公开(公告)号：US20130098541A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13709505

申请日：2012-12-10

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Donald Joseph Buckley, JR. ,  Douglas Glenn Wildes ,  Warren Lee ,  Weston Blaine Griffin

IPC: B32B37/24

CPC classification number: B32B37/24 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B8/4281 ,  A61B8/445 ,  B29C45/02 ,  B29C45/462 ,  B29L2031/7542 ,  G10K11/355

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of manufacturing ultrasound probe comprising a probe housing defining a distal end, an ultrasonic transducer array disposed within the probe housing and rotatable within said probe housing, an acoustically neutral structure bonded to a surface of the ultrasonic transducer array by an adhesive, a motor coupled to the ultrasonic transducer array, the motor being configured to rotate the ultrasonic transducer array in order to image a three-dimensional volume; and an acoustic coupling fluid disposed within free volume of the probe housing.

Abstract translation: 本文提供了一种制造超声波探头的方法，其包括限定远端的探针壳体，设置在探针壳体内并可在所述探针壳体内旋转的超声换能器阵列，通过粘合剂结合到超声波换能器阵列的表面的声中性结构 耦合到所述超声换能器阵列的马达，所述马达被配置为旋转所述超声波换能器阵列以便成像三维体积; 以及设置在探针壳体的自由体积内的声耦合流体。

公开(公告)号：US20170059080A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-02

申请号：US15224782

申请日：2016-08-01

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Huabing Zheng ,  Donald Joseph Buckley, JR. ,  Scott Michael Miller ,  Chad Eric Yates ,  Juan Alberto Rivas Cardona

IPC: F16L59/14 ,  F16L59/02

CPC classification number: F16L59/143 ,  B32B1/00 ,  B32B1/08 ,  B32B3/00 ,  B32B3/20 ,  B32B3/26 ,  B32B5/18 ,  B32B5/22 ,  B32B7/00 ,  B32B7/02 ,  B32B25/00 ,  B32B25/04 ,  B32B25/14 ,  B32B25/20 ,  B32B27/00 ,  B32B27/06 ,  B32B27/28 ,  B32B27/286 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B27/38 ,  B32B27/40 ,  B32B2266/00 ,  B32B2266/02 ,  B32B2266/0278 ,  B32B2266/06 ,  B32B2307/30 ,  B32B2307/304 ,  B32B2307/50 ,  B32B2307/712 ,  B32B2307/7242 ,  B32B2307/7244 ,  B32B2307/7246 ,  B32B2307/7248 ,  B32B2307/732 ,  B32B2597/00 ,  F16L59/029

Abstract: The present invention provides an insulated fluid conduit useful in facilities in which a hot fluid susceptible to one or more deleterious phase changes in response to heat loss to a cold environment is transported. Such conduits may be particularly well suited to improve thermal control in subsea hydrocarbon production operations. The fluid conduit includes an inner first insulating layer containing a first polymer matrix, and a first phase change material undergoing a phase change at T1. The fluid conduit includes an outer second insulating layer containing a second polymer matrix, and a second phase change material undergoing a phase change at T2, wherein T1 is greater than T2. One or more barrier layers inhibit migration of the phase change material from the insulation layers and into the environment. In one or more embodiments, the phase change material is present as a microencapsulated phase change material.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种绝缘流体管道，其用于能够响应于对寒冷环境的热损失而易受一个或多个有害相变化的热流体的运输的设备。 这样的导管可能特别适合于改善海底碳氢化合物生产操作中的热控制。 流体管道包括含有第一聚合物基质的内部第一绝缘层和在T1下经历相变的第一相变材料。 流体管道包括含有第二聚合物基质的外部第二绝缘层和在T2处经历相变的第二相变材料，其中T1大于T2。 一个或多个阻挡层抑制相变材料从绝缘层迁移到环境中。 在一个或多个实施方案中，相变材料作为微胶囊相变材料存在。

公开(公告)号：US20170108420A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US15230488

申请日：2016-08-08

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Andrew Arthur Paul Burns ,  Eugene Pauling Boden ,  Scott Michael Miller ,  Kathryn Amanda Misner ,  Terry Lee Saunders ,  Donald Joseph Buckley, JR.

IPC: G01N3/42

CPC classification number: G01N3/42 ,  G01N3/20 ,  G01N3/32 ,  G01N2203/0007 ,  G01N2203/0073

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for rapid testing of films used in the manufacture of bioprocess bags. The methods described herein allow for determination of resistance to flexural fatigue while mimicking actual conditions in bioprocesses such as flexion and subsequent fatigue and failure of a bioprocess bag made of a film when it is placed on a rocking platform.

公开(公告)号：US20170226306A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15018958

申请日：2016-02-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Norberto Silvi ,  Donald Joseph Buckley, JR. ,  David Andrew Simon ,  Davide Louis Simone ,  Joseph Anthony Pavlisko

IPC: C08J9/12

CPC classification number: C08J9/122 ,  B29C44/3419 ,  B29C44/50 ,  B29C48/0012 ,  B29C48/022 ,  B29C48/385 ,  B29K2019/00 ,  B29K2033/12 ,  B29K2055/02 ,  B29K2069/00 ,  B29K2101/12 ,  B29K2105/0005 ,  B29K2105/045 ,  B29K2105/046 ,  B29K2995/0015 ,  B29L2031/7622 ,  C08J9/0061 ,  C08J2201/03 ,  C08J2203/06 ,  C08J2203/08 ,  C08J2205/044 ,  C08J2205/046 ,  C08J2205/052 ,  C08J2333/12 ,  C08J2355/02 ,  C08J2369/00 ,  C08J2383/04 ,  C08J2433/06

Abstract: In general, the present invention is directed to a continuous method of making a polymer foam by using a polymer having a first monomeric component and a second monomeric component. The method employs a tandem type extruder having a first extruder and a second extruder. The method disclosed herein can provide a foam having a desired cell size, cell density, porosity, foam density, and/or thermal conductivity, etc. In turn, the polymer foams produced according to the present method can have numerous applications, such as thermal insulation applications for appliances including ovens, freezers, refrigerators, etc.