Patents by Inventor William Keith
William Keith 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: 11972581Abstract: This disclosure presents a process to determine an alignment parameter for geosteering a wellbore undergoing drilling operations. The process can receive one or more azimuthal image log data sets, one or more geology logs, and other input parameters. The image log data sets can be transformed to better approximate the geology logs, such as transforming a 3D representation to a 2D representation and flattening out curves represented in the original image log data. The geology logs or transformed image log data can then be moved to create an approximate alignment between the other log data. The movement, which can be a sliding movement, a linear movement, a tilting movement, an angling movement, or a rotating movement, can be used to determine the determined alignment parameter or final alignment parameter. The alignment parameter can be used as input into a geosteering system for the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy James Combs, William David Bethancourt, Renata Da Gama Saintive, Clinton Keith Bates, Robert Grant Gillson, III
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Patent number: 11970045Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for providing temperature control for to a temperature-controlled storage compartment in a tunnel of a vehicle. The tunnel extends from a first side of the vehicle, such as the passenger side, to a second side of the vehicle, such as the driver side. The vehicle also includes a refrigeration module that is moveable on a shuttle of the tunnel. The refrigeration module includes a temperature-controlled storage unit configured to open and close in accordance with a path defined by an accessibility assembly. The shuttle transfers power from a power source, such as a battery, to the temperature-controlled storage unit, for example, to provide temperature control even when the vehicle is powered off. Accordingly, the refrigeration module provides a space-efficient system for ensuring prolonged temperature control of items stored in the temperature-controlled storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Daniel Geoffrey Walker, Austin Keith Simpson, William Thomas Wanstall, Rachel Sarah Jewkes, Ruey-Khan Kenneth Tsang, Bar Sarig, Parmita Pradip Dalal, Martyn Sweeney, Aaron B. Weast
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Patent number: 11964545Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Steven Luther Moyer, Paul George Rickerl
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Patent number: 11962062Abstract: Phased array antennas, such as a multi-function aperture, are limited in performance and reliability by traditional air-cooled thermal management systems. A fuel-cooled multi-function aperture passes engine fuel through channels within the ribs of the multi-function aperture to provide better heat transfer than can be achieved through air cooled systems. The increased heat transfer and thermal management results in a multi-function aperture with improved performance and reliability.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: William E. Rhoden, Anders Walker, David Cripe, Ross Keith Wilcoxon, Jeremiah Wolf
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Publication number: 20240115856Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a medical device for treating a cancerous tumor, the medical device having a first lead including a first wire and second wire; a second lead can include a third wire and fourth wire; and a first electrode in electrical communication with the first wire, a second electrode in electrical communication with the second wire, a third electrode in electrical communication with the third wire, and a fourth electrode in electrical communication with the fourth wire. The first and third electrodes form a supply electrode pair configured to deliver one or more electric fields to the cancerous tumor. The second and fourth electrodes form a sensing electrode pair configured to measure an impedance of the cancerous tumor independent of an impedance of the first electrode, the first wire, the third electrode, the third wire, and components in electrical communication therewith. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Brian L. Schmidt, Devon N. Arnholt, Benjamin Keith Stein, Keith R. Maile, William J. Linder, Ron A. Balczewski, Aleksandra Kharam
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Patent number: 11952912Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas William Vandeputte, Paul Hadley Vitt, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Brian David Keith
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Publication number: 20240109730Abstract: A roller-and-rail cargo handling system that includes tracked rollers and side rails for receiving cargo pallets. A trolley system is used to move the pallets along the tracked rollers, which includes a trolley movable along a trolley track by one or more cables. The trolley includes (1) a body sized and configured for sliding beneath the pallet located on the tracked rollers, and (2) a pawl in a cavity of the body which is mounted for rotation between closed and open positions. In the open position the pawl extends above an upper surface of the body to engage a cutout of a pallet and exert a moving force thereto, and in the closed position the pawl is sufficiently within the cavity to permit the trolley to slide beneath the pallet without engagement thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Matthew Keith Dupre, Richard Earl Newman, III, Glenn Michael Hauptmann, William Keith DuBose
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Publication number: 20240113452Abstract: An electrical connector which can be used to field terminate a cable. The electrical connector includes a housing having a base member and a cover member. An electrical terminal is positioned in a terminal receiving cavity of the housing. The electrical terminal includes an insulation displacement portion and a quick disconnect portion. The insulation displacement portion has insulation displacement slots provide at a first end of the terminal. The quick disconnect portion is positioned at a second end of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Brian Keith WEAVER, William James MOYER, II
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Patent number: 11939880Abstract: A turbine engine stage includes a plurality of airfoils extending between an inner band and an outer band. Each airfoil in the plurality of airfoils can have an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side, with the outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. An intervening flow passage is defined between two adjacent airfoils in the plurality of airfoils.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Matthew Brian Surprenant, Brian David Keith, Prem Venugopal, Thomas William Vandeputte
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Publication number: 20240092449Abstract: An adjustable head angle bicycle assembly includes a steerer tube; a head tube that includes a first annular surface protruding radially inward from an inner wall at the upper end, and a second annular surface protruding radially inward from the inner wall at the lower end; an upper cup that includes a third annular surface engaged with the first annular surface of the head tube; and a lower cup that includes a fourth annular surface engaged with the second annular surface of the head tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Brian Daniel Robinson, Jeffrey Keith Bowers, William Te-Chung Chan
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Publication number: 20240095263Abstract: A map control module receives a stream of map data characterizing a geographic region proximal to a vehicle and outputs a moving map, and the moving map is divisible into a matrix of cells. A map item control receives a stream of point of interest (POI) data characterizing a plurality of POIs within the boundary and categorizes each of the plurality of POIs to define a set of categories. The map item control determines a display location of a map item within the matrix of cells for each of the plurality of POIs and determines an importance for each POI within a same category. The map item control forms a set of clusters of map items. Each map item in a given cluster of map items has a same cell and a same category. The map item control selects a top-item for each cluster of map items.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: DOUGLAS M. DYER, VERNER KEITH DEVLIN, WILLIAM R. SMITH
