Patents by Inventor Michael SHAIN
Michael SHAIN 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: 11654836Abstract: An apparatus is provided to attach an electronic device, such as a printer, to a vehicle headrest of a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes one or more attachment members configured to attach to a vehicle headrest mounting rod; a support structure attached to the one or more attachment members, the support structure extending outward from the one or more attachment members toward an edge of the vehicle headrest; and a back plate attached to the support structure, the back plate configured to hold the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the electronic device is accessible from the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventor: Michael Shain
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Publication number: 20220176891Abstract: An apparatus is provided to attach an electronic device, such as a printer, to a vehicle headrest of a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes one or more attachment members configured to attach to a vehicle headrest mounting rod; a support structure attached to the one or more attachment members, the support structure extending outward from the one or more attachment members toward an edge of the vehicle headrest; and a back plate attached to the support structure, the back plate configured to hold the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the electronic device is accessible from the vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventor: Michael SHAIN
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Patent number: 11279297Abstract: An apparatus is provided to attach an electronic device, such as a printer, to a vehicle headrest of a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes one or more attachment members configured to attach to a vehicle headrest mounting rod; a support structure attached to the one or more attachment members, the support structure extending outward from the one or more attachment members toward an edge of the vehicle headrest; and a back plate attached to the support structure, the back plate configured to hold the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the electronic device is accessible from the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventor: Michael Shain
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Publication number: 20210046884Abstract: An apparatus is provided to attach an electronic device, such as a printer, to a vehicle headrest of a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes one or more attachment members configured to attach to a vehicle headrest mounting rod; a support structure attached to the one or more attachment members, the support structure extending outward from the one or more attachment members toward an edge of the vehicle headrest; and a back plate attached to the support structure, the back plate configured to hold the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the electronic device is accessible from the vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventor: Michael SHAIN
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Patent number: 10857951Abstract: An apparatus is provided to attach an electronic device, such as a printer, to a vehicle headrest of a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes one or more attachment members configured to attach to a vehicle headrest mounting rod; a support structure attached to the one or more attachment members, the support structure extending outward from the one or more attachment members toward an edge of the vehicle headrest; and a back plate attached to the support structure, the back plate configured to hold the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the electronic device is accessible from the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventor: Michael Shain
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Patent number: 10648456Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having a body shell with a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge each extending between a root portion and a tip portion. Further, the rotor blade assembly includes a protection system configured to protect the rotor blade from ice accumulation or a lightning strike. The protection system includes at least one organic conductive element configured within the rotor blade. The protection system also includes a conductor source electrically or thermally coupled to the organic conductive element. Thus, the conductor source is configured to heat the organic conductive element so as to prevent ice from accumulating on the rotor blade or to provide a conductive path for the lightning strike.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Eric Michael Shain, Jignesh Patel, Richard Hardison, Amir Riahi
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Patent number: 10570879Abstract: A joint assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade includes a male structural member extending longitudinally through female structural members configured with a plurality of rotor blade segments. The female structural member includes first bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned in a chord-wise direction. The male structural member includes second bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned with the first bore holes. At least one chord-wise extending gap is defined between an outer side surface of the male structural member and an inner side surface of the female structural member. A chord-wise extending pin extends through the first and second bore holes to join the male and female structural members. At least one flanged bushing is arranged in the first and second bore holes such that a flange of the bushing extends within the chord-wise extending gap.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Scott Jacob Huth, Donald Joseph Kasperski, Aaron A. Yarbrough, Eric Michael Shain, Jacob Lee Bunch
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Patent number: 10495058Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine having a joint assembly securing first and second blade segments together. For example, the joint assembly releasably couples the first and second blade segments together at a chord-wise extending joint and includes at least one set of interlocking components. As such, the joint assembly is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position by engaging and disengaging the interlocking components. Thus, in the locked position, the first and second blade segments are secured together via the interlocking components, and movement from the locked position to the unlocked position, releases the interlocking components, thereby releasing the first and second blade segments from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Eric Michael Shain, Xiomara Irizarry-Rosado
