Patents by Inventor Milind Bharat Garule

Milind Bharat Garule 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).

  • Tractive effort system and method
    Patent number: 9308921
    Abstract: A system is provided for use with, a wheeled vehicle. The system includes a media reservoir capable of holding a tractive material that includes particulates; a nozzle in fluid communication with the media reservoir; and a media valve in fluid communication with the media reservoir and the nozzle. The media valve is controllable between a first state in which the tractive material flows through the media valve and to the nozzle, and a second state in which the tractive material is prevented from flowing to the nozzle. In the first state, the nozzle receives the tractive material from the media reservoir and directs the tractive material to a contact surface such that the tractive material impacts the contact surface that is spaced from a wheel/surface interface. The system can modify the adhesion or the traction capability of the contact surface with regard to a subsequently contacting wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Matthew John Malone, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Nikhil Subhashchandra Tambe, Milind Bharat Garule, Anubhav Kumar
  • TRACTIVE EFFORT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130206862
    Abstract: A system is provided for use with, a wheeled vehicle. The system includes a media reservoir capable of holding a tractive material that includes particulates; a nozzle in fluid communication with the media reservoir; and a media valve in fluid communication with the media reservoir and the nozzle. The media valve is controllable between a first state in which the tractive material flows through the media valve and to the nozzle, and a second state in which the tractive material is prevented from flowing to the nozzle. In the first state, the nozzle receives the tractive material from the media reservoir and directs the tractive material to a contact surface such that the tractive material impacts the contact surface that is spaced from a wheel/surface interface. The system can modify the adhesion or the traction capability of the contact surface with regard to a subsequently contacting wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Matthew John Malone, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Nikhil Subhaschandra Tambe, Milind Bharat Garule, Anubhav Kumar
  • Center pivot
    Patent number: D756207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: M Tamilvel, Jingjun Zhang, Milind Bharat Garule, Vallish Nagabhushana Madhugiri, Robert Thomas Scott