Patents by Inventor Richard Williams

Richard Williams 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).

  • Flow inducer for a gas turbine system
    Patent number: 9435206
    Abstract: A system includes an inducer assembly configured to receive a fluid flow from compressor fluid source and to turn the fluid flow in a substantially circumferential direction into the exit cavity. The inducer assembly includes multiple flow passages. Each flow passage includes an inlet configured to receive the fluid flow and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid flow into the exit cavity, and each flow passage is defined by a first wall portion and a second wall portion extending between the inlet and the outlet. The first wall portion includes a first surface adjacent the outlet that extends into the exit cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard William Johnson, Bradley James Miller, David Martin Johnson
  • Fluid connectors
    Patent number: 9422696
    Abstract: A system is provided for mounting a mixing valve on a support surface to connect the mixing valve (101) to supply pipes (109, 111) projecting from the support surface. The system includes a mounting plate (103) for securing to the support surface so that the supply pipes (109, 111) pass through openings in the mounting plate (103). Sleeves (159, 161) fit over the projecting ends of the supply pipes (109, 111) for reception in inlets of the mixing valve (101) to thereby compress the sleeves (159, 161) to grip and retain the pipes (109, 111) in the inlets. The mixing valve (101) is releasably secured to the mounting plate (103) allowing the mixing valve (101) to be detached and the sleeves (159, 161) and mounting plate (103) to be removed from the pipes (109, 111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Paul Sansum, Richard William Dauncey, Christopher Ian Thompson
  • Nail remover tool with sliding fulcrum and dimple
    Patent number: 9415495
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel nail removing tool that requires lower force to remove an embedded nail from a substrate than nail remover tools currently in use via use of a sliding fulcrum. The disclosed nail remover tool also minimizes damage to the substrate as the nail is being removed from the substrate via use of a dimple for facilitating access of the tool to a nail head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Marquette University
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen Spaulding, Lauren Nicole Radtke, Caroline Anne Villa, Nathaniel Richard Larson, Ruohao Li, Richard William Marklin, Jr.
  • Data transfer clock recovery for legacy systems
    Patent number: 9419788
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for adapting a relatively high data rate second order SERDES receiver to receive relatively low data rate serial data, the receiver having a jog realignment by and having means for receiving the serial data as a plurality of repeated bits at the high data rate; framing the data as frames of repeated bits of the same value; examining the bits of the frame for the presence of bits which are not of the same value; upon detecting such a presence that is indicative of a framing error jogging the SERDES receiver for frame realignment; and supplying to an output of the SERDES receiver one of the bits of said same value from each frame at the low data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Iain Robertson, Richard Williams
  • A CURTAIN SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160227953
    Abstract: A pleating device for use with a pleating tape attachable along an upper end region of a drapery panel, the pleating tape having elongate vertically-extending pockets defined at predetermined spaced apart locations, the pockets being open at upper and lower ends thereof, the pleating device including a least one pair of fingers being adapted to be inserted into said pockets so as to form at least one vertically-extending pleat; and a spacer body attachable to a drapery rail and to the pair of fingers, wherein the spacer body is locatable in the pleat and extends transversely from a longitudinal axis of the fingers to brace the pleat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Christiene Elizabeth BAILEY, Richard William FOORD
  • Electrochemical Analyte Detection Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20160231321
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for electrochemical detection of analyte in a sample makes use of a binding interaction and relies on the discovery that asymmetric distribution of a redox enzyme between two electrodes that occurs when a redox enzyme-containing reagent is immobilized at the surface of one electrode can be detected as a chemical potential gradient arising from an asymmetry in the distribution of oxidized or reduced redox substrate. This chemical potential gradient can be detected potentiometrically by observing the potential difference between the electrodes in an open circuit, or amperometrically by observing the current flow between the electrodes when the circuit is closed. In both cases, the observation of asymmetry can be done without the application of an external potential or current to the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: AgaMatrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Harding, Sridhar Iyengar, Richard Williams
  • Recording invocation of communication sessions
    Patent number: 9413878
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recording a communication session between a customer and an agent of a customer center communication system are provided. In this regard, a representative method comprises: configuring a communication component of the customer center communication system to enable recording of a media stream associated with the communication session; transmitting the media stream over a network based on the configuration of the communication component; receiving the media stream over the network; and recording the received media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Jamie Richard Williams, Marc Calahan, Thomas Z. Dong
  • Spacecraft radiator panels
    Patent number: 9403606
    Abstract: Spacecraft, radiator panels for spacecraft, kits for radiator panels, inserts associated with radiator panels, heat pipes associated with radiator panels, external structural reinforcement members associated with radiator panels, and methods of assembling radiator panels are disclosed herein. Some radiator panels include at least one insert that is positioned adjacent to a heat pipe between two spaced-apart face-sheets, with the insert being configured to secure a package to the inside face-sheet opposite of the heat pipe. Some radiator panels include at least one external structural reinforcement member that extends across an external side of the radiator panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard William Aston, Michael J. Langmack
  • ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160204484
    Abstract: An energy storage device heating system includes an energy storage device, a power supply structured to generate a source of harvested energy by harvesting energy from a power source, a heater disposed proximate to the energy storage device and structured to use the harvested energy to generate heat, a charging unit structured to use the harvested energy to charge the energy storage device, a selection circuit structured to selectively electrically connect the source of harvested energy to the charging unit or the heater, and a control unit including a selection control module structured to control the selection circuit to switch between electrically connecting the source of harvested energy to the charging unit and electrically connecting the source of harvested energy to the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregg James Haensgen, Denis Sterjo, Kyle Heiden, Richard William Lucas
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT DETECTION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20160202116
