Patents by Inventor Lewis Smith
Lewis Smith 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: 10218362Abstract: A method and apparatus for mapping distributed generators (DGs) to corresponding power grid feeder lines. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining grid data pertaining to a power grid that comprises a plurality of feeder lines; obtaining, for each distributed generator (DG) of a plurality of DGs coupled to the plurality of feeder lines, DG data pertaining to the DG; and determining, based on the grid data and the DG data, a mapping that identifies to which feeder line of the plurality of feeder lines each of the DGs of the plurality of DGs is coupled.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Lewis Smith, Daniel Lewis
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Publication number: 20180350100Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods of robot calibration using imaging data. A mounting interface attaches to the sensor module to the robot system. A robot includes at least one positioning member, at least one joint connected to the at least one positioning member, at least one actuator for moving the at least one positioning member around the at least one joint, and at least one robot reference mark on the at least one positioning member. The operating environment includes at least three environment reference marks in fixed positions relative to the robot. A camera captures a calibration image and an actual position of the robot is determined based on the robot reference mark relative to the environment reference marks to determine a calibration offset between a reference position and the actual position using the calibration image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Gerhart LaMoyne Hanson, Martin Lewis Smith
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Publication number: 20180195160Abstract: A system according to various embodiments can include: a coating system configured to apply a thermal coating material to a component, the component having a plurality of cooling holes; an airflow system coupled with the coating system, the airflow system configured to force air through the component; and a control system coupled with the airflow system and the coating system, the control system configured to: detect coating instructions for the coating system, the coating instructions instructing the coating system to apply the thermal coating material to a subset of the plurality of cooling holes; and instruct the airflow system to force air through the subset of the plurality of cooling holes during application of the thermal coating material to the component in response to detecting the coating instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Gerhart LaMoyne Hanson, Eugene Vincent Lajeunesse, Michael Bryan Pezant, Paul Michael Scorza, JR., Martin Lewis Smith, Gary Edward Wiesner
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Publication number: 20180034411Abstract: A method and apparatus for using MLPE data for characterizing real-world operation a PV module. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a plurality of temperature measurements, wherein each temperature measurement is a measure, by an MLPE proximate to a PV module, of temperature; obtaining a plurality of DC voltage measurements, wherein each DC voltage measurement of the plurality of DC voltage measurements is a measure by the MLPE of a DC voltage of the PV module; obtaining a plurality of DC current measurements, wherein each DC current measurement of the plurality of DC voltage measurements is a measure by the MLPE of a DC current of the PV module; obtaining racking design information with respect to the PV module; and determining a plurality of PV module temperatures for the PV module based on the plurality of temperature measurements and the racking design information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Nathan Charles, Benjamin Lewis Smith
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Publication number: 20170176504Abstract: A method and apparatus for validating distributed energy resource as-designed parameters. In one embodiment the method comprises obtaining, from MLPE coupled to a PV module of the DER, data corresponding to sunrise on a particular day; obtaining, from MLPE, data corresponding to sunset on the particular day; determining, by the computer system and using the data corresponding to the sunrise and the data corresponding to the sunset, (i) the length of the particular day and (ii) the solar noon for the particular day; computing, by the computer system and using the length of the particular day and the solar noon for the particular day, an as-built latitude for the PV module and an as-built longitude for the PV module; and comparing, by the computer system, (a) the as-built latitude to an as-designed latitude for the PV module, and (b) the as-built longitude to an as-designed longitude for the PV module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Nathan Charles, Benjamin Lewis Smith
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Publication number: 20150263738Abstract: A method and apparatus for mapping distributed generators (DGs) to corresponding power grid feeder lines. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining grid data pertaining to a power grid that comprises a plurality of feeder lines; obtaining, for each distributed generator (DG) of a plurality of DGs coupled to the plurality of feeder lines, DG data pertaining to the DG; and determining, based on the grid data and the DG data, a mapping that identifies to which feeder line of the plurality of feeder lines each of the DGs of the plurality of DGs is coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Benjamin Lewis Smith, Daniel Lewis
