Patents by Inventor Philip Roberts
Philip Roberts 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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Patent number: 9526979Abstract: A modular assembly system is described in which each module comprises a storage element which stores an identifier for the module and data relating to the module. At least some of the module data is variable and is updated based on user interaction with an interactive software experience (e.g. state data). Each module also comprises one or more connectors for connecting to other modules to form a coherent physical whole object. In an embodiment, the system further comprises the interactive software experience which provides user objectives which can only be satisfied by the user interacting with the object or with modules that form the object. At least one of the modules in the object comprises a communication module which passes identifiers and module data to the interactive software experience and receives updated module data from the interactive software experience for storing in one of the modules in the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: James William Scott, Nicolas Villar, Haiyan Zhang, Greg Saul, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Lee Jason Schuneman, Philip Robert Harrison
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Patent number: 9488597Abstract: A method for determining surface quality for a glass surface is provided. The method includes depositing a pattern of drops over the glass surface using a drop dispensing apparatus. Adjacent drops have a predetermined deposit size and a predetermined deposit spacing. Drop information for the pattern of drops is generated using a vision apparatus. An out-of-parameter condition is detected by analyzing the drop information and an indication of the out-of-parameter condition is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: En Hong, Philip Robert LeBlanc, Correy Robert Ustanik
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Publication number: 20160186596Abstract: A clearance control assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a clearance control ring to position a blade outer air seal assembly radially relative to a blade tip. The clearance control ring is compression fit to the blade outer air seal assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Neil L. Tatman, Philip Robert Rioux
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Publication number: 20160177766Abstract: What is described is a partial platform. The partial platform includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge. The first circumferential edge and the second circumferential edge are both swept such that a central circumferential axis forms a substantially rounded or squared S shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: PHILIP ROBERT RIOUX
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Patent number: 9353649Abstract: A wear liner for a stator vane includes a shaped member, comprising a U-shaped portion that receives a foot of a stator vane. A first end of the wear liner is biased into contact with the stator vane. A spring seal extends from the U-shaped portion and into bias contact with an inner surface of the support structure to further prevent leakage between the stator foot and case support structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Philip Robert Rioux
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Publication number: 20160138412Abstract: A stator assembly includes a first stator vane sub-assembly with a first platform and a first airfoil extending from the first platform, and a second stator vane sub-assembly with a second platform and a second airfoil extending from the second platform. A gap is defined circumferentially between the first stator vane sub-assembly and the second stator vane sub-assembly. The stator assembly also includes a shroud structure, a first chamber defined between the first platform and the shroud structure, a second chamber defined between the second platform and the shroud structure, and a damper spring seal structure. Also included is a plate having a first portion within the first chamber and a second portion within the second chamber, such that the plate extends from the first chamber across the gap to the second chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventor: Philip Robert Rioux
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Patent number: 9322415Abstract: A high pressure compressor includes an inner case wall, a plurality of flanges extending outwardly from the inner case wall, a shield that surrounds at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of flanges to define a chamber that at least partially encases at least one of the plurality of flanges, and a passage at least partially defined by the shield that allows air to circulate into the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Philip Robert Rioux
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Publication number: 20160097291Abstract: A stator assembly includes a platform located on a radially inner end of a plurality of vanes that connects a first vane to a second vane. There is a platform groove on a radially inner side of the platform between the first vane and the second vane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Richard K. Hayford, Philip Robert Rioux
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Publication number: 20160069210Abstract: A heat shield includes a first end configured to connect to an inner engine case at an inner connecting point, and a second end configured to connect to an outer engine case at an outer connecting point. The heat shield also includes a bulge extending in an aft direction from a radially upstream portion. A compressor section and a gas turbine engine including the heat shield are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Philip Robert Rioux, Nicholas R. Leslie, Neil L. Tatman
