David J O'Connor

US Patent:

8306373, Nov 6, 2012

Filed:

May 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/466442

Inventors:

Hua Xia - Altamont NY, US
Kevin Thomas McCarthy - Troy NY, US
Michael Joseph Krok - Clifton Park NY, US
Boon Kwee Lee - Clifton Park NY, US
Christian Joseph Wagner - Latham NY, US
Ronald Kevin Gilstrap - Easley SC, US
James Richard Nutt - Greer SC, US
Kung-Li Deng - Princeton NJ, US
David Robert O'Connor - Gardnerville NV, US
Juntao Wu - Niskayuna NY, US
James Gerard Lopez - East Schodack NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

G02B 6/00
G02B 6/34
G06F 19/00
G06G 7/70

US Classification:

385 12, 385 37, 385113, 385136, 385137, 701100

Abstract:

A fiber Bragg grating multi-point temperature sensing system comprises a fiber sensing cable package and a plurality of clamping devices distributed along an inner surface of a wall in a circumferential direction for securing the fiber sensing cable package. The fiber sensing cable package comprises a fiber Bragg grating based sensing cable comprising at least one optical fiber, a plurality of Bragg gratings inscribed in the optical fiber, and a fabric layer and a sheath tube surrounding the optical fiber. The multi-point fiber temperature sensing system comprises a light source for transmitting light to the Bragg gratings based sensing cable package, and a detector module receiving reflected signal. Each clamping device comprises a radiation tee and defines at least one mounting hole for securing the fiber sensing cable.

US Patent:

20080289586, Nov 27, 2008

Filed:

Apr 24, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/150005

Inventors:

David L. O'Connor - Bellingham MA, US

International Classification:

A01K 13/00
A45B 11/02

US Classification:

119850, 135 16

Abstract:

A device for shielding an animal from precipitation and sunlight includes a harness which is releasably secured to the animal and an umbrella which is removably attached to the harness. The harness includes an elongated dorsal strip which lies along the spine of the animal, a tubular holder which extends away from the top surface of the dorsal strip, a posterior strap which wraps tightly around the abdomen of the animal and an anterior strap which wraps tightly around a collar worn on the neck of the animal. The umbrella includes an elongated handle which, at one end, is dimensioned for fitted insertion into the holder and which, at the other end, is fixedly coupled to an enlarged, foldable canopy. The enlarged canopy includes an enlarged, generally rectangular sheet of water-proof fabric and a frame secured to the sheet to provide structural rigidity.

US Patent:

62905651, Sep 18, 2001

Filed:

Jul 21, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/357725

Inventors:

Tinsley A. Galyean III - Cambridge MA
Henry Kaufman - Cambridge MA
Bruce M. Blumberg - Pepperell MA
David C. O'connor - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Nearlife, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A63F 924

US Classification:

446 99

Abstract:

A three dimensional physical toy that can be manipulated by a user is connected to a computer. Interchangeable accessory parts can be plugged into the toy via mechanisms which identify the accessory parts immediately when they are plugged into the toy body. A software program running in the computer displays a graphical character representation of the toy, including the accessory parts that have been plugged into the toy in a virtual environment on a monitor screen. The toy and the accessory parts interact dynamically with the software program so that the graphical character representation of the toy appears on the screen exactly as it physically appears to the user. The toy interacts with the virtual environment in each stage of construction an as each accessory part is added or removed. Therefore, as various accessory parts are inserted into, or removed from, the toy, the graphical character representation of the toy interacts with the virtual environment in different ways. Some of the accessory parts have physical sensors built in to detect motion, bending, etc.