Patents by Inventor Todd Franklin
Todd Franklin 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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Patent number: 10060359Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes at least one sensor configured to communicate a signal representative of blower vane position, wherein the blower vane is disposed in a blower of an exhaust gas recirculation system receiving exhaust from a gas turbine system and recycling the exhaust gas back to the gas turbine system. The system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, wherein the controller is configured to execute a control logic to derive a reference value for the blower vane position, and wherein the controller is configured to apply a direct limit, an model-based limit, or a combination thereof, to the reference value to derive a limit-based value, and wherein the controller is configured to position the blower vane based on the limit-based value.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Karl Dean Minto, Todd Franklin Denman, Franklin F. Mittricker, Richard Alan Huntington
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Patent number: 9631542Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor section having one or more combustors configured to generate combustion products and a turbine section having one or more turbine stages between an upstream end and a downstream end. The one or more turbine stages are driven by the combustion products. The gas turbine engine also includes an exhaust section disposed downstream from the downstream end of the turbine section. The exhaust section has an exhaust passage configured to receive the combustion products as an exhaust gas. The gas turbine engine also includes a mixing device disposed in the exhaust section. The mixing device is configured to divide the exhaust gas into a first exhaust gas and a second exhaust gas, and to combine the first and second exhaust gases in a mixing region to produce a mixed exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobile Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Moorthi Subramaniyan, Christian Michael Hansen, Richard A. Huntington, Todd Franklin Denman
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Publication number: 20150377148Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes at least one sensor configured to communicate a signal representative of blower vane position, wherein the blower vane is disposed in a blower of an exhaust gas recirculation system receiving exhaust from a gas turbine system and recycling the exhaust gas back to the gas turbine system. The system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, wherein the controller is configured to execute a control logic to derive a reference value for the blower vane position, and wherein the controller is configured to apply a direct limit, an model-based limit, or a combination thereof, to the reference value to derive a limit-based value, and wherein the controller is configured to position the blower vane based on the limit-based value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Karl Dean Minto, Todd Franklin Denman, Franklin F. Mittricker, Richard Alan Huntington
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Patent number: 9218734Abstract: A device configured to be disposed on or proximate to a dispenser and to detect hand hygiene compliance is provided. The device includes a proximity detection device configured to detect a location and an identifier of a caregiver within a proximity of the device. The device also includes a transducer configured to detect a release event from the dispenser by detecting an acoustic waveform emitted from the dispenser when soap or sanitizer is released from the dispenser. The device further includes a processing device configured to associate the caregiver with the release event based on detecting the acoustic waveform when the caregiver is located within the proximity of the device.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert Lee Wallace, Todd Franklin Scarola
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Publication number: 20150296769Abstract: A bootstrap system releasably positively connects a hunter's boot to a base platform of a climbing tree stand in a manner giving control when raising (or lowering) the base platform as part of climbing (or descending) a tree. The system includes an upper strapping component comprising a nylon strap with buckle and strap lock attached to the hunter's boot shaft, and a lower strapping component having similar components and that is releasably attached to the upper strapping component and to the base platform. The bootstrap system can be used in combination with known toe-restraint devices on the base platform of a climbing tree stands. The bootstrap system is adjustable for any boot size, and for use with a wide variety of climbing tree stands.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventor: Todd Franklin Rebone
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Publication number: 20150179047Abstract: A device configured to be disposed on or proximate to a dispenser and to detect hand hygiene compliance is provided. The device includes a proximity detection device configured to detect a location and an identifier of a caregiver within a proximity of the device. The device also includes a transducer configured to detect a release event from the dispenser by detecting an acoustic waveform emitted from the dispenser when soap or sanitizer is released from the dispenser. The device further includes a processing device configured to associate the caregiver with the release event based on detecting the acoustic waveform when the caregiver is located within the proximity of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Robert Lee Wallace, Todd Franklin Scarola
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Publication number: 20150000292Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor section having one or more combustors configured to generate combustion products and a turbine section having one or more turbine stages between an upstream end and a downstream end. The one or more turbine stages are driven by the combustion products. The gas turbine engine also includes an exhaust section disposed downstream from the downstream end of the turbine section. The exhaust section has an exhaust passage configured to receive the combustion products as an exhaust gas. The gas turbine engine also includes a mixing device disposed in the exhaust section. The mixing device is configured to divide the exhaust gas into a first exhaust gas and a second exhaust gas, and to combine the first and second exhaust gases in a mixing region to produce a mixed exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Moorthi Subramaniyan, Christian Michael Hansen, Richard A. Huntington, Todd Franklin Denman
