Patents by Inventor T. Allen

T. Allen 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).

  • Low-altitude altimeter and method
    Patent number: 9008869
    Abstract: A low-altitude altimeter (10) and a method of determining low altitudes for unmanned aerial vehicles (24). The altimeter includes at least two illuminators (12, 14), at least one sensor (16), and a computing device (18). The illuminators (12, 14) emit signals which are received by the sensor (16) in such a way that an angle at which they are received is determinable by the computing device (18). The computing device (18) processes each signal received by the sensor (16), determines the angle at which the sensor (16) received the signal, and, based thereon, determines the altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle (24). When a first pair of illuminators are arranged along a fuselage axis, and a second pair of illuminators are arranged orthogonally to that axis, the computing device can combine first and second altitude, pitch angle, and roll angle measurements to provide a more refined altitude determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Christopher T. Allen, Trenton Shuey, Rongqing Hui
  • Rinse aid release detection method
    Patent number: 8968486
    Abstract: A dishwashing machine configured to detect the presence of rinse aid in fluid in a washing chamber of the dishwashing machine. An electronic controller selects the drying stage of the dishwashing cycle based on whether rinse aid is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas T. Allen, Jonathan D. King, Brooke L. Lau, Jacek Szostak
  • MICROBIAL REDUCTION IN A PROCESSING STREAM OF A MILLED PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20150050397
    Abstract: A process for treating a milled product to reduce microbial activity at a high confidence level is disclosed. A sterile ready to eat milled product at a high confidence of sterility is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Glen L. Weaver, Edith D. Akins-Lewenthal, Bradley T. Allen, Scott R. Baker, Dean Hoerning, Anthony E. Petersen, Richard W. Schumacher, Benjamin Warren
  • Attendant Control Panel Virtual Trainer
    Publication number: 20150040066
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system, method, and apparatus for a virtual trainer for a control panel for a vehicle. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed system comprises a device with a screen, where the virtual trainer is loaded onto the device, and the virtual trainer is to display, on the screen of the device, available selections relating to different functions for the vehicle, as shown on the control panel for the vehicle. In one or more embodiments, the vehicle is a multi-passenger vehicle. In at least one embodiment, the vehicle is an aircraft, a terrestrial vehicle, or a marine vehicle. In some embodiments, the device is mobile or stationary. In one or more embodiments, the device is a tablet device and/or the control panel itself. In at least one embodiment, the screen of the device is a touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: John P. Baron, Khashayar Borumand, Severn T. Allen
  • Turbine generator stator core attachment technique
    Patent number: 8941282
    Abstract: A stator core (105) including tabbed laminations (100) stacked face-to-face to form a plurality of tabbed lamination modules (107), with each tabbed lamination including a first tab (102) and a second tab (104) extending from a circumferential edge of the lamination. Non-tabbed laminations are also stacked face-to-face to form a plurality of non-tabbed lamination modules (109), each non-tabbed lamination lacking a tab. The tabbed lamination modules are stacked face-to-face in an alternating configuration with non-tabbed lamination modules. The tabs are used to attach the stator core to an inside surface of an electrical generator frame (2), such as by attaching the tabs to frame support rings (4) of the generator frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Allen, Josue Marrero
  • Light emitting diodes including current spreading layer and barrier sublayers
    Patent number: 8907366
    Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting devices, such as light emitting diodes, include a substrate, an epitaxial region on the substrate that includes a light emitting region such as a light emitting diode region, and a multilayer conductive stack including a current spreading layer, on the epitaxial region. A barrier layer is provided on the current spreading layer and extending on a sidewall of the current spreading layer. The multilayer conductive stack can also include an ohmic layer between the reflector and the epitaxial region. The barrier layer further extends on a sidewall of the ohmic layer. The barrier layer can also extend onto the epitaxial region outside the multilayer conductive stack. The barrier layer can be fabricated as a series of alternating first and second sublayers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Slater, Jr., Bradley E. Williams, Peter S. Andrews, John A. Edmond, Scott T. Allen
  • Automated method for quality control and quality assurance of sized bridging material
    Patent number: 8813585
    Abstract: A method for quality control and quality assurance of sized bridging materials rotates a control sample having a fluid portion and a solids portion of sized bridging materials in a tubular container for a predetermined period of time. The control sample is then analyzed in a laser particle size analyzer to determine a particle size distribution for the control sample. A wet grinding sample having a fluid portion and a solids portion of the sized bridging materials is then rotated in the tubular container with a loose cylinder rod for a predetermined time to simulate borehole conditions. The wet grinding sample is then analyzed in the laser particle size analyzer to determine a particle size distribution for the wet grinding sample. The two particle size distributions are used to define a shift factor that represents the relative strength of the sized bridging materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Md. Amanullah, John T. Allen, Mohammed H. Kilani
  • Method of servicing a stator frame that uses spring assemblies to support a stator core
    Patent number: 8813333
    Abstract: A method for servicing a stator frame of a power generator includes removing a first stator core from a main housing of the frame. A support assembly including a plurality of rails and a trolley is used to insert second laminations of a second stator core into the main housing. The rails extend axially within a bottom portion of the main housing and provide support for the trolley and for the second laminations as they are being inserted into the main housing. The trolley is provided for axial movement on the rails for inserting the second laminations into the main housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis J. Vitello, David T. Allen
