Patents by Inventor Patrick Fulton

Patrick Fulton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240157646
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to additive manufacturing systems, components therein, and methods for their use. The additive manufacturing system comprises a powder material handling system comprising a virgin powder inlet. The virgin powder inlet is coupled to a virgin powder drum and configured to receive a virgin powder from the virgin powder drum. The additive manufacturing system further comprises a liquid material handling system comprising a binder inlet. The binder inlet is coupled to a binder drum and configured to receive a binder from the binder drum. The additive manufacturing system also comprises an additive manufacturing machine coupled to the powder material handling system and the liquid material handling system. The additive manufacturing machine receives the virgin powder and the binder from the powder material handling and liquid material handling systems and is configured to manufacture a work product using the virgin powder and the binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vadim Bromberg, Victor Fulton, Carlos H. Bonilla, Joshua Tyler Mook, Anthony Charlebois, Ryan William Van Deest, Cassidy C. Shibiya, Timothy Francis Andrews, Alex W. Ariapad, Mathieu Roy, Patrick Leduc, Simon Houle, Jean-Francois Cadorette, Patrick Gauthier, Jay Matthew Lang
  • Patent number: 11591901
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to obtain time-series temperature data from respective temperature sensors arranged at respective different subsurface depths, and for each of a plurality of pairs of the temperature sensors, to compute a cross-correlation of their corresponding time-series temperature data, to compute a time derivative of the cross-correlation, and to generate an estimate of at least one reservoir property based at least in part on the time derivative of the cross-correlation. At least one automated action is performed based at least in part on the generated estimate, such as, for example, controlling an amount of fluid flow into or out of a particular subsurface region. The generated estimates illustratively comprise estimates of subsurface hydraulic diffusivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Cornell University, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Patrick Fulton, Emily Brodsky
  • Publication number: 20220268148
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to obtain time-series temperature data from respective temperature sensors arranged at respective different subsurface depths, and for each of a plurality of pairs of the temperature sensors, to compute a cross-correlation of their corresponding time-series temperature data, to compute a time derivative of the cross-correlation, and to generate an estimate of at least one reservoir property based at least in part on the time derivative of the cross-correlation. At least one automated action is performed based at least in part on the generated estimate, such as, for example, controlling an amount of fluid flow into or out of a particular subsurface region. The generated estimates illustratively comprise estimates of subsurface hydraulic diffusivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Fulton, Emily Brodsky