Patents by Inventor Stephen Searle

Stephen Searle 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).

  • Publication number: 20110084176
    Abstract: A method of operating a railway crossing including the steps of receiving a signal from a locomotive; and activating crossing warning devices and/or downroad warning and in-vehicle alert devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Allan Reichelt, Donald Stephen Searle
  • Publication number: 20080195265
    Abstract: A train integrity network system comprises bogie units which monitor critical parameters relating to the condition of bogie components and the rail track they are travelling on, an onboard server which controls the bogie units and a wireless network which enables communication between the server and the bogie units. Each bogie unit is powered by an electrical generator which utilises the rotation of the bogie wheels and has a processor which compares the critical parameters against defined standards in order to issue alerts to the train driver. The wireless network utilises master/slave base band role switching, has store-and-forward nodes which convey quasi real time data to the server and utilises frequency hopping modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: STI RAIL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Donald Stephen Searle, Charles Richard Wallace Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20050008635
    Abstract: Humanized antibodies which bind the NR-LU-13 antigen, conjugates containing such antibodies, and their use in pretargeting methods and conventional antibody therapy and immunodiagnosis are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: NeoRx Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Graves, John Reno, Robert Mallett, Mark Hylarides, Stephen Searle, Andrew Henry, Jan Pedersen, Anthony Rees
  • Patent number: 5531078
    Abstract: A low volume inlet reciprocating compressor suitable for use in a dual evaporator refrigeration cycle. The compressor includes a cylinder having an inlet port and an outlet port disposed in a housing. A flexible conduit having an inlet passage formed therein extends between the inlet port and an inlet in the housing, and a check valve is connected to the inlet passage so as to prevent refrigerant flow out of the conduit. The inlet passage is located as close as possible to the inlet port. A suction muffler can be located in the housing with one end connected to a second inlet in the housing and another end connected to the check valve. A discharge tube is provided between the outlet port and outlet opening in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Day, Stephen Searl
  • Patent number: 5191776
    Abstract: A household refrigerator includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a condenser receiving refrigerant from the compressor and a phase separator receiving refrigerant from the condenser. The liquid refrigerant containing portion of the phase separator is connected to the inlet of the freezer evaporator, the outlet of which is connected to the compressor. The vapor refrigerant containing portion of the phase separator is connected to the compressor. The fresh food evaporator is connected to the phase separator to receive liquid refrigerant from the phase separator and to return vapor refrigerant to the phase separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin C. Severance, Stephen Searl
  • Patent number: 4838026
    Abstract: An icemaker including a freezer mold having a plurality of cavities along the longitudinal central axis of the mold in which water is to be frozen to form ice pieces with a crescent shape with a flat side and an arcuate side joined to form two opposite edge portions and having a first half and a second half. An ice piece ejector is rotatable in only one direction and has an axle along the longitudinal central axis of the mold. An ice piece ejector guide is located above the cavities longitudinally along the mold and has a resilent forward portion which is spring biased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Stephen Searl
  • Patent number: 4706465
    Abstract: An icemaker including a freezer mold having a front side and a back side with a plurality of partitioned walls disposed within the mold to define a plurality of cavities along the longitudinal central axis of the mold in which water is frozen to form ice pieces having a crescent shape with a flat side and an arcuate side joined to form two edge portions. A stripper member is disposed longitudinally along the front side of the mold and has a portion thereof above the cavities. An ice piece ejector is rotatable in only one direction and has its axle along the longitudinal central axis of the mold. An ice piece ejector guide is secured to the back side of the mold and located above the cavities longitudinally along the mold, aid guide extending laterally from the rear of the mold past the axle of the rotating ejector and spaced from the rotating ejector axle a distance slightly greater than the maximum thickness of the ice piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Stephen Searl
  • Patent number: D645484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Sears Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Saubert, Jason S. Silverstein, Thomas DeSalvo, Stephen Searl, Woonkyu Seo, Pan Soo Kim
  • Patent number: D654516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sears Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Saubert, Jason S. Silverstein, Thomas DeSalvo, Stephen Searl, Woonkyu Seo, Pan Soo Kim