Patents by Inventor Michael A. Benjamin

Michael A. Benjamin 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: 11732652
    Abstract: A fuel system for a power generator using hydrogen fuel and a method of recovering a safety marker added to the hydrogen fuel. The hydrogen fuel may be stored in a tank and delivered, in at least one of a gaseous phase and a supercritical phase, to a power generator. The hydrogen fuel is delivered with a fuel delivery assembly and contains at least one safety marker when the fuel is in the fuel delivery assembly. The at least one safety marker is separated from the hydrogen fuel, using, for example, a separator. The at least one safety marker separated from the hydrogen fuel is stored in a safety marker storage tank. The safety marker may be a visual safety marker, such as a noble gas, or an odorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Arthur W. Sibbach, Michael A. Benjamin, Paul Burchell Glaser
  • Patent number: 11725819
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion, which can supply a primary fuel supply and a secondary fuel supply. Increasing efficiency and reducing emission require the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures or burn at faster burn speeds than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Michael T. Bucaro, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Saket Singh, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Publication number: 20230250961
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine includes a combustor liner that has an outer liner and an inner liner. At least one of the outer liner and the inner liner includes (a) an upstream liner section fixedly connected in the combustor, (b) a downstream liner section fixedly connected in the combustor, and (c) a dilution liner section including a movable portion including at least a part of the dilution liner section and having at least one dilution opening therethrough. The movable portion is arranged to translate in an upstream direction and in a downstream direction. At least one actuator is connected to the movable portion of the dilution liner section and controls translational movement of the movable portion in the upstream direction and the downstream direction to adjust a volume of a primary combustion zone within the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Nath, Michael A. Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230243311
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for a combustion section of a turbine engine. The turbine engine including a heat source. The fuel supply system comprising a first fuel supply having a liquid fuel, a second fuel supply having a first gaseous fuel, and a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the first fuel supply and the heat source. The heat exchanger producing a heat sufficient to change the liquid fuel to a second gaseous fuel that is the same type of fuel as the first gaseous fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: David Justin Brady, Mirko Gernone, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise
  • Publication number: 20230247049
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for utilizing verified autonomous system (AS) network interconnections received via a cryptographically certified Recognized Operating Agency (ROA) object to generate an interconnect network model which may be used as a reference model to mitigate hijacking of network communications in downstream route announcements. In particular, AS networks may announce or share a cryptographically certified ROA object that includes a list of other AS networks to which the announcing network is connected. A router, server, or other networking device may receive ROA objects from multiple AS networks and generate a model or graph of the interconnectedness of the AS networks. Further, because each ROA object may be cryptographically certified or signed, the networking device may trust the information provided in the received ROA objects. The networking device may further verify announced routing information against the generated network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Level 2 Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230242836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of isolated polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from a lipids containing biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael DIEHL, Annika HEINING, Martin HEINING, Michael Benjamin JOHNSON, Jochen LEBERT, Neil Francis LEININGER, Vinod TARWADE, David Allen TINSLEY
  • Patent number: 11713569
    Abstract: A stormwater treatment device includes a tank defining an internal volume and having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable screen unit mounted within the tank, the rotatable screen unit being barrel-shaped to define a through path with an inlet end and an outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a screen structure with a plurality of screening openings for allowing passage of at least some water from the through path outwardly through the screen structure while inhibiting passage of trash items through the screen structure such that trash items move along the through path from the inlet end to the outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a plurality of external drive paddles that rotate with the screen structure and that interact with water that has been screened by passing outwardly through the screen structure interacts with the external drive paddles to cause rotation of the rotatable screen unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Douglas Scott, Mathew Edward Bauer, Michael Benjamin Brooks
  • Publication number: 20230228420
    Abstract: A swirler assembly for use in a combustor includes a first air swirler having a first swirler vane assembly, a second air swirler adjacent the first air swirler and having a second swirler vane assembly, and a ferrule coupled to the first air swirler and the second air swirler. The ferrule includes a ferrule swirler having a plurality of vanes. The first swirler vane assembly is configured to generate a first radial rotating airflow, and the second swirler vane assembly is configured to generate a second radial rotating airflow. The plurality of vanes of the ferrule swirler are configured to generate a ferrule axial airflow to interact with and mix to with the first radial rotating airflow and the second radial rotating airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hiranya Nath, Michael A. Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230228424
    Abstract: A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A combustor in the combustion section can include a combustion chamber, a fuel supply fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber, and a fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly can include an air flow passage and a fuel flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Nayan Vinod Patel, Michael A. Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230219021