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Patent number: 11936155Abstract: An appliance power connector includes a terminal block having a base. The base includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The base includes a pocket. The terminal block includes an upper shroud and a lower shroud. The upper shroud has upper shroud walls extending from the base forming an upper chamber above the upper surface. The lower shroud has lower shroud walls extending from the base forming a lower chamber below the lower surface. The appliance power connector includes a power terminal coupled to the terminal block. The power terminal includes a main body, an upper stud extending from a top of the main body and a lower stud extending from a bottom of the main body. The main body is received in the pocket. The upper stud is located in the upper chamber above the base for connection to an upper power cable terminal. The lower threaded stud is located in the lower chamber below the base for connection to a lower power cable terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Brian Keith Weaver, William James Moyer, II, Divya Shukla
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Publication number: 20240068370Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Thomas William Vandeputte, Paul Hadley Vitt, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Brian David Keith
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Publication number: 20240061781Abstract: A method for disaggregated cache memory for efficiency in distributed databases includes receiving, from a user device, a first query requesting first data be written to a distributed database. The distributed database includes a plurality of nodes each controlling writes to a respective portion of the distributed database and a distributed cache pool caching a subset of the distributed database independently from the plurality of nodes. The method includes writing, using one of the plurality of nodes, the first data to the distributed database. The method also includes receiving, from the user device, a second query requesting second data be read from the distributed database. The method further includes retrieving, from the distributed cache pool, the second data. The method includes providing, to the user device, the second data retrieved from the distributed cache pool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Google LLCInventors: John Fremlin, Gabor Dinnyes, Todd J. Lipcon, William Keith Funkhouser, III
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Patent number: 11891041Abstract: An amphibious air cushion vehicle includes an air cushion supported hull configured for travel on water and smooth land; a deck supported by the hull; and a dual-rail cargo system having tracks arranged longitudinally on along the hull cargo deck from an aft end. The tracks include (1) guide rails and rollers providing for guided sliding movement of palletized cargo along the tracks, and (2) locks for locking pallets in position during transport, The track is configured at the aft end for an unloading operation in which the locks are disengaged and the palletized cargo slides off the aft end onto underlying land as the vehicle is moving forward thereon. The track may be the one track of a single-track variant, or one of a pair of tracks in a two-track variant.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Frank Scott Allen, William Keith DuBose
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Publication number: 20230331576Abstract: Techniques for growing crystalline calcium carbonate solids such that the crystalline calcium carbonate solids include a volume of 0.0005 mm3 to 5 mm3, include a slaker to react quicklime (CaO) and a low carbonate content fluid to yield a slurry of primarily slaked lime (Ca(OH)2); a fluidized-bed reactive crystallizer that encloses a solid bed mass and includes an input for a slurry of primarily slaked lime, an input for an alkaline solution and carbonate, and an output for crystalline calcium carbonate solids that include particles and an alkaline carbonate solution; a dewatering apparatus that includes an input coupled to the crystallizer and an output to discharge a plurality of separate streams that each include a portion of the crystalline calcium carbonate solids and alkaline carbonate solution; and a seed transfer apparatus to deliver seed material into the crystallizer to maintain a consistent mass of seed material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Kenton Robert HEIDEL, David William Keith, Jane Anne Ritchie, Nicholas Vollendorf, Eric Fessler
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Patent number: 11787383Abstract: Techniques involve utilizing a multi-track cargo handling assembly to guide individual cargo items in parallel tracks to an aft end of a deck of an amphibious air cushion vehicle when unloading from the aft end. Such a multi-track cargo handling assembly includes a framework constructed and arranged to couple with the deck of the amphibious air cushion vehicle, and a set of guide rails coupled with the framework. The set of guide rails defines the parallel tracks and is constructed and arranged to constrain movement of the cargo items along the parallel tracks.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Textron Systems CorporationInventors: Richard Kent deValcourt, Frank Scott Allen, William Keith DuBose, Glenn Michael Hauptmann, Matthew Keith Dupre
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Publication number: 20230280190Abstract: A fail-safe counter module comprises a controller including a processor and a memory and circuitry for fail-safe counting. The fail-safe counter module further comprises computer-readable safety rating support code stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, causes the controller to provide safety rating to International Standard levels such as Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3, Category (CAT) 4, Performance Level (PL) e. The fail-safe counter module further comprises computer-readable “Safety Monitoring” functions code stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, causes the controller to work with a user interface to select and configure the “Safety Monitoring” functions. The fail-safe counter module is a functional safety-rated device with an expected rating for SIL 3, CAT 4, PL e applications and is engineered to calculate position and/or speed utilizing an external quadrature encoder sensor that generates waveforms which permits counting of specific electrical pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: William Keith Bryant
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Publication number: 20230271483Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to complexly curved laminates made from a complexly curved substrate and a flat substrate, such as automotive window glazings, and methods of cold forming complexly-curved glass products from a curved substrate and a flat substrate. In one or more embodiments, the laminate includes first complexly-curved glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a second complexly-curved glass substrate with a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface with a thickness therebetween; and a polymer interlayer affixed to the second convex surface and third surface, wherein the third surface and fourth surface have compressive stress values respectively that differ such that the fourth surface has as compressive stress value that is greater than the compressive stress value of the third surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Steven Luther Moyer, Paul George Rickerl
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Patent number: 11735005Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: IGTInventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan