William Francis
William Francis Abt, Jr., Nashua, NH US
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20150100624 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING VNC/RFB PROTOCOL TRANVERSAL THROUGH FIREWALLS WITHOUT THE NEED TO CONFIGURE OPEN PORTS - A Virtual Network Computing (VNC) server functions as a web-based proxy server to facilitate peer-to-peer connections in a VNC environment. An objective of the web-based proxy server is to overcome limitations caused when a machine resides behind a firewall. In the configuration of the present invention, the web-based server performs the functions of a conventional client machine while a client in the peer-to-peer configuration performs the conventional server listening function. | 04-09-2015 |
William Francis Carnell, Jr., Greer, SC US
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20130167548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor downstream from the compressor and a heat transfer system, wherein the heat transfer system receives a compressed working fluid from the compressor. A fluid coupling between the heat transfer system and the combustor, wherein the fluid coupling receives the compressed working fluid from the heat transfer system. A conditioner in fluid communication with the compressor and a fluid coupling between the heat transfer system and the conditioner, wherein the fluid coupling receives a cooling media from the heat transfer system. A method for operating the gas turbine includes flowing a compressed working fluid from the compressor to the heat transfer system, transferring heat energy from the compressed working fluid to the heat transfer system, flowing the compressed working fluid from the heat transfer system to a combustor, and flowing a cooling media from the heat transfer system to a compressor inlet. | 07-04-2013 |
20130318992 | Combustor with a Brief Severe Quench Zone - The present application provides a combustor for combusting a number of flows of air and a number of flows of fuel. The combustor may include a central swirler for producing a high swirl quench air flow, a number of trapped vortex cavities surrounding the central swirler for producing a flow of combustion gases, a brief severe quench zone downstream of the trapped vortex cavities to quench the flow of combustion gases between an outer quench air flow and the high swirl quench air flow, and an expansion zone downstream of the brief severe quench zone. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323518 | COATING PROCESS, COATING, AND COATED COMPONENT - A coating process, a coating, and a coated component are disclosed. The coating process includes providing a MCrAlY substrate, applying a thermal barrier coating to the MCrAlY substrate, applying a flash layer to the thermal barrier coating, the flash layer including an inert ceramic, applying a reaction product deposition onto the thermal barrier coating, the reaction product deposition including reaction products selected from the group consisting of a magnesium oxide compound, a magnesium orthovanadate compound, a magnesium vanadate compound, a magnesium pyrovanadate compound, a magnesium sulfate compound, and combinations thereof. The reaction products are by-products of a doped fuel. | 12-05-2013 |
20150047360 | SYSTEM FOR INJECTING A LIQUID FUEL INTO A COMBUSTION GAS FLOW FIELD - A system for injecting a liquid fuel into a combustion gas flow field includes an annular liner that defines a combustion gas flow path. The annular liner includes an inner wall, an outer wall and a fuel injector opening that extends through the inner wall and the outer wall. The system further includes a gas fuel injector that is coaxially aligned with the fuel injector opening. The gas fuel injector includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The downstream end terminates substantially adjacent to the inner wall. A dilution air passage is at least partially defined by the gas fuel injector. A liquid fuel injector extends partially through the dilution air passage. The liquid fuel injector includes an injection end that terminates upstream from the inner wall. | 02-19-2015 |
20150159877 | LATE LEAN INJECTION MANIFOLD MIXING SYSTEM - A manifold mixing system for combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a fuel supply, a fuel injector coupled with the fuel supply, and a manifold mixer cooperable with the fuel injector and including mixing air inlets. The fuel injector is displaceable relative to the manifold mixer while being positioned to deliver fuel from the fuel supply to the manifold mixer. The manifold mixer is shaped to mix the fuel from the fuel supply with air input via the mixing air inlets for injection into the combustor. | 06-11-2015 |
20150219335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MODAL COUPLING OF COMBUSTION DYNAMICS - A system and method for reducing modal coupling of combustion dynamics among multiple combustors are provided. Each combustor may include one or more fuel nozzles axially aligned with a combustion chamber; one or more fuel injectors downstream from the fuel nozzles; and a set of flow openings integrated with the combustor. The fuel injectors provide fluid communication through a liner that circumferentially surrounds each combustion chamber. The flow rate of compressed working fluid diverted through the fuel injectors may be different and/or variable between the combustors to produce different combustion instability frequencies. | 08-06-2015 |
