Warren F Bessler

6438978, Aug 27, 2002

Jan 7, 1998

09/003920

Warren Frank Bessler - Amsterdam NY

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

F25D 1700

62179, 62180, 62223

A refrigeration system disposed within an outer cabinet having a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment comprises a freezer evaporator and a fresh food evaporator each having an inlet and an outlet. A compressor is coupled to the freezer evaporator via a conduit and a control valve is disposed at the inlet of the freezer evaporator to control refrigerant flow therethrough. A first liquid line temperature sensor is disposed so as to detect refrigerant temperature at the inlet of the freezer evaporator and a second liquid line temperature sensor is disposed so as to detect refrigerant temperature at the inlet of the fresh food evaporator. A freezer compartment temperature sensor and a fresh food compartment temperature sensor are disposed within the freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment, respectively, to sense compartment a temperatures. A controller is coupled to the control valve and to the compressor so as to provide control signals thereto and to the liquid line temperature sensors and the compartment temperature sensors to receive temperature signals therefrom. The controller generates control signals to the control valve in response to temperature signals generated from the liquid line temperature sensors and the compartment temperature sensors to modify the control valves duty cycle of open-to-closed conditions so as to maintain evaporator dryness at a relatively fixed level.

6502018, Dec 31, 2002

Feb 25, 1999

09/257406

Warren Frank Bessler - Amsterdam NY

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 700

701 29, 701 33, 701 34, 701 35, 701 79, 303146148-

A method of predicting failures in equipment including at least one sensor for generating sensor data corresponding to a sensed parameter. The method includes monitoring the sensor data during normal operation of the equipment. The sensor data during normal operation is compared to a model prediction of the sensed parameter to determine variance between the sensor data and the model prediction. The model is calibrated to minimize the variance between the model prediction and the sensor data. Error in the sensor data is determined and an error condition is generated upon detection of an error in the sensor data.

6552525, Apr 22, 2003

Mar 14, 2001

09/681290

Warren Frank Bessler - Amsterdam NY

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01R 1900

324103R, 324142, 34082506, 34087002

A system for scheduling and monitoring usage of an electrical household appliance includes an electronic controller and at least one sensor connectible to one another and to the appliance to respectively control operation of the appliance and to detect the amount of electrical power supplied to the appliance, and a computer connectible with the electronic controller and with the Internet for providing communications therebetween and for receiving instructions inputted by a service provider via the Internet and by a user and producing an output to the electronic controller for scheduling and monitoring the operation of the appliance via the electronic controller.

6679065, Jan 20, 2004

Aug 5, 2002

10/212374

Warren Frank Bessler - Amsterdam NY
Martin Mitchell Zentner - Prospect KY
Venkataramana Rachakonda - Andhra Pradesh, IN
Debra Ann Miozza - Louisville KY
Anand Ganesh Joshi - Bangalore, IN
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi - Bangalore, IN
Venkata Ramakrishna Ramayanam - Louisville KY

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

F25B 2102

62 36, 62 37, 62149, 62209

A temperature controlled apparatus comprises a reversible solid state device having a first section and a second section; portions of the first and the second sections are disposed in intimate contact. The first section is disposed adjacent to a portion of an external wall surface of a compartment and the second section is disposed adjacent to a portion of an internal wall surface of the compartment. A compartment fan is disposed within the compartment. The reversible solid state device and the compartment fan are coupled to a controller. The controller is configured to modify a compartment air temperature inside the compartment by controlling the reversible solid state device and the compartment fan to flow a compartment air across the second section. The controller is configured to control the reversible solid state device and the compartment fan in at least one temperature operational mode.

7010930, Mar 14, 2006

Sep 24, 2003

10/670533

Mehmet Arik - Niskayuna NY, US
Warren Bessler - Amsterdam NY, US
Michael Bowman - Niskayuna NY, US
Charles Byrd - Redwood City CA, US
William Gerstler - Niskayuna NY, US
Daniel P. Smith - Ballston Spa NY, US
Todd Wetzel - Niskayuna NY, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F25D 23/12

622592, 62500

A turbomachinery system for cooling a high power density device includes a turbomachine configured to deliver a high flux cooling medium toward the high power density device, a housing containing a motor, a compressor, or both, of the turbomachine, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the turbomachine and arranged for being thermally coupled to the high power density device, and a transition duct arranged intermediate the heat exchanger and turbomachine.

7308808, Dec 18, 2007

Apr 22, 2002

10/127001

Darren Lee Hallman - Clifton Park NY, US
David Joseph Najewicz - Prospect KY, US
Sung Jin Kim - Guilderland NY, US
Andrew Denise Varghese - Bangalore, IN
Thomas Joseph Fyvie - Schenectady NY, US
Vanita Mani - Clifton Park NY, US
Warren Frank Bessler - Amsterdam NY, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

D06B 23/20

68 18C, 68 18 R, 68 20

The present invention provides an article cleaning apparatus comprising an air management mechanism, a cleaning basket assembly, a fluid regeneration device, a working fluid device, a clean fluid device, and a controller. The working fluid device is coupled to the fluid regeneration device, the cleaning basket assembly, and the air management mechanism. The clean fluid device is coupled to the cleaning basket assembly and the fluid regeneration device. The controller is coupled to the air management mechanism, the cleaning basket assembly, the working fluid device, the regeneration device, and the clean fluid device. The controller is configured to control a cleaning process. The present invention also provides a method for performing the cleaning process.

20040107718, Jun 10, 2004

Dec 6, 2002

10/065985

Michael Bowman - Niskayuna NY, US
Mehmet Arik - Niskayuna NY, US
Chellappa Balan - Niskayuna NY, US
Warren Bessler - Amsterdam NY, US
Ronald Bunker - Niskayuna NY, US
Charles Byrd - Redwood City CA, US
William Gerstler - Niskayuna NY, US
Nirm Nirmalan - Niskayuna NY, US
Daniel Smith - Ballston Spa NY, US
Todd Wetzel - Niskayuna NY, US

F28F013/12
F24H003/06
F04B003/00
F04B005/00
F04B025/00
F25D023/12
F25D009/00
F25B001/00
F25B001/06

062/259200, 062/498000, 062/500000, 062/401000, 165/109100, 165/122000, 165/DIG516, 165/DIG529, 417/244000, 417/245000

A turbomachinery system for cooling a high power density device includes a turbomachine configured to deliver a high flux cooling medium and a high power density device arranged in fluid communication with the turbomachine, the turbomachine having a motor and a compressor driven by the motor.

20050058959, Mar 17, 2005

Sep 17, 2003

10/666180

Jeffrey Fortin - Niskayuna NY, US
Warren Bessler - Amsterdam NY, US
Joel Haynes - Niskayuna NY, US
Charles Seeley - Niskayuna NY, US

F23N001/00

431012000

An electronically controlled gas burner system and method using a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) valve. The system includes at least one gas burner and MEMS valves comprising an array of microvalves in fluid communication with the gas burner. The system also includes a microvalve controller for controlling the opening of each of the microvalves in the MEMS valve. The MEMS valve may be positioned remote from, or within, the gas burner. A method for controlling microvalves in a MEMS valve for firing a gas burner may include issuing a command for a desired gas flow and controlling an opening of at least some of the microvalves in the array to provide the desired gas flow corresponding to the command.