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Patent number: 9320412
Abstract: A method for operating a dishwasher system, including monitoring an output pressure of at least one recirculation pump in the dishwasher system, and deactivating at least one fill valve in the dishwasher system when the output pressure satisfies at least one predefined criteria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 28, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Errin Whitney Gnadinger, Brian Worrasangasilpa
Patent number: 9325913
Abstract: A radiation detector is provided that provides fast sequential image acquisition. In one embodiment, the radiation detector a diode capacitor that is charged in response to a radiation exposure event. The charge stored in the diode capacitor is transferred to a separate storage capacitor, allowing a new charge to be generated and stored at the diode capacitor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Ching-Yeu Wei, Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, George Edward Possin
Patent number: 9320485
Abstract: A method for motion correcting molecular breast imaging (MBI) images includes obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images of a breast using a MBI system, selecting a reference image from the plurality of 2D images, selecting a feature of interest in the reference image, determining a location of the feature of interest in the reference image, calculating a correction value based on a difference in the location of the feature of interest in the reference image and a location of the feature of interest in a plurality of non-reference images, and aligning the non-reference 2D images with the reference image based on the calculated correction value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS ISRAEL, LTD
Inventors:
Reuven Brenner, Osnat Zak, Avi Bar-Shalev, Nurit Rivka Warski
Patent number: 9320413
Abstract: A cavitation sense fill system for a dishwasher system is disclosed. The dishwasher system includes a fluid circulation system for circulating water in a tub, wherein the fluid circulation system includes at least one recirculation pump and at least one fill valve. The cavitation sense fill system includes a pressure switch for monitoring an output pressure of the at least one recirculation pump, wherein the pressure switch deactivates the at least one fill valve when the output pressure satisfies at least one predefined criteria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 28, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Errin Whitney Gnadinger, Brian Worrasangasilpa
Patent number: 9320477
Abstract: A CT system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned, an x-ray source configured to project an x-ray beam toward the object having a primary intensity, a detector configured to detect high frequency electromagnetic energy passing through the object and output imaging data, and a data acquisition system (DAS) connected to the detector and configured to receive the imaging data. The system also includes a computer programmed to obtain image projection data of the object from the DAS, correct the projection data using a scatter function that is based at least on a known characteristic of the x-ray beam, and generate images using the corrected projection data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Xin Liu, Jiang Hsieh, Xiaoye Wu
Patent number: 9325218
Abstract: A laminated rotor and an electric machine including the laminated rotor are disclosed. In an embodiment, a rotor comprises a plurality of stacked laminations, wherein each lamination includes a plurality of radially extending slots arranged about a circumference of each of the plurality of laminations, and the plurality of radially extending slots in successive laminations in the stack are aligned. A stud member passes longitudinally through at least one hole in the lamination stack, and a plurality of coils are positioned within the plurality of slots. Fewer than all of the plurality of slots have a coil positioned therein, leaving at least three slots empty. Balance members may be placed in the slots that do not have a coil positioned therein to balance the rotor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 6, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Dmitry Yurevich Semenov, Anthony Salvatore Arrao, Mikhail Avramovich Avanesov, Richard Nils Dawson, Evgeny Victorovich Kazmin, Timothy Gerald Schmehl, Yury Danilovich Vinitsky
Patent number: 9320481
Abstract: X-ray imaging systems are provided that include an X-ray source and an X-ray detector. A filtering device is positioned between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector and includes one or more micro-filters each adapted to transition between an X-ray filtering position and an X-ray non-filtering position. A controller is programmed to control operation of the micro-filters.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Vance Scott Robinson, Ertugrul Berkcan, Peter Michael Edic, Sergiy Zalyubovsky, Marco Francesco Aimi, Yizhen Lin, Yannan Jin, Robert Franklin Senzig
Patent number: 9322275
Abstract: The present application provides a self locking nut and bolt assembly for a stack of rotating wheels. The self locking nut and bolt assembly may include a tie bolt extending through the stack of rotating wheels, a locking nut positioned on a first end of the tie bolt, and a locking washer positioned on the one end of the tie bolt within the locking nut.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Roger Clayton Walker, John Herbert Dimmick, III