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Patent number: 8862483Abstract: Data capture and workflow management devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a data processing system having a processor and a storage device. The storage device may include application instructions encoded therein, and the application instructions may include a workflow engine to facilitate healthcare delivery to a patient. The system may further a data capture device to communicate data to the data processing system over a network. The data capture device may be provided in the form of a magnet board including a plurality of magnetic sensors to detect user-placement of a magnet within a region associated with a magnetic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Todd Franklin Scarola
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Patent number: 8593282Abstract: Techniques are provided for reducing the transmission of infrared (IR) signals outside of a reclamation receptacle. Techniques include using a reclamation receptacle having an IR transmitter configured to transmit IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in a closed configuration and configured to cease transmission of the IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in an open configuration. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be deposited in the reclamation receptacle. The RFID tag may receive the IR signals and generate a radio frequency (RF) signal in response to the IR signals, wherein the RF signal indicates that the RFID tag is in the reclamation receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Todd Franklin Scarola, Lynn Ann DeRose, John Michael Lizzi, Jr., Douglas Roy Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Brandon Stephen Good, Francis Christopher Hann
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Patent number: 8463619Abstract: Location tracking systems and techniques are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a memory device and a processor configured to execute a plurality of routines stored in the memory device. The plurality of routines includes receiving of a plurality of patient locations as provided by a respective plurality of location-providing systems from one or more data sources, determination of a resolved patient location by selecting one of the plurality of patient locations based at least in part on a hierarchy of patient locations, and outputting of the resolved patient location. In some embodiments, the location-providing systems may include a real-time location system and a static location system, which may provide a current location and an assigned location, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Todd Franklin Scarola
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Publication number: 20120050043Abstract: Techniques are provided for reducing the transmission of infrared (IR) signals outside of a reclamation receptacle. Techniques include using a reclamation receptacle having an IR transmitter configured to transmit IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in a closed configuration and configured to cease transmission of the IR signals when the reclamation receptacle is in an open configuration. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be deposited in the reclamation receptacle. The RFID tag may receive the IR signals and generate a radio frequency (RF) signal in response to the IR signals, wherein the RF signal indicates that the RFID tag is in the reclamation receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Todd Franklin Scarola, Lynn Ann DeRose, John Michael Lizzi, JR., Douglas Roy Forman, Charles Burton Theurer, Brandon Stephen Good, Francis Christopher Hann
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Publication number: 20110137671Abstract: Data capture and workflow management devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a data processing system having a processor and a storage device. The storage device may include application instructions encoded therein, and the application instructions may include a workflow engine to facilitate healthcare delivery to a patient. The system may further a data capture device to communicate data to the data processing system over a network. The data capture device may be provided in the form of a magnet board including a plurality of magnetic sensors to detect user-placement of a magnet within a region associated with a magnetic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventor: Todd Franklin Scarola
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Publication number: 20100204999Abstract: Location tracking systems and techniques are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a memory device and a processor configured to execute a plurality of routines stored in the memory device. The plurality of routines includes receiving of a plurality of patient locations as provided by a respective plurality of location-providing systems from one or more data sources, determination of a resolved patient location by selecting one of the plurality of patient locations based at least in part on a hierarchy of patient locations, and outputting of the resolved patient location. In some embodiments, the location-providing systems may include a real-time location system and a static location system, which may provide a current location and an assigned location, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventor: Todd Franklin Scarola
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Publication number: 20050242954Abstract: An anti-theft surveillance system capable of detecting the presence of tags affixed to merchandise. The tags contain a diode attached to two dipole elements. When the tag receives a low frequency signal and a high frequency signal, it will emit two side bands. The system includes a low frequency transmitter, a high frequency transmitter, and a receiver. The two transmitters place a low frequency signal and a high frequency signal in proximity to the guarded area (typically a store doorway). When a tag is near the doorway, the receiver will receive the upper side band and lower side band. The receiver reduces the frequency of the upper and lower side band signals to form an intermediate frequency upper side band and an intermediate frequency lower side band. These two intermediate frequency signals are then fed into two separate detector circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2004Publication date: November 3, 2005Inventors: Todd Franklin, Paul Kelley