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Patent number: 9114340Abstract: A liquid removal apparatus adapted to separate liquid from a composite slurry of liquid and solids. The apparatus includes a movable, permeable membrane having opposing first and second sides. A ‘loaded belt portion’ of the second side is configured to receive the slurry. A permeable membrane support system is configured to provide movable support for the loaded belt portion and includes a transport deck located in contact with the first side of the permeable membrane below the loaded belt portion. The liquid removal apparatus has a housing with a low-pressure chamber in sealing contact with the first side of the permeable membrane. A pressure conditioning system applies a differential pressure via the housing to generate a lower pressure on the first filter belt side than on the second side. The transport deck is located within the low pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Stevenson Group LimitedInventor: Gary Lewis Smith
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Publication number: 20150099646Abstract: The invention relates to PCR-based clonality studies for among others early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders. Provided is a set of nucleic acid amplification primers comprising a forward primer, or a variant thereof, and a reverse primer, or a variant thereof, capable of amplifying a rearrangement selected from the group consisting of a VH-JH IGH rearrangement, a DH-JH IGH rearrangement, a VK-JK IGK rearrangement, a VK/intron-Kde IGK rearrangement, a V?-J? IGL rearrangement, a V?-J? TCRB rearrangement, a D?-J? TCRB rearrangement, a V?-J? TCRG rearrangement, a V?-J? TCRD rearrangement, a D?-D? TCRD rearrangement, a D?-J? TCRD rearrangement, a V?-D? TCRD rearrangement, or a translocation selected from t(11;14) (BCL1-IGH) and t(14;18) (BCL2-IGH). The primers can be used in PCR-based clonality studies for early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders and detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). Also provided is a kit comprising at least one set of primers of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Jacobus Johannes Maria Van Dongen, Anthonie Willem Langerak, Eduardus Maria Dominicus Schuuring, Jesus Fernando San Miquel, Ramon Garcia Sanz, Antonio Parreira, John Lewis Smith, Frances Louise Lavender, Gareth John Morgan, Paul Anthony Stuart Evans, Michael Kneba, Michael Hummel, Elizabeth Anne Macintyre, Christian Bastard
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Patent number: 8859748Abstract: The invention relates to PCR-based clonality studies for among others early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders. Provided is a set of nucleic acid amplification primers comprising a forward primer, or a variant thereof, and a reverse primer, or a variant thereof, capable of amplifying a rearrangement selected from the group consisting of a VH-JH IGH rearrangement, a DH-JH IGH rearrangement, a VK-JK IGK rearrangement, a VK/intron-Kde IGK rearrangement, a V?-J? IGL rearrangement, a V?-J? TCRB rearrangement, a D?-J? TCRB rearrangement, a V?-J? TCRG rearrangement, a V?-J? TCRD rearrangement, a D?-D? TCRD rearrangement, a D?-J? TCRD rearrangement, a V?-D? TCRD rearrangement, or a translocation selected from t(11;14)(BCL1-IGH) and t(14;18)(BCL2-IGH). The primers can be used in PCR-based clonality studies for early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders and detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). Also provided is a kit comprising at least one set of primers of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Inventors: Jacobus Johannes Maria Van Dongen, Anthonie Willem Langerak, Eduardus Maria Dominicus Schuuring, Jesus Fernando San Miquel, Ramon Garcia Sanz, Antonio Parreira, John Lewis Smith, Frances Louise Lavender, Gareth John Morgan, Paul Anthony Stuart Evans, Michael Kneba, Michael Hummel, Elizabeth Anne Macintyre, Christian Bastard
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Patent number: 8799635Abstract: A method for making intelligent application and setting recommendations may include determining, by a device, a current context of a user of the device in response to the device being one of unlocked and turned-on. The method may also include determining, by the device, if the current context of the user has changed from a previous context of the user at a time when the device was one of locked and turned-off. The method may additionally include presenting a recommendation on a display of the device. The recommendation may include at least one of an application for operation on the device, options for operation of the device, and operating settings of the device, based on the current context of the user, in response to determining that the current context of the user has changed from the previous context.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Spencer Lewis Smith, Adam Robert Geiger, Kevin Glynn Paterson
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Publication number: 20140210845Abstract: A method and system for providing a visualization of energy data. In one embodiment, the method comprises establishing an energy visualization scale for visually depicting energy data in terms of one or more color parameters, where the energy data pertains to a distributed generator (DG); and generating a display image, based on the energy visualization scale, that depicts a plurality of energy data values in a grid layout across two dimensions in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventors: Ilen Zazueta-Hall, Sara Beth Brown, John Coleman Gibbs, Jamie Eric Ruderman, Brenda Catherine Strech, Leesa Lee, Benjamin Lewis Smith, Robert M. Serafini
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Patent number: 8677878Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide thermal management of a propulsion circuit in an electromagnetic munition launcher.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Mandel Floyd, David Lewis Smith, Ronald J. Kaye, Matthew Aubuchon
