Patents by Inventor Walter John Smith
Walter John Smith 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: 20240090491Abstract: An insert for an arthropod trapping device. The insert comprising a substrate and a frame for supporting the substrate, where a surface of the substrate has an adhesive disposed thereon, an optional mounting bracket spaced apart from the adhesive surface of the insert and located at a first end of the insert, and an optional graspable tab extending from the frame at a second end of the insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Christopher Lawrence SMITH, Benjamin Patrick HALE, Adam James BURT, Erik John HASENOEHRL, Danilo ROSSI, Andrea PEDROTTI, Walter SORDO, Alessio GIOVANELLI, Brian Lee FLOYD, Hirotaka UCHIYAMA, Thomas Bernard WALKER, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves CLERC
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Patent number: 11092018Abstract: Damping members for turbocharger assemblies, methods for providing turbocharger assemblies, and turbocharger assemblies are described herein. The damping members include bodies having shapes to fit between a recess extending into a rotor disk of a turbocharger and laterally protruding shoulders of platforms in neighboring blades of the turbocharger. The bodies dampen vibrations of the blades during rotation of the blades. The damping members may include a variety of shapes, such as a sheet, a wedge, a tapered pin, a cylindrical pin, a bent sheet, or another shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Yashwanth Tummala, Letian Wang, Walter John Smith, Daniel Edward Loringer, Brian Denver Potter, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 10808788Abstract: Dampers and a fuel delivery systems including such dampers are disclosed. The damper includes a first component and a dampening component. The first component is coupled to a first tubular element and includes a first extended hollow section. The dampening component is coupled to a second tubular element. The dampening component includes a first end portion including a plurality of slits. The first end portion is disposed within the first extended hollow section to frictionally couple the first end portion to the first extended hollow section.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Erklin Seeley, Walter John Smith, Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Andrew Joseph Wickersham
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Patent number: 10577884Abstract: A blind shear ram includes an upper carrier including an upper blade and a lower carrier including a lower blade. The upper carrier and the lower carrier are positionable in a first position in which the upper carrier and the lower carrier are spaced apart and a second position in which the upper carrier and the lower carrier seal a wellbore. The upper blade and the lower blade are configured to cut at least one pipe and at least one cable when the upper carrier and the lower carrier move between the first position and the second position. At least one of the upper blade and the lower blade includes a textured surface configured to induce friction between the at least one cable and the blade.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Deepak Trivedi, Kevin James Shufon, Walter John Smith, Charles Erklin Seeley, Brian Scott Baker
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Publication number: 20180291976Abstract: Dampers and a fuel delivery systems including such dampers are disclosed. The damper includes a first component and a dampening component. The first component is coupled to a first tubular element and includes a first extended hollow section. The dampening component is coupled to a second tubular element. The dampening component includes a first end portion including a plurality of slits. The first end portion is disposed within the first extended hollow section to frictionally couple the first end portion to the first extended hollow section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Charles Erklin Seeley, Walter John Smith, Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Andrew Joseph Wickersham
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Publication number: 20180283128Abstract: A blind shear ram includes an upper carrier including an upper blade and a lower carrier including a lower blade. The upper carrier and the lower carrier are positionable in a first position in which the upper carrier and the lower carrier are spaced apart and a second position in which the upper carrier and the lower carrier seal a wellbore. The upper blade and the lower blade are configured to cut at least one pipe and at least one cable when the upper carrier and the lower carrier move between the first position and the second position. At least one of the upper blade and the lower blade includes a textured surface configured to induce friction between the at least one cable and the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Deepak Trivedi, Kevin James Shufon, Walter John Smith, Charles Erklin Seeley, Brian Scott Baker
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Publication number: 20170037734Abstract: Damping members for turbocharger assemblies, methods for providing turbocharger assemblies, and turbocharger assemblies are described herein. The damping members include bodies having shapes to fit between a recess extending into a rotor disk of a turbocharger and laterally protruding shoulders of platforms in neighboring blades of the turbocharger. The bodies dampen vibrations of the blades during rotation of the blades. The damping members may include a variety of shapes, such as a sheet, a wedge, a tapered pin, a cylindrical pin, a bent sheet, or another shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Yashwanth Tummala, Letian Wang, Walter John Smith, Daniel Edward Loringer, Brian Denver Potter, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 9429191Abstract: A journal bearing assembly includes a bearing housing, a plurality of bearing pads, and a plurality of bearing pad support assemblies. The bearing housing includes a radial outer wall. The plurality of bearing pads are mounted within the bearing housing, and include at least one of a gas permeable porous media and an array of gas delivery holes. The plurality of bearing pad support assemblies are radially interposed between the bearing pads and the radial outer wall. Each of the bearing pad support assemblies includes a spring assembly and a damper assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bugra Han Ertas, Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Darren Lee Hallman, Walter John Smith
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Patent number: 9121448Abstract: A hermetically sealed damper assembly includes a sealed damper housing, a plunger, and a load transferring member coupled to the plunger. The sealed damper housing includes a body having a cavity and a resistive flow path defined therein. The cavity and resistive flow path are filled with a viscous fluid. The body includes a plurality of springs integrally formed therein. The plunger is disposed within the cavity, and separates the cavity into a first control volume and a second control volume. The resistive flow path provides fluid communication between the first and second control volumes. The plunger is coupled to the damper housing by the plurality of springs such that the springs provide a restorative force to the plunger. The load transferring member is configured to transmit mechanical loads to the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Bugra Han Ertas, Darren Lee Hallman, Walter John Smith
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Publication number: 20150104123Abstract: A journal bearing assembly includes a bearing housing, a plurality of bearing pads, and a plurality of bearing pad support assemblies. The bearing housing includes a radial outer wall. The plurality of bearing pads are mounted within the bearing housing, and include at least one of a gas permeable porous media and an array of gas delivery holes. The plurality of bearing pad support assemblies are radially interposed between the bearing pads and the radial outer wall. Each of the bearing pad support assemblies includes a spring assembly and a damper assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bugra Han Ertas, Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Darren Lee Hallman, Walter John Smith
