Patents by Inventor Matthew Patrick

Matthew Patrick 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: 9194363
    Abstract: A deployable aerodynamic component configured to be mounted to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The deployable aerodynamic component configured to be positioned in front of an inner portion of the at least one rotor blade, and is structurally configured to cover a substantial portion of the inner portion of the at least one rotor blade in a wind direction during deployment of the deployable aerodynamic component and to allow the passage therethrough of an incoming wind when non-deployed. Further described is a wind turbine including the above-described deployable aerodynamic component and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of an existing wind turbine, wherein the method includes mounting the above-described deployable aerodynamic component to a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Stephen Bertram Johnson, Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Anurag Gupta
  • Patent number: 9162754
    Abstract: A method for actively manipulating a primary fluid flow over a surface using an active flow control system including an active fluid flow device to provide lift enhancement and lift destruction. The method including the disposing of an active fluid flow device in the surface. The active fluid flow device is then operated to generate at least one of a steady blowing secondary fluid flow, a pulsed secondary fluid flow or an oscillating secondary fluid flow. While flowing the primary fluid over the surface to create a primary flow field, a secondary fluid flow is injected in an upstream direction and substantially opposed to the incoming primary fluid flow. The injecting of the secondary fluid flow in this manner provides for influencing of the primary flow field by manipulating a momentum of the secondary fluid flow to influence the incoming primary fluid flow and resultant lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits
  • Patent number: 9133647
    Abstract: Some embodiments include electronic circuitry for an electronic lock. The electronic circuitry can include: an antenna configured to receive a wireless signal; a communication processor, coupled to the antenna, configured to decode the wireless signal to ascertain a command to lock or unlock the electronic lock and to authenticate a source of the wireless signal; an energy storage configured to store electrical energy; a motor switch configured to drive a motor clockwise or counterclockwise, powered by the energy storage, depending on a control signal, wherein the motor switch is configured to drive the motor for a short burst of time; and a controller, coupled to the energy storage capacitor and the motor switch, configured to monitor electrical charge left in the energy storage and to output the control signal that corresponds to the command to lock or unlock the electronic lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NEXKEY, INC.
    Inventors: Sooseok Oh, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch
  • Publication number: 20150168281
    Abstract: A device and methods for measuring the tension applied to a suture are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a housing comprising at least one attachment point for attachment of the suture, for the device to hang from the suture when a tension is applied to the suture. The device may also comprise a force sensing unit, contained in the housing and configured to measure the amount of tension applied to the suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Yasin Dhaher, Matthew Patrick
  • Patent number: 9053313
    Abstract: A system and method for providing continued access to authentication and encryption services that includes a secure key store communicably coupled to a virtual smart card server. A virtual smart card driver is also provided and is communicably coupled to a virtual smart card secure hardware server. The virtual smart card driver communicates with an authentication client to authenticate a user, and access the user's private key stored in the secure key store when the user's physical smart card is unavailable. Continued access is provided when the user has been authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Identive Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Dean Hart, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch
  • Publication number: 20150102904
    Abstract: Some embodiments include electronic circuitry for an electronic lock. The electronic circuitry can include: an antenna configured to receive a wireless signal; a communication processor, coupled to the antenna, configured to decode the wireless signal to ascertain a command to lock or unlock the electronic lock and to authenticate a source of the wireless signal; an energy storage configured to store electrical energy; a motor switch configured to drive a motor clockwise or counterclockwise, powered by the energy storage, depending on a control signal, wherein the motor switch is configured to drive the motor for a short burst of time; and a controller, coupled to the energy storage capacitor and the motor switch, configured to monitor electrical charge left in the energy storage and to output the control signal that corresponds to the command to lock or unlock the electronic lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Sooseok Oh, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch
  • Publication number: 20150101370
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a lock cylinder comprising: a plug assembly having a front portion and a back portion; a housing shell within which the plug assembly is rotatably disposed, wherein the housing shell includes a notch; wherein the back portion of the plug assembly comprises: a locking pin that is movably disposed, and wherein the locking pin is configured to prevent a rotation of the plug assembly when the locking pin is engaged in the notch and prevented from retracting by a multi-stable mechanism; and the multi-stable mechanism having at least two stable configurations corresponding to respectively to a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the multi-stable mechanism can maintain the stable configurations without consuming energy; wherein, at a first stable configuration, the multi-stable mechanism prevents the locking pin from retracting, and, at a second stable configuration, the multi-stable mechanism enables the locking pin to retract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Peter R. Russo, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch
