Patents by Inventor Matthew John MALONE
Matthew John MALONE 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).
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Patent number: 11198453Abstract: Examples for a traction system are provided. In one example, the traction system includes a nozzle coupled to an air source and configured to be selectively aimed toward a determined portion of a rail surface of a rail, and a conduit configured to supply pressurized air from the air source to the nozzle, the nozzle flexibly coupled thereto. The nozzle is configured for the aim of the nozzle to be controlled to change its aiming direction in response to a change in curvature of the rail, whereby a stream of air from the nozzle impacts the determined portion during movement of the vehicle through the curvature of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Justin Winston, Adrian Jerzy Gorski, Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Matthew John Malone, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Jeremy Thomas McGarry
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Patent number: 11092018Abstract: Damping members for turbocharger assemblies, methods for providing turbocharger assemblies, and turbocharger assemblies are described herein. The damping members include bodies having shapes to fit between a recess extending into a rotor disk of a turbocharger and laterally protruding shoulders of platforms in neighboring blades of the turbocharger. The bodies dampen vibrations of the blades during rotation of the blades. The damping members may include a variety of shapes, such as a sheet, a wedge, a tapered pin, a cylindrical pin, a bent sheet, or another shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Suryarghya Chakrabarti, Yashwanth Tummala, Letian Wang, Walter John Smith, Daniel Edward Loringer, Brian Denver Potter, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 10697388Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for calibrating one or more exhaust valves. In one example, a system comprises an exhaust valve configured to control flow of exhaust gas exiting an engine and a controller configured to calibrate the exhaust valve by commanding the exhaust valve to a fully closed position with a first driving current and measuring a first position of the exhaust valve at the first driving current, commanding the exhaust valve to a fully open position with a second driving current and measuring a second position of the exhaust valve at the second driving current, and generating a map based on a linear function determined from the first driving current, the second driving current, the measured first position, and the measured second position. The controller is further configured to adjust a position of the exhaust valve based on the map.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: David Zielinski, Luke Michael Henry, Matthew John Malone, Harsha Vardhana
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Publication number: 20200094855Abstract: A control system receives signals representing a presence and position of a secondary movement system onboard a vehicle. The secondary movement system changes movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle. The control system creates a schedule of use of the secondary movement system based on the presence and position of the secondary movement system and controls the secondary movement system based on the schedule that is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 10518788Abstract: A control system receives signals representing a presence and position of a secondary movement system onboard a vehicle. The secondary movement system changes movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle. The control system creates a schedule of use of the secondary movement system based on the presence and position of the secondary movement system and controls the secondary movement system based on the schedule that is created.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Publication number: 20190322294Abstract: A control system receives signals representing a presence and position of a secondary movement system onboard a vehicle. The secondary movement system changes movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle. The control system creates a schedule of use of the secondary movement system based on the presence and position of the secondary movement system and controls the secondary movement system based on the schedule that is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 10358149Abstract: A system for controlling a consist of rail vehicles or other vehicles includes a control unit electrically coupled to a first rail vehicle in the consist, the control unit having a processor and being configured to receive signals representing a presence and position of one or more tractive effort systems on-board the first vehicle and other rail vehicles in the consist, and a set of instructions stored in a non-transient medium accessible by the processor, the instructions configured to control the processor to create a optimization schedule that manages the use of the one or more tractive effort systems based on the presence and position of the tractive effort systems within the consist.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 10227937Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for detecting a change in turbocharger performance. In one example, a method comprises determining a level of turbocharger imbalance based on output from a turbine speed sensor and generating a signal related to a change in a performance level of the turbocharger if the level of turbocharger imbalance is greater than a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLCInventors: Aninda Bhattacharya, Bret Dwayne Worden, Ajay Kumar Behera, Mahesh Panicker, Wrichik Basu, Matthew John Malone, Arwa Hatim Ginwala
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Publication number: 20190054930Abstract: Examples for a traction system are provided. In one example, the traction system includes a nozzle coupled to an air source and configured to be selectively aimed toward a determined portion of a rail surface of a rail, and a conduit configured to supply pressurized air from the air source to the nozzle, the nozzle flexibly coupled thereto. The nozzle is configured for the aim of the nozzle to be controlled to change its aiming direction in response to a change in curvature of the rail, whereby a stream of air from the nozzle impacts the determined portion during movement of the vehicle through the curvature of the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Justin Winston, Adrian Jerzy Gorski, Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Matthew John Malone, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Jeremy Thomas McGarry
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Patent number: 10189515Abstract: An aerodynamic control system includes a skirt assembly configured to be disposed between plural vehicles in a vehicle system formed from the plural vehicles with the vehicles separated by a spatial gap in the vehicle system. The skirt assembly can include a bladder configured to be inflated with a fluid by a fluid source disposed onboard the vehicle system to cause the skirt assembly to expand between the vehicles from a collapsed state to an expanded state such that the skirt assembly at least partially fills the spatial gap between the vehicles. The skirt assembly can reduce aerodynamic drag exerted on the vehicle system during movement of the vehicle system relative to the vehicle system moving without the skirt assembly in the expanded state.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Matthew John Malone, Gregory Wright