Patent number: 9320569
Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for implant distance measurement. Certain embodiments of a method provide determining a tool trajectory, comparing the trajectory to one or more measured distances stored in memory to identify a requested distance measurement, and indicating the requested distance measurement to a user based on a matched trajectory. Certain embodiments of a system provide a processor configured to determine a tool trajectory with respect to a region of interest. The processor compares the trajectory to one or more measured distances between implants stored in memory to identify a requested distance measurement. The system also includes a display configured to display an image including the implants and the requested distance measurement to a user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 14, 2006
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Charles Frederick Lloyd, Jon Thomas Lea
Patent number: 9321095
Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cutting a sample piece, having a shape and an outer dimension, out of a porous substrate, comprising: a puncher having an outermost dimension at a punch head; a stripping sleeve; a die having an innermost dimension that is larger than the outermost dimension of the punch head; and a fixture that holds the die in a fixed position relative to the puncher and stripping sleeve.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor:
Weston Blaine Griffin
Patent number: 9321542
Abstract: A system for automatically analysing aircraft systems data is described. The system comprises a data acquisition module operable to acquire aircraft systems data, a data archiving module operable to store aircraft systems data and a data analysis module operable to analyse the aircraft systems data to identify non-predetermined troubleshooting procedures for fault rectification. Automated identification of improved maintenance techniques can thus be provided, with the added benefit that maintenance manuals and procedures may thereby be automatically adapted over time. A related method is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Inventor:
Jonathan Mark Dunsdon
Patent number: 9321959
Abstract: Processes for producing particles of rare earth-containing phosphor materials, in which the particles have a core-shell structure and the shell has a lower rare earth content than the core. Such a process may include contacting a core particle with a precursor comprising Na(La,Ce,Tb)P2O7 to form a mixture, and then heating the mixture to a temperature sufficient to decompose the Na(La,Ce,Tb)P2O7 to evolve and melt an NaPO3 flux and initiate deposition of a (La,Ce,Tb)PO4 shell on each core particle in the presence of the molten NaPO3 flux.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMAPNY
Inventors:
Alok Mani Srivastava, Holly Ann Comanzo, William Winder Beers, Samuel Joseph Camardello, Digamber Gurudas Porob, William Erwin Cohen
Patent number: 9321975
Abstract: A vessel for use in a gasification system is provided. The vessel includes a shell and a heat exchange structure positioned within the shell. The heat exchange structure defines a central cavity configured to receive and to direct a syngas to a quenching portion positioned downstream of the central cavity along a syngas path. A passageway is disposed between the shell and the heat exchange structure. A liquid seal is positioned upstream of the quenching portion, and the liquid seal is configured to block transport of at least one of the syngas between from the quenching portion into the passageway and inert gas from the passageway into the quenching portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Lien-Yan Chen, John Saunders Stevenson, Jay Christopher Schleicher
Patent number: 9322051
Abstract: Disclosed are high throughput methods of probing multiple targets in a biological sample where the recurrent time-consuming antibody incubation steps and individual signal modification and activation steps are replaced by simultaneous hybridization of biomarkers and sequential detection by combining signal removal and activation into a single step. Also disclosed are images obtained by such methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Anup Sood, Arunkumar Natarajan, Michael James Rishel, Michael John Gerdes
Patent number: 9322090
Abstract: Components and methods of processing such components from precipitation-strengthened alloys so that the components exhibit desirable grain sizes following a supersolvus heat treatment. The method includes consolidating a powder of the alloy to form a billet having an average grain size. The billet is then forged at a temperature below the solvus temperature to form a forging having an average grain size of not coarser than the grain size of the billet. The billet is then forged at a total strain of at least 5%, after which at least a portion of the forging is heat treated at a temperature below the solvus temperature to pin grains within the portion. The entire forging can then be heat treated at a temperature above the solvus temperature of the alloy without coarsening the grains in the portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
George Albert Goller, Raymond Joseph Stonitsch, Richard DiDomizio
Patent number: 9322334
