Patents by Inventor Nick Nagrodsky

Nick Nagrodsky 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: 9862395
    Abstract: A system includes a track system having a first rail and a second rail, a track activity detection circuit electrically connected to each of the first rail and the second rail, a track shunt circuit electrically connected to the first rail and the second rail, wherein the track shunt circuit is configured to selectively electrically connect the first rail and the second rail through a shunt. A method includes receiving an instruction to apply a shunt between a first rail and a second rail of a track system, and electrically connecting the first rail to the second rail through a controllable track shunt circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nick Nagrodsky, Jeffrey Fries, Aric Weingartner
  • Publication number: 20160090113
    Abstract: A system includes a track system having a first rail and a second rail, a track activity detection circuit electrically connected to each of the first rail and the second rail, a track shunt circuit electrically connected to the first rail and the second rail, wherein the track shunt circuit is configured to selectively electrically connect the first rail and the second rail through a shunt. A method includes receiving an instruction to apply a shunt between a first rail and a second rail of a track system, and electrically connecting the first rail to the second rail through a controllable track shunt circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Nick Nagrodsky, Jeffrey Fries, Aric Weingartner
  • Publication number: 20100089056
    Abstract: An integrated turbo-boosting system for an engine system including an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber with an intake system and an exhaust system. The integrated turbo-boosting system includes a turbo-boosting device including a compressor coupled to a turbine by a rotating shaft, the turbine driven by exhaust gas, and an electric generation system integrated into a portion of the turbo-boosting device, the electric generation system configured to generate electricity for an electrical system. The electric generation system is maintained at an operation temperature through direction of an intake gas around at least a portion of the electric generation system. The integrated turbo-boosting system is operated in a first mode to compress intake gas for supply to the engine and a second mode to generate electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, John Brand, Mark Kraeling, Nick Nagrodsky