20150241066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF COMBUSTION DYNAMICS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a first combustor and a second combustor. The first combustor includes a first oxidant flow path and a first perforated structure comprising a first plurality of oxidant ports, wherein the first perforated structure is disposed in the first oxidant flow path. The second combustor includes a second oxidant flow path and a second perforated structure comprising a second plurality of oxidant ports. The second perforated structure is disposed in the second oxidant flow path and the first perforated structure has at least one difference relative to the second perforated structure. | 08-27-2015 |
William Francis Carnell, Jr., Simpsonville, SC US
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20130031905 | FUEL NOZZLE - A fuel nozzle is provided and includes a nozzle body defining first and second interior regions for providing a supply of first and second fluids, a collar defining a third interior region and radial slots permitting radial ingress of a third fluid to the third interior region and a nozzle tip interposed between the nozzle body and the collar. The nozzle tip defines an annular slot, first discrete passageways by which the first fluid is communicated from the first interior region to the annular slot, second discrete passageways by which the first fluid is communicated from the annular slot to the radial slots, and third discrete passageways by which the second fluid is communicated from the second interior region to the radial slots. | 02-07-2013 |
William Francis Carnell, Jr., Greenville, SC US
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20150052905 | Pulse Width Modulation for Control of Late Lean Liquid Injection Velocity - Systems and methods for pulse-width modulation of late lean liquid injection velocity can be provided by certain embodiments of the disclosure. In one embodiment, a gas turbine combustor utilizing a late lean injection scheme can be provided, wherein the combustor can include a combustor liner and a transition piece. Methods described herein can allow for dynamic and intelligent adjustment of the late lean injection scheme based on a duty cycle and, optionally, a measured combustion gases temperature profile. The adjustments can involve a pulse-width modification of the duty cycle, which in turn can affect a fuel introduction velocity. Dynamic control of the fuel introduction velocity can provide for improved fuel droplet penetration and moving the heat release zone away from walls of the transitional piece. | 02-26-2015 |
William Francis Gallagher, Iii, Phoenixville, PA US
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20100148787 | High Frequency or Multifrequency Resistivity Tool - A system and method for determining material resistivity. A current of one or more frequencies is generated using a circuitry ( | 06-17-2010 |
William Francis Gubing, Plymouth, MI US
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20150260363 | LAMP ADJUSTER TO CONTROL MARGINS - A vehicle lamp assembly includes a body having a reflector, a lens, and a bulb. The assembly further includes a bezel, at least one adjuster arm attached to the body and to the bezel, and at least one biasing arm attached to the body and to the bezel. The biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with movement of the adjuster arm while minimizing a gap between the bezel and the lens. | 09-17-2015 |
William Francis Hennessey, Iv, Miami, FL US
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20130091610 | Wetsuit System With Shark Deterrents - A system for repelling sharks and protecting humans comprises a new wetsuit composition | 04-18-2013 |
William Francis Kraetz, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20130041618 | ESTIMATION OF AN INITIAL CONDITION INERTIAL REFERENCE FRAME - In one embodiment, an inertial device for determining an initial condition reference frame for a body is provided. The inertial device comprises at least one inertial measurement unit, one or more processing devices, and one or more memory devices. The inertial measurement unit provides rotation information along at least one axis to the one or more processing devices. The one or more processing devices uses the rotation information to estimate the current attitude of the body, based on estimates of a total rotation angle from experienced by the body from the beginning of body motion to when the inertial measurement unit initialized. | 02-14-2013 |
William Francis Revelt, Missouri City, TX US
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20120199467 | SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS FROM A MULTI-COMPONENT HYDROCARBON STREAM WHICH INCLUDES ETHYLENE - A process to separate a multi-component hydrocarbon stream which includes ethylene and other components with at least some of the components being present in a number of phases, is provided. The process includes in a first flash stage, flashing the multi-component hydrocarbon stream, from an elevated pressure and temperature to a pressure in the range of 10-18 bar(a), producing a first ethylene-containing vapour stream at a pressure in the range of 10-18 bar(a) and a multi-phase stream which includes some ethylene. In a second flash stage, the multi-phase stream is flashed to a pressure of less than 6 bar(a), producing a second vapour stream at a pressure of less than 6 bar(a) and a bottoms stream. The first ethylene-containing vapour stream is removed from the first flash stage, the second vapour stream is removed from the second flash stage and the bottoms stream is removed from the second flash stage. | 08-09-2012 |
