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: 8806956
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter sensor includes two sensor faces, a conduit, a liner lining the conduit, and mechanical fasteners. The sensor faces are on each end of the sensor for connecting the sensor to the process fluid flow. The conduit connects the two sensor faces for conducting the process fluid flow through the sensor. The liner extends across at least a portion of each sensor face at each end of the flowmeter sensor to form a planar sealing surface on each end of the sensor. The liner includes holes through which the mechanical fasteners pass to mechanically attach the liner to the flowmeter sensor to prevent shifting of the liner. The mechanical fasteners do not extend beyond the planar sealing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mikolichek, Steven Bruce Rogers
  • Publication number: 20140199506
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of forming a vessel and to the resulting vessel. The vessel may be formed by providing a first fumed silica soot layer comprised of primary particles of fumed silica soot, and then providing over the first fumed silica soot layer a second fumed silica soot layer comprised of agglomerated particles formed into an agglomerated form from primary particles of fumed silica soot. The primary particles of the first fumed silica soot layer may have a substantially uniform density distribution, and the agglomerated particles of the second fumed silica soot layer may have a substantially non-uniform density distribution. The methods may include consolidating the first and second soot layers together to form a consolidated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven Bruce DAWES, Douglas Hull JENNINGS
  • Patent number: 8753021
    Abstract: An optical fiber may be secured to a ferrule of an optical connector with an adhesive mixture. The optical fiber may be secured by preparing an adhesive mixture, disposing the adhesive mixture in a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface of the ferrule, inserting the optical fiber into the fiber-receiving passage and into contact with the adhesive mixture, and curing the adhesive mixture. The adhesive mixture may be prepared by forming a base mixture that includes a base solvent, an alkyltrialkoxysilane, an aryltrialkoxysilane, and an aryltrifluorosilane. The adhesive mixture may be cured by heating to a temperature of at least about 200° C. and cooling to room temperature or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Adra Smith Baca, Steven Bruce Dawes
  • Patent number: 8721971
    Abstract: A mesoporous, transition metal oxide material having an average pore diameter ranging from 2 to 20 nm, a basic surface character defined by an isoelectric point>pH 7, and a specific surface area greater than 50 m2/g can be incorporated into a NOx sensing device as a NOx film. The mesoporous, transition metal oxide material includes an oxide of yttrium, lanthanum and/or cerium, and can be formed using a surfactant-templated self-assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Zhiqiang Shi
  • Patent number: 8713966
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of forming a vessel and to the resulting vessel. The vessel may be formed by providing a first fumed silica soot layer comprised of primary particles of fumed silica soot, and then providing over the first fumed silica soot layer a second fumed silica soot layer comprised of agglomerated particles formed into an agglomerated form from primary particles of fumed silica soot. The primary particles of the first fumed silica soot layer may have a substantially uniform density distribution, and the agglomerated particles of the second fumed silica soot layer may have a substantially non-uniform density distribution. The methods may include consolidating the first and second soot layers together to form a consolidated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Douglas H Jennings
  • Publication number: 20140090483
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter for sensing process fluid flow is provided. The flowmeter includes a tube configured to receive the process fluid flow therethrough. A plurality of electrodes is disposed to contact process fluid. At least one electromagnetic coil is disposed proximate the tube. Flowmeter electronics are configured to drive a current through at least one electromagnetic coil and to sense a signal developed across a plurality of electrodes disposed to contact process fluid. A flexible circuit module is disposed proximate the tube, and has at least one flexible circuit containing a plurality of electrical traces electrically coupled to the flowmeter electronics. The at least one electromagnetic coil includes a first coil in the flexible circuit module that is coupled to the electrical traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Alan Smith, Steven Bruce Rogers, Michael John Mayer, Nelson Mauricio Morales, Brian Scott Junk
  • Publication number: 20140083199
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter for measuring a flow of a process fluid includes a flowtube arranged to receive the flow of the process fluid. First, second and third coils are arranged adjacent the flowtube. First and second electrodes are arranged to sense an electrical potential of the process fluid related to an applied magnetic field and a flow rate of the process fluid. The sensed electrical potential is used to calculate the flow rate of the process fluid through the flow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Bruce Rogers
  • Publication number: 20140083200
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter for measuring flow rate of a process fluid, includes a magnetic coil arranged to apply a magnetic field to the process fluid. A pair of electrodes are electronically coupled to the process fluid and arranged to sense a voltage induced in the process fluid related to the applied magnetic field and the flow rate of the process fluid. A molded flow tube of a non-conductive material is arranged to receive a flow of the process fluid. The flow tube is molded around the magnetic coil and the pair of electrodes and is configured to support the magnetic coil and the pair of electrodes. Flow meter circuitry is configured to apply a current to the magnetic coil and receive the resultant voltage sensed by the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Rogers, Joseph Alan Smith
  • Publication number: 20140075947
