Patents by Inventor Steven Bruce

Steven Bruce 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: 9255825
    Abstract: A process instrument having a wafer-style body for mounting between an upstream flanged pipe and a downstream flanged pipe has a flow passage, a transmitter connected to the body, and first and second end plates fixed to the body. The first end plate has a first set of cams for engaging a plurality of threaded fasteners extending between the upstream flanged pipe and the downstream flanged pipe. The second end plate has a second set of cams for engaging the plurality of threaded fasteners such that the first set of cams and the second set of cams center the flow passage with respect to the upstream flanged pipe and the downstream flanged pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Alan Smith, Steven Bruce Rogers, Jesse Christopher Pettit
  • Publication number: 20160032732
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a body having leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface defined by a perimeter wall. An interior wall is arranged interiorly and adjacent to the perimeter wall to provide a cooling passage there between. A cooling passage with first and second portions is tapered and respectively has first and second thicknesses. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness. The second thickness is less than 0.060 inch (1.52 mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Matthew A. Devore, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Benjamin T. Fisk
  • Publication number: 20160032416
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an airfoil includes the steps of depositing multiple layers of powdered metal onto one another. The layers are joined to one another with reference to CAD data relating to a particular cross-section of an airfoil. The airfoil is produced with leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. An exterior wall provides the exterior airfoil surface at the leading edge. An impingement wall is integrally formed with the exterior wall to provide an impingement cavity between the exterior wall and the impingement wall. Multiple impingement holes are provided in the impingement wall. The impingement holes are spaced laterally across the impingement wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Matthew A. Devore, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Benjamin T. Fisk
  • Patent number: 9239385
    Abstract: In a method of producing isotopes in a light water power reactor, one or more targets within the reactor may be irradiated under a neutron flux to produce one or more isotopes. The targets may be assembled into one or more fuel bundles that are to be loaded in a core of the reactor at a given outage. Power operations in the reactor irradiate the fuel bundles so as to generate desired isotopes, such as one or more radioisotopes at a desired specific activity or stable isotopes at a desired concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Russell Morgan Fawcett, Randy Peter Gonzales, Russell Patrick Higgins, Robert Bryant James, Michael Thomas Kiernan, William Earl Russell, II, Steven Bruce Shelton, David Grey Smith, Russell Edward Stachowski, Lukas Trosman
  • Patent number: 9228442
    Abstract: An airfoil comprises leading and trailing edges with pressure and suction surfaces defining a chord length therebetween. The pressure and suction surfaces extend from a root section of the airfoil to a tip section. A tip shelf is formed along the tip section between the pressure surface and a tip shelf wall spaced between the pressure surface and the suction surface. A squealer pocket is formed along the tip section between the tip shelf wall and a squealer tip wall extending from the suction surface. The tip shelf extends from within 10% of the cord length measured from the leading edge to within 10% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge. The squealer pocket extends from within 10% of the chord length measured from the leading edge to terminate between 10% and 25% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Steven Bruce Gautschi, San Quach
  • Publication number: 20150379041
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a ticket entry system and method include a program management system, a spatial management system, a data management system, and a user interface. The program management system receives contact information and a search criteria for a locate request. The program management system transmits the search criteria to the spatial management system. The spatial management system geocodes the search criteria and retrieves map data from the data management system corresponding to the search criteria geocode. The spatial management system transmits the map data to the program management system. The program management system transmits the map data to the user system and, in return, receives an indication of a site location where the operation is to be performed. The program management system transmits the site location indication to the spatial management system. The spatial management system geocodes the site location indication and transmits the site location geocode to the program management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Scott A. EVANS, Robert Lee MARSHALL, Steven Bruce CUDD
  • Patent number: 9222815
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a meter body having an opening formed therein. The meter body is configured to be inserted in-line between process piping which carries the process fluid. A moveable extension is coupled to the meter body and configured to extend into the process piping. A coil of wire is carried by the extension and configured to generate a magnetic field. A pair of electrodes sense an EMF in the process fluid generated as a function of the applied magnetic field and flow of the process fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Alan Smith, Jeffrey Alan Cota, Brian Scott Junk, Steven Bruce Rogers
  • Publication number: 20150348663
    Abstract: In a method of producing isotopes in a light water power reactor, one or more targets within the reactor may be irradiated under a neutron flux to produce one or more isotopes. The targets may be assembled into one or more fuel bundles that are to be loaded in a core of the reactor at a given outage. Power operations in the reactor irradiate the fuel bundles so as to generate desired isotopes, such as one or more radioisotopes at a desired specific activity or stable isotopes at a desired concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Russell Morgan Fawcett, Randy Peter Gonzales, Russell Patrick Higgins, Robert Bryant James, Michael Thomas Kiernan, William Earl Russell, II, Steven Bruce Shelton, David Grey Smith, Russell Edward Stachowski, Lukas Trosman
  • Publication number: 20150330228
