Patents by Inventor Kenneth F. Bibbins

Kenneth F. Bibbins 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).

  • Decoupling control architecture for pressure and flow controls in series
    Patent number: 8463496
    Abstract: An electronic controller for a sub-system of an air management system including an area conversion module and a sub-system area control module. The area conversion module includes inputs for a bleed output pressure set point, a bleed output pressure measurement, a sub-system parameter set point, a sub-system parameter measurement, and a sub-system output pressure measurement; and sub-modules for calculating an area set point and an area measurement. The sub-modules generate the area set point as a function of the engine bleed output pressure set point, the sub-system parameter set point, and the sub-system output pressure measurement; and the area measurement as a function of the bleed output pressure measurement, the sub-system parameter measurement, and the sub-system output pressure measurement. The sub-system area control module generates a control output for the sub-system as a function of the calculated area set point and the calculated area measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ernst, Kenneth F. Bibbins, Bruce R. Schroder
  • DECOUPLING CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR PRESSURE AND FLOW CONTROLS IN SERIES
    Publication number: 20130013145
    Abstract: An electronic controller for a sub-system of an air management system including an area conversion module and a sub-system area control module. The area conversion module includes inputs for a bleed output pressure set point, a bleed output pressure measurement, a sub-system parameter set point, a sub-system parameter measurement, and a sub-system output pressure measurement; and sub-modules for calculating an area set point and an area measurement. The sub-modules generate the area set point as a function of the engine bleed output pressure set point, the sub-system parameter set point, and the sub-system output pressure measurement; and the area measurement as a function of the bleed output pressure measurement, the sub-system parameter measurement, and the sub-system output pressure measurement. The sub-system area control module generates a control output for the sub-system as a function of the calculated area set point and the calculated area measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ernst, Kenneth F. Bibbins, Bruce R. Schroder