederick, Shih-Ruey Chen, Randy Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20230215156
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing inference operations associated with a trained machine learning model. The technique includes comparing a first input image with a plurality of image representations that are associated with a plurality of output classes predicted by the trained machine learning model. The technique also includes determining that the first input image does not match any image representation included in the plurality of image representations and subsequently determining that the first input image does match a first alternative representation that is associated with a first output class included in the plurality of output classes. The technique further includes generating a first prediction that indicates that the first input image is a member of the first output class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Vishal Inder SIKKA, Kevin Frederick DUNNELL
  • Publication number: 20230215139
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for simplifying a trained machine learning model. The technique includes determining a first set of images associated with a first output class predicted by the trained machine learning model. The technique also includes generating a first aggregated representation of the first set of images, wherein the first aggregated representation includes a first plurality of representative pixel values for a plurality of pixel locations included in the first set of images. The technique further includes generating a simplified representation of the trained machine learning model that includes a first mapping of the first aggregated representation to the first output class, wherein the first mapping indicates that the trained machine learning model predicts the first output class for one or more input images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Vishal Inder SIKKA, Kevin Frederick DUNNELL
  • Publication number: 20230021412
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for processing requests associated with one or more services. The technique includes deploying a first container within an environment, wherein the first container includes a first service that implements a first interface and a first shim that implements a second interface. The technique also includes receiving, at the first shim, a first request associated with the second interface. The technique further includes converting the first request into a second request associated with the first interface, and transmitting the second request over the first interface to the first service, wherein the second request is processed by the first service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Frederick DUNNELL, Thomas J. MARTIN, JR., Vishal Inder SIKKA
  • Publication number: 20230028635
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for executing one or more services in a technology stack. The technique includes deploying a first set of containers within an environment, wherein each container included in the first set of containers includes a first service that implements a first interface and a first shim that implements a second interface. The technique also includes transmitting a first request associated with the second interface to a first container included in the first set of containers, wherein the first request is processed by an instance of the first shim and an instance of the first service executing within the first container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Frederick DUNNELL, Thomas J. MARTIN, JR., Vishal Inder SIKKA
  • Publication number: 20220318230
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for generating domain-specific question answering models. The techniques include receiving a set of input text corresponding to a particular domain; generating, based on the set of input text, a question-answer dataset corresponding to the particular domain, the question-answer dataset comprising a plurality of question-answer pairs; and causing one or more machine learning algorithms to be applied to the question-answer dataset to generate a question answering model associated with the particular domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Vishal Inder SIKKA, Walid RAHMAN, Kevin Frederick DUNNELL
  • Publication number: 20220300801
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for adaptive visualization of a quantized neural network. The techniques include generating one or more network visualizations of a neural network; determining, based on the one or more network visualizations, one or more quantization schemes associated with the neural network; and re-training the neural network or approximating the neural network, based on adjusting one or more quantization coefficients associated with the one or more quantization schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Vishal Inder SIKKA, Kevin Frederick DUNNELL, Srikar SRINATH
  • Publication number: 20220300800
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth systems and techniques for adaptive generation and visualization of a quantized neural network. The techniques include extracting, based on one or more input features and one or more non-quantized network parameters, one or more attributes; calculating, based on the one or more attributes, one or more quantization coefficients; generating, based on the one or more quantization coefficients, one or more quantized input features; and generating, based on the one or more quantized input features and one or more quantization techniques, a neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Vishal Inder SIKKA, Kevin Frederick DUNNELL, Srikar SRINATH
  • Patent number: 11261361
    Abstract: A friction reducing treatment solution that includes water, from 100 to 500,000 ppm of total dissolved solids, and from 0.5 to 3 gallons per thousand gallons of a water-in-oil emulsion containing a water soluble polymer. The total dissolved solids include at least 10 weight percent of a multivalent cation. The water-in-oil emulsion includes an oil phase and an aqueous phase, where the oil phase is a continuous phase containing an inert hydrophobic liquid and the aqueous phase is present as dispersed distinct particles in the oil phase and contains water, the water soluble polymer, and surfactants and an inverting surfactant. The water soluble polymer is made up of 30 to 60 weight percent of a non-ionic monomer, 5 to 50 weight percent of a sulfonic acid containing monomer, and 10 to 60 weight percent of a cationic monomer and makes up from 5 to 40 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SOLVAY USA INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Frederick, Shih-Ruey Chen, Randy Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20220017808
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion having an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water, a water soluble polymer, and at least one surfactant; wherein the water soluble polymer includes from about 1 to about 60 weight percent of one or more cationic monomers, wherein the amount is by total weight of the water soluble polymer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion; and wherein an aqueous solution prepared by inverting the water-in-oil emulsion by adding it to water has at least comparable viscosity build to an aqueous solution made from a water-in-oil emulsion of the same composition containing 15 weight percent more water soluble polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: SOLVAY USA INC.
    Inventors: Kailas Sawant, Louis Villafane, Kevin Frederick, Shih-Ruey Chen, Randy Loeffler
  • Patent number: 11162011
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion having an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water, a water soluble polymer, and at least one surfactant; wherein the water soluble polymer includes from about 1 to about 60 weight percent of one or more cationic monomers, wherein the amount is by total weight of the water soluble polymer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion; and wherein an aqueous solution prepared by inverting the water-in-oil emulsion by adding it to water has at least comparable viscosity build to an aqueous solution made from a water-in-oil emulsion of the same composition containing 15 weight percent more water soluble polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SOLVAY USA INC.
    Inventors: Kailas Sawant, Louis Villafane, Kevin Frederick, Shih-Ruey Chen, Randy Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20210081841
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for creating a machine learning model. The technique includes generating a user interface comprising one or more components for visually generating the machine learning model. The technique also includes modifying source code specifying a plurality of mathematical expressions that define the machine learning model based on user input received through the user interface. The technique further includes compiling the source code into compiled code that, when executed, causes one or more parameters of the machine learning model to be learned during training of the machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Vishal Inder SIKKA, Daniel James AMELANG, Kevin Frederick DUNNELL
  • Publication number: 20200399529
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion that includes an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, at least one water-insoluble hydrophobic monomer, and at least one surfactant, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water and a water soluble polymer that includes: (i) at least one acrylamide monomer and (ii) at least one acrylic acid monomer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 10 to about 35 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Solvay USA Inc.
    Inventors: Genyao LIN, Louis VILLAFANE, Kailas SAWANT, Shih-Ruey CHEN, Kevin FREDERICK