Patents by Inventor William Edward Burdick, Jr.
William Edward Burdick, Jr. 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: 10052648Abstract: A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Patent number: 9696349Abstract: A detecting unit is presented. The detecting unit includes a flexible circuit having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The flexible circuit includes a plurality of cells defined therein, each of the plurality of cells having a first side and a second side respectively corresponding to the first side and the second side of the flexible circuit. Moreover, the flexible circuit includes a plurality of conductive windings disposed on at least one of the first and second sides of the plurality of cells. Further, the flexible circuit includes a stress reduction feature between each of the plurality of cells. Also, the detecting unit includes a sealing element configured to secure the flexible circuit in a stacked configuration. A sensing system and a method of making a detecting unit are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ruxi Wang, William Edward Burdick, Jr., Satish Prabhakaran, Raymond John Nicholas
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Patent number: 9468943Abstract: A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150377929Abstract: A detecting unit is presented. The detecting unit includes a flexible circuit having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The flexible circuit includes a plurality of cells defined therein, each of the plurality of cells having a first side and a second side respectively corresponding to the first side and the second side of the flexible circuit. Moreover, the flexible circuit includes a plurality of conductive windings disposed on at least one of the first and second sides of the plurality of cells. Further, the flexible circuit includes a stress reduction feature between each of the plurality of cells. Also, the detecting unit includes a sealing element configured to secure the flexible circuit in a stacked configuration. A sensing system and a method of making a detecting unit are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Ruxi Wang, William Edward Burdick, JR., Satish Prabhakaran, Raymond John Nicholas
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Patent number: 8904631Abstract: An interconnect device and a method for fabricating same. An embodiment of the invention includes sequential steps of providing a flexible substrate, forming vias through the flexible substrate, applying a conductive seed layer including first and second portions, applying conductive materials including first and second portions, copper plating the substrate, and then removing the second portions of the conductive seed layer and the conductive materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Matthew Durocher, William Edward Burdick, Jr., Yuru Alexeyevich Plotnikov, David DeCrescente, Jr.
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Patent number: 8827179Abstract: A synthetic jet actuator includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber, the housing having a pair of orifices formed therein in opposing sides of the housing such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the pair of orifices of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140203104Abstract: A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, JR.
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Publication number: 20140166777Abstract: A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, JR.
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Patent number: 8674212Abstract: An assembly is provided and includes at least one solar cell comprising a photovoltaic element having an upper surface for receiving and absorbing radiation, a lower surface for coupling to an article, a first end and a second end. The solar cell further includes at least one magnet attached to the first end of the photovoltaic element. The assembly further includes an article comprising a substrate, and a magnetic film disposed on the substrate and defining at least one receptor site. Each solar cell is disposed at a respective receptor site.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Hullinger Huber, Charles Stephen Korman, Raymond Albert Fillion, Anil Raj Duggal, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Patent number: 8342819Abstract: A mounting apparatus for a cooling device is disclosed. The mounting apparatus includes a plurality of connectors extending outwardly from the cooling device. The mounting apparatus also includes at least one mounting post coupled to the plurality of connectors and configured to mount the cooling device on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, William Edward Burdick, Jr., Kunal Ravindra Goray, Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr.
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Publication number: 20120261165Abstract: An interconnect device and a method for fabricating same. An embodiment of the invention includes sequential steps of providing a flexible substrate, forming vias through the flexible substrate, applying a conductive seed layer including first and second portions, applying conductive materials including first and second portions, copper plating the substrate, and then removing the second portions of the conductive seed layer and the conductive materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kevin Matthew Durocher, William Edward Burdick, JR., Yuru Alexeyevich Plotnikov, David DeCresente, JR.
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Patent number: 8198895Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of magnetic resonance (MR) coil elements and a plurality of voltage-actuated switches coupled to the plurality of MR coil elements, each voltage-actuated switch configured to selectively activate a respective MR coil element. The apparatus also includes a voltage source configured to supply a voltage to the plurality of voltage-actuated switches, a control unit coupled to the voltage source, and a plurality of transmission lines coupled to the plurality of voltage-actuated switches and to the control unit and configured to provide an actuation signal from the voltage source to the plurality of voltage-actuated switches. The plurality of transmission lines being free of discrete resistive elements and having a substantially uniform resistivity such that an interaction between the plurality of transmission lines and the plurality of MR coil elements is minimized and thermal dissipation is distributed over a length of each of the plurality of transmission lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Alfred Iannotti, William Edward Burdick, Jr., Maxine M. Gibeau
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Publication number: 20120018537Abstract: A synthetic jet actuator includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber, the housing having a pair of orifices formed therein in opposing sides of the housing such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the pair of orifices of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, JR.
