Patents by Inventor Paul A. Walters

Paul A. Walters 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: 10030811
    Abstract: A system for attaching a device to a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system may include a rotating shaft, a telemetry transmitter positioned about the rotating shaft, and a housing positioned about the telemetry transmitter. The telemetry transmitter may be trapped by the housing. The system also may include a connector configured to connect the housing to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Michael Davis Jacobs, Nathan Lee Brown, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Paul Walter Dausacker
  • Publication number: 20180111147
    Abstract: A system having a material sensor system coupled to a material tank is provided. The material tank is configured to receive a quantity of the material and output a flow of the material. The material sensor system includes a float system coupled to an inner surface of the material tank. The float system includes a float configured float within a float cavity. The material sensor system includes a switch coupled to an outer surface of the material tank. The switch is communicatively coupled to the float system through a wall of the material tank, and the switch is configured to send one or more signals to a control system when the float engages the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Strong, Bradley Paul Walter
  • Patent number: 9907353
    Abstract: A energy sole including a base structure extending a length of a shoe sole, a flexion extending from the base structure, a toe arm extending forward from the flexion, and a heel arm extend rearward from the flexion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Walter Lester, Brian Dean Owens
  • Publication number: 20170328890
    Abstract: A composition can include a complex, where the complex includes a photoluminescent nanostructure and a polymer free from selective binding to an analyte, the polymer adsorbed on the photoluminescent nanostructure, and a selective binding site associated with the complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael S. Strano, Jingqing Zhang, Paul Walter Barone, Daniel A. Heller, Jong-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9736606
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for audio editing of higher-order ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a higher order ambisonic (HOA) representation of the audio object. The one or more processors may be configured to add a source tail to the HOA representation of the audio object by storing one or more spherical harmonic (SH) basis functions associated with the audio object to a buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin James Morrell, Pei Xiang, Richard Paul Walters, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen
  • Patent number: 9664677
    Abstract: A composition can include a complex, where the complex includes a photoluminescent nanostructure and a polymer free from selective binding to an analyte, the polymer adsorbed on the photoluminescent nanostructure, and a selective binding site associated with the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael S. Strano, Jingqing Zhang, Paul Walter Barone, Daniel A. Heller, Jong-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9536531
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for editing of higher-order ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store spherical harmonic (SH) basis functions. The one or more processors may be configured to manipulate the SH basis functions associated with higher order ambisonics coefficients to alter a direction of an audio object represented by the higher order ambisonics coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin James Morrell, Pei Xiang, Richard Paul Walters, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen
  • Publication number: 20160123528
    Abstract: A system for attaching a device to a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system may include a rotating shaft, a telemetry transmitter positioned about the rotating shaft, and a housing positioned about the telemetry transmitter. The telemetry transmitter may be trapped by the housing. The system also may include a connector configured to connect the housing to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Michael Davis Jacobs, Nathan Lee Brown, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Paul Walter Dausacker
  • Patent number: 9260005
    Abstract: A device for addition of motive force to a vehicle, with rotor-plate, rotor-arms, rotor permanent magnets, stator-plate, stator columns, stator electromagnets, and battery, cell, or other energy storage device. The device is retro-fittable on existing wheel assemblies, and installation coverts an internal combustion vehicle to a hybrid with electric propulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Hampton Perry, Paul Walter Martin, III
  • Patent number: 9261384
    Abstract: A system for attaching a device to a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system may include one or more intermediate members positioned about the device. The system also may include a restraining strap configured to apply a restraining force to at least one of the one or more intermediate members to secure the one or more intermediate members to the rotating shaft. The one or more intermediate members may be configured to at least partially avert and/or disperse the restraining force of the restraining strap away from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Michael Davis Jacobs, Nathan Lee Brown, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Paul Walter Dausacker
  • Publication number: 20160035386
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for audio editing of higher-order ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a higher order ambisonic (HOA) representation of the audio object. The one or more processors may be configured to add a source tail to the HOA representation of the audio object by storing one or more spherical harmonic (SH) basis functions associated with the audio object to a buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Martin James Morrell, Pei Xiang, Richard Paul Walters, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen
  • Publication number: 20160035356
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for editing of higher-order ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store spherical harmonic (SH) basis functions. The one or more processors may be configured to manipulate the SH basis functions associated with higher order ambisonics coefficients to alter a direction of an audio object represented by the higher order ambisonics coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Martin James Morrell, Pei Xiang, Richard Paul Walters, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen
  • Publication number: 20150011322
    Abstract: A system for attaching a device to a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system may include one or more intermediate members positioned about the device. The system also may include a restraining strap configured to apply a restraining force to at least one of the one or more intermediate members to secure the one or more intermediate members to the rotating shaft. The one or more intermediate members may be configured to at least partially avert and/or disperse the restraining force of the restraining strap away from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Michael Davis Jacobs, Nathan Lee Brown, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Paul Walter Dausacker
  • Publication number: 20140327343
    Abstract: A device for addition of motive force to a vehicle, with rotor-plate, rotor-arms, rotor permanent magnets, stator-plate, stator columns, stator electromagnets, and battery, cell, or other energy storage device. The device is retro-fittable on existing wheel assemblies, and installation coverts an internal combustion vehicle to a hybrid with electric propulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Charles Hampton Perry, Paul Walter Martin, III
  • Patent number: 8842961
    Abstract: A universal fan-out device comprising a housing having first and second openings, the housing comprising first and second housing components, each of the first and second housing components having a first end and a second end, a channel running between the first and second ends, and sides along each side of the channel, a resilient material disposed in the channel to restrict movement of fibers within the channel, and an engagement mechanism operatively connected to the housing to inter-engage the first and second housing components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Thackston, Robert Neil Mulfinger, Richard Paul Walter, David James Fabian, James Leo Barry
  • Publication number: 20140259785
    Abstract: A energy sole including a base structure extending a length of a shoe sole, a flexion extending from the base structure, a toe arm extending forward from the flexion, and a heel arm extend rearward from the flexion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Walter Lester, Brian Dean Owens
  • Patent number: 8700239
    Abstract: A machine for addition of motive force to a vehicle, with rotor-plate, rotor-arms, rotor permanent magnets, stator-plate, stator columns, stator electromagnets, and battery, cell, or other energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Inventors: Charles Hampton Perry, Paul Walter Martin, III
  • Publication number: 20130330052
    Abstract: A universal fan-out device comprising a housing having first and second openings, the housing comprising first and second housing components, each of the first and second housing components having a first end and a second end, a channel running between the first and second ends, and sides along each side of the channel, a resilient material disposed in the channel to restrict movement of fibers within the channel, and an engagement mechanism operatively connected to the housing to inter-engage the first and second housing components together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Thackston, Robert Neil Mulfinger, Richard Paul Walter, David James Fabian, James Leo Barry
  • Publication number: 20130013515
    Abstract: A secure terminal, such as one used for point-of-sale debit card transactions, has a secure enclosure containing some or all of the terminal components, and is configured to send sensitive and non-sensitive data to a display located outside of the secure enclosure. The terminal includes a source chip that protects data sent from the terminal to the display. The source chip protects the data by detecting that the display is connected, authenticating the display as a device that is authorized to receive the data, and encrypting the data before transmission. Preferably, the display is a commercially-available consumer electronic device, such as a television or computer monitor. The source chip communicates with a receiver chip on the display to perform the detection, authentication, and encryption methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: KEY INNOVATIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Paul Walters, Scott Spiker
  • Patent number: 8303626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a shaped shoulder piece to rest on the shoulders of a person to be treated, and a shaped head piece to be laid on it, as support for the chin and two bottom points of the rear lower edge of the skull. This ensures a three-point support of the head on the top side of this shaped head piece. Further, the device comprises a lifting mechanism, which is inserted between the back of the shaped shoulder piece and the shaped head piece. This lifting mechanism is simply a pump in the form of a bellows with a one-way valve for discharge, by which the air cushion can be inflated and discharged arbitrarily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: CuraCeres GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Walter Fischer