Abstract: A deformable fastener assembly for use with a gas turbine engine. The deformable fastener may be used to fasten a component of the gas turbine that is subjected to high temperatures and thermal deformation, such as an impingement sleeve assembly, to a rigid portion, such as the inner turbine shell of the gas turbine engine. The deformable fastener assemblies may permit components to be fastened to a rigid portion of the gas turbine with a consistent load input to permit frictional transient sliding of the component relative to the rigid portion of the gas turbine engine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Matthew Stephen Casavant, Kenneth Damon Black
Patent number: 9322336
Abstract: A gas turbine system includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a first fluid conduit defining a first fuel passage, a second fluid conduit defining a second fuel passage, and a third fluid conduit defining an oxidant passage. A first plurality of orifices is disposed along the first fluid conduit and is configured to fluidly couple the first fuel passage to the oxidant passage. A second plurality of orifices is disposed on the third fluid conduit and is configured to fluidly couple the second fuel passage to the oxidant passage. A first diameter of the first plurality of orifices is less than a second diameter of the second plurality of orifices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Mahesh Bathina, Madanmohan Manoharan, Stephen Robert Thomas
Patent number: 9322401
Abstract: A linear compressor and a method for lubricating a piston in the same are provided. The linear compressor includes a sleeve that defines a groove, a plurality of channels and a plurality of thru-holes. A piston is slidably received within a chamber of the sleeve. The piston defines a plurality of pockets. The groove of the sleeve, the plurality of channels of the sleeve, the plurality of thru-holes of the sleeve, and the plurality of pockets of the piston are configured for directing liquid oil therethrough during operation of the linear compressor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Gregory William Hahn, Thomas R. Barito
Patent number: 9320480
Abstract: An image processing method for the 3D display of a patient's organ in which a surgical instrument is positioned, using a medical imaging system comprising a rotating C-arm able to be positioned in at least two angular positions, the C-arm comprising a radiation source at one of its ends, a detector at the other of its ends arranged facing the radiation source, and a collimator arranged between the radiation source and the detector and defining an illumination zone, characterized in that the collimator is adjusted according to the angular position of the rotating C-arm to determine the illumination zone so that the radiation only passes through a region surrounding the surgical instrument.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Sebastien Gorges, Luca Bozzelli
Patent number: 9322287
Abstract: A brush seal for a turbine including an annular layer of filaments having a generally L-shape including an axial portion of the filaments and a radial portion of filaments, wherein a first end of the filaments is at an end of the radial portion and faces a rotating component of the turbine and a second end region of the filaments is at an end of the axial portion of the filaments and is fastened to a stationary component of the turbine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Xiaoqing Zheng, Michael Dennis Mack, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay
Patent number: 9322282
Abstract: A turbine rotor blade is provided. The turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil, an airfoil tip, a tip shroud, and a fillet about an intersection of the airfoil tip and the tip shroud. The fillet defines a fillet profile variable about the intersection as a function of aerodynamic airflow about the intersection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Rohit Chouhan, Harish Bommanakatte, Sumeet Soni, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Spencer Aaron Kareff
Patent number: 9322478
Abstract: A system includes an electrodynamically suspended seal. The electrodynamically suspended seal includes a first element that includes an electrically conducting material and a second element that includes a magnetic material. At least one of the first and second elements is configured to rotate about an axial axis. The first and second elements are disposed adjacent one another. The rotational movement of at least one of the first and second elements creates a levitation force such that the first and second elements are repelled away from one another. The electrodynamically suspended seal also includes a third element configured to create a counteracting force.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Anurag Singh, Nestor Hernandez Sanchez, James Michael Fogarty
Patent number: 9322295
Abstract: Thermal energy storage is leveraged to store thermal energy extracted from a bottom cycle heat engine. The thermal energy stored in the thermal energy storage is used to supplement power generation by the bottom cycle heat engine. In one embodiment, a thermal storage unit storing a thermal storage working medium is configured to discharge thermal energy into the working fluid of the bottom cycle heat engine to supplement power generation. In one embodiment, the thermal storage unit includes a cold tank containing the thermal storage working medium in a cold state and a hot tank containing the working medium in a heated state. At least one heat exchanger in flow communication with the bottom cycle heat engine and the thermal storage unit facilitates a direct heat transfer of thermal energy between the thermal storage working medium and the working fluid used in the bottom cycle heat engine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 17, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Raymond Pang, Huijuan Chen, Thomas Arthur Gadoury, Kamlesh Mundra, Andrew Maxwell Peter, Duncan George Watt
