Patents by Inventor S. Bridges
S. Bridges 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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Patent number: 11949222Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) using samples and sample time offset from merging units. The merging units do not require access to a common time signal. The IED does not require storage of a communication latency with the merging units. The sample time offset corresponds to a latency between obtaining the sample and receipt of the sample at the IED. The IED aligns samples from various merging units using sample time offset values communicated from the merging units to the IED. The IED performs monitoring and protection functions using the time aligned samples.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Gayle Nelms, Tony J. Lee, Bryon S. Bridges, Derek Lautenschlager, Guillermo Ramirez Conejo, Stephanie L. McDaid, Nishchal Sharma, Bharat Nalla, Vinodev E. Rajasekaran
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Publication number: 20220239089Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) using samples and sample time offset from merging units. The merging units do not require access to a common time signal. The IED does not require storage of a communication latency with the merging units. The sample time offset corresponds to a latency between obtaining the sample and receipt of the sample at the IED. The IED aligns samples from various merging units using sample time offset values communicated from the merging units to the IED. The IED performs monitoring and protection functions using the time aligned samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Gayle Nelms, Tony J. Lee, Bryon S. Bridges, Derek Lautenschlager, Guillermo Ramirez Conejo, Stephanie L. McDaid, Nishchal Sharma, Bharat Nalla, Vinodev E. Rajasekaran
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Patent number: 11266820Abstract: A system includes a platform configured for insertion into a user's nostril and a catheter. The platform includes a board having first and second major surfaces and a support extending from the board. The support includes an aperture therethrough. The catheter includes an inflatable tube and a lumen having first and second ends, the first end connected to the tube and the second end connected to a pressurized fluid source for inflating the tube. The tube is configured for insertion through the aperture. A method includes inserting a platform into a user's nostril, inserting a catheter through an aperture of the platform, and inflating a tube of the catheter. Inflating the tube is accomplished by introducing a pressurized fluid through a lumen of the catheter, to thereby cause the tube to conform to a passage of the user's nasal or pharyngeal region.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Inventor: Robert S. Bridge
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Patent number: 11128481Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for hardware accelerated communications between devices for the protection of electric power delivery systems. For example, a merging unit may include input circuitry that receives a monitoring signal indicating an electrical characteristic of a power line. The merging unit may include pre-payload circuitry that generates at least portions of preset metadata of a communication frame. The merging unit may include payload generation circuitry that generates payload data of the communication frame based at least in part on the electrical characteristic. The merging unit may include a communication interface that sends the communication frame to a receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Greg Rzepka, Bryon S. Bridges
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Patent number: 10979330Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) from signals from merging units where the merging unit does not require a common or external time source. Communications from merging units may arrive at different times due to differences in communication latency or other factor. The IED may associate digital samples from merging units with a local time domain of the IED based on the data acquisition, data processing, and data communication latency in communicating with the merging units.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Greg Rzepka, Bryon S. Bridges
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Publication number: 20200112162Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) from signals from merging units where the merging unit does not require a common or external time source. Communications from merging units may arrive at different times due to differences in communication latency or other factor. The IED may associate digital samples from merging units with a local time domain of the IED based on the data acquisition, data processing, and data communication latency in communicating with the merging units.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Greg Rzepka, Bryon S. Bridges
