Patents by Inventor Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, JR.

Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, JR. 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).

  • System and method for monitoring wear on a gearbox of a wind turbine
    Patent number: 10935001
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for monitoring wear on a gearbox of a wind turbine. A controller of the system is configured to determine a torque exerted on a rotor shaft of the wind turbine or a generator shaft of the wind turbine based on measurement signals received from a first sensor of the system. The controller is also configured to determine an accumulated wear value for the gearbox based on the torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Farong Zhu, Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, Jr., Priyangu Chunilal Patel, James Edward Cencula, Edward Lee McGrath
  • Integral ring gear and torque arm for a wind turbine gearbox
    Patent number: 10495210
    Abstract: An integral ring gear and torque arm for a wind turbine gearbox and method of manufacturing same includes forming the ring gear and the associated gear housing as a single part using the same material, e.g., using a casting process. Further, the ring gear defines an inner circumferential surface having a plurality of gear teeth. Thus, the method also includes applying a coating material to the gear teeth of the ring gear via an additive manufacturing process, such as cold spraying, so as to increase a hardness of gear teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Kevin M. Vandevoorde, Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, Jr., George Albert Goller, James Edward Cencula
  • INTEGRAL RING GEAR AND TORQUE ARM FOR A WIND TURBINE GEARBOX
    Publication number: 20190136962
    Abstract: An integral ring gear and torque arm for a wind turbine gearbox and method of manufacturing same includes forming the ring gear and the associated gear housing as a single part using the same material, e.g., using a casting process. Further, the ring gear defines an inner circumferential surface having a plurality of gear teeth. Thus, the method also includes applying a coating material to the gear teeth of the ring gear via an additive manufacturing process, such as cold spraying, so as to increase a hardness of gear teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Kevin M. Vandevoorde, Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, JR., George Albert Goller, James Edward Cencula
  • System and Method for Monitoring Wear on a Gearbox of a Wind Turbine
    Publication number: 20190128243
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for monitoring wear on a gearbox of a wind turbine. A controller of the system is configured to determine a torque exerted on a rotor shaft of the wind turbine or a generator shaft of the wind turbine based on measurement signals received from a first sensor of the system. The controller is also configured to determine an accumulated wear value for the gearbox based on the torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Raed Zuhair Hasan, Farong Zhu, Lawrence Keith Taliaferro, JR., Priyangu Chunilal Patel, James Edward Cencula, Edward Lee McGrath