Patents by Inventor Richard D. Hart

Richard D. Hart 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: 12123353
    Abstract: An engine assembly includes a combustor, a fuel cell stack integrated with the combustor, and a pre-burner system fluidly connected to the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack is configured to direct fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into the combustor. The pre-burner system is configured to control a temperature of an air flow directed into the fuel cell stack. The combustor is configured to combust the fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into one or more gaseous combustion products that drive a downstream turbine. The engine assembly can further include a catalytic partial oxidation convertor that is fluidly connected to the fuel cell stack. The catalytic partial oxidation convertor is configured to develop a hydrogen rich fuel stream to be directed into the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Narendra D. Joshi, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Honggang Wang, Anil R. Duggal, Richard L. Hart, Seung-Hyuck Hong
  • Patent number: 12092334
    Abstract: An engine assembly includes a combustor, a fuel cell stack integrated with the combustor, the fuel cell stack configured (i) to direct fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into the combustor and (ii) to generate electrical energy, a catalytic partial oxidation convertor that is fluidly connected to the fuel cell stack, the catalytic partial oxidation convertor being configured to optimize a hydrogen content of a fuel stream to be directed into the fuel cell stack, and one or more subsystems electrically connected with the fuel cell stack, the one or more subsystems being configured to receive the electrical energy generated by the fuel cell stack. The combustor is configured to combust the fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into one or more gaseous combustion products that drive a downstream turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Narendra D. Joshi, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Richard L. Hart, Anil R. Duggal, Seung-Hyuck Hong
  • Patent number: 9054783
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to trigger preemptive maintenance of vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) systems are disclosed. An example method includes generating a trouble ticket for a first subscriber loop based on a result of a diagnostic test, the diagnostic test being performed on the first subscriber loop when a value representing crosstalk coupling between the first subscriber loop and a second subscriber loop exceeds a threshold. The first subscriber loop and the second subscriber loop belong to a vectored group of subscriber loops contained in a same cable binder. The example method includes submitting the trouble ticket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Tennyson, Richard D. Hart, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 8660138
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to allocate ports to vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) groups are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes obtaining data representative of a statistical distribution of service penetration for a non-vectored DSL service, estimating an expected vectored DSL group size from the data, and configuring a DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM) to reserve a number of ports of the DSLAM for a vectored DSL group based on the expected vectored DSL group size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Richard D. Hart, Raghvendra Savoor, Gary Tennyson
  • Patent number: 8369485
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to trigger preemptive maintenance of vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) systems are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining a value representing crosstalk coupling between a first subscriber loop and a second subscriber loop, the first and second subscriber loops belonging to a vectored DSL group of subscriber loops, determining whether to automatically perform a diagnostic test on the first subscriber loop based on the value, submitting a trouble ticket for the first subscriber loop based on a result of the diagnostic tests, and generating a maintenance report for the vectored DSL group based on the value and the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Tennyson, Richard D. Hart, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 8363789
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture to predict vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) performance gains are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes determining a model coefficient of a noise-to-margin ratio (NMR) model from performance data measured for a DSL subscriber loop prior to provisioning of vectoring for the DSL subscriber loop, computing, using the model coefficient, a first NMR value with disturbers enabled and a second NMR value with disturbers disabled, and estimating an expected vectoring performance gain for the DSL subscriber loop based on the first and second NMR values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard D. Hart, David L. Kimble, Gary Tennyson, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 8280549
    Abstract: An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Telepharmacy Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold J. Liff, Brian T. Hart, Robert L. Wallace, Arthur A. Berube, Richard D. Hart, Enea W. Bossi
  • Publication number: 20120155618
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture to predict vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) performance gains are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes determining a model coefficient of a noise-to-margin ratio (NMR) model from performance data measured for a DSL subscriber loop prior to provisioning of vectoring for the DSL subscriber loop, computing, using the model coefficient, a first NMR value with disturbers enabled and a second NMR value with disturbers disabled, and estimating an expected vectoring performance gain for the DSL subscriber loop based on the first and second NMR values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Richard D. Hart, David L. Kimble, Gary Tennyson, Jin Wang
  • Publication number: 20120140901
