Patents by Inventor Richard A. Martin

Richard A. Martin 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).

  • System for arc welding with enhanced metal deposition
    Patent number: 10906114
    Abstract: A welding system includes a power supply configured to output power to a welding device. The power supply is configured to alternate the power output between an arc phase and a hotwire phase. The power output in the arc phase produces an arc between a welding electrode and a workpiece, and the power output in the hotwire phase heats the welding electrode without producing an arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin Hutchison, Kevin Michael Scott
  • Methods and apparatus to provide a consistent electrode state for welding
    Patent number: 10906120
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide a consistent electrode state for welding, an example welding-type system includes: a first wire drive to feed an electrode wire through a welding torch; a bidirectional assisting wire drive to advance the electrode wire from a wire supply to the first wire drive; a tension-compression detector to detect a first tension-compression state of the electrode wire; and one or more motor controllers to control the first wire drive and the assisting wire drive to put the electrode wire in a predetermined position relative to the welding torch by: controlling the first wire drive to hold the electrode wire; and controlling the assisting wire drive to advance or retract the electrode wire based on the first tension-compression state to put the electrode wire in a second tension-compression state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Maxwell Brock, Richard Martin Hutchison, Todd Gerald Batzler, Peter Mehn
  • OPTICAL-BASED WELD TRAVEL SPEED SENSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210016382
    Abstract: A travel speed sensing system includes an optical sensor configured to be coupled to a welding torch. The optical sensor is configured to sense light incident on the optical sensor, and the travel speed sensing system is configured to determine a travel speed of the welding torch, a direction of the welding torch, or both, based on the sensed light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Andrew Pfeifer, Todd Earl Holverson, William Todd Watson, Richard Martin Hutchison, William Joshua Becker
  • MK2 inhibitors, synthesis thereof, and intermediates thereto
    Patent number: 10894796
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of preparing a MK2 inhibitor, and intermediates related thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Celgene CAR LLC
    Inventors: Gregg Brian Feigelson, Maryll E. Geherty, Richard Martin Heid, Jr., Mohit Kothare, Hon-Wah Man, Alexander L. Ruchelman, John F. Traverse, Kelvin Hin-Yeong Yong, Chengmin Zhang
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AND MANAGING MICRO CONTENT FROM AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20210011899
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for processing one or more document and/or hierarchal project. For example, a system is disclosed having memory storing the document as a data file comprising content data. The system also includes at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to designate a portion of the content data as micro content; receive user input providing a phrase; and generate a phrase map configured to associate the phrase with the designated micro content and store the phrase map as phrase map data, the phrase map data comprising at least the phrase associated with a reference indicative of the associated micro content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony Olivier, Vincent Denosta, Francis Novak, Richard Martin
  • Fuel injectors and methods of use in gas turbine combustor
    Patent number: 10865992
    Abstract: A fuel injector is provided for the radial introduction of a fuel/air mixture to a combustor. The fuel injector includes a frame having interior sides defining an opening for passage of a first fluid; at least one fuel injection body; and a conduit fitting. The at least one fuel injection body is coupled to the frame and positioned within the opening, thereby defining flow paths for the first fluid. The at least one fuel injection body defines a fuel plenum, and a set of fuel injection holes are defined through an outer surface of the at least one fuel injection body. The conduit fitting is coupled to the frame and conveys fuel from a fuel supply line to the fuel plenum. Fuel and the first fluid mix in the flow paths and are delivered through the outlet to the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Martin DiCintio, Seth Reynolds Hoffman, Ronnie Ray Pentecost, Jayaprakash Natarajan, Wei Zhao
  • WELDING TORCH AND WIRE FEEDER THAT USE ELECTRODE WIRE FOR VOLTAGE SENSING
    Publication number: 20200376585
    Abstract: An example welding torch includes: a contact tip configured to conduct welding-type current to a wire electrode; a conductor configured to transfer welding-type current from a welding-type power source to the contact tip; a connector configured to couple the conductor to a wire feeder to receive the welding-type current, the connector comprising an inlet configured to receive the wire electrode from a wire feeder; and a wire liner configured to deliver the wire electrode from the wire feeder to the contact tip via the inlet of the connector, the wire liner being electrically insulated from the conductor along a length of the wire liner and being electrically insulated from the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Tiejun Ma, Romeo Cossette, Richard Martin Hutchison
  • Fuel injectors and methods of use in gas turbine combustor
    Patent number: 10851999
    Abstract: A fuel injector is provided for the radial introduction of a fuel/air mixture to a combustor. The fuel injector includes a frame having interior sides defining an opening for passage of a first fluid; at least one fuel injection body; and a conduit fitting. The at least one fuel injection body is coupled to the frame and positioned within the opening, thereby defining flow paths for the first fluid. The at least one fuel injection body defines a fuel plenum, and a set of fuel injection holes are defined through an outer surface of the at least one fuel injection body. The conduit fitting is coupled to the frame and conveys fuel from a fuel supply line to the fuel plenum. Fuel and the first fluid mix in the flow paths and are delivered through the outlet to the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jun Cai, Andrew Grady Godfrey, Richard Martin DiCintio, Seth Reynolds Hoffman, Ronnie Ray Pentecost, Jayaprakash Natarajan, Wei Zhao
  • Method and system for manufacture of a compressed coil
    Patent number: 10855152
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a compressed coil and a system for holding a wire during the manufacture of a compressed coil are disclosed. The method includes providing a wire including a first lead section, a central section and a second lead section. The central section of the wire is wound around a bobbin to form a coil. A punch top is located over an end of the bobbin such that the end of the bobbin is located at least partially within a through-hole of the punch top. A second lead section of the wire is located within a groove in an outer surface of the punch top or bobbin and pressure is applied to the bobbin and/or punch top to compress the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Electric Machines Group Limited
    Inventors: Christopher David Manning, James Widmer, Richard Martin
  • HELMET-INTEGRATED WELD TRAVEL SPEED SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200361014
