Patents by Inventor Peter McIntyre
Peter McIntyre 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).
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Publication number: 20240067930Abstract: Several methods are described for generating mycelial scaffolds for use several technologies. In one embodiment, a mycelial scaffold is generated using a perfusion bioreactor system for cell-based meat technologies. In another embodiment, a mycelial scaffold is prepared for biomedical applications. The mycelial scaffolds may be generated from a liquid medium or from a solid substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre, Peter Mueller, Meghan O'Brien, Damen Schaak, Jacob Winiski, Alex Carlton
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Patent number: 11887751Abstract: A composite billet includes an array of textured-powder bars in a geometry that is compatible with assembly and drawing of a billet with LAR˜1:1. A method is presented of compressing the bars suitable for the billet geometry in an inert gas environment. Methods of drawing of the billet control the deformation of the composite billet during area-reducing draw to fine wire so that the shape and registration of the constituent bars is preserved. Lastly a method is disclosed to fabricate a cable-in-conduit conductor containing the textured-powder Bi-2212/Ag wires that enables robust forming of windings and also provides in-cable containment of a buffer gas flow under high pressure during the high-temperature heat treatment of the winding that is required to produce optimum superconducting performance in the winding.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Accelerator Technology Corp.Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
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Patent number: 11887752Abstract: A design is presented for a structured cable suitable for carrying a large electric current in a cable-in-conduit comprising an assembly of rectangular stacks of thin superconducting tapes, with provisions for mechanical support of large mechanical stress and cross-flow of cooling fluid capable of removing large amounts of heat.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Accelerator Technology Corp.Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
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Publication number: 20230395295Abstract: A conformal dipole winding includes a superconducting tape configured with a geometry that orients a face of the superconducting tape to be parallel to a local magnetic field produced by the winding along a length of the superconducting tape. The superconducting tape forms a tape-stack cable formed from a stack of a plurality of the superconducting tapes. A face of each of the superconducting tapes is oriented parallel to the local magnetic field and is in face-face contact with adjacent superconducting tapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
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Publication number: 20220313940Abstract: A sensing arrangement for a medical device includes a housing having a rigid portion and a flexible portion, a collar of the flexible portion attached to an exterior of the rigid portion such that a stem of the rigid portion extends into an interior of the flexible portion. A sensing element is positioned at least partially within a passageway of the rigid portion, with at least one wire extending from the sensing element through the passageway and into the interior of the flexible portion. Front and rear flanges protrude from the flexible portion and are adapted to allow the sensing arrangement to be attached into an aperture in a wall of the medical device. The stem of the rigid portion may be positioned between the collar and front flanges of the flexible portion, such that the stem does not extend through the aperture of the wall of the medical device. There are also provided a seal, a removable component, a medical device and a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Joshua Peter Mcintyre, Matthew Michael Marinovich, Hamish Adrian Osborne, Graeme Matthew Smith, Benjamin John Ingram, Samuel Graham Boggs
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Publication number: 20220238256Abstract: A design is presented for a structured cable suitable for carrying a large electric current in a cable-in-conduit comprising an assembly of rectangular stacks of thin superconducting tapes, with provisions for mechanical support of large mechanical stress and cross-flow of cooling fluid capable of removing large amounts of heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
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Patent number: 11351332Abstract: A sensing arrangement for a medical device includes a housing having a rigid portion and a flexible portion, a collar of the flexible portion attached to an exterior of the rigid portion such that a stem of the rigid portion extends into an interior of the flexible portion. A sensing element is positioned at least partially within a passageway of the rigid portion, with at least one wire extending from the sensing element through the passageway and into the interior of the flexible portion. Front and rear flanges protrude from the flexible portion and are adapted to allow the sensing arrangement to be attached into an aperture in a wall of the medical device. The stem of the rigid portion may be positioned between the collar and front flanges of the flexible portion, such that the stem does not extend through the aperture of the wall of the medical device. There are also provided a seal, a removable component, a medical device and a system.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Joshua Peter McIntyre, Matthew Michael Marinovich, Hamish Adrian Osborne, Graeme Matthew Smith, Benjamin John Ingram, Samuel Graham Boggs
