Patents by Inventor Michael Fry
Michael Fry 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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Publication number: 20240134661Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for modeling a manufacturing process. Snapshots of the system are received, where each snapshot includes a time that the snapshot was taken and a state of the system at that time. Possible transitions paths in a state diagram exhibited by the system are then identified based on the snapshots. A transition path out of the identified transition paths that most likely corresponds to the sequence of state changes exhibited by the system is selected based on information pertaining to a typical time taken by the system from one state to another. A predicted time that the system entered each state of the selected transition path between selected states of the snapshots is determined based on such information as well as the time at which the snapshots were taken. An issue related to the manufacturing process is predicted based on such predicted times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Michael M. Morin, Thomas Furland, Jonathan Fry
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Publication number: 20240111896Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for processing messages. A computer system parses a message to identify key value pairs for confidential information in the message. The computer system creates a redacted message in which values in the key value pairs identified for the confidential information are replaced with plaintext tags. The computer system stores the key value pairs in a secure database. The computer system stores the redacted message in a plaintext database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Meghan McGrath, Jonathan Fry, MICHAEL KANE, James Cox, Ximena Bates-Forero
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Patent number: 11949198Abstract: A molding assembly for establishing an electrical connection between an electrified planar element, which is formed with a peripheral electrical contact, and an electrical device includes a plastic frame element having an electrical conductor. The plastic frame element is adapted to be disposed along a peripheral portion of the electrified planar element that includes the peripheral contact. The plastic frame element extends between two ends. The electrical conductor extends between the two ends of the plastic frame element on a side facing the electrified planar element so that, during attachment of the plastic frame element to the peripheral portion, an electrical connection is automatically establishable between the electrical conductor and the peripheral contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Thorsten Fries, Juergen Ruehl, Andreas Schoch, Igor Dorscht, Michael Klein
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Publication number: 20230141677Abstract: A securement insert for securing a thermometer in a nipple of a tube comprises a holding element for securing the thermometer to the securement insert, and a stop that is embodied to prevent rotary movement relative to the tube. An arrangement having a thermometer and a securement insert is also disclosed. At least one component of the securement insert is embodied and/or arranged in such a manner that the securement insert is movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the nipple.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Mijndert van der Beek, Dietmar Saecker, Michael Fries
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Patent number: 11400964Abstract: A route examining system includes first and second detection units and an identification unit. The first and second detection units are configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system traveling along a route having plural conductive tracks. The first and second detection units are disposed at spaced apart locations along a length of the vehicle system. The first and second detection units are configured to monitor one or more electrical characteristics of the conductive tracks in response to an examination signal being electrically injected into at least one of the conductive tracks. The identification unit includes one or more processors configured to determine that a section of the route includes an electrical short responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics monitored by the first and second detection units indicating that the examination signal is received by only one of the first and second detection units.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Steven Joseph Ehret
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Publication number: 20220145961Abstract: A connection of two ends of a belt, or an end of a belt and an end of a further belt, wherein a first end has a first connecting portion and a second end has a second connecting portion, wherein the first and second connecting portions are arranged to overlap in an overlapping region, wherein a plurality of connectors are arranged in the overlapping region, wherein each connector penetrates the first and second connecting portions, wherein each connector has a first base body portion and a second base body portion, wherein the first and second connecting portions are arranged between the first and second base body portions, wherein each connector has at least two connecting means held in the first and second base body portions that penetrate the first and second connecting portions. A connector for producing a connection and a device for producing a connection are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: MATO GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Frieß, Thomas Wilk
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Patent number: 11136053Abstract: Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Brett Alexander Matthews, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Tannous Frangieh, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Brian Lee Staton, Timothy Robert Brown, Gregory Boverman, Majid Nayeri
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Patent number: 10501100Abstract: Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Brett Alexander Matthews, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Tannous Frangieh, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Brian Lee Staton, Timothy Robert Brown, Gregory Boverman, Majid Nayeri
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Publication number: 20190344814Abstract: Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Brett Alexander Matthews, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Tannous Frangieh, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Brian Lee Staton, Timothy Robert Brown, Gregory Boverman, Majid Nayeri
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Patent number: 10292230Abstract: A system includes at least one signal light having at least one lamp. The system further includes a control device electrically connected to the at least one lamp by a conductive cable. The at least one lamp is configured to flash in response to the loss of an audio signal generated by the control device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventors: William David Shields, Forrest Henry Ballinger, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Larry John Anderson, Wayne Nelson Wheeler