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Patent number: 8083157Abstract: A system and method for the packaging of a synthetic jet actuator is disclosed. A synthetic jet actuator is provided that includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate and arranged parallelly thereto, and a housing positioned about the first and second plates and defining a chamber. The housing includes at least one orifice therein such that the chamber is in fluid communication with an external environment. The synthetic jet actuator also includes a mounting mechanism configured to mount the first and second plates within the housing in a suspended arrangement and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof, thereby changing a volume within the chamber so that a series of fluid vortices are generated and projected to the external environment out from the at least one orifice of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Patent number: 7915992Abstract: A transformer includes a flex or printed circuit board consisting of a substrate material having a desired permittivity, and at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding. Each winding is integrated with the flex or printed circuit board such that one or more respective transformer parasitic elements and the substrate permittivity between the primary and secondary windings together are tuned to a desired parallel resonant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Andrew de Rooij, William Hullinger Huber, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110068792Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of magnetic resonance (MR) coil elements and a plurality of voltage-actuated switches coupled to the plurality of MR coil elements, each voltage-actuated switch configured to selectively activate a respective MR coil element. The apparatus also includes a voltage source configured to supply a voltage to the plurality of voltage-actuated switches, a control unit coupled to the voltage source, and a plurality of transmission lines coupled to the plurality of voltage-actuated switches and to the control unit and configured to provide an actuation signal from the voltage source to the plurality of voltage-actuated switches. The plurality of transmission lines being free of discrete resistive elements and having a substantially uniform resistivity such that an interaction between the plurality of transmission lines and the plurality of MR coil elements is minimized and thermal dissipation is distributed over a length of each of the plurality of transmission lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Joseph Alfred Iannotti, William Edward Burdick, JR., Maxine M. Gibeau
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Patent number: 7867824Abstract: Methods of fabricating a tiled transducer array are disclosed. Embodiments of the methods include fabricating a wafer comprising a plurality of transducers, dicing the wafer to form individual transducers, testing the individual transducers to identify a plurality of known good transducers, preparing a substrate having a front side and a backside wherein the backside of the substrate comprises a plurality of connectors, positioning the plurality of known good transducers on the front side of the substrate and aligning the plurality of transducers in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to form a transducer array, and electrically coupling the connectors on the substrate to the plurality of known good transducers, wherein the connectors are arranged such that each of the plurality of known good transducers may be electrically coupled to an electronic device disposed on the backside of the substrate, through a respective one or more of the plurality of connectors.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rayette Ann Fisher, William Edward Burdick, Jr., James Wilson Rose
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Publication number: 20100328012Abstract: A transformer includes a flex or printed circuit board consisting of a substrate material having a desired permitivity, and at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding. Each winding is integrated with the flex or printed circuit board such that one or more respective transformer parasitic elements and the substrate permitivity between the primary and secondary windings together are tuned to a desired parallel resonant frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Michael Andrew de Rooij, William Hullinger Huber, William Edward Burdick, JR.
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Publication number: 20100284147Abstract: A mounting apparatus for a cooling device is disclosed. The mounting apparatus includes a plurality of connectors extending outwardly from the cooling device. The mounting apparatus also includes at least one mounting post coupled to the plurality of connectors and configured to mount the cooling device on a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Mehmet Arik, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, William Edward Burdick, JR., Kunal Ravindra Goray, Stanton Earl Weaver, JR.
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Patent number: RE46489Abstract: A mounting apparatus for a cooling device is disclosed. The mounting apparatus includes a plurality of connectors extending outwardly from the cooling device. The mounting apparatus also includes at least one mounting post coupled to the plurality of connectors and configured to mount the cooling device on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Arik, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar, William Edward Burdick, Jr., Kunal Ravindra Goray, Stanton Earl Weaver