Patents by Inventor Steven William Wik

Steven William Wik 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: 9255779
    Abstract: A taper gauge that includes an elongate taper assembly that has a tip section and an electronics section that includes a location determining element that collects data related to a measurement area when the tip section is inserted in the measurement area and a power source. An embodiment allows for increased precision, accuracy, and speed for wireless measurement of gaps. A method and system that uses the taper gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Brandon Laflen, John William Herbold, William Judson Hendrix, Jason Harris Karp, Yakov Polishchuk, Robert William Tait, Steven William Wik, Juntao Wu
  • Publication number: 20150238082
    Abstract: A system includes wireless sensor devices monitoring a patient, a gateway device providing dual-frequency adaptive protocol time synchronization signals to the sensor devices, the time synchronization signals including a communication frame structure having time slots including two beacon signal time slots and a plurality of data slots, where the sensor devices transmit respective patient data a first time interleaved within a first data slot and a second time interleaved within a second data slot, the first interleaved data transmission and the second interleaved data transmission are each transmitted at respective different frequencies provided to the sensor devices in beacon signals received from the gateway device. The first interleaved data transmission includes both current data and previous data from the at least two wireless sensor devices, and a frequency agility pattern separates adjacent channels by a respective predetermined frequency offset. A method and non-transitory medium are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stanislava Soro, David Michael Davenport, Steven William Wik, SM Shajedul Hasan
  • Patent number: 9041532
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing patient monitoring devices are disclosed. Patient information is transmitted from a patient sensor operatively coupled to a patient to a patient monitor. The patient sensor and the patient monitor are communicatively coupled over a communications network available in a designated monitoring area. Further, loss of the patient sensor from the designated monitoring area is detected by one or more of the patient sensor, the patient monitor and a user. One or more loss prevention indicators are initiated at the patient sensor upon detecting the loss of the patient sensor. Additionally, the loss prevention indicators are communicated to indicate location of the lost patient sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: SM Shajedul Hasan, David Michael Davenport, Steven William Wik
  • Publication number: 20150130480
    Abstract: A remote monitoring system is presented. The system includes a sensor unit disposed in the electrical device, and configured to obtain measurement characteristics in response to a measurand of the electrical device, obtain reference characteristics insensitive to the measurand of the electrical device, and communicate the measurement characteristics and the reference characteristics using time varying electromagnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ertugrul Berkcan, Yongjae Lee, SM Shajedul Hasan, Steven William Wik
  • Publication number: 20150123786
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing patient monitoring devices are disclosed. Patient information is transmitted from a patient sensor operatively coupled to a patient to a patient monitor. The patient sensor and the patient monitor are communicatively coupled over a communications network available in a designated monitoring area. Further, loss of the patient sensor from the designated monitoring area is detected by one or more of the patient sensor, the patient monitor and a user. One or more loss prevention indicators are initiated at the patient sensor upon detecting the loss of the patient sensor. Additionally, the loss prevention indicators are communicated to indicate location of the lost patient sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: SM Shajedul Hasan, David Michael Davenport, Steven William Wik
  • Publication number: 20150096183
    Abstract: A taper gauge that includes an elongate taper assembly that has a tip section and an electronics section that includes a location determining element that collects data related to a measurement area when the tip section is inserted in the measurement area and a power source. An embodiment allows for increased precision, accuracy, and speed for wireless measurement of gaps. A method and system that uses the taper gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Brandon Laflen, John William Herbold, William Judson Hendrix, Jason Harris Karp, Yakov Polishchuk, Robert William Tait, Steven William Wik, Juntao Wu
  • Publication number: 20150097671
    Abstract: A metrological interface device includes a printed circuit board (“PCB”) including at least one metrological sensor communication interface and at least one first wireless communication interface. The metrological interface device is in communication with a metrological sensing device via the metrological sensor communication interface. Each metrological sensing device is coupled to a physical asset. Each metrological interface device is configured to receive the metrological data from the metrological sensing device. The metrological interface device is configured to receive metrological data from the metrological sensing device via the metrological sensor communication interface. Metrological data represents physical measurement data associated with the physical asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: John Brandon Laflen, SM Shajedul Hasan, Steven William Wik, Yang Zhao, Yakov Polishchuk, Patrick Jay Biel
  • Publication number: 20150023204
    Abstract: A system includes a first network member that includes a first channel and a second channel. The first channel is configured as a charging channel and is configured to at least one of wirelessly receive or transmit power. The first channel is also configured to transmit network pairing information for at least one of pairing or un-pairing the first network member and a second network member. The network pairing information is transmitted over the first channel at a first frequency. The second channel is configured as an operational channel, and is configured to communicate operational information between the first and second network members when the first and second network members are paired. The operational information is transmitted over the second channel at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven William Wik, David Michael Davenport, SM Shajedul Hasan
  • Patent number: 8919004
    Abstract: The present application provides for feeler gauges. The feeler gauges include a plurality of elongate measuring leaves rotatably coupled on a common axis of rotation with an elongate housing. The leaves may be manually, selectively rotatable between a “home” position wherein the leaves are substantially aligned with the housing and an “extended” position wherein the leaves are spaced from the housing. The leaves may be relatively flexible and substantially flat such that they define a substantially constant thickness. One or more extended leaves may be used to measure the thickness of a clearance or gap. The gauges may be configured to detect, determine or measure the thickness of the leaves that are in the “home” position and/or the “extended” position, and thereby determine the total thickness of a clearance or gap measured by the extended leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Juntao Wu, Robert William Tait, Cheryl (Chun) Zhan, John Brandon Laflen, Steven William Wik, John Herbold, S. M. Shajedul Hasan