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Patent number: 10252735Abstract: A monitoring method and system monitor a transmitted current that is injected into conductive components of a route traveled by vehicle systems, monitor a received current that represents a portion of the transmitted current that is conducted through the conductive components of the route, examine changes in the transmitted and/or received current over time to determine when the vehicle systems are on the route between a first location where the transmitted current is injected into the conductive components and a second location where the received current is monitored, and examine the changes in the transmitted and/or received currents. The changes are examined to identify (a) a contaminated portion of a surface on which the route is disposed, (b) a foreign object other than the vehicle systems that is contacting the route, and/or (c) a damaged or broken portion of at least one of the conductive components of the route.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Richard Lee Lawson, Aric Albert Weingartner, Curtis Doyle Mechling, Aaron Richard Mitti, Martin Paget, William David Shields
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Publication number: 20190061794Abstract: A route examining system includes first and second detection units and an identification unit. The first and second detection units are configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system traveling along a route having plural conductive tracks. The first and second detection units are disposed at spaced apart locations along a length of the vehicle system. The first and second detection units are configured to monitor one or more electrical characteristics of the conductive tracks in response to an examination signal being electrically injected into at least one of the conductive tracks. The identification unit includes one or more processors configured to determine that a section of the route includes an electrical short responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics monitored by the first and second detection units indicating that the examination signal is received by only one of the first and second detection units.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Steven Joseph Ehret
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Patent number: 10167005Abstract: A route examining system includes first and second detection units and an identification unit. The first and second detection units are configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system traveling along a route having plural conductive tracks. The first and second detection units are disposed at spaced apart locations along a length of the vehicle system. The first and second detection units are configured to monitor one or more electrical characteristics of the conductive tracks in response to an examination signal being electrically injected into at least one of the conductive tracks. The identification unit includes one or more processors configured to determine that a section of the route includes an electrical short responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics monitored by the first and second detection units indicating that the examination signal is received by only one of the first and second detection units.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Steven Joseph Ehret
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Patent number: 10145983Abstract: A vibration monitoring system includes an acoustic device that outputs an analog signal to a fiber cable for calibration and location verification. The acoustic device utilizes GPS or communication from wayside bungalow equipment to verify GPS location or real-time clock information. The wayside bungalow contains communication equipment that interfaces with the acoustic device and relays health information to a sensing processor. The sensing processor is configured to detect the acoustic signal output by the acoustic device at a known location and verifies that the cable and device have not moved location by comparing the signal level received against a threshold stored in memory. When the threshold is exceeded, the sensing processor sends an alert that the fiber optic cable or acoustic device at the location have changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Alstom Transport TechnologiesInventors: Nicholas David Nagrodsky, James Michael Kiss, Jr., Jeffrey Michael Fries, Derick Diaz, David Farmer
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Patent number: 10006877Abstract: A system may include a coded test signal transmission system configured to transmit a unique coded test signal along a route, and a coded test signal receiving system configured to receive the unique coded test signal along the route. The unique coded test signal received by the coded test signal receiving system is used to determine one or more characteristics of the route.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Michael Scott Mitchell, Steven Joseph Ehret
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Publication number: 20180065650Abstract: Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Brett Alexander Matthews, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Tannous Frangieh, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Brian Lee Staton, Timothy Robert Brown, Gregory Boverman, Majid Nayeri
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Patent number: 9845023Abstract: A system includes at least one application device, a control unit, and at least one processor. The at least one application device is conductively or inductively coupled with at least one of a first conductive track or a second conductive track. The control unit is configured to control supply of electric current from a power source to the at least one application device to electrically inject at least one examination signal into the conductive tracks. The at least one processor is configured to monitor the one or more electrical characteristics of at least one of the first or second conductive tracks, and to identify a construction feature of the route based on the one or more electrical characteristics, wherein the construction feature corresponds to a man-made aspect of the route.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Jeffrey Michael Fries
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Patent number: 9842502Abstract: A system includes a detection module, a control module, an input module, and a determination module. The detection module is configured to obtain information from one or more detectors corresponding to a condition of a transportation network. The control module is configured to issue control messages using the information obtained. The input module is configured to receive a request for the control module to enter a test mode corresponding to an alteration of at least one of an input or an output of the control module from an operational mode. The determination module is configured to determine if an authorization condition corresponding to a physical state of one or more functional activity module of the transportation network is satisfied. The control module is transferred to the test mode if the authorization condition is satisfied and maintained in the operational mode if the authorization condition is not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Alstom Transport TechnologiesInventors: Jeffrey Michael Fries, Jeffrey Keith Baker
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Patent number: 9834237Abstract: Systems and methods for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, apply a filter to the one or more electrical characteristics, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Brett Alexander Matthews, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Jeffrey Michael Fries, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Tannous Frangieh, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Brian Lee Staton, Timothy Robert Brown, Gregory Boverman, Majid Nayeri
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Patent number: 9802631Abstract: Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brett Alexander Matthews, Gregory Boverman, Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Majid Nayeri, Jeffrey Michael Fries