Donald E Schneider

6408604, Jun 25, 2002

Aug 25, 2000

09/648138

Donald P. Schneider - Beachwood OH, 44122

B68C 500

54 791

A horse blanket includes a panel structure with right and left shoulder portions. The shoulder portions of the panel structure are configured to lie upon a horses shoulders when the blanket is worn by a horse of a size corresponding to the size of the blanket. A withers portion of the panel structure is configured to have a free-standing condition spaced upward out of overlying contact with the horses withers when the blanket is thus worn by the horse. This avoids chafing of the withers.

20040149579, Aug 5, 2004

Dec 18, 2003

10/738209

Carl Palmer - Hudson OH, US
Eric Weissman - Chagrin Falls OH, US
Earl Goodsell - Hudson OH, US
Dominic Flauto - Willoughby OH, US
Jeff Parmelee - Cuyahoga Falls OH, US
Donald Schneider - Lakewood OH, US
Jeff Johanning - Hudson OH, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01N027/26

204/431000

A method and apparatus for monitoring and measuring gas concentrations in combustor applications is provided, wherein the apparatus is a gas sensor having a plurality of electrodes cooperating with a single electrolyte cell for detecting the presence and concentration of gaseous components of a flue gas. A voltage is generated based on the flow of ions caused by differing gas concentrations as detected by electrodes across the electrolyte. The change in voltage is correlated and is used to determine the concentration of detected gases, such as combustible gases, nitric oxides, carbon monoxide, etc., contained in the flue gas. The combustor operation may then be optimized to enhance efficiency and minimize undesired gas concentrations in the flue gas in a desired fashion. A calibration gas may be introduced to calibrate the apparatus and a reference gas may be provided to an electrode as a basis for correlating the concentrations of the gases.

20130273483, Oct 17, 2013

Apr 13, 2012

13/445953

Michael Charles Spalding - Hudson OH, US
Donald Albert Schneider - Lakewood OH, US
Jiyuan Liu - Solon OH, US
Frederick Louis Glesius - Brecksville OH, US
Jeffrey Louis Johanning - Hudson OH, US
Leo Raymond Lombardo - Highland Hts. OH, US
Fred Yu-Feng Chou - Stow OH, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01J 1/04
F23N 5/08
F02C 9/48

431 79, 25022711

A flame sensor apparatus is provided including a sensor for sensing specific characteristics of a flame within a combustion chamber. The sensor includes a silicon carbide photodiode, and the sensor is spaced a distance from the combustion chamber. In addition, a fiber optic cable assembly extends between the sensor and the combustion chamber. The fiber optic cable can convey the specific characteristics of the flame from the combustion chamber to the sensor. The fiber optic cable assembly is included as part of a sealed array filled with an inert gas. In addition, a method of sensing specific characteristics of a flame is also provided.

46235086, Nov 18, 1986

Feb 15, 1984

6/580480

Frederick L. Glesius - Shaker Heights OH
John C. Kroon - Chagrin Falls OH
Donald A. Schneider - Lakewood OH
Arne L. Myrabo - Monticello MN

Reuter-Stokes, Inc. - Twinsburg OH

G21C 1700

376254

A wide range flux monitoring assembly is provided for in-core neutron flux monitoring in a nuclear reactor vessel. The assembly comprises a fixed in-core power range monitor and a fixed in-core extended range start-up monitor which are connected to signal processing circuitry means for generating signals representative of neutron flux in the reactor vessel. The extended range start-up monitor includes a fission chamber including an anode, a cathode, a neutron sensitive material interposed between the anode and the cathode and a cable assembly for communicating electrical signals between the anode and the cathode to the signal processing circuitry means. An insulating oversheath is disposed about the extended range start-up monitor for insulating the fission chamber from reactor vessel potential. The oversheath comprises a casing having an inner wall and an outer wall and includes an insulating layer interposed between the fission chamber and the inner wall. The insulating layer preferably comprises aluminum oxide.

51613522, Nov 10, 1992

Sep 10, 1991

7/757240

Stanley K. Schneider - Gates Mill OH
Donald P. Schneider - Chesterland OH

Schneider Saddlery Co., Inc. - Mayfield Heights OH

B68C 500

54 792

An adjustment device for modifying the front of a horse blanket prevents the blanket from rubbing off hair and causing sores on the horse's shoulders and withers. The adjustment tabs are formed by sewing a first strip of hook and loop connecting material on each side of the outer facing of the blanket on a line positioned diagonally between the center of the chest and the top of the wither. A second strip of mating hook and loop connecting material is connected to the first strip. It passes through a rectangular loop and attaches back to the first strip. By pulling the second strip through the loop any desired amount, a pleat is formed in the blanket on each side of the horse on the slope of the shoulder approximately halfway between the point of the shoulder and the wither. The necessary overlap of material is confined high on the slope of the shoulder in an area that is relatively immobile and with an area of the blanket that is not subjected to significant strain, thus preventing the blanket from rubbing off hair and causing sores on the horse's shoulders and withers.

6065273, May 23, 2000

Dec 23, 1998

9/219678

Donald P. Schneider - Chesterland OH

Schneiders Saddlery Co., Inc. - Chagrin Falls OH

B68C 112

54 66

The invention provides a contour English saddle pad having a rear area that is sufficient in size to accommodate an exhibitor number on each side of the pad. Preferably, the rear area of each side of the pad comprises a transparent or translucent, preferably non-glare plastic pocket, into which a card printed with the exhibitor number may be easily inserted and removed. The saddle pad of the invention allows display of the exhibitor number on each side of the horse without detracting from the presentation of the horse and is especially useful in English classes in which conformation is a judging criteria. A major benefit of the saddle pad of the invention, especially in English classes in which multiple horses are exhibited simultaneously, is that the exhibitor's number is continuously displayed within the same field of vision in which the judge evaluates the movement and conformation of the horse, thereby eliminating viewing problems associated with the traditional wearing of the exhibitor number on the rider's back.

60139196, Jan 11, 2000

Mar 13, 1998

9/041642

Donald A. Schneider - Lakewood OH
Leo Lombardo - Lyndhurst OH

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01J 314

250554

The present invention provides a flame sensor having dynamic sensitivity adjustment, wherein the sensitivity of the flame detector can be adjusted by varying the gain of a signal conditioning circuit associated with the flame detector. The flame detector includes a photodiode, such as, for example, a silicon carbide (SiC) photodiode, that, when exposed to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range of from about 190-400 nanometers, and preferably within the ultraviolet range. The photodiode generates a photocurrent proportional to the ultraviolet light intensity to which it is exposed. The output of the photodiode is processed and amplified by signal conditioning circuitry to produce a signal indicative of the presence of a flame. Moreover, a cutoff wavelength for silicon carbide photodiodes is preferably in the range of about 400 nanometers, which renders the photodiode "blind" to potentially interfering blackbody radiation from the walls of the turbine.

58126201, Sep 22, 1998

Nov 15, 1996

8/749464

Donald Albert Schneider - Lakewood OH

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01T 300

376153

Proportional counters for thermal neutron counting are described. In one embodiment, a proportional counter includes a lead wire, a coil spring and an anode wire. The coil spring includes two opposite ends and a substantially cylindrical opening extending between the two ends. The lead wire at least partially extends into the spring opening so that one end of the lead wire is within the spring opening. One end of the spring is secured to the lead wire, and the other end of the spring is secured to the anode wire.