Patent number: 9322333
Abstract: A method for determining a cooling flow parameter of a cooling medium supplied through a gas turbine is disclosed. The method may generally include receiving a signal associated with a first value of a combustion product parameter at a location within a combustion zone of the gas turbine, receiving a signal associated with a second value of a combustion product parameter at a location downstream of the combustion zone, comparing the first and second values of the combustion product parameter and determining a cooling flow parameter of the cooling medium based on the comparison of the first and second values.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 6, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor:
Rex Allen Morgan
Patent number: 9322559
Abstract: A fuel nozzle for use in a gas turbine includes a pre-mix flow passage for directing a flow segment of a flow of a working fluid through the fuel nozzle. A first swirler vane and a second swirler vane extend within the pre-mix flow passage. The first swirler vane provides a first wake region within the flow segment. The second swirler vane provides a second wake region within the flow segment. A fuel injection peg is disposed downstream from the first swirler vane and the second swirler vane. The fuel injection peg is positioned within the flow segment between the first wake region and the second wake region.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 17, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Mark William Pinson, Gregory Earl Jensen, Jason Charles Terry
Patent number: 9322504
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatuses and systems used for the positioning of equipment. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can include a height adjustable table; a platform coupled to the height adjustable table; a tilt adjuster coupled to the platform, the tilt adjuster being configured to tilt the platform relative to the height adjustable table; an equipment support structure slidably connected to the platform, the equipment support structure being configured to support a piece of equipment; a drive mechanism coupled to the platform and configured to slidably move the equipment support structure across the platform; and a bracket coupled to the equipment support structure, wherein the bracket is configured to removably attach the piece of equipment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Michael Alan Davi, Stuart Craig Hanson, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Robert Joseph Rohrssen, Wayne David Sullivan, Jun Yang
Patent number: 9325182
Abstract: A surface-mountable electric vehicle charging station is disclosed. The charging station includes a housing, a first mounting member having a first coupling portion and a first locking portion, including a first locking aperture therethrough, and a second mounting member having a second coupling portion coupleable to the first coupling portion to prevent a movement of the housing in one of a first and a second direction. The second mounting member also includes a second locking portion with a latch surface. One of the mounting members is coupleable to the housing, and the other mounting member is coupleable to the mounting surface. A lock member is disposed in the first locking aperture, movable between a first disengaged position and a second engaged position. The lock member cooperates with the latch surface in the second engaged position, to prevent a movement of the housing in a third direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 26, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Ganesh Venkataraman, John Legato, Michelle Harmin, Pradeep Thimma
Patent number: 9322555
Abstract: A cap assembly for a bundled tube fuel injector includes an impingement plate and an aft plate that is disposed downstream from the impingement plate. The aft plate includes a forward side that is axially separated from an aft side. A tube passage extends through the impingement plate and the aft plate. A tube sleeve extends through the impingement plate within the tube passage towards the aft plate. The tube sleeve includes a flange at a forward end and an aft end that is axially separated from the forward end. A retention plate is positioned upstream from the impingement plate. A spring is disposed between the retention plate and the flange. The spring provides a force so as to maintain contact between at least a portion of the aft end of the tube sleeve and the forward side of the aft plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Jeffrey Scott LeBegue, Patrick Benedict Melton, James Harold Westmoreland, III, James Scott Flanagan
Patent number: 9322556
Abstract: A flow sleeve assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine includes an annular support sleeve disposed at a forward end of the flow sleeve assembly. The support sleeve includes a forward portion axially separated from an aft portion. An aft frame is disposed at an aft end of the flow sleeve assembly. An annular flow sleeve extends from the aft portion of the support sleeve towards the aft frame. The flow sleeve includes a forward end that is axially separated from an aft end. The forward end of the flow sleeve circumferentially surrounds the aft end of the support sleeve. An annular impingement sleeve extends between the aft end of the flow sleeve and the aft frame. A forward end of the impingement sleeve is connected to the aft end of the flow sleeve, and an aft end of the impingement sleeve is connected to the aft frame.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Patrick Benedict Melton, Lucas John Stoia, Richard Martin DiCintio