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Publication number: 20150104124Abstract: A hermetically sealed damper assembly includes a sealed damper housing, a plunger, and a load transferring member coupled to the plunger. The sealed damper housing includes a body having a cavity and a resistive flow path defined therein. The cavity and resistive flow path are filled with a viscous fluid. The body includes a plurality of springs integrally formed therein. The plunger is disposed within the cavity, and separates the cavity into a first control volume and a second control volume. The resistive flow path provides fluid communication between the first and second control volumes. The plunger is coupled to the damper housing by the plurality of springs such that the springs provide a restorative force to the plunger. The load transferring member is configured to transmit mechanical loads to the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Adolfo Delgado Marquez, Bugra Han Ertas, Darren Lee Hallman, Walter John Smith
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Patent number: 8009805Abstract: A rotating union for an X-ray target is provided. The rotating union for the X-ray target comprises a housing, a coolant-slinging device comprising a rotating shaft having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, a proximal end and a distal end, and a bore therein, one or more slingers coupled to a proximal end of the rotating shaft; a drain annulus coupled to the one or more slingers, wherein the one or more slingers are configured to direct a coolant to the drain annulus and the drain annulus is configured to direct the coolant through a primary coolant outlet; and a stationary tube having a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of the stationary tube is disposed within the bore of the rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Walter John Smith, Vance Scott Robinson, Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Mark Alan Frontera
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Patent number: 7903787Abstract: An x-ray tube includes a rotatable shaft having a first end and a second end, a target coupled to the first end of the rotatable shaft, the target positioned to generate x-rays toward a subject upon impingement of electrons thereon, and an impeller coupled to the second end of the rotatable shaft and positioned to blow a gas into an inlet of an aperture passing into the rotatable shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edwin L. Legall, Mark Alan Frontera, Walter John Smith
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Publication number: 20100310050Abstract: A rotating union for an X-ray target is provided. The rotating union for the X-ray target comprises a housing, a coolant-slinging device comprising a rotating shaft having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, a proximal end and a distal end, and a bore therein, one or more slingers coupled to a proximal end of the rotating shaft; a drain annulus coupled to the one or more slingers, wherein the one or more slingers are configured to direct a coolant to the drain annulus and the drain annulus is configured to direct the coolant through a primary coolant outlet; and a stationary tube having a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of the stationary tube is disposed within the bore of the rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Walter John Smith, Vance Scott Robinson, Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Mark Alan Frontera
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Publication number: 20100260324Abstract: An x-ray tube includes a rotatable shaft having a first end and a second end, a target coupled to the first end of the rotatable shaft, the target positioned to generate x-rays toward a subject upon impingement of electrons thereon, and an impeller coupled to the second end of the rotatable shaft and positioned to blow a gas into an inlet of an aperture passing into the rotatable shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Edwin L. Legall, Mark Alan Frontera, Walter John Smith
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Patent number: 7519158Abstract: A system for mitigating a gas load imposed upon a high vacuum chamber, thereby reducing the overall pressure, includes a device mounted onto a rotating gantry. The device has a first chamber enclosing a high vacuum and a first region in which anode bearings are positioned. A rotatable shaft has a first portion extending into the first chamber and a second portion extending into the first region. A ferrofluid seal is positioned about the rotatable shaft and positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the ferrofluid seal fluidically separating the first chamber from the first region. At least one pressure-reducing unit is fluidically connected to the first chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Darren Lee Hallman, John Scott Price, Paul M. Ratzmann, Richard Michael Roffers, Walter John Smith
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Publication number: 20080137811Abstract: A system for mitigating a gas load imposed upon a high vacuum chamber, thereby reducing the overall pressure, includes a device mounted onto a rotating gantry. The device has a first chamber enclosing a high vacuum and a first region in which anode bearings are positioned. A rotatable shaft has a first portion extending into the first chamber and a second portion extending into the first region. A ferrofluid seal is positioned about the rotatable shaft and positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the ferrofluid seal fluidically separating the first chamber from the first region. At least one pressure-reducing unit is fluidically connected to the first chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre, Darren Lee Hallman, John Scott Price, Paul M. Ratzmann, Richard Michael Roffers, Walter John Smith
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Patent number: 7116036Abstract: An energy harvesting device, system and method are described. The energy harvester collects acoustic energy and transforms it into electrical energy for use by a sensor. The energy harvester utilizes a piezoelectric device, which may be encased, either wholly or partially, within an acoustic chamber. Alternatively, the piezoelectric device may be entirely exterior to the acoustic chamber, which acts to amplify the collected acoustic energy.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, Jeffrey Bernard Fortin, Walter John Smith, Huageng Luo
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Patent number: 6978680Abstract: A component adapted to transmit a dynamic pressure signal from a high temperature environment to a location where it can be measured without causing significant attenuation of the signal. In particular, the component provides for a dynamic pressure signal transmission in the manner that will not result in the formation of condensation in the measurement system and thus eliminates the need to periodically purge condensate from the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Eamon P. Gleeson, Walter John Smith, Robert John Naumiec, Fei Han
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Publication number: 20040168520Abstract: A component adapted to transmit a dynamic pressure signal from a high temperature environment to a location where it can be measured without causing significant attenuation of the signal. In particular, the component provides for a dynamic pressure signal transmission in the manner that will not result in the formation of condensation in the measurement system and thus eliminates the need to periodically purge condensate from the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Eamon P. Gleeson, Walter John Smith, Robert John Naumiec, Fei Han