  • Patent number: 8991189
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine augmentor includes at least one fluid based augmentor initiator defining a chamber in flow communication with a source of air and a source of fuel. The chamber includes a plurality of ejection openings in flow communication with an exhaust flowpath. The at least one fluid based augmentor initiator is devoid of any exhaust flowpath protrusions thereby minimizing any pressure drops and loss of thrust during dry work phase of operation. The source of fuel is operable for injecting fuel into the chamber such that at least a portion of the fuel flow is ignited at the plurality of ejection openings to produce a plurality of fuel-rich hot jets radially into the exhaust flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Narendra Digamber Joshi, Adam Rasheed, Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi
  • Publication number: 20150057984
    Abstract: A body garment including sensors distributed throughout the garment, each sensor senses body state information from a local surface area of a body; and sensor nodes in proximity to the plurality of sensors, each sensor node including a processor to receive sensing body state information from at least one of the plurality of sensors. Each processor is configured to receive body state information locally from sensors, to utilize the information to determine a local surface shape of the surface of a portion of the body part; and to exchange local surface shape information with neighboring sensor nodes. At least one processor of utilizes the local surface shape information received from the sensor nodes to generate one overall model of a surface shape of the entire surface of the body part covered by the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Michael John Nicoletti, Scott Evan Ritter, Jacob Stuart Michael Beal, Matthew Patrick Daily, Jason David Holmes, Christopher Glenn Park
  • Publication number: 20150058387
    Abstract: A listing of data is displayed in a tablet swiping calculator function display with the listing of data including two or more numerical data entries. A capability to select at least one mathematical operation is provided through the tablet swiping calculator function display along with the capability to select at least two of the two or more numerical data entries through the tablet swiping calculator function display. When the at least two of the two or more numerical data entries are selected, the selected mathematical operation is automatically performed on the selected numerical data entries and the results are displayed on the tablet swiping calculator function display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Katy Lee O'Kelley, Jason Wayne Cole, Matthew Patrick Bozeman, Lauren Ashly Felten
  • Patent number: 8966481
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering external data to a process running on a virtual machine, the virtual machine running on an operating system. The method includes the steps of executing instructions on the virtual machine that obtain state data related to the process; querying the virtual machine to obtain component data related to the state data; and manipulating the component data to deliver the external data to the process. In one example, the system provides a single sign-on application that passes user credentials to a Java applet running on a Java virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ActivIdentity (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Carl Sandland, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch, Timothy Brian Dingwall
  • Publication number: 20150015364
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a computer server. The computer server can be configured to: add a security system associated with a user account; provision one or more communication devices associated with the security system; configure a cryptographic key to associate at least a communication device amongst the communication devices with the security system; configure an access control file that is cryptographically signed by the computer server and encrypted with the cryptographic key associated with the security system, wherein the access control file contains permissions of the communication devices to the security system; and provide a data payload including the access control file to a first communication device of the communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Hart, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch, Sotoudeh Hamedi Hagh
  • Publication number: 20140325618
    Abstract: In a computer system including a computer terminal, an operating system installed on said computer terminal, a virtual machine running on the operating system, a server communicatively coupled to the computer terminal and a process including instructions that when executed on a virtual machine define a user interface; a Single Sign On (SSO) system comprising a database of authentication credentials accessible to the computer terminal, and instructions executable on the virtual machine operative to: obtain user interface state data from the process; query the virtual machine to obtain component data related to the user interface state data; and manipulate the component data so as to deliver authentication credentials to the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ACTIVIDENTITY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Carl Sandland, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch, Timothy Brian Dingwall
  • Patent number: 8695019
