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Daniel W. Mcgillis, Fraser, MI US
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20120036692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGINE PISTON INSTALLATION BY USE OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS - A method and apparatus for engine piston installation in which robots are used for the entire engine piston installation process. A first robot equipped with a stuffing gripper and force control picks up a piston with a connection rod, detects the piston ring presence, squeezes the rings, finds the engine cylinder bore, and stuffs the piston into the cylinder bore. A second robot can be used to load and unload the engine block, hold the block and position it to the location, and indexes the crankshaft into the proper orientation for each cylinder bore. A set of tools either fixed on a stationary station or on a third robot is used to guide the piston connecting rod, transport and place on the connecting rod cap, and fasten the cap onto the connecting rod. The piston connecting rod guiding process may be omitted in piston stuffing for some types of engines. | 02-16-2012 |
Donald Mcgillis, Pointe Claire CA
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20090319093 | METHODS AND PROCESSES RELATING TO ELECTRICITY POWER GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - According to an aspect of the invention a method is provided comprising: providing a model for a predetermined location within an electrical power system having therein distributed resources (DR), the model based on known system conditions, the model indicative of first sensed characteristics of the electrical power system at the predetermined location; sensing at the predetermined location characteristics of the electrical power system corresponding to at least some of the first sensed characteristics; determining a status of the electrical power system network indicative of an islanding event in dependence upon sensing and other than in dependence upon other sensed data sensed remotely from the predetermined location; and, controlling a distributed resource in dependence upon the status | 12-24-2009 |
Greg Mcgillis, Edmonton CA
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20160003666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING NOISE OF LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENTS FROM A RESERVOIR - The method generally has the steps of: measuring a measured liquid level value in a reservoir; generating a filtered liquid level value including applying a first noise filtration stage to the measured liquid level value to limit the change of the filtered liquid level value compared to previous liquid level value measurements; determining a variation of the generated filtered liquid level value over a given period of time; comparing the determined variation to a threshold value; when the determined variation is above the threshold value, entering a sloshing mode, the sloshing mode including generating an outputted liquid level value corresponding to a filtered liquid level value generated prior to entering the sloshing mode, the sloshing mode being maintained until the determined variation is below the threshold value; and when the determined variation is below the threshold value, generating an outputted liquid level value corresponding to the filtered liquid level value. | 01-07-2016 |
Gregory Joseph Mcgillis, Stoney Plain CA
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20130320145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND METERING DEICING FLUID FROM A TANK USING A REFRACTOMETER MODULE - A system and method is provided for measuring and metering deicing fluid as it is dispensed from a tank onto an aircraft to remove ice and to prevent subsequent icing. The system can include a guided wave radar gauge mounted on the tank to measure the volume of fluid in the tank in real-time. As fluid is dispensed from the tank, the gauge measures the change in the volume of fluid in the tank and transmits the volume of fluid in the tank and the volume of fluid dispensed from the tank to a display/controller. The system can also include a refractometer module to enable the measurement of the concentration of a first constituent fluid relative to a second constituent fluid in a mixture thereof. The system can further measure the concentration of one deicing fluid constituent (e.g. glycol) mixed with another fluid constituent (e.g. water) to determine the freeze point of the deicing fluid. | 12-05-2013 |
Jack Alexander Mcgillis, Oakland, CA US
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20110120109 | FALLING WATER ELECTRICAL GENERATORS AND ELECTRICAL GENERATING METHODS - A power generator is provided having one or more reservoirs. Each reservoir has an inlet and an outlet. A float is disposed in each reservoir. A shaft is connected to each float. Controls are provided for actuating each inlets and outlet to cause water to flow into and out of each reservoir via its corresponding inlet and outlet, respectively. As a result, the flowing water moves each float in a vertically oscillating manner to rotate the shaft at an output a rate suitable to generate usable power. Also provided are a method for generating electricity and an energy converter that converts vertical float movement into rotational energy. | 05-26-2011 |
20120006015 | FALLING WATER POWER GENERATORS AND POWER GENERATING METHODS - A method for generating power by converting the vertical movement of floats in one or more reservoirs is provided. Each reservoir has an inlet and an outlet. A float is disposed in each reservoir. A shaft is connected to each float. Controls are provided for actuating inlet and outlet gates to cause water to flow into and out of each reservoir via its corresponding inlet and outlet, respectively. As a result, the flowing water moves each float in a vertically oscillating manner to rotate the shaft at an output rate suitable to generate usable power. | 01-12-2012 |
Neil Patrick Mcgillis, Marietta, GA US
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20140357244 | COMPARATIVE PHRASE ENGINE FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATOLOGY - Systems and methods for providing a comparative weather phrase engine that takes two (or more) locations, compares information or conditions associated with the locations, and generates a narrative phrase information the user how one location differs from another location. The information or conditions may be weather conditions, traffic conditions, tourist information or event information. The narrative phrase may be presented together with other information or advertising. | 12-04-2014 |