Patents by Inventor Richard Lamar Frantz

Richard Lamar Frantz 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 gas turbine plants
    Patent number: 6542856
    Abstract: A web-based system monitors a plurality of different gas turbine plants and includes a server system that summarizes data from a plurality of plants. The system also includes a client system including a browser and a storage device for storing information. The server system is configured to be coupled to the client system and retrieves operational data from the plurality of gas turbine plants, stores the data in the centralized database, and generates graphical representations of the operational data based on the stored data. More specifically, operational data from a plurality of turbine plants is summarized and viewable remotely with the server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Lamar Frantz, Stephen Richard Hunt
  • System and method for monitoring gas turbine plants
    Publication number: 20020193969
    Abstract: A web-based system monitors a plurality of different gas turbine plants and includes a server system that summarizes data from a plurality of plants. The system also includes a client system including a browser and a storage device for storing information. The server system is configured to be coupled to the client system and retrieves operational data from the plurality of gas turbine plants, stores the data in the centralized database, and generates graphical representations of the operational data based on the stored data. More specifically, operational data from a plurality of turbine plants is summarized and viewable remotely with the server system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Lamar Frantz, Stephen Richard Hunt, Karen Lee Hunt