    Abstract: A stormwater treatment device includes a tank defining an internal volume and having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable screen unit mounted within the tank, the rotatable screen unit defining a through path with an inlet end and an outlet end. The rotatable screen unit includes a screen structure with a plurality of screening openings for allowing passage of at least some stormwater from the through path outwardly through the screen structure while inhibiting passage of at least some trash items through the screen structure such that the trash items move along the through path from the inlet end to the outlet end. The stormwater treatment device may include both a normal treatment flow path and one or more bypass treatment flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jordan Douglas Scott, Mathew Edward Bauer, Michael Benjamin Brooks, Lindsey Blaire
  • Publication number: 20230220802
    Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operation with a combustor as shown and described. The turbine engine including a combustor comprising an annular array of rich cups and an annular array of lean cups. A method for controlling nitrogen oxides including injecting a fuel/air mixture from the lean cups and the rich cups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Bucaro, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Pradeep Naik, Sripathi Mohan, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Publication number: 20230212070
    Abstract: A glass article including a frame having a frame support surface, a glass sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface in which the second major surface is opposite to the first major surface, and an adhesive bead disposed between the frame support surface and the second major surface. The adhesive bead defines a bead path. The adhesive bead has a cross-section perpendicular to the bead path, and the cross-section includes a width and a height. The height is a maximum dimension perpendicular to the second major surface of the glass sheet, and the width is a maximum dimension parallel to the second major surface of the glass sheet. An aspect ratio of the height to the width is at least 0.6, and the width is 2 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Benjamin, Jennifer Hiras, Robert Daniel Parker, Christopher Lee Timmons
  • Publication number: 20230212984
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. Varying the geometry of the swirler can provide for improved supply of air, which can improve efficiency and flame control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Steven C. Vise, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro, Ajoy Patra, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Michael A. Benjamin, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Hiranya Kumar Nath
  • Publication number: 20230212695
    Abstract: Provided herein are media, methods, kits, primers and oligonucleotide probes for use in the molecular detection of pathogens. These may be used in combination for the rapid, high-throughput screening PCR-based techniques to simultaneously detect multiple pathogens. The multiplex-detection methods have improved sensitivity and specificity for the detection of multiple pathogens simultaneously. Real-time PCR assaying techniques using such primers include microarrays and multiplex arrays, the latter optionally simultaneously with oligonucleotide TaqMan probes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: POLYSKOPE LABS
    Inventors: Cyrus Cody ZEGRATI, Michael Benjamin CENTOLA, Paul Simon SMITH
  • Publication number: 20230213191
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a combustion section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline, the combustion section having a combustor liner, a dome wall coupled to the combustor liner, and a dome inlet located in the dome wall, a fuel injector fluidly coupled to the dome inlet, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to the fuel injector and defined at least in part by the combustor liner and the dome wall, and at least one set of dilution openings located in the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Varun S. Lakshmanan, Michael T. Bucaro, Pradeep Naik, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230208624
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a method performed by a verification platform for authorising a user incapable of providing digital consent comprises: receiving sensitive user information and a unique supervisor identifier; encrypting the sensitive user information using an encryption scheme with an associated encryption key to generate encrypted user information; sending an authorisation request message to a supervisor device associated with the unique supervisor identifier, wherein the authorisation request message comprises the encryption key and a request for authorisation in response; discarding the sensitive user information and the encryption key, such that the verification platform cannot access the sensitive user information; and, if the verification platform receives an authorisation response message from the supervisor device comprising a received encryption key, decrypting the encrypted user information using the received encryption key, such that the verification platform can su
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Benjamin Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20230204215
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. The fuel nozzle assembly can be configured to increase lateral provision of fuels to reduce flame scrubbing on combustor liners for the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Michael T. Bucaro, Perumallu Vukanti, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Saket Singh, Clayton S. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20230204213
    Abstract: A turbine engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the turbine, which drives the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. Increasing efficiency and carbon-containing emission needs benefit from the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro, Ajoy Patra, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin, Sripathi Mohan, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Joseph Zelina
  • Publication number: 20230194093
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. The fuel nozzle can include both a primary and secondary fuel passage, and an additional air passage to provide for greater flame control, fuel provision, or local fuel and air mixing prior to combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Bucaro, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Krishnakumar Venkatesan
  • Publication number: 20230194088
    Abstract: A turbine engine and method for controlling nitrogen oxides present within a combustor of the turbine engine. The turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. The combustion section having a combustor liner having a first end, a second end, opposing the first end, and at least partially defining a combustion chamber extending between the first and second ends. A dome assembly is mounted to the combustor liner at the first end and defines a dome inlet of the combustion chamber. There are multiple sets of dilution holes including a first set of dilution holes provided in the combustor liner downstream from the dome inlet and a second set of dilution holes provided in the combustor liner between the first set of dilution holes and the dome inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Manampathy G. Giridharan, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Michael T. Bucaro, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan