Patents by Inventor Patrick O'Connor

Patrick O'Connor 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: 11577852
    Abstract: A fuel oxygen conversion unit for a vehicle or an engine of the vehicle includes a contactor; a mechanically-driven, first fuel gas separator defining a liquid fuel outlet and a stripping gas outlet, the fuel oxygen conversion unit defining a liquid fuel outlet path in fluid communication with the liquid fuel outlet of the first fuel gas separator; and a second fuel gas separator positioned in fluid communication with the liquid fuel outlet path at a location downstream of the first fuel gas separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Arthur William Sibbach, Brandon Wayne Miller, Richard Alan Wesling
  • Patent number: 11572838
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes an engine core, an inner cowl, an outer cowl and an accessory gearbox. The engine core includes at least a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. The accessory gearbox is operably coupled to the engine core and includes a first portion and a second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, John Carl Glessner, Lawrence William Nurre, Ian Francis Prentice, Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20220391575
    Abstract: A system for auto generating agreements wherein a requester can initiate a contract generation and provide requested data for auto creation of an agreement from a dynamic document template with optional terms and clauses dependent on the provided data. The dynamic document is then formatted to generate a static document for routing and collecting electronic signatures. The executed document can be stored in a central repository and associated with the original provided data, generate metadata, the agreement terms, and other transaction specific information for subsequent retrieval and/or analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Cinergy Technology Ltd (t/a Gatekeeper)
    Inventor: Patrick O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11504476
    Abstract: Automatic injection devices (i.e., auto-injectors) and methods are disclosed that use gas-generating chemical reactions for parenteral delivery of therapeutic fluids. The generated gas may place the auto-injector in a punctured configuration to puncture a patient's skin with a needle, an injected configuration to deliver the therapeutic fluid through the needle and into the puncture site, and/or a retracted configuration to withdraw the needle from the puncture site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Joseph Patrick O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20220357104
    Abstract: A process for recovering at least one fluid (e.g. xenon gas and/or krypton gas, etc.) from a feed gas can include utilization of a compression system, primary heat exchanger unit, a pre-purification unit (PPU), and other units to separate and recover at least one desired fluid. In some embodiments, fluid flows output from a first heat exchanger or separation system of the plant can be split so that a portion of a stream is output for downstream processing to purify xenon (Xe) and/or krypton (Kr) product flow(s) while another portion of the stream is recycled to a compression system or the PPU to undergo further purification and heat exchange so that the product output for downstream processing has a higher concentration of Xe or Kr. Some embodiments can be configured to provide an improved recovery of Xe and/or Kr as well as an improvement in operational efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Declan Patrick O'Connor, Garret C. Lau
  • Patent number: 11474339
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an optical adapter for an optical scope. The optical scope includes a tube defining a conduit. The optical adapter is coupled to an end of the tube. The optical adapter defines a proximate end and a distal end. The optical adapter includes a casing defining a longitudinal direction. The casing includes a first wall and a second wall, in which the first wall and the second wall define a first viewing port therebetween. The second wall defines a second viewing port. The optical adapter further includes a hinge coupled to the first wall, a reflecting lens defining a first end separated from a second end in the longitudinal direction, in which the first end is coupled to the hinge, and an actuator coupled to the first wall and to the second end of the reflecting lens. The actuator pivots the reflecting lens about the hinge from a retracted position adjacent to the first wall to an extended position toward the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ethan Patrick O'Connor, David Scott Diwinsky, Wayne Ray Grady
  • Publication number: 20220306607
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 or R3 are as described herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Further the present invention is concerned with the manufacture of the compounds of formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bjoern Bartels, Amanda Lee Dupont, Benjamin J. Hall, Jean-Yves Wach, Christian Schnider, Patrick Schnider, Michael Reutllinger, Eoin O'Connor, Eva Katrin Harde, Michael Weber
  • Patent number: 11447263
    Abstract: A method of operating a fuel oxygen reduction unit for a vehicle or a gas turbine engine of the vehicle is provided. The fuel oxygen reduction unit including a contactor and a fuel gas separator, and further defining a stripping gas flowpath in flow communication with a stripping gas inlet of the contactor and a stripping gas outlet of the fuel gas separator. The method includes receiving data indicative of a parameter of a stripping gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath or of a component in flow communication with the stripping gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath; and determining an operability condition of the fuel oxygen reduction unit, or a component operable with the fuel oxygen reduction unit, based on the data received indicative of the parameter of the stripping gas flow or of the component in flow communication with the stripping gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller, Sridhar Adibhatla
  • Patent number: 11389612
    Abstract: A mask interface for a respiratory mask, in which the mask interface comprises a resilient mask housing at least partially formed from a textile and being configured to deform under pressure from an external force, such as when being pressed against a pillow, and to substantially return to its original shape either automatically or by manipulation by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventor: James Patrick O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11352960
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of operating a fuel system for an aeronautical gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes: providing a flow of fuel to a fuel nozzle of the aeronautical gas turbine engine during a wind down condition; operating a fuel oxygen reduction unit to reduce an oxygen content of the flow of fuel provided to the fuel nozzle of the aeronautical gas turbine engine during the wind down condition; and ceasing providing the flow of fuel to the fuel nozzle of the aeronautical gas turbine engine, the fuel nozzle comprising a volume of fuel after ceasing providing the flow of fuel to the fuel nozzle; wherein operating the fuel oxygen reduction unit comprises operating the fuel oxygen reduction unit to reduce an oxygen content of the volume of fuel in the fuel nozzle to less than 20 parts per million.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alfred Albert Mancini, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Brandon Wayne Miller
  • Patent number: 11319085
    Abstract: A fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a contactor; a fuel gas separator, the fuel oxygen conversion unit defining a circulation gas flowpath from the fuel gas separator to the contactor; and an isolation valve in airflow communication with the circulation gas flowpath for modulating a gas flow through the circulation gas flowpath to the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller, Richard Alan Wesling, Christian Xavier Stevenson, Peter Allen Andrews, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11313246
    Abstract: A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a core turning assembly having a motor configured to be mechanically coupled to the gas turbine engine. The rotor of the core turning assembly is further configured to rotate one or more components of a compressor section or a turbine section of the gas turbine engine at a rotational speed greater than two (2) revolutions per minute and less than five hundred (500) revolutions per minute during washing operations of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Edward Eriksen, Ethan Patrick O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11307012
    Abstract: An explosive threat mitigation unit (TMU) stands ready to receive a suspected bomb, enclose it, and contain the explosion if one occurs. An operator protects bystanders and surroundings by putting the suspected bomb in a TMU and then closing the TMU. If the bomb goes off, the TMU mitigates the effects of both the blast and the fragments. One variation has a container, a tube, a cap, and a door. The container includes an opening. The tube, arranged in the container, aligns with the opening. The cap slides through the opening and over the tube. The door slides into place to close the opening and enclose the cap within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Chian-Fong Yen, Ashiq A. Quabili, Chih-Tsai Chen, Nelson Carey, Robert P. Kaste, Patrick O'Connor, Jian H. Yu
  • Publication number: 20220099031
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes an engine core, an inner cowl, an outer cowl and an accessory gearbox. The engine core includes at least a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. The accessory gearbox is operably coupled to the engine core and includes a first portion and a second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, John Carl Glessner, Lawrence William Nurre, Ian Francis Prentice, Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20220099385
    Abstract: A heat exchanger can be configured to utilize multiple sections of hardway fins that can be configured so that an upper first section of the fins can build up liquid head and a second lower section of the fins can be configured to distribute liquid in an even, or uniform, manner. The first section of fins can utilize a different type of hole arrangement than the second section of fins. For instance, the diameter or width of the holes in the first section may differ from the diameter or width of the holes of the second section. In addition (or as an alternative), fin frequency and/or spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the first section of fins may be different from the spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the second section of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Declan Patrick O'Connor, William T. Kleinberg, Patrick A. Houghton
  • Publication number: 20220088271
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing allograft tissue by applying an antimicrobial solution to allograft tissue. The antimicrobial solution exhibits antimicrobial activity to make allograft resistant to microbial organisms, such as a bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Sheldon S. Lin, Joseph Benevenia, Michael J. Vives, Pradeep Kumar, David Alland, James Patrick O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20210394921
    Abstract: A plug and play avionics kit includes an avionics panel, the avionics panel including avionics including instrument cluster electronics, one or more aircraft engine electrical component connections, one or more line replaceable units and one or more electrical harnesses, wherein the avionics kit is configured to install in a home build aircraft and the instrument cluster electronics, one or more engine electrical components, and one or more line replaceable units are connected by the electrical harness. The avionics panel may further include an avionics tray and a rack for line replaceable units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Robert O'Connor, II, Adam Patrick O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11193671
    Abstract: A fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a contactor defining a liquid fuel inlet, a stripping gas inlet and a fuel/gas mixture outlet; and a fuel gas separator defining a fuel/gas mixture inlet in flow communication with the fuel/gas mixture outlet of the contactor and an axis. The fuel gas separator further includes a stationary casing; and a separator assembly including a core and a plurality of paddles extending from the core, the separator assembly rotatable about the axis within the stationary casing to separate a fuel/gas mixture received through the fuel/gas mixture inlet into a liquid fuel flow and stripping gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller, Richard Alan Wesling
  • Patent number: 11186382
    Abstract: An engine includes a stripping gas source, a combustion section, and a fuel oxygen conversion unit positioned upstream of the combustion section, the fuel oxygen conversion unit defining a stripping gas flowpath in airflow communication with the stripping gas source. The fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a contactor defining a fuel inlet, a gas inlet in airflow communication with the stripping gas flowpath, and a fuel gas mixture outlet; and a fuel gas separator defining a fuel gas mixture inlet for receiving a fuel gas mixture from the contactor, a liquid fuel outlet, and a stripping gas outlet; wherein the stripping gas flowpath receives substantially all of a stripping gas flow therethrough from the stripping gas source and provides the stripping gas flow to the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Allen Andrews, Jr., Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Brandon Wayne Miller, Christian Xavier Stevenson, David Vickery Parker
  • Publication number: 20210348905
    Abstract: An explosive threat mitigation unit (TMU) stands ready to receive a suspected bomb, enclose it, and contain the explosion if one occurs. An operator protects bystanders and surroundings by putting the suspected bomb in a TMU and then closing the TMU. If the bomb goes off, the TMU mitigates the effects of both the blast and the fragments. One variation has a container, a tube, a cap, and a door. The container includes an opening. The tube, arranged in the container, aligns with the opening. The cap slides through the opening and over the tube. The door slides into place to close the opening and enclose the cap within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Chian-Fong Yen, Ashiq A. Quabili, Chih-Tsai Chen, Nelson Carey, Robert P. Kaste, Patrick O'Connor, Jian H. Yu