Patents by Inventor William E. Holley

William E. Holley 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).

  • Patent number: 11511408
    Abstract: An impact hand tool comprising an impact head including an impact surface to engage a work piece and an enlarged hand grip including a palm engaging surface to engage at least a major portion of a person's palm interconnected by an elongated handle such that when in use a person grasps the enlarged hand grip positioning the palm engage surface in the palm of the hand and gripping the side of the enlarged hand grip on opposite sides of the elongated handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: William E. Holley, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11472526
    Abstract: An oar apparatus configured to remain submerged under water during the power stroke and the return stroke. The oar apparatus has a sheath and a shaft rotationally disposed within the sheath. An oar blade is affixed to the shaft, such that the oar blade is rotational relative to the sheath. The oar blade has a deployed orientation, in which the oar blade is substantially perpendicular to the movement direction of the vessel, and a feathered configuration, in which the oar blade is substantially parallel to the movement direction of the vessel. The oar blade is asymmetrical relative to the center axis of the shaft, such that resistance of the water exerted onto the oar blade creates a first moment urging the oar blade into the deployed orientation during the power stroke and a second moment urging the oar blade into the feathered orientation on the return stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 11358694
    Abstract: An oar apparatus configured to remain submerged under water during the power stroke and the return stroke. The oar apparatus has a sheath and a shaft rotationally disposed within the sheath. An oar blade is affixed to the shaft, such that the oar blade is rotational relative to the sheath. The oar blade has a deployed orientation, in which the oar blade is substantially perpendicular to the movement direction of the vessel, and a feathered configuration, in which the oar blade is substantially parallel to the movement direction of the vessel. The oar blade is asymmetrical relative to the center axis of the shaft, such that resistance of the water exerted onto the oar blade creates a first moment urging the oar blade into the deployed orientation during the power stroke and a second moment urging the oar blade into the feathered orientation on the return stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 7095131
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 6856039
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 6847128
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Publication number: 20040207208
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Publication number: 20040094964
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 6600240
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Publication number: 20020105189
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 6420795
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Zond Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 6137187
    Abstract: A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls generator torque using field oriented control, and the PID controller performs pitch regulation based on generator rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Zond Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir S. Mikhail, Craig L. Christenson, Kevin L. Cousineau, William L. Erdman, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 5626000
    Abstract: A packaging arrangement for packaging products, such as contact lenses, in packages such as blister packs. The packaging arrangement includes a rotary index table defining on its upper surface a plurality of identical, radially-oriented support pallets, equally spaced apart around the rotary index table. Each support pallet is designed to support an array of individual package bases thereon, and is sequentially rotated to stop at angularly spaced radial positions in the rotary packaging machine. At a first radial position, the rotary packaging station receives blister package bases, each having a product deposited therein, and places the package bases in the support pallet then at the first radial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. Edwards, Richard W. Abrams, William E. Holley, Borge P. Gundersen, Thomas C. Ravn
  • Patent number: 5623816
    Abstract: A packaging arrangement for packaging products, such as contact lenses, in packages such as blister packs. The packaging arrangement includes a rotary index table defining on its upper surface a plurality of identical, radially-oriented support pallets, equally spaced apart around the rotary index table. Each support pallet is designed to support an array of individual package bases thereon, and is sequentially rotated to stop at angularly spaced radial positions in the rotary packaging machine. At a first radial position, the rotary packaging station receives blister package bases, each having a product deposited therein, and places the package bases in the support pallet then at the first radial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. Edwards, Richard W. Abrams, William E. Holley, Borge P. Gundersen, Thomas C. Ravn
  • Patent number: 5578331
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for removing and transporting articles, such as contact lens sections from a manufacturing line to inspection and packaging stations. The lenses are deposited in a transparent plastic primary package which carries the lenses through the inspection station and becomes part of the primary package when a cover is sealed thereto. The invention includes various assemblies, including lens transfer assemblies, deionized water filling and removal assemblies, a water degassing assembly, a lens inspection assembly, and a lens package sealing assembly. The lenses are removed from pallets at a post hydration station, transported and spatially redistributed, and deposited in the primary packages disposed on a second set of pallets. The packages on the second set of pallets are filled with degassed deionized water. The contact lenses and packages are then transported to an inspection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace A. Martin, Russell J. Edwards, Borge P. Gundersen, Darren S. Keene, Ture Kindt-Larsen, John M. Lepper, Niels J. Madsen, Thomas C. Ravn, Daniel T. Wang, William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 5565059
    Abstract: An apparatus for the processing and segmenting of a cover-forming laminate web or sheeting structure which is adapted to interconnect a plurality of containers, such as the base members of blister packages each of which is designed to contain a hydrophilic contact lens in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically disclosed is an apparatus for the imprinting, perforating, slitting and cutting the laminated web structure such that the severed laminate segments constitute printed covering label for an array of such containers, and whereby the laminated web or sheeting segment may be severed along weakening or perforation lines so as to provide a separable packaging arrangement for individual of the containers which are subsequently adhered thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell J. Edwards, Richard W. Abrams, Borge P. Gundersen, William E. Holley, Thomas C. Ravn, Mark E. Schlagel, Daniel T. Wang
  • Patent number: 5289041
    Abstract: A controller and method is disclosed for operating a variable speed turbine to track wind speed fluctuations for high efficiency in conversion of wind energy to electrical energy. The controller of the invention controls the rotor speed in accordance with a wind speed supplied by a wind observer in order to approximately follow the varying wind speeds. A yaw angle error sensor senses the degree to which the turbine is misaligned with the wind. The wind observer predicts the average wind speed at a subsequent point in time. The average wind speed is applied to a parameter schedule to determine desired values for rotor speed and torque which are used by a rotor speed stabilizer to command a reference load torque. The load torque of the generator is controlled in accordance with the commanded load torque, and therefore the desired rotor speed is approximated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: U.S. Windpower, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Holley
  • Patent number: 5155375
    Abstract: A controller and method is disclosed for operating a variable speed turbine to better track wind speed fluctuations for greater efficiency in conversion of wind energy to electrical energy. The controller of the invention controls the rotor speed in accordance with a wind speed supplied by a wind observer in order to approximately follow the varying wind speeds. The wind observer predicts the average wind speed at a subsequent point in time over the cross-section presented to the wind by the wind turbine. The average wind speed is applied to a parameter schedule to determine desired values for rotor speed and torque which are used by arotor speed stabilizer to command a reference load torque. The load torque of the generator is controlled in accordance with the commanded load torque, and therefore the desired rotor speed is approximated. During operation, the wind speed prediction process is repeated at each subsequent time interval, and the load torque, and therefore rotor speed, is controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: U.S. Windpower, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Holley