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Publication number: 20150354457Abstract: A splitter for protecting parts of a gas turbine engine is provided. The splitter segregates the flow of hot and cold gases into the air bleed manifold around the high compressor section to reduce maximum temperatures and minimize the temperature gradients of engine parts, especially inner case flanges The splitter divides the air bleed manifold into an annular inner cavity and an outer cavity. The splitter directs relatively cold air from the high compressor bleed ducts into the inner cavity and relatively hot air from the aft hub into the outer cavity, away from the inner case flanges.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Philip Robert Rioux, Rishon Saftler
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Publication number: 20150258435Abstract: A modular assembly system is described which enables interaction with an interactive software experience such as a game. The system enables a coherent physical whole object to be assembled from a core module and one or more peripheral modules. The core module includes a battery, processor and a wireless module which is able to communicate with the interactive software experience which runs on a separate computing device such as a smartphone, tablet or games console. Each of the peripheral modules stores a module ID and these IDs are collected by the core module and communicated to the interactive software experience. The user experience within the interactive software experience changes dependent upon the set of modules which are connected to form the coherent physical whole object and may also be altered as a result of manipulation of the coherent physical whole object or individual modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Haiyan ZHANG, Nicolas VILLAR, James William SCOTT, Greg SAUL, Alexandra Keeley BUNTING, Lee Jason SCHUNEMAN, Philip Robert HARRISON, Struan Andrew ROBERTSON, Jonathan Leslie VENABLES, Thomas James MEJIAS STOTT, Sandeep BHARA, Navtej SUNNER
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Publication number: 20150258440Abstract: A system for generating custom modular objects is described. The custom modules form part of a modular construction set from which an object can be created by a user. The object acts as a user input device for an interactive software experience. To generate a custom (i.e. non-standard) module, a virtual 3D shape is received by a module generation service. The service converts this shape into a derived 3D shape for the module, for example, ensuring that the module is shaped such that it is compatible with other modules from the modular construction set to which it will be connected for form an object and/or by adding an aperture for receiving a connector and/or electronics core. Once generated, the derived 3D shape is sent to the user in physical form or virtual form and a virtual representation of the module is provided to the interactive software experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, James William Scott, Nicolas Villar, Greg Saul, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Lee Jason Schuneman, Philip Robert Harrison, Thomas James Mejias Stott
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Publication number: 20150258459Abstract: A modular assembly system is described in which each module comprises a storage element which stores an identifier for the module and data relating to the module. At least some of the module data is variable and is updated based on user interaction with an interactive software experience (e.g. state data). Each module also comprises one or more connectors for connecting to other modules to form a coherent physical whole object. In an embodiment, the system further comprises the interactive software experience which provides user objectives which can only be satisfied by the user interacting with the object or with modules that form the object. At least one of the modules in the object comprises a communication module which passes identifiers and module data to the interactive software experience and receives updated module data from the interactive software experience for storing in one of the modules in the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: James William SCOTT, Nicolas VILLAR, Haiyan ZHANG, Greg SAUL, Alexandra Keeley BUNTING, Lee Jason SCHUNEMAN, Philip Robert HARRISON
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Publication number: 20150258434Abstract: An interactive computer game is described which works in conjunction with a number of physical modules that a user can connect together in different ways to form a coherent physical whole object. The game receives data from the object via a wireless link, the data identifying at least which modules form part of the object and updates game play based on the data received. At some point within the game play, the game presents an objective or goal to the user which the user can only achieve by interacting with the physical object formed from the modules. In an embodiment, this interaction comprises re-arranging the modules or swapping modules to form an object with a different visual appearance, moving all or part of the object and/or interacting with a sensor on a module in the object. The game may receive further data from the object during the user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: James William SCOTT, Haiyan ZHANG, Nicolas VILLAR, Greg SAUL, Alexandra Keeley BUNTING, Lee Jason SCHUNEMAN, Philip Robert HARRISON, Jonathan Steven ROBINSON, Sabina LOPEZ-MORENO, Simone Rita THOMAS, Patrizio SPADONI, Alex HALL, Tariq ADACI, Levi NAESS, Sébastien VANDENBERGHE, Alma Coyolxauhqui SALINAS LOPEZ, Simon Jay CARTER