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Patent number: 11346581Abstract: A heat shield bladder includes first and second sheets of insulating material that form a bladder between the first and second sheets. At least one reflective foil is disposed within the bladder and a plurality of spacers are disposed within the bladder and positioned to space the at least one reflective foil from the first and second sheets of insulating material. Multiple reflective foils may be disposed within the bladder with spacers between each reflective foil. The heat shield bladder may be rolled into a tube shaped and used inside a pipe or formed into panels that may be used to line a vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventor: Peter McIntyre
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Publication number: 20220130576Abstract: A composite billet includes an array of textured-powder bars in a geometry that is compatible with assembly and drawing of a billet with LAR ˜1:1. A method is presented of compressing the bars suitable for the billet geometry in an inert gas environment. Methods of drawing of the billet control the deformation of the composite billet during area-reducing draw to fine wire so that the shape and registration of the constituent bars is preserved. Lastly a method is disclosed to fabricate a cable-in-conduit conductor containing the textured-powder Bi-2212/Ag wires that enables robust forming of windings and also provides in-cable containment of a buffer gas flow under high pressure during the high-temperature heat treatment of the winding that is required to produce optimum superconducting performance in the winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Peter McIntyre, John Scott Rogers
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Publication number: 20210313087Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wires and more particularly to textured powder wires containing nanoscale metallic silver powder. The invention presents an improvement of the process of making compressed cores of textured-powder high-temperature superconductor previously using the micaceous high-temperature superconductor Bi-2212. Embodiments of the claimed methods are useful with the micaceous high-temperature superconductors, notably Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) and Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x (Bi-2223) and rare earth barium copper oxide (REBCO).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Joshua N. Kellams, Nathaniel Pogue, Peter McIntyre
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Patent number: 10937561Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wires and more particularly to textured powder wires containing nanoscale metallic silver powder. The invention presents an improvement of the process of making compressed cores of textured-powder high-temperature superconductor previously using the micaceous high-temperature superconductor Bi-2212. Embodiments of the claimed methods are useful with the micaceous high-temperature superconductors, notably Bi2Sr2CaCu208+x (Bi-2212) and Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x (Bi-2223) and rare earth barium copper oxide (REBCO).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Nathaniel Pogue, Joshua N. Kellams, Peter McIntyre
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Patent number: 10896773Abstract: Quench protected structured (QPS) superconducting cables, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of bending the same are disclosed. The methods of bending the QPS superconducting cables can be employed to produce windings. The QPS superconducting cables can rapidly drive a distributed quench to a normal conducting state in a superconducting cable if a region of the cable spontaneously quenches during high current operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Peter McIntyre, Akhdiyor Sattarov, Thomas Mann, James Gerity, Klaus Smit, Daniel Chavez, Nathaniel Pogue, Michael Tomsic
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Patent number: 10808565Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a blade including a blade tip and a blade track or blade shroud segment including a substrate and an abradable coating layer on the substrate. The substrate defines a leading edge and a trailing edge. The abradable coating layer includes a first tapered portion that substantially continuously tapers from a center portion of the substrate toward the leading edge of the substrate, a second tapered portion that substantially continuously tapers from the center portion of the substrate toward the trailing edge of the substrate, and a blade rub portion that extends between the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion. The abradable coating extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and the blade tip is configured to contact at least a portion of the blade rub portion upon rotation of the blade.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: Rolls-Royce plc, Rolls-Royce CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Allen Walston, Roy Peter McIntyre, Daniel Kent Vetters