Patent number: 9322557
Abstract: A combustor includes a tube bundle that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor. The tube bundle includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A plurality of tubes extends from the upstream surface through the downstream surface, and each tube provides fluid communication through the tube bundle. A baffle extends axially inside the tube bundle between adjacent tubes. A method for distributing fuel in a combustor includes flowing a fuel into a fuel plenum defined at least in part by an upstream surface, a downstream surface, a shroud, and a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream surface to the downstream surface. The method further includes impinging the fuel against a baffle that extends axially inside the fuel plenum between adjacent tubes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Jong Ho Uhm, Willy Steve Ziminsky, Thomas Edward Johnson, William David York
Patent number: 9322553
Abstract: A wake manipulating structure for a turbine system includes a combustor liner defining a combustor chamber. Also included is an airflow path located along an outer surface of the combustor liner. Further included is a wake generating component disposed in the airflow path and proximate the combustor liner, wherein the wake generating component generates a wake region located downstream of the wake generating component. Yet further included is a venturi structure or section disposed in the airflow path configured to reduce the wake region.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Nishant Govindbhai Parsania, Chandrasekhar Pushkaran
Patent number: 9322577
Abstract: Water heater appliances and methods for operating water heater appliances are provided. A water heater appliance includes a tank defining an interior volume, and a sealed system for heating water within the interior volume. The sealed system includes a compressor operable to compress refrigerant, and a first condenser downstream of and in fluid communication with the compressor. The first condenser is operable to heat water within the interior volume using energy from the refrigerant. The sealed system further includes a second condenser downstream of and in fluid communication with the first condenser. The second condenser is operable to heat water within the interior volume using energy from the refrigerant. The sealed system further includes an evaporator between and in fluid communication with the second condenser and the compressor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Gunaranjan Chaudhry, Brent Alden Junge, Michael John Kempiak
Patent number: 9322723
Abstract: An energy harvesting survey apparatus includes a main body having a first end positioned proximate to a machine configured to produce thermal energy and a second end positioned a predefined distance from the first end. At least one first sensor is coupled to the first end and is configured to detect a temperature of a surface of the machine. At least one second sensor is coupled to the second end and is configured to detect a temperature of ambient air substantially surrounding the machine. A circuit is coupled to the first and second sensors, and is configured to generate at least one output representative of an expected power output of a thermoelectric generator coupled to the machine based at least in part on the detected machine surface temperature and the detected ambient air temperature. A display device is coupled to the circuit and is configured to display the output.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Robert Paul Stachow, Brandon James Rank, Trevor Shaun Kavanaugh
Patent number: 9322651
Abstract: A sensor system having multiple sensors and having a grid generator projecting into space a relative navigation grid and a method of utilizing multiple airborne sensors operably coupled to an aircraft and coordinating the sensor outputs from the airborne sensors based on the determined spatial position of the multiple sensors and a method for utilizing multiple airborne sensors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
Inventors:
Eric Daniel Buehler, David Kevin McCauley
Patent number: 9322894
Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes performing a magnetic resonance (MR) data acquisition sequence including the acquisition of a plurality of blades of k-space data rotated about a section of k-space. The k-space data is representative of gyromagnetic material within a subject of interest, and each blade includes a plurality of encode lines defining a width of the respective blade. The acquisition of each blade includes receiving MR signal from echoes in two or more separate echo trains to fill at least a portion of the plurality of encode lines, and the echo trains are separated by an excitation pulse.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Dawei Gui, Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Xiaoli Zhao, Shaorong Chang, Zhiqiang Li
Patent number: 9322772
Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the absorbance of a substance in a solution, comprising: i) a sample cell (30) of known path length (b) for containing said solution (S), said cell being transparent to light of a predefined wavelength spectrum; ii) plural LED's each being independently operable by means of a controller (25) each for emitting light, within said predefined wavelength spectrum, along a light path; iii) a band pass filter (22) in the light path; iv) a beam splitter (24) for dividing light from said source propagating along the path into a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being directable by the beam splitter toward a reference detector (42) and said second portion being directable into the cell (30); v) a reference detector (42) for detecting the intensity of said first portion of light directed by said beam splitter; and vi) a sample detector (40) for detecting the intensity of the second portion propagating from the cell; the apparatus allowing a sample in the cell
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 30, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
Inventors:
Hanno Ehring, Fredrik Lars Jarhede, Erik Ostlund
Patent number: 9322806
Abstract: A multi-layer eddy current sensor includes a sense coil for detecting an eddy current, and a drive conductor for inducing the eddy current. The drive conductor comprises a substantially straight conducting portion that traverses the entire width of the sense coil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventor:
Jean-Francois Bureau
Patent number: 9322890
Abstract: A gradient amplifier for driving a gradient coil is disclosed. The gradient amplifier includes a direct current (DC) bus for receiving DC voltage generated from a series resonant converter, an inverter coupled to the DC bus configured to receive the DC voltage at the DC bus and convert the DC voltage to generate an output voltage to be applied to the gradient coil, and an inverter controller coupled to the inverter. The inverter controller is configured to generate control signals to control operation of the inverter based at least on a DC voltage feedback signal measured at the DC bus, an output voltage feedback signal measured at the output of the inverter, and a reference output voltage signal indicative of a desired voltage to be achieved at the output of the inverter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Fei Xu, Tao Ma, Xi Lu, Xinhui Wu, Yimeng Shi, Pengcheng Zhu, Garron Koch Morris, Juan Antonio Sabate, Jeffrey Neal Slotnick
Patent number: 9322892
Abstract: A system and method for magnetic field distortion compensation includes a cryostat for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The cryostat includes a vacuum casing having a vacuum therein. A cryogen vessel is disposed within the casing, the vessel having a coolant therein. A thermal shield is disposed between the vacuum casing and the cryogen vessel. An eddy current compensation assembly is disposed within the casing. The eddy current compensation assembly includes a plurality of electrically conductive loops formed on one of the vacuum casing, the cryogen vessel, and the thermal shield and constructed to mitigate vibration-induced eddy currents in the MRI system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 24, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Weijun Shen, Timothy John Havens, Longzhi Jiang, Saikat Saha, Benjamin Jacob Gronemeyer, Venkata Kishore Mogatadakala
Patent number: 9322590
Abstract: A refrigerator appliance with a finger guard is provided. The finger guard includes a base plate positioned on and mounted to a cabinet of the refrigerator appliance. The finger guard also includes an arcuate plate mounted to the base plate. The arcuate plate extends away from the cabinet. An outer side edge of the door may sweep along the arcuate plate during opening and closing of the door.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Stuart McVey Phillips, Stewart Christopher Keeling, Steven David Paul
Patent number: 9323880
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for modifying a Gerber-compliant data structure that is representative of an existing printed circuit board (PCB) layout are described. This may include obtaining a Gerber-compliant data structure which includes layout information describing the physical layout of a PCB, obtaining modification information representing a modification to the physical layout of the PCB, and automatically modifying the Gerber-compliant data structure to seamlessly incorporate the modification information to create a new electrical connectivity structure for the Gerber-compliant data structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS, INC
Inventor:
Shrinidhi Shrinivas Madananth
Patent number: 9325167
Abstract: A power equipment protection system is provided. The power equipment protection system includes a first trip unit configured to monitor a first circuit, a second trip unit configured to monitor a second circuit that is downstream from the first circuit, an arc-flash (AF) sensor configured to detect an arc flash, an AF mitigation device, at least one current sensor, and a controller. The power equipment protection system is operable in a first mode and a second mode, wherein in the first mode, the controller is configured to activate the AF mitigation device based on signals generated by both the AF sensor and the at least one current sensor, and wherein in the second mode, the controller is configured to activate the AF mitigation device based on signals generated by at least one of the at least one current sensor and the AF sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Brent Charles Kumfer, Henry Hall Mason, Jr., Craig Benjamin Williams, Marcelo Esteban Valdes