  • Microbial reduction in a processing stream of a milled product
    Patent number: 8808773
    Abstract: A process for treating a milled product to reduce microbial activity at a high confidence level is disclosed. A sterile ready to eat milled product at a high confidence of sterility is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Glen Lester Weaver, Edith D. Akins-Lewenthal, Bradley T. Allen, Scott R. Baker, Dean Hoerning, Anthony E. Petersen, Richard William Schumacher, Benjamin Warren
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING A BLOCKED ROTATING SPRAY ARM IN A DISHWASHER
    Publication number: 20140209120
    Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and at least one rotating sprayer provided in the treating chamber to determine a standstill condition of the rotating sprayer during an automatic cycle of operation that includes a rotation of the spray arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: DOUGLAS T. ALLEN, PAUL R. JOHNSON, BLAYNE C. SMITH
  • Composite tube having co-bonded end fittings
    Patent number: 8713895
    Abstract: A structural member such as a strut includes a composite material tube having metal end fittings that are attached to the tube by co-bonded, double shear joints. The double shear bond joint construction reduces the residual stress on the bonds that result from mismatch of the coefficients of thermal expansion of the composite tube and the metal end fittings. The ends of the fittings that are bonded to the tube may include a stepped profile that functions to limit the peak stresses in the bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher T. Allen, Patrick D. Bertrand, Derek J. Fox, William B. Grace, Kenneth M. Harrison, Wesley L. Holman, Menelaos S. Kafkalidis, James R. Schnelz, Edward M. Fisher
  • Support assembly for servicing a stator frame that uses spring assemblies to support a stator core
    Patent number: 8714534
    Abstract: A support assembly for servicing a stator frame of a power generator includes a plurality of rails and a trolley. The rails are supported on frame rings of a main housing of the stator frame. The rails have upper surfaces that provide temporary support for lower support surfaces of second laminations of a second stator core once the second laminations are inserted into desired axial positions within the main housing. The trolley is provided for axial movement on the upper surfaces of the rails for inserting the second laminations into the main housing. The trolley includes a lamination-engaging portion including a lamination support surface for supporting upper support surfaces of the second laminations and a plurality of rail wheels provided for axial movement of the trolley within the main housing on the upper surfaces of the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis J. Vitello, David T. Allen
  • Method for crash testing a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8682534
    Abstract: A method for crash testing a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method provides a crash test routine where an inflatable restraint is deployed using a single deployment pattern throughout at least one government regulation zone. This helps to prevent overlap of a transition zone and can help make the deployment of the inflatable restraint more predictable. This can increase occupant safety and simply testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryan Miller, Brian T. Allen
  • LOW-ALTITUDE ALTIMETER AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140058593
    Abstract: A low-altitude altimeter (10) and a method of determining low altitudes for unmanned aerial vehicles (24). The altimeter includes at least two illuminators (12, 14), at least one sensor (16), and a computing device (18). The illuminators (12, 14) emit signals which are received by the sensor (16) in such a way that an angle at which they are received is determinable by the computing device (18). The computing device (18) processes each signal received by the sensor (16), determines the angle at which the sensor (16) received the signal, and, based thereon, determines the altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle (24). When a first pair of illuminators are arranged along a fuselage axis, and a second pair of illuminators are arranged orthogonally to that axis, the computing device can combine first and second altitude, pitch angle, and roll angle measurements to provide a more refined altitude determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
    Inventors: Christopher T. ALLEN, Trenton SHUEY, Rongqing HUI
  • LIGHT EMITTING DIODES INCLUDING CURRENT SPREADING LAYER AND BARRIER SUBLAYERS
    Publication number: 20140048822
    Abstract: Semiconductor light emitting devices, such as light emitting diodes, include a substrate, an epitaxial region on the substrate that includes a light emitting region such as a light emitting diode region, and a multilayer conductive stack including a current spreading layer, on the epitaxial region. A barrier layer is provided on the current spreading layer and extending on a sidewall of the current spreading layer. The multilayer conductive stack can also include an ohmic layer between the reflector and the epitaxial region. The barrier layer further extends on a sidewall of the ohmic layer. The barrier layer can also extend onto the epitaxial region outside the multilayer conductive stack. The barrier layer can be fabricated as a series of alternating first and second sublayers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: David B. Slater, JR., Bradley E. Williams, Peter S. Andrews, John A. Edmond, Scott T. Allen
  • Stator core module, stator core assembly and process for assembling a stator core assembly
    Patent number: 8643246
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a stator core module, stator core assembly and process for assembling a stator core assembly to replace existing stator cores in electric power generators. First and second stator core modules are aligned such that one end of a fastener assembly in the second stator core module is nested in a counter-bore of the first stator core module and one end of a fastener assembly in the first stator core is nested in a counter-bore of the second stator core module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Allen, Victor A. Siegel, Jr.
  • Automobile exterior
    Patent number: D711784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Vincent J Galante, Mark T Allen
  • Automobile exterior
    Patent number: D713308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Vincent J Galante, Mark T Allen
  • Automobile exterior
    Patent number: D720265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Vincent J Galante, Mark T Allen
  • Automobile exterior
    Patent number: D723425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Glover, Brian Nielander, Mark T Allen