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Publication number: 20200061329Abstract: A sensing arrangement for a medical device includes a housing having a rigid portion and a flexible portion, a collar of the flexible portion attached to an exterior of the rigid portion such that a stem of the rigid portion extends into an interior of the flexible portion. A sensing element is positioned at least partially within a passageway of the rigid portion, with at least one wire extending from the sensing element through the passageway and into the interior of the flexible portion. Front and rear flanges protrude from the flexible portion and are adapted to allow the sensing arrangement to be attached into an aperture in a wall of the medical device. The stem of the rigid portion may be positioned between the collar and front flanges of the flexible portion, such that the stem does not extend through the aperture of the wall of the medical device. There are also provided a seal, a removable component, a medical device and a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: JOSHUA PETER MCINTYRE, MATTHEW MICHAEL MARINOVICH, HAMISH ADRIAN OSBORNE, GRAEME MATTHEW SMITH, BENJAMIN JOHN INGRAM, SAMUEL GRAHAM BOGGS
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Publication number: 20190360351Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a blade including a blade tip and a blade track or blade shroud segment including a substrate and an abradable coating layer on the substrate. The substrate defines a leading edge and a trailing edge. The abradable coating layer includes a first tapered portion that substantially continuously tapers from a center portion of the substrate toward the leading edge of the substrate, a second tapered portion that substantially continuously tapers from the center portion of the substrate toward the trailing edge of the substrate, and a blade rub portion that extends between the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion. The abradable coating extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and the blade tip is configured to contact at least a portion of the blade rub portion upon rotation of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Walston, Roy Peter McIntyre, Daniel Kent Vetters
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Publication number: 20190323735Abstract: A heat shield bladder includes first and second sheets of insulating material that form a bladder between the first and second sheets. At least one reflective foil is disposed within the bladder and a plurality of spacers are disposed within the bladder and positioned to space the at least one reflective foil from the first and second sheets of insulating material. Multiple reflective foils may be disposed within the bladder with spacers between each reflective foil. The heat shield bladder may be rolled into a tube shaped and used inside a pipe or formed into panels that may be used to line a vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventor: Peter McIntyre
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Patent number: 10378793Abstract: A heat shield bladder includes first and second sheets of insulating material that form a bladder between the first and second sheets. At least one reflective foil is disposed within the bladder and a plurality of spacers are disposed within the bladder and positioned to space the at least one reflective foil from the first and second sheets of insulating material. Multiple reflective foils may be disposed within the bladder with spacers between each reflective foil. The heat shield bladder may be rolled into a tube shaped and used inside a pipe or formed into panels that may be used to line a vessel.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventor: Peter McIntyre
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Publication number: 20190177828Abstract: Example systems and techniques for controlling thermal spray processes and for determining properties of thermal spray coatings. A computing device may control a thermal spray gun to thermally spray a substrate in a thermal spray cycle including a plurality of passes of a coating material to form a coating. The computing device may determine a change in curvature of the substrate during the thermal spraying, and determine properties of the coating based on the changes in the curvature. The computing device may control the thermal spray gun based on the determined properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Jun Shi, Roy Peter McIntyre, Edward Sun
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Patent number: 10241091Abstract: An example system includes at least one acoustic sensor configured to generate at least one acoustic data signal indicative of an acoustic signal generated by a thermal spray system comprising a flowstream, a computing device, and an acoustic data signal processing module operable by the computing device to determine an ignition attribute of the thermal spray system by analyzing at least a pre-ignition window of the acoustic data signal received by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce PLC, Turbine Surface Technologies Limited, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityInventors: Michael Cybulsky, Raymond J. Sinatra, Roy Peter McIntyre, Taylor K. Blair, Gary Pickrell, Romesh Batra, Mark Hudson
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Publication number: 20190012777Abstract: An example apparatus for measuring a feature of a tested component may include a lighting device, an imaging device, and a computing device. The computing device may receive, from the imaging device, a plurality of images the tested component in a plurality of states. The computing device may segment each image to isolate target areas from background areas. The computing device may measure a plurality of lengths of the target areas and compare corresponding lengths of two or more of the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Graham Crannell, Peter Beling, Benjamin Choo, Michael Landau, Stephen Adams, Ann Bolcavage, Roy Peter McIntyre