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Publication number: 20140060508Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide thermal management of a propulsion circuit in an electromagnetic munition launcher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, SANDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Mandel Floyd, David Lewis Smith, Ronald J. Kaye, Matthew Aubuchon
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Publication number: 20140000299Abstract: An air conditioning system for a mine that operates in a mine environment. A condenser. A refuge system for protecting users from a toxic environment. The system comprises a refuge shelter. An evaporator. A method for cooling a refuge shelter. An inflatable chamber having an airlock, the airlock includes a tube that extends from the chamber's outer surface into the chamber's interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Strata Products Worldwide, LLCInventors: David Emerson Maust, Logan Andrew Lewis, Michael Scott Bishoff, Larry Franklin Friend, Russell Lewis Smith
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Publication number: 20130198506Abstract: A method for making intelligent application and setting recommendations may include determining, by a device, a current context of a user of the device in response to the device being one of unlocked and turned-on. The method may also include determining, by the device, if the current context of the user has changed from a previous context of the user at a time when the device was one of locked and turned-off. The method may additionally include presenting a recommendation on a display of the device. The recommendation may include at least one of an application for operation on the device, options for operation of the device, and operating settings of the device, based on the current context of the user, in response to determining that the current context of the user has changed from the previous context.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: SPENCER LEWIS SMITH, ADAM ROBERT GEIGER, KEVIN GLYNN PATERSON
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Publication number: 20110089122Abstract: A liquid removal apparatus adapted to separate liquid from a composite slurry of liquid and solids. The apparatus includes a movable, permeable membrane having opposing first and second sides. A ‘loaded belt portion’ of the second side is configured to receive the slurry. A permeable membrane support system is configured to provide movable support for the loaded belt portion and includes a transport deck located in contact with the first side of the permeable membrane below the loaded belt portion. The liquid removal apparatus has a housing with a low-pressure chamber in sealing contact with the first side of the permeable membrane. A pressure conditioning system applies a differential pressure via the housing to generate a lower pressure on the first filter belt side than on the second side. The transport deck is located within the low pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: Aquaclear Technology LimitedInventor: Gary Lewis Smith
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Publication number: 20110054645Abstract: A system and method for late registration for poker tournaments provides for seating late registrants at existing tables if possible, preferably each at a different table. When the existing tables run out of room, a new table is added, and the new late registrant sat there, as well as players from other tables, attempting to evenly distribute players over all tables. More late registrants are sat at the seats vacated by moving players to a new table. Late registration may be closed after a certain prespecified time, blind level, or number of late registrants are added.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: ABSOLUTE TOKWIRO ENTERPRISES (ANTIGUA) INC.Inventor: Stuart Lewis-Smith
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Patent number: 6432487Abstract: A process for applying a vertically cracked ceramic thermal barrier coating to a machine component includes a.) applying a plurality of layers of the ceramic thermal barrier coating on the component, utilizing a nozzle at a first distance from the component; b.) applying an additional sacrificial outer layer of the ceramic thermal barrier coating of the same chemical composition as the plurality of layers on the component, with the nozzle at a second distance from the component, greater than the first distance; and c) removing at least some of the outer layers to achieve thickness and surface roughness specifications.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen Daniel Graham, Mark Francis DeSoi, Martin Lewis Smith, Michael Wayne Wallace, Robert Leighton Ling
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Publication number: 20020086117Abstract: A process for applying a thermal barrier coating to a machine component including:Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2000Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Stephen Daniel Graham, Mark Francis DeSoi, Martin Lewis Smith, Michael Wayne Wallace, Robert Leighton Ling
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Patent number: 4011889Abstract: A valve having separate closures for its inlet and its outlet respectively comprises a housing having the inlet in an elongated tubular wall and the outlet at an annular valve seat. A piston constituting one closure is movable coaxially within said wall so as to open and close the outlet. A sleeve constituting another closure is movable coaxially over the piston and within said wall so as to open and close the inlet. The piston and the sleeve are associated for interdependent movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1975Date of Patent: March 15, 1977Assignee: Chemetron CorporationInventor: Robert Lewis Smith