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Publication number: 20200112447Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for hardware accelerated communications between devices for the protection of electric power delivery systems. For example, a merging unit may include input circuitry that receives a monitoring signal indicating an electrical characteristic of a power line. The merging unit may include pre-payload circuitry that generates at least portions of preset metadata of a communication frame. The merging unit may include payload generation circuitry that generates payload data of the communication frame based at least in part on the electrical characteristic. The merging unit may include a communication interface that sends the communication frame to a receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Greg Rzepka, Bryon S. Bridges
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Patent number: 9920611Abstract: A well pump assembly includes rotary pump and a submersible motor. A shroud surrounds the pump intake and the motor. The shroud has an open upper end in fluid communication with the pump intake. A tubular member of smaller diameter is secured to and extends downward from a lower end of the shroud. The tubular member may have an open lower end for drawing well fluid along a lower flow path up the tubular member to the pump intake. An upper flow path at the upper end of the shroud may have a minimum flow area that is smaller than a minimum flow area of the lower flow path. The tubular member has a smaller outer diameter than an outer diameter of the shroud. The tubular member may have a closed lower end to define a debris collection chamber with a drain valve.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: Leslie C. Reid, Jeffrey S. Bridges, Brent D. Storts
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Patent number: 9901723Abstract: A system includes a platform configured for insertion into a user's nostril and a catheter. The platform includes a board having first and second major surfaces and a support extending from the board. The support includes an aperture therethrough. The catheter includes an inflatable tube and a lumen having first and second ends, the first end connected to the tube and the second end connected to a pressurized fluid source for inflating the tube. The tube is configured for insertion through the aperture. A method includes inserting a platform into a user's nostril, inserting a catheter through an aperture of the platform, and inflating a tube of the catheter. Inflating the tube is accomplished by introducing a pressurized fluid through a lumen of the catheter, to thereby cause the tube to conform to a passage of the user's nasal or pharyngeal region.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Inventor: Robert S. Bridge
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Patent number: 9765608Abstract: A lower separator located below a submersible well pump intake has a labyrinth flow path, causing a first well fluid separation of lighter components from heavier components as well fluid flowing into the lower separator turns downward to flow toward a lower separator heavier component port. A bypass riser has a bypass riser inlet below the pump intake and a bypass riser outlet above the pump intake. A lighter component conduit communicates the bypass riser inlet with lighter components of the first well fluid separation, causing a second well fluid separation at the riser outlet as a heavier portion of the lighter components flowing up the riser turn to flow downward to the pump intake. A heavier component conduit bypasses the bypass riser inlet and delivers the heavier components of the first well fluid separation to the pump intake.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Rachel Sims, Artur Solodkiy, Leslie C. Reid, Jeffrey S. Bridges, Jordan D. Kirk
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Publication number: 20170204716Abstract: A well pump assembly includes rotary pump and a submersible motor. A shroud surrounds the pump intake and the motor. The shroud has an open upper end in fluid communication with the pump intake. A tubular member of smaller diameter is secured to and extends downward from a lower end of the shroud. The tubular member may have an open lower end for drawing well fluid along a lower flow path up the tubular member to the pump intake. An upper flow path at the upper end of the shroud may have a minimum flow area that is smaller than a minimum flow area of the lower flow path. The tubular member has a smaller outer diameter than an outer diameter of the shroud. The tubular member may have a closed lower end to define a debris collection chamber with a drain valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Leslie C. Reid, Jeffrey S. Bridges, Brent D. Storts
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Patent number: 9688591Abstract: Ethylene separation processes are described herein. The ethylene separation processes generally include introducing a feed stream including ethylene and butene into a de-ethenizer; and separating the ethylene from the butene via fractional distillation within the de-ethenizer to form an overhead stream including separated ethylene and a bottoms stream including separated butene, wherein the de-ethenizer operates at a pressure of less than 350 psig.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: Equistar Chemicals, LP, Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Gary A. Sawyer, Robert S. Bridges, Steven T. Coleman, Allen David Hood, Jr.