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to trigger preemptive maintenance of vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) systems are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining a value representing crosstalk coupling between a first subscriber loop and a second subscriber loop, the first and second subscriber loops belonging to a vectored DSL group of subscriber loops, determining whether to automatically perform a diagnostic test on the first subscriber loop based on the value, submitting a trouble ticket for the first subscriber loop based on a result of the diagnostic tests, and generating a maintenance report for the vectored DSL group based on the value and the results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Gary Tennyson, Richard D. Hart, Jin Wang
  • Publication number: 20120140803
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to allocate ports to vectored digital subscriber line (DSL) groups are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes obtaining data representative of a statistical distribution of service penetration for a non-vectored DSL service, estimating an expected vectored DSL group size from the data, and configuring a DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM) to reserve a number of ports of the DSLAM for a vectored DSL group based on the expected vectored DSL group size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Richard D. Hart, Raghvendra Savoor, Gray Tennyson
  • Patent number: 8170814
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving data related to a customer premise equipment (CPE) device and determining an impedance mismatch between a transmission line and the CPE device based on the received data. The method further includes initiating removal of a source of the impedance mismatch in response to determining the impedance mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Kapil Shrikhande, Richard D. Hart, Raghvendra Savoor
  • Publication number: 20110251718
    Abstract: An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Harold J. Liff, Brian T. Hart, Robert L. Wallace, Arthur A. Berube, Richard D. Hart, Enea W. Bossi
  • Patent number: 7991507
    Abstract: An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Telepharmacy Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold J. Liff, Brian T. Hart, Robert L. Wallace, Arthur A. Berube, Richard D. Hart, Enea W. Bossi, David Bossi, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7778192
    Abstract: A system and method to perform double-ended measurements of a network is provided. The system includes a test device that makes measurements at the customer end and a portable computing device that interfaces with the test device, a customer gateway and database at a network location to analyze the data and determine a performance metric of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Kapil Shrikhande, Raghvendra G. Savoor, Xidong Wu, Jin Wang, John Van Slyke, Richard D. Hart
  • Patent number: 7620154
    Abstract: An equivalent working length (EWL) determinative system (11) for use in a digital subscriber line (DSL) telecommunication network (10) is provided. The EWL system (11) includes a DSL circuit (32) having a customer site (14) with customer premises equipment (30). The customer premises equipment (30) receives and transmits communication signals and generates a first attenuation signal in response to the communication signals. A remote terminal (20) forms a loop (31) with the customer site (14) and has a loop length. The remote terminal (20) includes a remote terminal transceiver (40) that is in communication with the customer premises equipment (30). A main controller (37) is electrically coupled to the customer premises equipment (30) and determines an EWL of the loop (31) in response to the first attenuation signal. A method of performing the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventors: G. Keith Cambron, David L. Kimble, Clifford E. Yackle, Richard D. Hart
  • Publication number: 20080288190
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving data related to a customer premise equipment (CPE) device and determining an impedance mismatch between a transmission line and the CPE device based on the received data. The method further includes initiating removal of a source of the impedance mismatch in response to determining the impedance mismatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Kapil Shrikhande, Richard D. Hart, Raghvendra Savoor
  • Publication number: 20080238065
    Abstract: A roll cage assembly, for use on a vehicle, includes one or more structural components. At least one roll cage displacement assembly is coupled to the one or more structural components and the vehicle. The at least one roll cage displacement assembly is configured to allow for displacement of the one or more structural components with respect to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Richard D. Hart, Brian T. Hart, Arthur Berube
  • Patent number: 7427002
    Abstract: An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Telepharmacy Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold J. Liff, Brian T. Hart, Robert L. Wallace, Arthur A. Berube, Richard D. Hart, Enea W. Bossi, David Bossi, legal representative
  • Publication number: 20080175695
    Abstract: An object grasping assembly for use on a vehicle includes a fixed jaw assembly. A flexible strapping assembly includes a first distal end and a second distal end. The flexible strapping assembly is configured to be positioned about at least a portion of the periphery of an object to be grasped. An actuator assembly is configured to releasably affix the object to the fixed jaw assembly by releasably engaging at least one of the first and second distal ends and tensioning the flexible strapping assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: RICHARD D. HART, Brian T. Hart, Arthur A. Berube
  • Publication number: 20080080389
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to develop management rules for qualifying broadband services. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving a time period to analyze broadband network spectral compatibility, retrieving circuit operating metrics of a first and a second twisted copper pair circuit during the time period, and qualifying at least one of a first or a second plain old telephone system (POTS) twisted copper pair circuit for broadband services to determine the network spectral compatibility based on the operating metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Richard D. Hart, Donggen Zhang, Xiaochuan Yi, Kevin Meng, Raghvendra Gurudath Savoor