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Publication number: 20190248299Abstract: An apparatus is provided to attach an electronic device, such as a printer, to a vehicle headrest of a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes one or more attachment members configured to attach to a vehicle headrest mounting rod; a support structure attached to the one or more attachment members, the support structure extending outward from the one or more attachment members toward an edge of the vehicle headrest; and a back plate attached to the support structure, the back plate configured to hold the electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the electronic device is accessible from the vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventor: Michael SHAIN
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Patent number: 10161910Abstract: A method of non-destructive testing includes locating an ultrasonic transducer with respect to a component having a visually-inaccessible structure to collect B-scan data from at least one B-scan of the component and to collect C-scan data from at least one C-scan of the component. The method also includes filtering the B-scan data and the C-scan data to remove random noise and coherent noise based on predetermined geometric information about the visually-inaccessible structure to obtain filtered data. The method further includes performing linear signal processing and nonlinear signal processing to determine a damage index for a plurality of voxels representing the visually-inaccessible structure from the filtered B-scan data and the filtered C-scan data to generate a V-scan image. A method of non-destructive testing of a wind turbine blade and an ultrasound system are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ehsan Dehghan Niri, Curtis Wayne Rose, Amir Riahi, Eric Michael Shain
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Publication number: 20180340510Abstract: A joint assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade includes a male structural member extending longitudinally through female structural members configured with a plurality of rotor blade segments. The female structural member includes first bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned in a chord-wise direction. The male structural member includes second bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned with the first bore holes. At least one chord-wise extending gap is defined between an outer side surface of the male structural member and an inner side surface of the female structural member. A chord-wise extending pin extends through the first and second bore holes to join the male and female structural members. At least one flanged bushing is arranged in the first and second bore holes such that a flange of the bushing extends within the chord-wise extending gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Scott Jacob Huth, Donald Joseph Kasperski, Aaron A. Yarbrough, Eric Michael Shain, Jacob Lee Bunch
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Patent number: 10113532Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to pre-cured composites for use in manufacturing rotor blade components of a wind turbine. In one embodiment, the pre-cured composites are pultruded composites having a continuous base portion with a plurality of integral protrusions extending from the continuous base portion, and a fabric layer cured with the continuous base portion. Further, adjacent protrusions are separated by a gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Amir Riahi, Thomas Michael Moors, Eric Michael Shain, Shannon B. Geiger, Christopher Daniel Caruso, Aaron A. Yarbrough
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Publication number: 20180238300Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine having a joint assembly securing first and second blade segments together. For example, the joint assembly releasably couples the first and second blade segments together at a chord-wise extending joint and includes at least one set of interlocking components. As such, the joint assembly is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position by engaging and disengaging the interlocking components. Thus, in the locked position, the first and second blade segments are secured together via the interlocking components, and movement from the locked position to the unlocked position, releases the interlocking components, thereby releasing the first and second blade segments from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Eric Michael Shain, Xiomara Irizarry-Rosado
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Publication number: 20180112649Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having a body shell with a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge each extending between a root portion and a tip portion. Further, the rotor blade assembly includes a protection system configured to protect the rotor blade from ice accumulation or a lightning strike. The protection system includes at least one organic conductive element configured within the rotor blade. The protection system also includes a conductor source electrically or thermally coupled to the organic conductive element. Thus, the conductor source is configured to heat the organic conductive element so as to prevent ice from accumulating on the rotor blade or to provide a conductive path for the lightning strike.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Eric Michael Shain, Jignesh Patel, Richard Hardison, Amir Riahi
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Publication number: 20170199160Abstract: A method of non-destructive testing includes locating an ultrasonic transducer with respect to a component having a visually-inaccessible structure to collect B-scan data from at least one B-scan of the component and to collect C-scan data from at least one C-scan of the component. The method also includes filtering the B-scan data and the C-scan data to remove random noise and coherent noise based on predetermined geometric information about the visually-inaccessible structure to obtain filtered data. The method further includes performing linear signal processing and nonlinear signal processing to determine a damage index for a plurality of voxels representing the visually-inaccessible structure from the filtered B-scan data and the filtered C-scan data to generate a V-scan image. A method of non-destructive testing of a wind turbine blade and an ultrasound system are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Ehsan DEHGHAN NIRI, Curtis Wayne ROSE, Amir RIAHI, Eric Michael SHAIN
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Publication number: 20170114773Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to pre-cured composites for use in manufacturing rotor blade components of a wind turbine. In one embodiment, the pre-cured composites are pultruded composites having a continuous base portion with a plurality of integral protrusions extending from the continuous base portion, and a fabric layer cured with the continuous base portion. Further, adjacent protrusions are separated by a gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Amir Riahi, Thomas Michael Moors, Eric Michael Shain, Shannon B. Geiger, Christopher Daniel Caruso, Aaron A. Yarbrough