Patents by Inventor Anastasios Tsalavoutas

Anastasios Tsalavoutas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10197472
    Abstract: A method for performing maintenance on an engine includes: providing an engine maintenance system including a database system having a database and a database management device: providing a first performance parameter stored in the database and characterizes an engine performance before an engine maintenance procedure; providing a maintenance parameter stored in the database and characterizes a scope of a maintenance measure performed on an engine during an engine maintenance procedure; providing a second performance parameter stored in the database and characterizes the engine performance after the engine maintenance procedure; determining, using the database management device, a functional relationship between the maintenance parameter and the contribution of the maintenance parameter to a difference between the first performance parameter and the second performance parameter; outputting the functional relationship via the engine maintenance system; and performing maintenance on the engine taking the functi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Jonathan Kuschke, Anastasios Tsalavoutas, Andre Kando
  • Patent number: 10013814
    Abstract: A method for the at least partially automated diagnosis of aircraft gas turbine engines includes the steps of: 1) detecting actual parameter values of an aircraft gas turbine engine for several operational segments 2) determining deviations, of these actual parameter values from theoretical parameter values; and 3) determining damage pattern probabilities based on a similarity of at least one determined deviation, particularly based on a change between determined deviations, to deviation patterns of different known damage patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Andre Kando, Hassan Abdullahi, Anastasios Tsalavoutas, Thomas Speer
  • Publication number: 20160260263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the at least partially automated diagnosis of aircraft gas turbine engines having the steps of: 1) detecting (S10) actual parameter values (NH, EGT) of an aircraft gas turbine engine for several operational segments (z1, z2, . . . ); 2) determining (S20) deviations (?NH, ?EGT), of these actual parameter values from theoretical parameter values; and 3) determining (S40) damage pattern probabilities (P(HPC), P(LPC)) based on a similarity of at least one determined deviation, particularly based on a change (?) between determined deviations (?), to deviation patterns (?NH, ?EGT) of different known damage patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Andre Kando, Hassan Abdullahi, Anastasios Tsalavoutas, Thomas Speer
  • Publication number: 20150094931
    Abstract: A method for performing maintenance on an engine includes: providing an engine maintenance system including a database system having a database and a database management device: providing a first performance parameter stored in the database and characterizes an engine performance before an engine maintenance procedure; providing a maintenance parameter stored in the database and characterizes a scope of a maintenance measure performed on an engine during an engine maintenance procedure; providing a second performance parameter stored in the database and characterizes the engine performance after the engine maintenance procedure; determining, using the database management device, a functional relationship between the maintenance parameter and the contribution of the maintenance parameter to a difference between the first performance parameter and the second performance parameter; outputting the functional relationship via the engine maintenance system; and performing maintenance on the engine taking the functi
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan Kuschke, Anastasios Tsalavoutas, Andre Kando