    Abstract: A welding system includes a first sensor associated with a welding helmet and configured to sense a parameter indicative of a position of a welding torch relative to the welding helmet. The travel speed sensing system also includes a processing system communicatively coupled to the first sensor and configured to determine a position of the welding torch relative to a workpiece based on the sensed first parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle Andrew Pfeifer, William Todd Watson, Richard Martin Hutchison, William Joshua Becker
  • Devices And Methods For Analyzing Spatter Generating Events
    Publication number: 20200353553
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a spatter generating event during a welding application. The method includes capturing data that corresponds to a welding current of the welding application. The method also includes detecting parameters associated with a short circuit from the captured data. The method includes analyzing the detected parameters to monitor the spatter generating event during the welding application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Martin Hutchison, Todd Holverson, James Lee Uecker
  • Pressure-loaded seals
    Patent number: 10830069
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing between a stage-one nozzle and an aft frame includes a seal comprising a flexible sealing element. The flexible sealing element includes an intermediate portion, a first outer portion on one side of the intermediate portion, and a second outer portion on the other side of the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is mechanically loaded against the first stage nozzle and the aft frame, and the first outer portion and the second outer portion are pressure-loaded against the aft frame and the stage-one nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor John Morgan, Jesse Ellis Barton, Richard Martin DiCintio, Kevin Thomas McGovern
  • Hotwire deposition material processing system and method
    Patent number: 10828728
    Abstract: A material processing system includes a power supply and a wire feeder to feed a wire electrode for a material processing operation. The enthalpy and/or temperature of a region of the tip of the electrode is maintained substantially constant via closed loop control. The control may be based upon regulation of current applied to the electrode. The control of the current may be based upon an electrode extension error. Wire feed speed may also be controlled to assist in maintaining a substantially constant enthalpy and/or temperature near the electrode tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Scott, Richard Martin Hutchison
  • Mobile device with edge activation
    Patent number: 10833465
    Abstract: A mobile device with edge activation is provided. The mobile device comprises: a housing; a data capture component; an actuator disposed on a side of the housing and configured to activate the data capture component when actuated; a display, disposed within the housing; a touch screen disposed on the display; a tactile indicator at the housing between the actuator and the touch screen; and, an activation area of the touch screen, adjacent the tactile indicator, the activation area configured to initiate a digital location for activating the data capture component when touch input is received at the activation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: JaeHo Choi, Travis Baldwin, Mu-Kai Shen, Richard Martin
  • Combustor aft frame cooling
    Patent number: 10830142
    Abstract: An aft frame for a duct of a combustor includes a rail or radial projection that extends circumferentially around the aft frame and that defines an outer surface of the aft frame. A preformed cover plate having an inner surface is attached to the outer surface of the aft frame. A plurality of micro-cooling channels is formed within at least one of the inner surface of the preformed cover plate and the outer surface of the aft frame. The preformed cover plate extends across the plurality of micro-cooling channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Martin DiCintio, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam
  • Fuel injectors and methods of fabricating same
    Patent number: 10816208
    Abstract: A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor includes a fuel conduit fitting and a nozzle having an inlet portion defining a mixing chamber therein. The inlet portion includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced vanes that define a plurality of inlet flow paths within the mixing chamber. Each vane has at least one port defined therein that is in flow communication with the fuel conduit fitting such that fuel from the fuel conduit fitting is dischargeable into at least one of the inlet flow paths via the at least one port. The resulting fuel/air mixture is delivered into a secondary combustion zone of the gas turbine combustor. A gas turbine including the fuel injector and a method of fabricating the fuel nozzle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Martin DiCintio, Seth Reynolds Hoffman, Jayaprakash Natarajan
  • Displaying differences between different data sets of a process
    Patent number: 10802687
    Abstract: Methods for analyzing and rendering business intelligence data allow for efficient scalability as datasets grow in size. Human intervention is minimized by augmented decision making ability in selecting what aspects of large datasets should be focused on to drive key business outcomes. Variable value combinations that are predominant drivers of key observations are automatically determined from several competing variable value combinations. The identified variable value combinations can then be then used to predict future trends underlying the business intelligence data. In another embodiment, an observed outcome is decomposed into multiple contributing drivers and the impact of each of the contributing drivers can be analyzed and numerically quantified—as a static snapshot or as a time-varying evolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin Cooke, Arijit Sengupta, Brad A. Stronger, Griffin Chronis
  • Use of elicited iridaceae plant cells in the treatment of sensitive skin
    Patent number: 10786539
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of Lactobacillus delbrueckii to elicit a plant cell of an Iridaceae and the use of these elicited cells in treating sensitive skins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Pascal Hilaire
  • Pressure scanner assemblies having replaceable sensor plates
    Patent number: 10768068
    Abstract: A pressure scanner assembly having at least one replaceable sensor plate, wherein each of the replaceable sensor plates has at least one pressure sensor adapted to transmit a signal substantially indicative of a sensed pressure condition. A memory chip, which stores correction coefficients for each of the pressure sensor to compensate for thermal errors, may be installed on each of the replaceable sensor plates. The signals from the pressure sensors are multiplexed and may be outputted in analog or digital form. The pressure scanner assemblies described herein have sensor plates that can be interchanged with other sensor plates of the same or different pressure range without disrupting the electronic configuration of the pressure scanner assembly or having to recalibrate and/or update the memory chip installed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Martin, Louis DeRosa, Joseph R. VanDeWeert
  • Front sight post
    Patent number: D892257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: General Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Odle, Sam Campbell, Richard Martin