Patents by Inventor William R. Rice

William R. Rice 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097166
    Abstract: An integrated low-carbon energy system includes a controller configured to control an amount of H2 gas added to pipe-based delivery system that carries mixture of a fossil fuel in gaseous form with the H2 gas as a minority component by volume, an H2-compatible fuel cell that converts the mixed gas into electricity, a data interface that receives an H2 allocation request signal on behalf of a facility that receives electricity produced by the H2-compatible fuel cell, wherein in response to the H2 allocation request signal, the controller is configured to control a change an addition rate of H2 from a first level to a second level that corresponds with a level requested in the request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: EQT Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. WINGO, William E. JORDAN, Toby Z. RICE, Ryan KANTO
  • Patent number: 7644283
    Abstract: A method and system for surreptitiously detecting and analyzing sites suspected of transferring steganographic communications, is accomplished by analyzing a targeted site for steganographic communications via a server that directs a plurality of clients to analyze the targeted site. The clients are dispatched according to the objectives of the server and the data retrieved by previous clients, which have been directed to scan the site. The client's data is aggregated and analyzed to determine if a steganographic communication is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventors: William W. Cowan, Steven Rogers, William R. Rice
  • Patent number: 4762668
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning device for a venturi flow nozzle in a pipe in a fluid system which includes one more transducer assemblies for generating and transmitting sound waves to the nozzle to effect a cleaning action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Loose, William R. Rice