Patents by Inventor Robert Adolph

Robert Adolph 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: 11556323
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for trusted and secure application deployment via collective signature verification of the application artifacts. The trusted and secure application deployment may include receiving multiple application artifacts, decoding verifications from at least one cryptographic signature associated with each received artifact, comparing the verifications to a first set of requirements specified in an admission control list, comparing the verifications from a first received artifact to a second set of requirements specified in the verifications of a second received artifact, halting the deployment of the artifacts in response to the decoded verifications not satisfying one or more requirements from the first set of requirements or the second set of requirements, and deploying the artifacts to a set of compute nodes in response to the verifications decoded from the received artifacts satisfying the first set of requirements and the second set of requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CTRL IQ, toc.
    Inventors: John Frey, Cedric Clerget, Gregory Kurtzer, Ian Kaneshiro, Paul Nathan, Josh Bacon, Robert Adolph
  • Patent number: 11321064
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for trusted and secure application deployment via collective signature verification of the application artifacts. The trusted and secure application deployment may include receiving multiple application artifacts, decoding verifications from at least one cryptographic signature associated with each received artifact, comparing the verifications to a first set of requirements specified in an admission control list, comparing the verifications from a first received artifact to a second set of requirements specified in the verifications of a second received artifact, halting the deployment of the artifacts in response to the decoded verifications not satisfying one or more requirements from the first set of requirements or the second set of requirements, and deploying the artifacts to a set of compute nodes in response to the verifications decoded from the received artifacts satisfying the first set of requirements and the second set of requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CTRL IQ, Inc.
    Inventors: John Frey, Cedric Clerget, Gregory Kurtzer, Ian Kaneshiro, Paul Nathan, Josh Bacon, Robert Adolph
  • Patent number: 11099893
    Abstract: An orchestration system may provide distributed and seamless stateful high performance computing for performance critical workflows and data across geographically distributed compute nodes. The system may receive a task with different jobs that operate on a particular dataset, may determine a set of policies that define execution priorities for the jobs, and may determine a current state of compute nodes that are distributed across different compute sites. The system may distribute the jobs across a selected set of the compute nodes in response to the current state of the set of compute nodes satisfying more of the execution priorities than the current state of other compute nodes. The system may produce task output based on modifications made to the particular database as each compute node of the set of compute nodes executes a different job of the plurality of jobs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CTRL IQ, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Kurtzer, John Frey, Ian Kaneshiro, Robert Adolph, Cedric Clerget
  • Patent number: 10970113
    Abstract: An orchestration system may provide distributed and seamless stateful high performance computing for performance critical workflows and data across geographically distributed compute nodes. The system may receive a task with different jobs that operate on a particular dataset, may determine a set of policies that define execution priorities for the jobs, and may determine a current state of compute nodes that are distributed across different compute sites. The system may distribute the jobs across a selected set of the compute nodes in response to the current state of the set of compute nodes satisfying more of the execution priorities than the current state of other compute nodes. The system may produce task output based on modifications made to the particular database as each compute node of the set of compute nodes executes a different job of the plurality of jobs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CTRL IQ, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Kurtzer, John Frey, Ian Kaneshiro, Robert Adolph, Cedric Clerget
  • Patent number: 10748690
    Abstract: A valve is configured to control a flow of a gas disposed within a convective cooling loop. The valve can be actuated between an open position and a closed position via a magnetic field generated by at least one electrically conductive coil disposed within a cryostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Philip Alexander Jonas, Robert Adolph Ackermann, Philippe Abel Menteur
  • Patent number: 10403423
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet system, including a cryostat, and a ride-through system for the superconducting magnet system include: one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes configured to have therein a cryogenic fluid; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes to a cryocooler; a storage device having an input connected to the first heat exchanger and configured to receive and store a boiled-off gas from the first heat exchanger; and a thermal regenerator having an input connected to the output of the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Adolph Ackermann, Glen George Pfleiderer, Philip Alexander Jonas, Matthew Voss
  • Patent number: 10107879
