Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Quinn
Thomas F. Quinn 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).
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Publication number: 20230340946Abstract: A self-clamping cable guard for clamping power cables of a power cable bundle of a cable support arrangement in a wind turbine, whereby the self-clamping cable guard includes three recesses arranged about a central longitudinal axis of the self-clamping cable guard for positively clamping a power cable of the power cable bundle inside of each of the three recesses, and whereby the self-clamping cable guard includes three wear protection plates arranged about the central longitudinal axis, whereby each of the three recesses includes an open side for insertion of a respective power cable of the power cable bundle therein, each of the open sides of one of the three recesses being respectively limited by two of the three wear protection plates to protect the power cables clamped inside the recesses from wear. A cable support arrangement for a wind turbine and a wind turbine is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Thomas F. Quinn, Nicholas VanDam
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Patent number: 11037259Abstract: A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: ITIP Development, LLCInventor: Thomas F. Quinn, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200334757Abstract: Systems and methods analyze electronic invoice data. The system accesses invoice data stored in memory. The invoice data includes a matter identifier with service charges and service dates. The system also identifies a target date associated with the matter identifier and a service associated with the target date. The system also accesses service time period data stored in the memory for the identified service. The system also calculates a service start date and a service end date based on the service time period data and the target date. The system also identifies from the invoice data the service charges between the service start date and the service end date. The system also stores a record in the memory to correlate the service with each of the identified service charges between the service start date and the service end date. Resulting data can be summed together, averaged over multiple services, and benchmarked for different service providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventor: Thomas F. Quinn, JR.
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Publication number: 20190295201Abstract: A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventor: Thomas F. Quinn, Jr.
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Patent number: 10380707Abstract: A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ITIP Development, LLCInventor: Thomas F. Quinn, Jr.
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Patent number: 10222355Abstract: An apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventors: James F. Landy, Thomas F. Quinn, Daniel R. Ryan, Derrick Marcantel
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Publication number: 20180217107Abstract: An apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: James F. Landy, Thomas F. Quinn, Daniel R. Ryan, Derrick Marcantel
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Patent number: 9964524Abstract: A method and an apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventors: James F. Landy, Thomas F. Quinn, Daniel R. Ryan, Derrick Marcantel
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Publication number: 20170200227Abstract: Systems and methods analyze electronic invoice data. The system accesses invoice data stored in memory. The invoice data includes a matter identifier with service charges and service dates. The system also identifies a target date associated with the matter identifier and a service associated with the target date. The system also accesses service time period data stored in the memory for the identified service. The system also calculates a service start date and a service end date based on the service time period data and the target date. The system also identifies from the invoice data the service charges between the service start date and the service end date. The system also stores a record in the memory to correlate the service with each of the identified service charges between the service start date and the service end date. Resulting data can be summed together, averaged over multiple services, and benchmarked for different service providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventor: Thomas F. QUINN
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Publication number: 20160377578Abstract: A method and an apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: James F. Landy, Thomas F. Quinn, Daniel R. Ryan, Derrick Marcantel
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Patent number: 9429546Abstract: Ultrasonic bolt inspection apparatus and methods facilitate in situ as well as bench non-destructive evaluation (NDE) inspection of fastening bolt distal ends and their mating nuts. The apparatus is coupled to an exposed end of a fastener bolt head, its exposed thread tip or to a mating nut. The apparatus retains a phased array ultrasonic probe that generates inspection scan data and a rotational position encoder that generates rotational position data. The probe is coupled to an ultrasonic inspection system analyzer, which converts scan data into inspection data that characterizes possible defects in the inspected bolt. A system controller is coupled to the analyzer and the rotational position encoder, correlating rotation position data and inspection data, in order to identify location and characteristics of possible defects in the inspected bolt end.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.Inventors: Jason E. Williams, Thomas F. Quinn, Derrick Marcantel, Zafir A. M. Abdo
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Patent number: 9354190Abstract: Apparatus and method for monitoring and quantifying progression of a structural anomaly, such as crack, over a surface of a component (12) in a high temperature environment of a combustion turbine engine The apparatus may include an electrically-insulating layer (14) formed at least over a portion of the surface of the component of the combustion turbine engine. At least a first detection leg (16) may be disposed on the electrically-insulating layer The first detection leg may be adapted to operate under a desired sensing modality from a bi-modal sensing scheme, such as may be implemented in one sensing modality by way of monitoring changes of an electrical parameter in an electrical circuit formed by the detection leg The sensing scheme may also be implemented by way of imaging radiance energy emitted by the detection leg.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Thomas F. Quinn, Anand A. Kulkarni, James F. Landy
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Publication number: 20150212021Abstract: Apparatus and method for monitoring and quantifying progression of a structural anomaly, such as crack, over a surface of a component (12) in a high temperature environment of a combustion turbine engine The apparatus may include an electrically-insulating layer (14) formed at least over a portion of the surface of the component of the combustion turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.Inventors: Thomas F. Quinn, Anand A. Kulkarni, James F. Landy
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Publication number: 20150066747Abstract: A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Thomas F. Quinn, JR.
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Publication number: 20140283612Abstract: Ultrasonic bolt inspection apparatus and methods facilitate in situ as well as bench non-destructive evaluation (NDE) inspection of fastening bolt distal ends and their mating nuts. The apparatus is coupled to an exposed end of a fastener bolt head, its exposed thread tip or to a mating nut. The apparatus retains a phased array ultrasonic probe that generates inspection scan data and a rotational position encoder that generates rotational position data. The probe is coupled to an ultrasonic inspection system analyzer, which converts scan data into inspection data that characterizes possible defects in the inspected bolt. A system controller is coupled to the analyzer and the rotational position encoder, correlating rotation position data and inspection data, in order to identify location and characteristics of possible defects in the inspected bolt end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Jason E. Williams, Thomas F. Quinn, Derrick Marcantel, Zafir A.M. Abdo
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Publication number: 20120036077Abstract: A system is provided that has a filing manager for managing the filing of legal documents in a plurality of offices. The filing manager communicates with a client, and service providers including a drafting law firm, a translation partner, filing agents and designated prosecution agents. The filing manager includes a database for storing data relevant to the filing of a legal document. The filing manager also includes process circuitry configured to compute and execute a routine to manage the filing of legal documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventor: Thomas F. Quinn, JR.
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Publication number: 20100223108Abstract: This invention generally relates to a computer system and method for objectively analyzing the quality and cost of work performed by legal service providers. Price and quality of legal service providers can be compared to various benchmarks for by industry, region, complexity, corporate targets and the like. A user of the system can analyze the cost and quality of a corporation's legal counsel and offer suggestions and solutions that resolve issues identified by the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventor: Thomas F. Quinn, JR.