COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ANOMALOUS COST SIGNALS
Granted: July 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200234321
Provided is a method and a cost analysis system for detecting anomalous costs signals associated with components of a system. The method includes receiving real-time data stream, performing pre-processing operations including sorting data from data stream received into data subsets as user-defined, processing, via a processing module, the data subsets using a rule set, and determining whether cost change has occurred. If cost change has occurred, storing and archiving cost change data…
TWO-DIMENSIONAL TR PROBE ARRAY
Granted: July 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200232949
An ultrasonic sensor assembly includes a flexible supporting material that has flexibility configured for allowing bending of the supporting material to conform to a cylindrical shape of a pipe. The assembly includes a plurality of operable sensor elements arranged in a matrix formation upon the flexible supporting material. The matrix formation includes a plurality of rows of the sensor elements and a plurality of columns of the sensor elements. The flexible supporting material is…
Hydrocarbon Distillation
Granted: July 16, 2020
Application Number:
20200224967
Systems and methods are provided for increasing the efficiency of liquefied natural gas production and heavy hydrocarbon distillation. In one embodiment, air within an LNG production facility can be utilized as a heat source to provide heat to HHC liquid for distillation in a HHC distillation system. The mechanism of heat transfer from the air can be natural convection. In another embodiment, heat provided by natural gas, or compressed natural gas, can be used for HHC distillation. In…
CLOSED SOCKET BRAZED JOINT ASSEMBLY
Granted: July 16, 2020
Application Number:
20200223003
A closed socket brazed joint assembly is provided. The assembly comprises: a first member composed of a first base material; a second member composed of a second base material with a first end composed of a first profile with at least first and second faying surfaces; a socket formed in said first member configured to receive the first end of the second member with a faying surface with at least two portions separated by a first fillet; wherein the socket further is configured such that…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK FAILOVER IN DIGITAL SUBSTATIONS
Granted: July 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200220820
Systems and methods for network failover in digital substations are provided. One method includes receiving, by an intelligent electronic device (IED) from a process interface unit (PIU), in parallel a pre-configured data stream via a point-to point connection and one or more other data streams via an Ethernet network. The method further includes determining that at least one of the following failure conditions is satisfied: a frame in the pre-configured data stream is lost or delayed,…
NEONATAL INCUBATOR HUMIDIFIER SYSTEM
Granted: July 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200215291
A humidifier system for humidifying a microenvironment in a neonatal incubator includes a reservoir configured to hold water to be evaporated for humidifying the microenvironment. A chamber divider defines a heating chamber within the reservoir, and a movable heating element is positioned at a surface level of the water inside the heating chamber so as to heat the water at the surface level inside the heating chamber. The heating element is configured such that it is moved downward…
HYBRID ROTOR BLADES FOR TURBINE ENGINES
Granted: July 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200208527
A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil may include non-integral portions in which: a base portion is made from a first material; and a top portion is made from a second material. The airfoil may include a connector securing the base portion to the top portion of the airfoil, wherein the connector comprises a wire-lock connector that includes: a tab extending from one of the base portion and the top portion; a complimentary slot for receiving the…
LIGHTING APPARATUS, DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
Granted: July 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200214104
The present disclosure relates to a lighting apparatus, a driving circuit and driving method thereof. The lighting apparatus comprises a plurality groups of lighting elements and a driving circuit. Each group of lighting elements comprises at least one lighting element, each lighting element in a same group having a cathode connected to a common cathode node. The driving circuit comprises a plurality of voltage sources, each having a terminal connected to an anode of a respective…
ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
Granted: July 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200209299
In differential protection schemes for electrical power systems there is a need to employ a synchronization technique to enable time alignment of local terminal current with received current from a remote terminal in order reliably to operate the differential protection scheme. A method of determining a communication time delay in a communication network between a local terminal and each of a plurality of remote terminals in a multi-terminal multi junction electrical power system…
HYBRID ROTOR BLADES FOR TURBINE ENGINES
Granted: July 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200208528