William Francis Shea, Iii, West Hartford, CT US
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20150227945 | IMMUNOPROFILE CREDENTIALING SYSTEM - A system to store, manage and maintain individual's immunity status (immunoprofile) reports in a secure database to be used to grant access to designated locations. The results of the immunity status diagnostic tests are verified and credentials are issued certifying the individual's immunoprofile is current per national guidelines. These credentials establish the individual is not a health risk to others. The immunoprofile credentials are managed and maintained for example on an annual basis and can be accessed by administrators in order to permit visitors access to their facilities. | 08-13-2015 |
William Francis Siadak, Suwanee, GA US
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20120011230 | Utilizing a Gateway for the Assignment of Internet Protocol Addresses to Client Devices in a Shared Subset - A gateway may be utilized to assign Internet protocol (IP) addresses to client devices in a shared subnet. The gateway may include a dynamic host protocol configuration (DHCP) proxy server. The proxy server may receive discover messages from the client devices. The proxy server may send proxy discover messages to a master DHCP server and receive offer messages containing IP addresses and local options. The proxy server may add/modify the local options to create proxy offer messages, send the proxy offer messages to the client devices and receive IP address request messages from the client devices. The proxy server may send proxy IP address request messages to the master DHCP server and receive acknowledgement messages. The proxy server may add/modify local options in the acknowledgement messages to create proxy acknowledgement messages and send the proxy acknowledgement messages to the client devices to assign the IP addresses and the local options. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011275 | Selectively Applying Network Address Port Translation to Data Traffic through a Gateway in a Communications Network - Network Address Port Translation (NAPT) may be selectively applied to data traffic through a gateway in a communications network. The data traffic may be received at a primary gateway in the communications network. The primary gateway may then analyze the received data traffic to determine a network path. The primary gateway may then determine whether to apply NAPT to the received data traffic based on whether the network path terminates at a first service provider network or a second service provider network. The primary gateway may apply NAPT on the received data traffic upon determining that the network path terminates at the first service provider network or bridge the received data traffic to a secondary gateway upon determining that the network path terminates at the second service provider network. | 01-12-2012 |
William Francis Splichal, San Jose, CA US
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20140159743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY MEASURING A LIQUID LEVEL USING TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR) - A remote pulse TDR liquid level measurement system and method may include inserting a probe into a body of water. The probe has a probe/air interface, and the body of water includes an air/water interface. A narrow pulse is remotely transmitted to the probe via a coaxial cable. A first impedance mismatch is received from the probe/air interface in a form of a positive reflected pulse, and a second impedance mismatch is received from the air/water interface in a form of a negative reflected pulse. A time between the positive reflected pulse and the negative reflected pulse is calculated, and the time is converted to a distance, the distance being indicative of the water level. | 06-12-2014 |
William Francis Splichal, Jr., San Jose, CA US
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20100254505 | Methods and apparatuses for operating nuclear reactors and for determining power levels in the nuclear reactors - An apparatus may include two or more electrical conductors, one or more signal devices, and an analyzer. The one or more signal devices may be adapted to apply one or more signals to the two or more electrical conductors and receive one or more signals from the two or more electrical conductors. The analyzer may be adapted to determine power level in the nuclear reactor using at least one of the applied signals and at least one of the received signals. A method of determining power level in a nuclear reactor may include: measuring impedance values of two or more electrical conductors disposed in the nuclear reactor and using the measured impedance values to determine the power level. A method of operating a nuclear reactor may include: measuring the impedance values and using the measured impedance values to determine parameters of the nuclear reactor. | 10-07-2010 |