Patents by Inventor Robert Burton
Robert Burton 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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Publication number: 20240092212Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to reserving electric vehicle charging ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Complx Inc.Inventors: Joshua Burton, Steven MacFarlane, Matthew Vergin, Robert Brady
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Publication number: 20240085754Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to display constructs that can be fixed or movable. The display constructs can be configured to facilitate media display at opposite sides. The display constructs may be is at least partially transparent and can be viewed therethrough. Various interactive capabilities with the display construct are disclosed, as well as various installation component and kits. Further disclosed are wireless chargers embedded in fixtures and/or real assets of a facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Robert Michael Martinson, Matthew Burton Sheffield, Nitesh Trikha, Brian Lee Smith, Ahmed Mustafa, Amit Sarin, Vinh N. Nguyen, Anthony Young, Chee Yung Chan, Todd Daniel Antes, Nayana Vasant Ghantiwala, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam
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Publication number: 20240085755Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to a display construct coupled to a structure (e.g., a vision window). The structure can be a supportive structure such as a fixture. The display construct is configured to facilitate media display and is at least partially transparent. The vision window may be a tintable window, e.g., a window in which its tint is electrically controllable (e.g., an electrochromic window). Various interactive capabilities with the display construct are disclosed (e.g., via a touch screen).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Nitesh Trikha, Robert Michael Martinson, Anthony Young, Vinh N. Nguyen, Matthew Burton Sheffield, Chee Yung Chan, Todd Daniel Antes, Sridhar Karthik Kailasam
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Patent number: 11761350Abstract: A lubrication system for an aerial vehicle, the lubrication system including: a lubrication oil (LO) tank configured to operate at a first internal pressure; and an intake chamber (IC) configured to operate at a second internal pressure greater than the first internal pressure, the IC including an ingress port configured to receive LO from a sump of an equipment of the aerial vehicle; an overflow port in fluid communication with the LO tank; and a supply port in fluid communication with the sump and configured to supply LO to the sump.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, GE Aviation Czech s.r.o.Inventors: Gabriele Mariotti, Vladimir Soukup, Robert Burton Brown, Emil Paul, Jakub Biganovsky, Martin Borovicka
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Patent number: 11692483Abstract: A system for lubricating components of a gas turbine engine includes a supply pump to pump lubricant from a reservoir through a supply conduit to lubricated component. An outer body deicing circuit is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit. Moreover, a scavenge conduit extends from the lubricated component to the reservoir and a scavenge pump pumps the lubricant from the lubricated component through the scavenge conduit. In addition, a valve is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit and the scavenge conduit and a bypass conduit extends from the valve to a location on the supply conduit downstream of the deicing circuit. When the lubricant is supplied to the valve, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the reservoir. When the supply of lubricant to the valve is halted, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the bypass conduit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James John Luz, Robert Burton Brown, Thomas Bradley Kenney, Thomas Charles McCarthy, Firas Younes
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Publication number: 20230128159Abstract: A system for lubricating components of a gas turbine engine includes a supply pump to pump lubricant from a reservoir through a supply conduit to lubricated component. An outer body deicing circuit is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit. Moreover, a scavenge conduit extends from the lubricated component to the reservoir and a scavenge pump pumps the lubricant from the lubricated component through the scavenge conduit. In addition, a valve is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit and the scavenge conduit and a bypass conduit extends from the valve to a location on the supply conduit downstream of the deicing circuit. When the lubricant is supplied to the valve, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the reservoir. When the supply of lubricant to the valve is halted, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the bypass conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: James John Luz, Robert Burton Brown, Thomas Bradley Kenney, Thomas Charles McCarthy, Firas Younes
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Publication number: 20220397276Abstract: A system and method are provided for performing a test operation of a gas household cooking appliance having an oven cavity and a gas burner within the oven cavity. The system and method include an infrared thermocouple configured to be portably and temporarily positioned within the oven cavity and configured to produce an output signal in response to a change in temperature within the oven cavity to confirm that the gas burner has ignited. A control unit is configured to execute the test operation only upon receipt of the output signal from the infrared thermocouple within a predetermined amount of time following an initiation of a gas flow to the gas burner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Robert Burton, Donnie Smith, Claude Wilson
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Publication number: 20220316360Abstract: A lubrication system for an aerial vehicle, the lubrication system including: a lubrication oil (LO) tank configured to operate at a first internal pressure; and an intake chamber (IC) configured to operate at a second internal pressure greater than the first internal pressure, the IC including an ingress port configured to receive LO from a sump of an equipment of the aerial vehicle; an overflow port in fluid communication with the LO tank; and a supply port in fluid communication with the sump and configured to supply LO to the sump.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Gabriele Mariotti, Vladimir Soukup, Robert Burton Brown, Emil Paul, Jakub Biganovsky, Martin Borovicka