    Abstract: In a computer system including a computer terminal, an operating system installed on said computer terminal, a virtual machine running on the operating system, a server communicatively coupled to the computer terminal and a process including instructions that when executed on a virtual machine define a user interface; a Single Sign On (SSO) system comprising a database of authentication credentials accessible to the computer terminal, and instructions executable on the virtual machine operative to: obtain user interface state data from the process; query the virtual machine to obtain component data related to the user interface state data; and manipulate the component data so as to deliver authentication credentials to the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Actividentity (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Carl Sandland, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch, Timothy Brian Dingwall
  • Patent number: 8671659
    Abstract: A system and a method of generating energy in a power plant using a turbine are provided. The system includes an air separation unit providing an oxygen output; a plasma generator that is capable of generating plasma; and a combustor configured to receive oxygen and to combust a fuel stream in the presence of the plasma, so as to maintain a stable flame, generating an exhaust gas. The system can further include a water condensation system, fluidly-coupled to the combustor, that is capable of producing a high-content carbon dioxide stream that is substantially free of oxygen. The method of generating energy in a power plant includes the steps of operating an air separation unit to separate oxygen from air, combusting a fuel stream in a combustor in the presence of oxygen, and generating an exhaust gas from the combustion. The exhaust gas can be used in a turbine to generate electricity. A plasma is generated inside the combustor, and a stable flame is maintained in the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Mostafa ELKady, Uyigue Omoma Idahosa, Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Grover Andrew Bennett, John Thomas Herbon, Hasan Karim, Geoffrey David Myers, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi
  • Publication number: 20140003940
    Abstract: A deployable aerodynamic component configured to be mounted to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The deployable aerodynamic component configured to be positioned in front of an inner portion of the at least one rotor blade, and is structurally configured to cover a substantial portion of the inner portion of the at least one rotor blade in a wind direction during deployment of the deployable aerodynamic component and to allow the passage therethrough of an incoming wind when non-deployed. Further described is a wind turbine including the above-described deployable aerodynamic component and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of an existing wind turbine, wherein the method includes mounting the above-described deployable aerodynamic component to a wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, JR., Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Stephen Bertram Johnson, Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Anurag Gupta
  • Publication number: 20130318575
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a token for dynamically authenticating a user. The token includes a memory for storing secure data; a processor for calculating authentication credentials of the user based on the secure data, and for constructing a server address based on the authentication credentials. Also included is a transmitter for transmitting the server address to a host controller wherein the host controller is configurable to communicate with a remote server locatable at the server address such that the user is dynamically authenticated on the remote server using the authentication credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jason Dean Hart, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch
  • Publication number: 20130290717
    Abstract: A system and method for providing continued access to authentication and encryption services that includes a secure key store communicably coupled to a virtual smart card server. A virtual smart card driver is also provided and is communicably coupled to a virtual smart card secure hardware server. The virtual smart card driver communicates with an authentication client to authenticate a user, and access the user's private key stored in the secure key store when the user's physical smart card is unavailable. Continued access is provided when the user has been authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Jason Dean Hart, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch
  • Publication number: 20130284273
    Abstract: A method for actively manipulating a primary fluid flow over a surface using an active flow control system including an active fluid flow device to provide lift enhancement and lift destruction. The method including the disposing of an active fluid flow device in the surface. The active fluid flow device is then operated to generate at least one of a steady blowing secondary fluid flow, a pulsed secondary fluid flow or an oscillating secondary fluid flow. While flowing the primary fluid over the surface to create a primary flow field, a secondary fluid flow is injected in an upstream direction and substantially opposed to the incoming primary fluid flow. The injecting of the secondary fluid flow in this manner provides for influencing of the primary flow field by manipulating a momentum of the secondary fluid flow to influence the incoming primary fluid flow and resultant lift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, JR., Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits
  • Publication number: 20130192243
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle assembly for use with a turbine engine includes at least one fuel conduit coupled to at least one fuel source. The fuel nozzle assembly also includes at least one swirler that includes at least one wall having a porous portion. The at least one wall is coupled to the at least one fuel conduit. The porous portion is formed from a material having a porosity that facilitates fuel flow therethrough. At least one fuel flow path is thereby defined through the porous portion of the at least one wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, JR., John Thomas Herbon