    Abstract: An apparatus including a persistent current switch of a superconducting material which is electrically superconducting at a superconducting temperature and electrically resistive at a resistive mode temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature. The apparatus further includes a first heat exchange element; a convective heat dissipation loop thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the first heat exchange element; a second heat exchange element spaced apart from the first heat exchange element; and a thermally conductive link thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the second heat exchange element. The first heat exchange element is disposed above the persistent current switch. The thermally conductive link may have a greater thermal conductivity at the superconducting temperature than at a second temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Philip Alexander Jonas, Alexander Akhmetov, Robert Adolph Ackermann, Philippe Abel Menteur, Glen George Pfleiderer, Matthew Voss
  • Patent number: 9683759
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (5) includes a thermally conductive cylindrical container (40), at least one thermally conductive tube (30), a cooling column (90), and a cryogen coldhead (100). The cooling column and coldhead condense gaseous helium to liquid helium to maintain a reservoir of liquid helium in the thermally conductive cylindrical container (40). The at least one thermally conductive tube (30) coils circumferentially around the container (40), and extends to at least one superconducting magnet coil heat exchanger (20), and back. The tube forms a selected loop which holds gaseous helium at pressure up about 104 bar (1500 PSI) or room temperature to about 0.75 bar at cryogenic temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Adolph Ackermann, Philippe Menteur, Manmohan Dhar
  • Patent number: 9575150
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance magnet assembly 20 has a coil form 70 shaped as a hollow cylinder. At least two thermally conductive sheets 60 are disposed circumferentially around the coil form 70, separated by a non-electrically conductive region 90. Thermally conductive tubing 50 affixed to each thermally conductive sheeting section 60 runs circumferentially around the coil form 70. At least one layer of thermally conductive electrically insulating material 110 such as fiber glass is bonded with a thermally conductive epoxy encapsulant to the thermally conductive sheets 60. A winding of superconductive wire 80 is bond together and to the electrically insulating material 110 with the thermally conductive epoxy encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Adolph Ackermann, Richard Lawrence Frank
  • Publication number: 20160276082
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet system, including a cryostat, and a ride-through system for the superconducting magnet system include: one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes configured to have therein a cryogenic fluid; a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the one or more gravity-fed cooling tubes to a cryocooler; a storage device having an input connected to the first heat exchanger and configured to receive and store a boiled-off gas from the first heat exchanger; and a thermal regenerator having an input connected to the output of the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT ADOLPH ACKERMANN, GLEN GEORGE PFLEIDERER, PHILIP ALEXANDER JONAS, MATTHEW VOSS
  • Publication number: 20160189842
    Abstract: A valve is configured to control a flow of a gas disposed within a convective cooling loop. The valve can be actuated between an open position and a closed position via a magnetic field generated by at least one electrically conductive coil disposed within a cryostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Alexander Jonas, Robert Adolph Ackermann, Philippe Abel Menteur
  • Publication number: 20150323626
    Abstract: An apparatus including a persistent current switch of a superconducting material which is electrically superconducting at a superconducting temperature and electrically resistive at a resistive mode temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature. The apparatus further includes a first heat exchange element; a convective heat dissipation loop thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the first heat exchange element; a second heat exchange element spaced apart from the first heat exchange element; and a thermally conductive link thermally coupling the persistent current switch to the second heat exchange element. The first heat exchange element is disposed above the persistent current switch. The thermally conductive link may have a greater thermal conductivity at the superconducting temperature than at a second temperature which is greater than the superconducting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: PHILIP ALEXANDER JONAS, ALEXANDER AKHMETOV, ROBERT ADOLPH ACKERMANN, PHILIPPE ABEL MENTEUR, GLEN GEORGE PFLEIDERER, MATTHEW VOSS
  • Publication number: 20140243205
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (5) includes a thermally conductive cylindrical container (40), at least one thermally conductive tube (30), a cooling column (90), and a cryogen coldhead (100). The cooling column and coldhead condense gaseous helium to liquid helium to maintain a reservoir of liquid helium in the thermally conductive cylindrical container (40). The at least one thermally conductive tube (30) coils circumferentially around the container (40), and extends to at least one superconducting magnet coil heat exchanger (20), and back. The tube forms a selected loop which holds gaseous helium at pressure up about 104 bar (1500 PSI) or room temperature to about 0.75 bar at cryogenic temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Adolph Ackermann, Philippe Menteur, Manmohan Dhar