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Patent number: 11415051Abstract: A system for lubricating components of a gas turbine engine includes a supply pump to pump lubricant from a reservoir through a supply conduit to lubricated component. An outer body deicing circuit is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit. Moreover, a scavenge conduit extends from the lubricated component to the reservoir and a scavenge pump pumps the lubricant from the lubricated component through the scavenge conduit. In addition, a valve is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit and the scavenge conduit and a bypass conduit extends from the valve to a location on the supply conduit downstream of the deicing circuit. When the lubricant is supplied to the valve, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the reservoir. When the supply of lubricant to the valve is halted, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the bypass conduit.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James John Luz, Robert Burton Brown, Thomas Bradley Kenney, Thomas Charles McCarthy, Firas Younes
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Publication number: 20220221350Abstract: A strain sensor includes a flexible substrate and a circuit disposed on the flexible substrate. The circuit includes an inductance to receive an excitation signal, the circuit being configured to generate a radio frequency response to the excitation signal via the inductance. The circuit includes an elongated trace coupled to the inductance and configured to bend and stretch longitudinally upon deformation of the flexible substrate. The elongated trace includes a non-uniformity configured such that the elongated trace deforms and tears at the non-uniformity and exhibits a non-linear increase in resistance as a tensile strain to which the elongated trace is subjected reaches a strain threshold. The non-linear increase in resistance modifies a characteristic of the radio frequency response of the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Jerome P. Lynch, Peng Sun, Andrew Robert Burton
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Publication number: 20220195924Abstract: A system for lubricating components of a gas turbine engine includes a supply pump to pump lubricant from a reservoir through a supply conduit to lubricated component. An outer body deicing circuit is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit. Moreover, a scavenge conduit extends from the lubricated component to the reservoir and a scavenge pump pumps the lubricant from the lubricated component through the scavenge conduit. In addition, a valve is fluidly coupled in series with the supply conduit and the scavenge conduit and a bypass conduit extends from the valve to a location on the supply conduit downstream of the deicing circuit. When the lubricant is supplied to the valve, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the reservoir. When the supply of lubricant to the valve is halted, the valve directs the lubricant flowing through the scavenge conduit into the bypass conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: James John Luz, Robert Burton Brown, Thomas Bradley Kenney, Thomas Charles McCarthy, Firas Younes
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Patent number: 11199103Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a rotating shaft extending along a centerline and a fixed housing positioned exterior to the rotating shaft in a radial direction relative to the centerline. The seal assembly includes a sump housing at least partially defining a bearing compartment for holding a cooling lubricant. The seal assembly further includes a bearing supporting the rotating shaft. In addition, the seal assembly also includes a sump seal at least partially defining the bearing compartment. A pressurized housing of the seal assembly is positioned exterior to the sump housing and defines a pressurized compartment to at least partially enclose the sump housing. Further, a non-contacting carbon seal is positioned between the rotating shaft and the fixed housing to at least partially define the pressurized compartment to enclose the sump housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Scott Francis Wolfer, Kevin Richard Crain, Jonathan K. Remer, Robert Burton Brown, Nicholas Rowe Dinsmore
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Publication number: 20210365174Abstract: An example process includes: while displaying a user interface different from a digital assistant user interface, receiving a user input, in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies a criterion for initiating a digital assistant: displaying, over the user interface, the digital assistant user interface, the digital assistant user interface including: a digital assistant indicator displayed at a first portion of the display; and a response affordance displayed at a second portion of the display, where: a portion of the user interface remains visible at a third portion of the display; and the third portion is between the first portion and the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Neal ELLIS, Robert BURTON, Richard R. DELLINGER, Thomas R. FAZIO, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Rebecca P. FISH, Kenneth Arthur Abraham FERRY, Nikrouz GHOTBI, James N. JONES, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Pedro MARI, Aaron MUSENGO, James E. PALMER, Patchaya Beam SEILAUDOM, Tyler McClay SMITH, Trungtin TRAN, Robert A. WALKER, II
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Publication number: 20210365161Abstract: An example process includes: while displaying a user interface different from a digital assistant user interface, receiving a user input; in accordance with a determination that the user input satisfies a criterion for initiating a digital assistant: displaying, over the user interface, the digital assistant user interface, the digital assistant user interface including: a digital assistant indicator displayed at a first portion of the display; and a response affordance displayed at a second portion of the display, where: a portion of the user interface remains visible at a third portion of the display; and the third portion is between the first portion and the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Neal ELLIS, Oluwatomiwa B. ALABI, Robert BURTON, Richard R. DELLINGER, Thomas R. FAZIO, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Rebecca P. FISH, Nikrouz GHOTBI, James N. JONES, Ieyuki KAWASHIMA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Pedro MARI, Aaron MUSENGO, James E. PALMER, Patchaya Beam SEILAUDOM, Andrea Valentina SIMES, Tyler McClay SMITH, Trungtin TRAN, Robert A. WALKER, II