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Patent number: 9631472Abstract: A well pump assembly includes rotary pump and a submersible motor. A shroud surrounds the pump intake and the motor. The shroud has an open upper end in fluid communication with the pump intake. A tubular member of smaller diameter is secured to and extends downward from a lower end of the shroud. The tubular member may have an open lower end for drawing well fluid along a lower flow path up the tubular member to the pump intake. An upper flow path at the upper end of the shroud may have a minimum flow area that is smaller than a minimum flow area of the lower flow path. The tubular member has a smaller outer diameter than an outer diameter of the shroud. The tubular member may have a closed lower end to define a debris collection chamber with a drain valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Leslie C. Reid, Jeffrey S. Bridges, Brent D. Storts
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Patent number: 9464240Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods for producing aromatic products, the methods including separating a crude oil and condensate feed into at least a light naphtha stream, a heavy naphtha stream, and a bottoms stream, reforming at least a portion of the heavy naphtha stream to produce a reformate stream, feeding a cracker feed stream, comprising the light naphtha stream, the bottoms stream, and a reformate extraction raffinate, to an olefins cracker to produce cracker products comprising pyrolysis gasoline, and introducing an extractor feed stream comprising the pyrolysis gasoline and the reformate to an aromatic extraction unit to produce an aromatic product and the reformate extraction raffinate.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignees: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P., Equistar Chemicals, LPInventors: Robert S. Bridges, Steven T. Coleman
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Publication number: 20160257894Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods for producing aromatic products, the methods including separating a crude oil and condensate feed into at least a light naphtha stream, a heavy naphtha stream, and a bottoms stream, reforming at least a portion of the heavy naphtha stream to produce a reformate stream, feeding a cracker feed stream, comprising the light naphtha stream, the bottoms stream, and a reformate extraction raffinate, to an olefins cracker to produce cracker products comprising pyrolysis gasoline, and introducing an extractor feed stream comprising the pyrolysis gasoline and the reformate to an aromatic extraction unit to produce an aromatic product and the reformate extraction raffinate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicants: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P., Equistar Chemicals, LPInventors: Robert S. Bridges, Steven T. Coleman
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Publication number: 20160222773Abstract: A lower separator located below a submersible well pump intake has a labyrinth flow path, causing a first well fluid separation of lighter components from heavier components as well fluid flowing into the lower separator turns downward to flow toward a lower separator heavier component port. A bypass riser has a bypass riser inlet below the pump intake and a bypass riser outlet above the pump intake. A lighter component conduit communicates the bypass riser inlet with lighter components of the first well fluid separation, causing a second well fluid separation at the riser outlet as a heavier portion of the lighter components flowing up the riser turn to flow downward to the pump intake. A heavier component conduit bypasses the bypass riser inlet and delivers the heavier components of the first well fluid separation to the pump intake.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Rachel Sims, Artur Solodkiy, Leslie C. Reid, Jeffrey S. Bridges, Jordan D. Kirk
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Patent number: 9309168Abstract: Processes for forming propylene are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignees: Equistar Chemicals, LP, Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Allen David Hood, Jr., Robert S. Bridges
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Patent number: 9185819Abstract: An electronic enclosure includes a first electronic module, a second electronic module, a third electronic module and a handle. The first electronic module is physically connected to the second electronic module and the third electronic module is physically connected to the second electronic module. The second electronic module vertically disengages from the first electronic module and the third electronic module horizontally disengages from the second electronic module. The handle forces sequenced orthogonal disconnection of the electronic modules such that the third electronic module horizontally disengages from the second electronic module prior to the second electronic module vertically disengages from the first electronic module.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Jeremy S. Bridges, Daniel P. Kelaher, William M. Megarity
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Publication number: 20150195940Abstract: An electronic enclosure includes a first electronic module, a second electronic module, a third electronic module and a handle. The first electronic module is physically connected to the second electronic module and the third electronic module is physically connected to the second electronic module. The second electronic module vertically disengages from the first electronic module and the third electronic module horizontally disengages from the second electronic module. The handle forces sequenced orthogonal disconnection of the electronic modules such that the third electronic module horizontally disengages from the second electronic module prior to the second electronic module vertically disengages from the first electronic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Jeremy S. Bridges, Daniel P. Kelaher, William M. Megarity
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Publication number: 20150053394Abstract: A well pump assembly includes rotary pump and a submersible motor. A shroud surrounds the pump intake and the motor. The shroud has an open upper end in fluid communication with the pump intake. A tubular member of smaller diameter is secured to and extends downward from a lower end of the shroud. The tubular member may have an open lower end for drawing well fluid along a lower flow path up the tubular member to the pump intake. An upper flow path at the upper end of the shroud may have a minimum flow area that is smaller than a minimum flow area of the lower flow path. The tubular member has a smaller outer diameter than an outer diameter of the shroud. The tubular member may have a closed lower end to define a debris collection chamber with a drain valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Leslie C. Reid, Jeffrey S. Bridges, Brent D. Storts