GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY patent applications published on March 21st, 2024

Summary of the patent applications from GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY on March 21st, 2024

General Electric Company has recently filed patents for innovative technologies in the fields of power grid management, power electronics, and wireless power transfer systems.

Summary: - Patent 1: A system and method for generating and executing an outage plan for a power grid based on severe weather-driven events. This technology helps proactively manage power grid outages caused by severe weather, ensuring grid stability and security during such events. - Patent 2: A super-junction (SJ) device with specific layers and doping concentrations to improve performance in power electronics applications. This technology enhances power handling capabilities, reduces energy losses, and improves reliability in high-power applications. - Patent 3: A dispatch advisor for power plants that helps maximize operational revenue by selecting optimal operating conditions based on a base load map. This technology increases revenue generation for power plant operators and improves efficiency in meeting power demands. - Patent 4: A system for foreign object detection in wireless power transfer systems using detection coils to ensure safe and efficient charging by detecting foreign objects near the charging coils.

Notable Applications: - Power grid management for severe weather events - Power electronics for high-voltage switches and converters - Optimization of power plant operations for increased profitability - Wireless power transfer systems with foreign object detection for automotive, consumer electronics, and healthcare industries.

Patent applications for GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY on March 21st, 2024

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A CUTTING/DRILLING TOOL AND CAPTURING GENERATED FOREIGN MATERIAL (17945458)

Main Inventor

CHRISTOPHER DAVID RUNKEL

Midshaft Rating for Turbomachine Engines (18348649)

Main Inventor

Narayanan PAYYOOR

Propulsion System for an Aircraft (18513916)

Main Inventor

Randy M. Vondrell

THRUST BEARINGS TO SUPPORT AXIAL THRUST IN PUMPS (18066707)

Main Inventor

Adam Joseph Wangler

GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS (18524874)

Main Inventor

Paul Hadley Vitt

GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH A FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY (17946499)

Main Inventor

Paul Hadley Vitt

METHODS OF JOINING BLADE COMPONENTS OF WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES USING POSITIONING ELEMENTS (18521256)

Main Inventor

Ryan Eric Vogel

SYSTEM FOR SPACING AND FASTENING TUBULAR STRUCTURES (18526724)

Main Inventor

Naleen Kumar Verma

MOTORIZED APPARATUS INCLUDING WHEELS (18523359)

Main Inventor

Todd William Danko

FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM (18264662)

Main Inventor

Viswanathan Kanakasabai

DISPATCH ADVISOR TO ASSIST IN SELECTING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF POWER PLANT THAT MAXIMIZES OPERATIONAL REVENUE (18389447)

Main Inventor

ILYA ALEXANDROVICH SLOBODYANSKIY

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PILLAR EXTENSION IN TERMINATION AREAS OF WIDE BAND GAP SUPER-JUNCTION POWER DEVICES (17948670)

Main Inventor

Collin William Hitchcock

SEVERE WEATHER-DRIVEN LARGE-SCALE OUTAGE MANAGEMENT FOR EMERGENCY POWER GRID (17723639)

Main Inventor

Saugata Swapan Biswas