Patent number: 9324140
Abstract: Methods and systems for evaluating bone lesions include accessing a first dataset acquired from a patient with a first imaging modality and a second dataset acquired from the patient with a second imaging modality. A segmentation is performed on the first dataset to identify a subset of the first dataset corresponding to a skeletal structure of the patient and a patient skeletal metric representing a total bone volume of the patient is automatically calculated from the subset of the first dataset. The methods and systems further include detection of at least one lesion in the second dataset, classification of the at least one lesion as a bone or non-bone lesion, automatic calculation of a bone lesion metric based on the classification, and calculation of a lesion burden as a ratio of the bone lesion metric and the patient skeletal metric.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Pal Csongor Sprencz, Robert John Johnsen, Istvan Ubelhart, Elizabeth Philps, Andras Kriston, Andrea Fazekas
Patent number: 9325158
Abstract: An electrical enclosure includes a rear wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall that define an interior portion for receiving electrical devices. The electrical enclosure further includes a plurality of mounting members mounted to, and projecting outwardly from, the rear wall, and a dead front operatively connected to the plurality of mounting members. The dead front includes a surface having at least one opening receptive of an electrical device and a door pivotally mounted relative to the surface. A trim member is operatively connected to the first and second side walls. The trim member includes first, second, third and fourth sides, and a central opening configured and disposed to enable the door to transition between an open position and a closed position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Vu Nguyen, Shyam Ramlal Mathure
Patent number: 9324528
Abstract: A magnetic trip mechanism for a circuit breaker includes an electrically conductive strap having a first wall portion and a second wall portion that define an interior space therebetween. Also included is a flux block disposed at least partially within the interior space, and movable in response to a short circuit condition of the circuit breaker. Further included is a trip lever operatively coupled to the flux block. Yet further included is a trip latch moveable between a latched condition and an unlatched condition with a handle, wherein rotation of the trip lever occurs in response to the short circuit condition and causes movement from the flux block to actuate the trip latch to the unlatched condition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventors:
Mahadeva Mittu, Gajendra Vijaykumar Kadam, Mahesh Jaywant Rane, Hemraj Keda Thorat, Anurag Arjundas Jivanani
Patent number: 9324155
Abstract: Systems and methods for determining parameters for image analysis are provided. One method includes obtaining ultrasound data of an object, generating an image of the object, and identifying a region of interest in the image. The method also includes determining a plurality of spatially varying parameters for image analysis of the region of interest using prior information for one or more objects of interest, including prior location information for the one or more objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of spatially varying parameters are determined for a plurality of sections of the region of interest and different for at least some of the plurality of sections. The method further includes using the plurality of spatially varying parameters for performing image analysis of the region of interest in the image to determine the location of the one or more objects of interest.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Paulo Ricardo Mendonca, Dirk Ryan Padfield, Chandan Kumar Mallappa Aladahalli, Shubao Liu, Theresa Rose Broniak
Patent number: 9324647
Abstract: Manufacturing method and circuit module, which comprises an insulator layer and, inside the insulator layer, at least one component, which comprises contact areas, the material of which contains a first metal. On the surface of the insulator layer are conductors, which comprise at least a first layer and a second layer, in such a way that at least the second layer contains a second metal. The circuit module comprises contact elements between the contact areas and the conductors for forming electrical contacts. The contact elements, for their part, comprise, on the surface of the material of the contact area, an intermediate layer, which contains a third metal, in such a way that the first, second, and third metals are different metals and the contact surface area (ACONT 1), between the intermediate layer and the contact area is less that the surface area (APAD) of the contact area.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
GE Embedded Electronics Oy
Inventors:
Petteri Palm, Risto Tuominen, Antti Lihola
Patent number: D754525
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electrical Company
Inventors:
Rajeev Kandakur, Jagadeesh Nandigavi
Patent number: D754684
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Aaron Richard Mitti, Richard Will Baker
Patent number: D754691
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Paul Connolly, Jeffrey Lau, Rodrigo David Jimenez Caballero