A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil may include non-integral base and top portions. The airfoil may include a pin connector connecting the top portion to the base portion. The pin connector may include: a tab extending from the top portion; a complimentary slot for receiving the tab formed in the base portion; an elongated pin cavity formed through an interior region of the airfoil, where the pin cavity intersects the slot to divide the pin…
HYBRID ROTOR BLADES FOR TURBINE ENGINES
Granted: July 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200208526
A gas turbine that includes a rotor blade that includes an airfoil. The airfoil is defined between a pressure face and a laterally opposed suction face, the pressure face and the suction face extending axially between opposite leading and trailing edges and radially between an outboard tip and a connection with a root of the rotor blade. The airfoil may include non-integral portions in which: a base portion of the airfoil is made from a first material; and a top portion of the airfoil is…
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING FEATURES ON OR NEAR AN OBJECT
Granted: June 25, 2020
Application Number:
20200202543
A method and device for measuring dimensions of a feature on or near an object using a video inspection device. A reference surface is determined based on reference surface points on the surface of the object. One or more measurement cursors are placed on measurement pixels of an image of the object. Projected reference surface points associated with the measurement pixels on the reference surface are determined. The dimensions of the feature can be determined using the three-dimensional…
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE ECOSYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Granted: June 25, 2020
Application Number:
20200202467
According to some embodiments, a system may include an additive manufacturing platform that provides additive manufacturing capability data. A customer platform, associated with a customer, may transmit an industrial asset item request for an industrial asset item. A digital transaction engine may receive the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset item request. The digital transaction engine may then associate the industrial asset item request with an industrial…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING GAS TURBINE STARTUPS
Granted: June 25, 2020
Application Number:
20200200035
A method for determining a performance characteristic for a target startup sequence of a gas turbine, wherein the gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and, drivingly coupled to the compressor, a turbine. The method includes the steps of: measuring one or more operating parameters during a target operating period of the gas turbine, the target operating period being selected so that the target operating period includes the target startup sequence; creating a time series plot…
LUNG PROTECTIVE VENTILATION CONTROL
Granted: June 25, 2020
Application Number:
20200197641
Systems and methods of control of a mechanical ventilator include receiving machine data from a mechanical ventilator. A surgical event is detected in the received machine data. Clinical events within the surgical event are detected in the machine data. The machine data and the detected plurality of clinical events are evaluated for compliance with lung protective ventilation recommendations.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AN X-RAY IMAGE
Granted: June 25, 2020
Application Number:
20200196975
An x-ray imaging system is provided. The system includes an x-ray emitter and an x-ray detector. The system further includes a sensor operative to acquire one or more image acquisition factors, and a controller in electronic communication with the x-ray emitter, the x-ray detector, and the sensor. The controller is operative to: acquire an x-ray image of a patient via the x-ray emitter and the x-ray detector; receive the one or more image acquisition factors from the sensor; and generate…
SpO2 SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: June 25, 2020
Application Number:
20200196926
A SpO2 measurement system includes at least one light transmitter configured to transmit a first wavelength light and a second wavelength light into tissue of a patient, wherein the second wavelength is shorter than the first wavelength, and a detection device that detects the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light emitted from the tissue of the patient. The SpO2 measurement system operates the at least one light transmitter in a high power mode during a first time period…
COATING FOR IMPROVED SURFACE FINISH
Granted: June 18, 2020
Application Number:
20200189985
A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component includes at least one seal surface, the at least one seal surface disposed adjacent an interfacing surface for providing a seal therebetween; and a coating disposed on the seal surface. The coating includes an aluminum oxide and/or a silicon dioxide.
ROTATING DETONATION ACTUATOR
Granted: June 18, 2020
Application Number:
20200191398
A flow control system includes at least one flow surface; and at least one rotating detonation actuator including: an annulus extending from an inlet end to an outlet end; an inner wall defining a radially inner boundary of the annulus; and an outer wall defining a radially outer boundary of the annulus. At least one rotating detonation wave travels through the annulus from the inlet end to the outlet end. Combustion gas from the at least one rotating detonation actuator modifies at…
COATING FOR IMPROVED SURFACE FINISH
Granted: June 18, 2020
Application Number:
20200190333
A coating includes: at least 34.9 percent by mass silicon dioxide; at least 9.1 percent by mass aluminum oxide; and at least 16.1 percent by mass yttrium oxide.