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Patent number: 10946247Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in one embodiment, to an unstable surface training apparatus. The apparatus may include a platform that is pivotally connected to a support member about the pivot axis. The apparatus may include at least one user handle that is adjustably connected to the platform. The platform may be freely pivotable about the pivot axis up to a maximum degree of rotation. Some embodiments of the exercise apparatus may include an base upon which the support member is connected. The base provides the exercise apparatus with increased stability. Other embodiments of the exercise apparatus may include a rotational restriction assembly disposed between the support member and the platform for limiting the maximum degree of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventor: Robert Burton
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Publication number: 20200400370Abstract: A packaged food product processing machine. The machine comprises a food consumer interface configured to receive a food consumer selection identifying an end state of a food product, a package cooling sub-system comprising a chilled fluid bath, a gripper component configured to agitate a package containing the food product in the chilled fluid bath, and a controller configured to command the gripper to control the rate of heat transfer from the package to the chilled fluid bath based on receiving an input identifying an end state selection from the food consumer interface and based on receiving an input containing a value of the physical parameter of the food product from the gripper component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Pranav V. GODBOLE, George Clarke MONROE, IV, Ryan Blaine LIVINGSTON, Robert Burton BROWNELL, Jr., Philip FAWCUS, Nicola KEEN, Tarou Benjamin SHIOTA, Warren Paul ISAACS, Christopher Thomas O'CALLAGHAN, Philip Leslie WOOD, George Michael WINTER, Marcus HAMMONDS, Clayton Keith BURNETT, Alan HAWKINS
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Patent number: 10719526Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing instrument specification data between a process control system and an external database are provided. A software application automatically connects to the process control system and scans a set of data utilized by the system to detect changes in the data since a previous scan. If changes are detected, the application notifies a manager to accept or reject changes. If changes are accepted, the application updates data stored on an instrumentation database external to the process control system so that the data stored on the instrumentation database is synchronized with real-time data used by the process control system. The system and method provide automated updates to ensure the accuracy of data utilized by users not having regular access to the process control system.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Hargrove Controls + Associates, LLCInventors: Matthew Robert Burton, Karen Griffin
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Publication number: 20200080436Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a rotating shaft extending along a centerline and a fixed housing positioned exterior to the rotating shaft in a radial direction relative to the centerline. The seal assembly includes a sump housing at least partially defining a bearing compartment for holding a cooling lubricant. The seal assembly further includes a bearing supporting the rotating shaft. In addition, the seal assembly also includes a sump seal at least partially defining the bearing compartment. A pressurized housing of the seal assembly is positioned exterior to the sump housing and defines a pressurized compartment to at least partially enclose the sump housing. Further, a non-contacting carbon seal is positioned between the rotating shaft and the fixed housing to at least partially define the pressurized compartment to enclose the sump housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Scott Francis Wolfer, Kevin Richard Crain, Jonathan K. Remer, Robert Burton Brown, Nicholas Rowe Dinsmore
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Publication number: 20190310991Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing instrument specification data between a process control system and an external database are provided. A software application automatically connects to the process control system and scans a set of data utilized by the system to detect changes in the data since a previous scan. If changes are detected, the application notifies a manager to accept or reject changes. If changes are accepted, the application updates data stored on an instrumentation database external to the process control system so that the data stored on the instrumentation database is synchronized with real-time data used by the process control system. The system and method provide automated updates to ensure the accuracy of data utilized by users not having regular access to the process control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Hargrove Controls + Associates, LLCInventors: Matthew Robert Burton, Karen Griffin
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Publication number: 20180071942Abstract: A multiple function saw includes a base including an arm selectively movable with respect to the base, the arm being selectively rotatable about a first arm axis at a first end of the arm, towards and away from a substantially planar top surface of the base. A saw having a housing is coupled to the arm at a second end of the arm. The multiple function saw is adjustable to operate in multiple different modes including a first mode with the arm being selectively rotatable about the first arm axis, a second mode with the arm being constrained from rotating about the first arm axis, the arm being substantially stationary with respect to the base, wherein the saw is pivotable about a vertical axis at the second end of the arm such that a face of a saw blade is positionable to operate as a table saw, and a third mode with the saw being moveable horizontally along the base to operate as a radial saw.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventor: Robert Burton Behr