  • Publication number: 20140159726
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance magnet assembly 20 has a coil form 70 shaped as a hollow cylinder. At least two thermally conductive sheets 60 are disposed circumferentially around the coil form 70, separated by a non-electrically conductive region 90. Thermally conductive tubing 50 affixed to each thermally conductive sheeting section 60 runs circumferentially around the coil form 70. At least one layer of thermally conductive electrically insulating material 110 such as fiber glass is bonded with a thermally conductive epoxy encapsulant to the thermally conductive sheets 60. A winding of superconductive wire 80 is bond together and to the electrically insulating material 110 with the thermally conductive epoxy encapsulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Adolph Ackermann, Richard Frank
  • Patent number: 7334465
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring characteristics of earth formations surrounding a borehole, comprises a resistivity measurement device having a multiplicity of antennae spaced between each other in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus. A neutron measurement device of the apparatus comprises at least a neutron source and at least a neutron detector, each of the neutron detectors being at a distance from the neutron source in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus. The multiplicity of antennae are interleaved with the neutron measurement device in order to reduce a total length of the apparatus and in order to allow a determined area of the earth formation to be measured simultaneously using the neutron measurement device and the resistivity measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Wouter Smits, Christian Stoller, Michael Evans, Patrick Fisseler, Robert Adolph
  • Patent number: 7255013
    Abstract: A method for calculating a mass flow rate of a cryogenic fluid within a flow tube includes positioning a sensor within a stream of cryogenic fluid flowing through the flow tube. The sensor is operatively coupled to a strain gauge. A difference between a dynamic pressure in the fluid stream and a static pressure in the fluid stream is measured and the mass flow rate of the cryogenic fluid within the flow tube is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Urbahn, Robert Adolph Ackermann
  • Publication number: 20070119243
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring characteristics of earth formations surrounding a borehole, comprises a resistivity measurement device having a multiplicity of antennae spaced between each other in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus. A neutron measurement device of the apparatus comprises at least a neutron source and at least a neutron detector, each of the neutron detectors being at a distance from the neutron source in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus. The multiplicity of antennae are interleaved with the neutron measurement device in order to reduce a total length of the apparatus and in order to allow a determined area of the earth formation to be measured simultaneously using the neutron measurement device and the resistivity measurement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Jan Smits, Christian Stoller, Michael Evans, Patrick Fisseler, Robert Adolph
  • Publication number: 20060226351
    Abstract: A tool for formation logging includes a support configured for movement in a borehole; a neutron source disposed on the support; a neutron monitor disposed on the support and configured to monitor an output of the neutron source; a gamma-ray detector disposed on the support and spaced apart from the neutron source; and a shielding material disposed between the gamma-ray detector and the neutron source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christian Stoller, Peter Wraight, Robert Adolph
  • Patent number: 7073378
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring characteristics of earth formations surrounding a borehole, comprises a resistivity measurement device having a multiplicity of antennae spaced between each other in a longitudinal direction of the apparatus. A neutron measurement device of the apparatus comprises at least a neutron source and at least a neutron detector, each of the neutron detectors being at a distance from the neutron source in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus. The multiplicity of antennae are interleaved with the neutron measurement device in order to reduce a total length of the apparatus and in order to allow a determined area of the earth formation to be measured simultaneously using the neutron measurement device and the resistivity measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Wouter Smits, Christian Stoller, Michael Evans, Patrick Fisseler, Robert Adolph
  • Patent number: 7003977
    Abstract: A cooling system for providing cryogenic cooling fluid to an apparatus comprises a re-circulation device, a passive cold storage device having a porous matrix of material which directly contacts the cryogenic cooling fluid as the cryogenic cooling fluid passes through the passive cold storage device, a first portion of a fluid communication feed line fluidly connecting the re-circulation device to the passive cold storage device, a second portion of a fluid communication feed line fluidly connecting the passive cold storage device to the apparatus for communicating cryogenic cooling fluid to the apparatus, and a fluid communication return line fluidly connecting the apparatus to the re-circulation device. The passive cold storage device may comprise a regenerative heat exchanger including a porous matrix of metal wire mesh, metal spheres or ceramic spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Albert Eugene Steinbach, Robert Adolph Ackermann, Xianrui Huang