    Abstract: A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil that includes a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall that meet together at both a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil extends to a tip. A tip pocket is formed in the tip and terminates prior to the trailing edge. A heat transfer augmentation device is formed in the tip pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: San QUACH, Tracy A. PROPHETER-HINCKLEY, Steven Bruce GAUTSCHI
  • Publication number: 20150320880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-cKIT antibodies, antibody fragments, antibody drug conjugates, and their uses for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Tinya ABRAMS, Steven Bruce COHEN, Christie P. Fanton, Catrin FINNER, Thomas HUBER, Kathy Miller, Siew Ho SCHLEYER, Kathrin Ulrike Tissot-Daguette
  • Publication number: 20150300258
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of this disclosure includes a surface having a plurality of cooling holes. The surface includes a first region and a second region each having a plurality of cooling holes. The cooling holes within the first region are arranged differently than the cooling holes in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dominic J. Mongillo, San Quach, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Brandon S. Donnell, Anita L. Tracy, Yafet Girma
  • Publication number: 20150292334
    Abstract: An airfoil includes a pressure surface and a suction surface extending from a root section of the airfoil to a tip section of the airfoil. The airfoil also includes a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chord length of the airfoil therebetween. The airfoil further includes a tip shelf formed along the tip section of the airfoil between the pressure surface and a tip shelf wall. The tip shelf wall is spaced between the pressure surface and the suction surface and the tip shelf extends from within 10% of the chord length measured from the leading edge to within 10% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Steven Bruce Gautschi, San Quach
  • Patent number: 9152651
    Abstract: A ticket entry system and method includes a program management system that receives contact information and a search criteria for a locate request. The program management system transmits the search criteria to a spatial management system that geocodes the search criteria and retrieves map data from a data management system corresponding to the search criteria geocode. The spatial management system transmits the map data to the program management system, which transmits the map data to a user interface. The user interface receives an indication of a site location where the operation is to be performed. The program management system transmits the site location indication to the spatial management system. The spatial management system geocodes the site location indication and transmits the site location geocode to the program management system. The program management system creates a locate ticket, which comprises the site location geocode and the contact information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: CELERITASWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Evans, Robert Lee Marshall, Steven Bruce Cudd
  • Publication number: 20150276444
    Abstract: A wafer-type electromagnetic flow sensor includes a single-piece chassis having a pair of faces and a flow conduit extending between the pair of faces. Each face of the chasses includes a feature configured to engage a metal sealing ring. A non-conductive liner is disposed in the flow conduit of the single-piece chassis. A plurality of electromagnetic coils is configured to generate a flux into process fluid flowing through the flow conduit. A pair of electrodes is configured to electrically couple to the process fluid. A feedthrough assembly is configured to maintain process fluid pressure while allowing a plurality of electrical conductors to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Alan Smith, Steven Bruce Rogers, Jesse Chistopher Pettit, Nelson Mauricio Morales
  • Publication number: 20150260048
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a component for a gas turbine engine. The component includes a cooling hole having a wall with at least one helical groove formed in the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Gautschi, San Quach
  • Patent number: 9108876
    Abstract: Manufacturing an optical fiber by using an outside vapor deposition technique for making a substrate, applying one or more layers to the substrate using a radial pressing technique to form a soot blank, sintering the soot blank in the presence of a gaseous refractive index-modifying dopant, and drawing the sintered soot blank, provides a more efficient and cost effective process for generating complex refractive index profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Dominick Fiordimalva, Timothy Leonard Hunt, Douglas Hull Jennings
  • Patent number: 9097566
    Abstract: A flowtube assembly for a magnetic flowmeter is provided. The flowtube assembly includes a flowtube configured to receive a flow of process fluid therethrough. A magnetic core is mounted relative to the flowtube and includes a stem extending from the flowtube to a pair of arms. Each of the arms extends away from the stem. A spool having a plurality of magnetic windings is disposed about the stem and spaces the plurality of windings from the flowtube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Rogers, Michael John Mayer, Samuel Ethan Messenger, Michael Jeffrey Mikolichek
  • Publication number: 20150185057
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a meter body having an opening formed therein. The meter body is configured to be inserted in-line between process piping which carries the process fluid. A moveable extension is coupled to the meter body and configured to extend into the process piping. A coil of wire is carried by the extension and configured to generate a magnetic field. A pair of electrodes sense an EMF in the process fluid generated as a function of the applied magnetic field and flow of the process fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Alan Smith, Jeffrey Alan Cota, Brian Scott Junk, Steven Bruce Rogers
  • Patent number: 9057817
    Abstract: Small-radius coated optical fibers having large mode field diameter and low bending losses. The coated fiber may have an outer radius of 110 ?m or less, while providing a mode field diameter of 9.0 ?m or greater and a bending loss when wrapped about a 15 mm mandrel of 0.5 dB/km or less at wavelength of 1550 nm. The coated fiber may have a mode field diameter of 9.2 ?m or greater and may have a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.25 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 20 mm mandrel or a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.02 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 30 mm mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Steven Bruce Dawes, Inna Igorevna Kouzmina, Ming-Jun Li, Manuela Ocampo, Pushkar Tandon
  • Patent number: D737435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Phong VanThanh Ha, Donald George Peterson, Steven Bruce Heinecke, Daniel P. Decabooter, Matthew Howard Fryxell