Patents by Inventor Charles Edward Humerickhouse

Charles Edward Humerickhouse 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).

  • Diagnostic method and system for turbine engines
    Patent number: 6687596
    Abstract: A method and system for evaluating whether faults detected during the testing of a gas turbine engine are related to the performance problems of the engine or to some other abnormality unrelated to engine performance. One performance parameter of the engine is evaluated under one performance condition to generate a first set of current engine data that is then compared to a first set of prior engine data to determine if there is an abnormality. If one is detected, this performance parameter is then evaluated under at least two different performance conditions to generate a second set of current engine data that is compared to a second set of prior engine data to determine if there is an abnormality. If one is detected, the abnormality is evaluated to see if the fault is unrelated to the performance of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Edward Humerickhouse, Charles Eric Lethander, Ryan Kenneth Vorwerk
  • Diagnostic method and system for turbine engines
    Publication number: 20030045992
    Abstract: A method and system for evaluating whether faults detected during the testing of a gas turbine engine are related to the performance problems of the engine or to some other abnormality unrelated to engine performance. One performance parameter of the engine is evaluated under one performance condition to generate a first set of current engine data that is then compared to a first set of prior engine data to determine if there is an abnormality. If one is detected, this performance parameter is then evaluated under at least two different performance conditions to generate a second set of current engine data that is compared to a second set of prior engine data to determine if there is an abnormality. If one is detected, the abnormality is evaluated to see if the fault is unrelated to the performance of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Charles Edward Humerickhouse, Charles Eric Lethander, Ryan Kenneth Vorwerk