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Publication number: 20150258436Abstract: A data store for a modular assembly system is described. The data store comprises a number of records, each record relating to a physical module in the modular assembly system and comprising a module ID, an owner ID for the module and one or more properties fields. The properties field(s) define any property of the module and different records may define different properties. At least one of the fields in each data record (e.g. the module ID or owner ID) is verified by an authentication service. A user assembles two or more modules into a coherent physical whole object to act as a user input device to an interactive software experience. The data store communicates with the interactive software experience and causes a change in behavior of the interactive software experience in response to a check of the data records for each of the modules in the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Nicolas VILLAR, Haiyan ZHANG, James William SCOTT, Greg SAUL, Alexandra Keeley BUNTING, Lee Jason SCHUNEMAN, Philip Robert HARRISON
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Publication number: 20150258458Abstract: Interactive smart beads are described. The beads are attached to a connecting element and form a fashion item such as a necklace or bracelet. The connecting element detects the presence of beads which are part of the fashion item and also beads which are part of nearby fashion items. The connecting element also autonomously generates interactions between two or more detected beads and transmits data about the interactions to a software experience so that a user can view a graphical representation of the interactions. In various examples each bead represents a character, environment, object, etc. and the software experience displays an animated story based on the characters, environments, objects, etc. represented by the beads involved in an interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Haiyan ZHANG, Nicolas VILLAR, James William SCOTT, Alexandra Keeley BUNTING, Greg SAUL, Lee Jason SCHUNEMAN, Philip Robert HARRISON, Jonathan Leslie VENABLES, Simon Terence PRODGER
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Patent number: 9127510Abstract: A dual drive drilling system having a plurality of drill rods that make up a drill string and a steering element for controlling the path of the drill string is disclosed. The dual drive drilling system also includes a drill bit located near the end of the drill string, a first rotational drive for controlling the rotation of a steering element, and a second rotational drive for controlling the rotation of a drill bit. Further, the dual drive drilling system also includes a joystick capable of moving along a first and second axis for controlling both the first and second rotational drives, wherein the movement of the joystick along the first axis controls rotation of the first rotational drive, and the movement of the joystick along the second axis controls rotation of the second rotational drive.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Matthew David Stringer, Nathaniel Zadok Gustavson, Michael Dale Van Zee, Philip Robert Lane, Kevin Duane Sebolt, Tod J. Michael
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Patent number: 9090412Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for characterizing attributes of a moving glass sheet comprising complementary mechanical material handling technologies that progressively stabilize, position, capture, flatten, and release the lower portion of glass sheets traveling past the apparatus while posing minimal constraint on the top section of the sheet. The apparatus includes a pressure-vacuum (PV)-type device comprising distinct regions such that the glass sheets experience a non-contact but gradual increase in constraining force until the point where measurements can be performed, then a gradual decrease in constraining force until the glass sheets are released from the inspection station. This graduated force technique is applied along the direction of travel of the sheets and may also be applied vertically upwards along the height of the sheet to restrict the motion of the sheet without constraining it at pinch points near the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Richard Hagan, Michael Albert Joseph, II, Philip Robert LeBlanc
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Patent number: 8998563Abstract: An active clearance control system for a gas turbine engine includes a structural member that is configured to be arranged near a blade tip. A plenum includes first and second walls respectively providing first and second cavities. The first wall includes impingement holes. The plenum is arranged over the structural member. A fluid source is fluidly connected to the second cavity to provide an impingement cooling flow from the second cavity through the impingement holes to the first cavity onto the structural member. A method includes the steps of providing a conditioning fluid to an outer cavity of a plenum providing an impingement cooling flow through impingement holes from an inner wall of the plenum to an inner cavity, directing the impingement cooling flow onto a structural member, and conditioning a temperature of the structural member with the impingement cooling flow to control a blade tip clearance.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Philip Robert Rioux
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Patent number: 8979486Abstract: A spring seal includes a split body portion with a first leg and a second leg that extend away from a plane and a projection portion which extends from the split body portion within the plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Philip Robert Rioux