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body portion and a cooling circuit disposed inside of the body portion. The cooling circuit includes a first baffle received within a first core cavity that extends inside of the body portion, a second baffle received within a second core cavity that extends inside of the body portion, and a first rib disposed between the first core cavity and the second core cavity. The first baffle is in fluid communication with the second baffle through the first rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Gautschi, Lane Thornton
  • Publication number: 20140060118
    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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Dominick Fiordimalva, Timothy Leonard Hunt, Douglas Hull Jennings
  • Publication number: 20140066286
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a silica-titania-niobia glass and to a method for making the glass. The composition of the silica-titania-niobia (SiO2—TiO2—Nb2O5) glass, determined as the oxides, is Nb2O5 in an amount in the range of 0.005 wt. % to 1.2 wt. %, TiO2 in an amount in the range of 5 wt. % to 10 wt. %, and the remainder of glass is SiO2. In the method, the STN glass precursor is consolidated into a glass by heating to a temperature of 1600° C. to 1700° C. in flowing helium for 6 hours to 10 hours. When this temperature is reached, the helium flow can be replaced by argon for the remainder of the time. Subsequently the glass is cooled to approximately 1050° C., and then from 1050° C. to 700° C. followed by turning off the furnace and cooling the glass to room temperature at the natural cooling rate of the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sezhian Annamalai, Steven Bruce Dawes, Kenneth Edward Hrdina
  • Publication number: 20140033736
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body portion, a cooling circuit disposed within the body portion and including at least a first cavity and a microcircuit in fluid communication with the first cavity. A plunged hole intersects at least a portion of the microcircuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Steven Bruce Gautschi, San Quach
  • Publication number: 20130315927
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibody antagonists against proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9a (“PCSK9”) and methods of using such antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: Novartis AG, IRM LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Goldstein, Steven Bruce Cohen, Andrew Schumacher, David Langdon Yowe
  • Publication number: 20130305838
    Abstract: A magnetic flowmeter sensor includes two sensor faces, a conduit, a liner lining the conduit, and mechanical fasteners. The sensor faces are on each end of the sensor for connecting the sensor to the process fluid flow. The conduit connects the two sensor faces for conducting the process fluid flow through the sensor. The liner extends across at least a portion of each sensor face at each end of the flowmeter sensor to form a planar sealing surface on each end of the sensor. The liner includes holes through which the mechanical fasteners pass to mechanically attach the liner to the flowmeter sensor to prevent shifting of the liner. The mechanical fasteners do not extend beyond the planar sealing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Michael Mikolichek, Steven Bruce Rogers
  • Publication number: 20130302141
    Abstract: The cooling system for a turbine may include a plurality of platform cooling openings positioned in a platform of the turbine airfoil. In particular, the first set of cooling openings may create a first cooling path and a second set of cooling openings may be placed in the path of the first cooling path where the first cooling flow will cool the second set of cooling openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: San Quach, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Christina E. Botnick
  • Patent number: 8578736
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making an optical fiber preform. The apparatus has an outer wall and an inner wall. The outer wall surrounds the inner wall and the inner wall surrounds an inner cavity of the apparatus. A consolidated glass rod is deposited in the inner cavity after which particulate glass material, such as glass soot, is deposited in the inner cavity around the glass rod. A radially inward pressure is applied against the particulate glass material to pressurize the particulate glass material against the glass rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Dawes, Douglas H Jennings, Nicolas LeBlond, Christopher Scott Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130280091
    Abstract: An airfoil has a body that includes leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. A leading edge wall provides the exterior airfoil surface at the leading edge. An impingement wall is integrally formed with the leading edge wall to provide an impingement cavity between the leading edge wall and the impingement wall and multiple impingement holes are provided in the impingement wall. The impingement holes are spaced laterally across the impingement wall. A method of manufacturing an airfoil includes the steps of depositing multiple layers of powdered metal onto one another, joining the layers to one another with reference to CAD data relating to a particular cross-section of an airfoil, and producing the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Matthew A. Devore, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Benjamin T. Fisk
  • Publication number: 20130280081
    Abstract: A core for an airfoil includes a refractory metal structure having a variable thickness. An airfoil 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, and the second thickness is less than 0.060 inch (1.52 mm). A method of manufacturing a refractory metal core includes depositing multiple layers of powdered metal onto one another, joining the layers to one another with reference to CAD data relating to a particular cross-section of a refractory metal core, and producing the core having a variable thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Matthew A. Devore, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Benjamin T. Fisk
  • Publication number: 20130280093
    Abstract: A core has a body that includes a cooling passage portion with a film cooling passage portion extending there from to a film cooling hole portion. An exterior airfoil portion is connected to the film cooling hole portion and is spaced apart from the cooling passage portion to provide a space surrounding the film cooling hole portion that corresponds to an exterior airfoil wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Steven Bruce Gautschl, Mattew A. Devore, Benjamin T. Fisk
  • Patent number: D695901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven Bruce Heinecke, Richard L. Jacobson