Patents by Inventor Vanita Mani
Vanita Mani 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: 8208602Abstract: A system for producing at least one high flux photon beam is provided. The system includes two or more photon sources configured to produce photon beams, and at least one first stage optic device coupled to at least one of the photon sources and providing at least one focused photon beam through total internal reflection, wherein at least one of the photon beams and the focused photon beams are combined at a virtual focal spot.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Susanne Madeline Lee, Peter Michael Edic, Vanita Mani, Forrest Frank Hopkins, Eberhard Neuser
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Patent number: 8129894Abstract: A structure includes a substrate and a metallized carbon nano-structure extending from a portion of the substrate. In a method of making a metallized carbon nanostructure, at least one carbon structure formed on a substrate is placed in a furnace. A metallic vapor is applied to the carbon nanostructure at a preselected temperature for a preselected period of time so that a metallized nanostructure forms about the carbon nanostructure.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Loucas Tsakalakos, Sung Su Han, John Aibangbee Osaheni, Vanita Mani
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Publication number: 20110206187Abstract: A system for producing at least one high flux photon beam is provided. The system includes two or more photon sources configured to produce photon beams, and at least one first stage optic device coupled to at least one of the photon sources and providing at least one focused photon beam through total internal reflection, wherein at least one of the photon beams and the focused photon beams are combined at a virtual focal spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Susanne Madeline Lee, Peter Michael Edic, Vanita Mani, Forrest Frank Hopkins, Eberhard Neuser
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Patent number: 7926311Abstract: The present technique provides systems and methods for integrally washing and drying laundry articles in a home application. Certain embodiments provide a home laundry machine having a drying mechanism pneumatically coupled to a laundry enclosure via an air inlet and an air outlet. The drying mechanism comprises a heating device disposed upstream of the air inlet and a cooling device disposed downstream of the air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vanita Mani, Darren L. Hallman, Olga K. Zhushma
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Publication number: 20100283033Abstract: A structure includes a substrate and a metallized carbon nano-structure extending from a portion of the substrate. In a method of making a metallized carbon nanostructure, at least one carbon structure formed on a substrate is placed in a furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2007Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Loucas Tsakalakos, Sung Su Han, John Aibangbee Osaheni, Vanita Mani
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Publication number: 20090041198Abstract: Systems and methods for highly collimated and temporally variable X-ray beams. Disclosed herein is a system for producing a collimated X-ray beam, the system including one or more distributed electron sources configured to produce electron beams, one or more X-ray production targets configured to receive the electron beams and to generate X-ray beams at X-ray focal spots, X-ray optics configured to collect the X-ray beams from the X-ray focal spots, wherein the X-rays optics are configured to focus the X-ray beams to a single virtual focal spot, and an X-ray collimator configured to collimate the X-ray beams from the virtual focal spot to generate the collimated X-ray beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: John Scott Price, Vanita Mani, Antonio Caiafa, Kristopher John Frutschy, Susanne Madeline Lee, Vasile Bogden Neculaes, Fred Sharifi, Yun Zou
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Patent number: 7318763Abstract: A structure includes a substrate and a metallized carbon nano-structure extending from a portion of the substrate. In a method of making a metallized carbon nanostructure, at least one carbon structure formed on a substrate is placed in a furnace. A metallic vapor is applied to the carbon nanostructure at a preselected temperature for a preselected period of time so that a metallized nanostructure.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Loucas Tsakalakos, Sung Su Han, John Aibangbee Osaheni, Vanita Mani
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Patent number: 7308808Abstract: The present invention provides an article cleaning apparatus comprising an air management mechanism, a cleaning basket assembly, a fluid regeneration device, a working fluid device, a clean fluid device, and a controller. The working fluid device is coupled to the fluid regeneration device, the cleaning basket assembly, and the air management mechanism. The clean fluid device is coupled to the cleaning basket assembly and the fluid regeneration device. The controller is coupled to the air management mechanism, the cleaning basket assembly, the working fluid device, the regeneration device, and the clean fluid device. The controller is configured to control a cleaning process. The present invention also provides a method for performing the cleaning process.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Darren Lee Hallman, David Joseph Najewicz, Sung Jin Kim, Andrew Denise Varghese, Thomas Joseph Fyvie, Teresa Grocela-Rocha, Vanita Mani, Warren Frank Bessler
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Publication number: 20060097615Abstract: A structure includes a substrate and a metallized carbon nano-structure extending from a portion of the substrate. In a method of making a metallized carbon nanostructure, at least one carbon structure formed on a substrate is placed in a furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2004Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Loucas Tsakalakos, Sung Han, John Osaheni, Vanita Mani
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Publication number: 20050112048Abstract: In a method of making an elongated carbide nanostructure, a plurality of spatially-separated catalyst particles is applied to a substrate. The spatially-separated catalyst particles and at least a portion of the substrate are exposed to a metal-containing vapor at a preselected temperature and for a period sufficient to cause an inorganic nano-structure to form between the substrate and at least one of the catalyst particles. The inorganic nano-structure is exposed to a carbon-containing vapor source at a preselected temperature and for a period sufficient to carburize the inorganic nano-structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: May 26, 2005Inventors: Loucas Tsakalakos, Ji-Ung Lee, William Huber, Reed Corderman, Vanita Mani
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Publication number: 20050071929Abstract: The present technique provides systems and methods for integrally washing and drying laundry articles in a home application. Certain embodiments provide a home laundry machine having a drying mechanism pneumatically coupled to a laundry enclosure via an air inlet and an air outlet. The drying mechanism comprises a heating device disposed upstream of the air inlet and a cooling device disposed downstream of the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2003Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Vanita Mani, Darren Hallman, Olga Zhushma
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Publication number: 20040255394Abstract: A method for drying articles is provided comprising, providing a wash basket within a wash drum inside a washing machine and an air stream which follows an air flow path through the wash basket and through the machine. Then engaging a heater located along the air flow path, engaging a cooling unit located along the air flow path, and spinning the wash basket with the heating unit and cooling units engaged. Also provided is an apparatus for drying articles comprising, an air stream which follows an air flow path through a washing machine comprising a wash basket, a heating unit located along the air stream, a cooling unit located along the air stream, and a supplemental heater located along the air stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Vanita Mani, Darren Hallman, Robert Sundell
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Publication number: 20040045096Abstract: A solvent vapor sensor for determining amounts of solvent vapor flowing during a solvent dry cleaning process is provided. The solvent cleaning process utilizes a solvent based cleaning fluid primarily made up of cyclic siloxane solvent. The solvent vapor sensor, i.e., a chemical specific sensor, may be configured in various forms, such as a spectroscopic sensor, a piezo-based sensor, a strain-gauge based sensor, and a capacitive sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vanita Mani, Darren Lee Hallman, Thomas Joseph Fyvie, James Claude Carnahan
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Publication number: 20030196277Abstract: The present invention provides an article cleaning apparatus comprising an air management mechanism, a cleaning basket assembly, a fluid regeneration device, a working fluid device, a clean fluid device, and a controller. The working fluid device is coupled to the fluid regeneration device, the cleaning basket assembly, and the air management mechanism. The clean fluid device is coupled to the cleaning basket assembly and the fluid regeneration device. The controller is coupled to the air management mechanism, the cleaning basket assembly, the working fluid device, the regeneration device, and the clean fluid device. The controller is configured to control a cleaning process. The present invention also provides a method for performing the cleaning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2002Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Darren Lee Hallman, David Joseph Najewicz, Sung Jin Kim, Andrew Denise Varghese, Thomas Joseph Fyvie, Teresa Grocela-Rocha, Vanita Mani, Warren Frank Bessler