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Patent number: 10106177Abstract: Examples for a traction system are provided. In one example, the traction system includes a nozzle coupled to an air source and configured to be selectively aimed toward a determined portion of a rail surface of a rail, and a conduit configured to supply pressurized air from the air source to the nozzle, the nozzle flexibly coupled thereto. The nozzle is configured for the aim of the nozzle to be controlled to change its aiming direction in response to a change in curvature of the rail, whereby a stream of air from the nozzle impacts the determined portion during movement of the vehicle through the curvature of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Justin Winston, Adrian Jerzy Gorski, Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Matthew John Malone, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Jeremy Thomas McGarry
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Patent number: 10047627Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for controlling a tip clearance between a shroud and blade of a turbocharger turbine. In one embodiment, a method for an engine including a turbocharger comprises, selectively adjusting a flow of coolant from one or more engine coolant sources through a shroud of a turbine based on a tip clearance between the shroud and a blade of the turbine.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Matthew John Malone, Daniel Edward Loringer
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Patent number: 9964057Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for diagnosing individual engine cylinders based on a turbocharger speed fluctuation of a turbocharger. In one embodiment, a method for an engine includes adjusting engine operation based on an indicated operating parameter of an individual engine cylinder, where the indicated operating parameter is based on at least one turbocharger speed fluctuation of a turbocharger correlated with crankshaft position.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Neil Xavier Blythe, Daniel Edward Loringer, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 9822694Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for controlling air flow in a two-stage turbocharger. In one example, an engine method comprises adjusting one or more exhaust gas recirculation valves to maintain a first turbocharger within a first air flow range, and adjusting a turbocharger bypass valve to maintain a second turbocharger within a second air flow range.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Robert Mischler, Daniel Edward Loringer, Neil Xavier Blythe, Luke Henry, Matthew John Malone, Greg Thomas Polkus
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Publication number: 20170320502Abstract: A system for controlling a consist of rail vehicles or other vehicles includes a control unit electrically coupled to a first rail vehicle in the consist, the control unit having a processor and being configured to receive signals representing a presence and position of one or more tractive effort systems on-board the first vehicle and other rail vehicles in the consist, and a set of instructions stored in a non-transient medium accessible by the processor, the instructions configured to control the processor to create a optimization schedule that manages the use of the one or more tractive effort systems based on the presence and position of the tractive effort systems within the consist.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Bret Dwayne WORDEN, Brian Douglas LAWRY, Jeremy Thomas MCGARRY, Jennifer Lynn COYNE, Matthew John MALONE
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Patent number: 9718480Abstract: A system for controlling a consist of rail vehicles or other vehicles includes a control unit electrically coupled to a first rail vehicle in the consist, the control unit having a processor and being configured to receive signals representing a presence and position of one or more tractive effort systems on-board the first vehicle and other rail vehicles in the consist, and a set of instructions stored in a non-transient medium accessible by the processor, the instructions configured to control the processor to create a optimization schedule that manages the use of the one or more tractive effort systems based on the presence and position of the tractive effort systems within the consist.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Patent number: 9670929Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for detecting turbocharger degradation. In one example, a method comprises detecting an axial position of a turbine rotor based on output from a turbine speed sensor, and if the axial position is greater than a threshold distance from a base position, indicating turbocharger degradation.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Matthew John Malone
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Publication number: 20170122230Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for detecting a change in turbocharger performance. In one example, a method comprises determining a level of turbocharger imbalance based on output from a turbine speed sensor and generating a signal related to a change in a performance level of the turbocharger if the level of turbocharger imbalance is greater than a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Aninda Bhattacharya, Bret Dwayne Worden, Ajay Kumar Behera, Mahesh Panicker, Wrichik Basu, Matthew John Malone, Arwa Hatim Ginwala
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Publication number: 20170107924Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for diagnosing individual engine cylinders based on a turbocharger speed fluctuation of a turbocharger. In one embodiment, a method for an engine includes adjusting engine operation based on an indicated operating parameter of an individual engine cylinder, where the indicated operating parameter is based on at least one turbocharger speed fluctuation of a turbocharger correlated with crankshaft position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Neil Xavier Blythe, Daniel Edward Loringer, Matthew John Malone
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Publication number: 20170066486Abstract: An aerodynamic control system includes a skirt assembly configured to be disposed between plural vehicles in a vehicle system formed from the plural vehicles with the vehicles separated by a spatial gap in the vehicle system. The skirt assembly can include a bladder configured to be inflated with a fluid by a fluid source disposed onboard the vehicle system to cause the skirt assembly to expand between the vehicles from a collapsed state to an expanded state such that the skirt assembly at least partially fills the spatial gap between the vehicles. The skirt assembly can reduce aerodynamic drag exerted on the vehicle system during movement of the vehicle system relative to the vehicle system moving without the skirt assembly in the expanded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Matthew John MALONE, Gregory WRIGHT