    Abstract: An electronic device including a component and a light circuit structured to detect light. The light circuit is structured to output a detection signal in response to detecting light and the detection signal is used to wake up or communicate with the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregg James Haensgen, James Derek Formea, Andrew John Sowada, Richard William Lucas, Kyle Heiden, Denis Sterjo
  • Wireless sensor pod uses trigger events for pairing and testing
    Publication number: 20160192407
    Abstract: A wireless sensor pod and associated method use a trigger event to pair with a master device. The wireless sensor pod includes an inertial sensor for detecting physical movement of the wireless sensor pod, a wireless transceiver, a processor communicatively coupled to the inertial sensor and the wireless transceiver, and a memory communicatively coupled with the processor and storing machine readable instructions. When the machine readable instructions are executed by the processor, they are capable of: detecting, using the inertial sensor, a first trigger event caused by the physical movement, and when the first trigger event is detected, transmitting, using the wireless transceiver, a communication to pair the wireless sensor pod with a master device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kipling William Fyfe, Gregory Charles Lund, Billy Cheuk Wai Chan, Thomas Richard Williams
  • 2-BENZOYLAMINOBENZAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS BCL-3 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20160185740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Q, m and n are as defined herein. The compounds are inhibitors of Bcl3 and are useful for the treatment of cancer, particularly metastatic cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew David Westwell, Andrea Brancale, Richard William Ernest Clarkson, Jitka Soukupova
  • GAS TURBINE SEALING
    Publication number: 20160186665
    Abstract: A turbine in a gas turbine engine that includes a stator blade and a rotor blade having a seal formed in a trench cavity. The trench cavity may include an axial gap defined between opposing inboard faces of the stator blade and rotor blade. The seal may include: a stator overhang extending from the stator blade toward the rotor blade so to include an outboard edge and an inboard edge and, defined therebetween, an overhang face; a rotor outboard face extending radially inboard from a platform edge, the rotor outboard face opposing at least a portion of the overhang face across the axial gap of the trench cavity; and a first axial projection extending from the rotor outboard face toward the stator blade. The stator overhang and the first axial projection of the rotor blade may be configured so to axially overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Richard William Johnson, Kevin Richard Kirtley, David Richard Johns, James William Vehr, Andrew Paul Giametta
  • GAS TURBINE SEALING
    Publication number: 20160186664
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a turbine that includes a stator blade and a rotor blade having a seal formed in a trench cavity defined therebetween. The seal may include: a stator overhang extending from the stator blade toward the rotor blade so to include an overhang topside, and, opposite the overhang topside, an overhang underside; a rotor outboard face extending radially inboard from a platform edge, the rotor outboard face opposing at least a portion of the overhang face across the axial gap of the trench cavity; an axial projection extending from the rotor outboard face toward the stator blade so to axially overlap with the stator overhang; and an interior cooling channel extending through the stator overhang to a port formed through the overhang underside. The port may be configured to direct a coolant expelled therefrom toward the axial projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin Richard Kirtley, David Richard Johns, Andrew Paul Giametta, Richard William Johnson
  • Systems and methods for energy harvesting and current and voltage measurements
    Patent number: 9379556
    Abstract: A harvesting and measurement device is operable in at least a normal operation mode, a demand measurement mode, and a fault measurement mode. In the normal operation mode, the device is able to harvest energy from an associated power line and monitor current and voltage conditions through a lower power circuit. In the demand measurement mode, harvesting elements of the circuit are disabled so as not to interfere with accuracy of demand current measurements. In the fault measurement mode, one or more Hall sensors are activated such that high currents can be accurately measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregg James Haensgen, John Fredrick Banting, Bruce Hoeppner, Richard William Lucas
  • INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160181820
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system has a coil assembly including a ferrite pad and a pair of spaced apart inductive coils on the ferrite pad, and a switching network that, in response to an indication of a corresponding inductive coil assembly configuration, controls a direction of current flow through each of the coils to selectively operate the coils in a two-pole mode or a three-pole mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Richard William KAUTZ, Nevin ALTUNYURT
  • PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INDUCTIVE CHARGING PAD
    Publication number: 20160176299
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle coil assembly configured to couple with a ground coil assembly in a presence of a magnetic field therebetween for wireless power transfer to the vehicle. The vehicle coil assembly includes an inflatable shield configured to extend from the vehicle and form a barrier around a portion of the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Richard William KAUTZ
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LATTICE-BASED SEARCH FOR SPOKEN UTTERANCE RETRIEVAL
    Publication number: 20160179947
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for retrieving audio segments from a spoken document. The spoken document preferably is one having moderate word error rates such as telephone calls or teleconferences. The method comprises converting speech associated with a spoken document into a lattice representation and indexing the lattice representation of speech. These steps are performed typically off-line. Upon receiving a query from a user, the method further comprises searching the indexed lattice representation of speech and returning retrieved audio segments from the spoken document that match the user query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Murat SARACLAR, Richard William SPROAT
  • INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160181819
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a coil assembly including a pair of spaced apart inductive coils positioned on a same side of a ferrite pad, and a switching network. The switching network, in response to an indication of a corresponding inductive coil assembly configuration, selectively operates the coils in a two-pole mode or a three-pole mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Richard William KAUTZ, Nevin ALTUNYURT
  • Analyte Determination Method and Analyte Meter
    Publication number: 20160169828
    Abstract: The presence of oxygen or red blood cells in a sample applied to an electrochemical test strip that makes use of a reduced mediator is corrected for by an additive correction factor that is determined as a function of the temperature of the sample and a measurement that reflects the oxygen carrying capacity of the sample. The measured oxygen carrying capacity can also be used to determine hematocrit and to distinguish between blood samples and control solutions applied to a test strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: AgaMatrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Harding, Richard Williams, Sridhar Iyengar