Patents by Inventor Sean Robert Farrell

Sean Robert Farrell 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).

  • Publication number: 20240118140
    Abstract: A method of imaging a turbine engine test component with a first surface and a second surface that is spaced from the first surface. The turbine engine test component includes a plurality of film holes with inlets formed in the second surface or interior that are fluidly coupled to outlets formed in the first surface or exterior. The method includes flowing airflow through the plurality of film holes of the turbine engine test component, obtaining thermographic data, determining a test dataset, and calculating a performance score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Bryon Edward Knight, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Jason Edward Dees, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Sean Robert Farrell
  • Patent number: 11885688
    Abstract: A method of imaging a turbine engine component with a first surface and a second surface that is spaced from the first surface. The turbine engine component includes a plurality of holes with inlets formed in the second surface or interior that are fluidly coupled to outlets formed in the first surface or exterior. The method includes determining at least one fluid frequency, determining at least one sampling frequency, and pulsing fluid through at least a portion of the interior of turbine engine component while imaging the turbine engine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Bryon Edward Knight, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Jason Edward Dees, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Sean Robert Farrell
  • Patent number: 11492913
    Abstract: An inspection system includes a thermographic sensor configured to capture thermographic data of a component having holes as a fluid is pulsed toward the holes, and one or more processors configured to temporally process the thermographic data to calculate temporal scores and spatial scores for the corresponding holes. The scores can be used to obtain a reference dataset and a test dataset. A performance score can be assigned to the component based on the difference between the datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Bryon Edward Knight, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Jason Edward Dees, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Sean Robert Farrell
  • Publication number: 20220026278
    Abstract: A method of imaging a turbine engine component with a first surface and a second surface that is spaced from the first surface. The turbine engine component includes a plurality of holes with inlets formed in the second surface or interior that are fluidly coupled to outlets formed in the first surface or exterior. The method includes determining at least one fluid frequency, determining at least one sampling frequency, and pulsing fluid through at least a portion of the interior of turbine engine component while imaging the turbine engine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Bryon Edward Knight, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Jason Edward Dees, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Sean Robert Farrell
  • Publication number: 20220025770
    Abstract: An inspection system includes a thermographic sensor configured to capture thermographic data of a component having holes as a fluid is pulsed toward the holes, and one or more processors configured to temporally process the thermographic data to calculate temporal scores and spatial scores for the corresponding holes. The scores can be used to obtain a reference dataset and a test dataset. A performance score can be assigned to the component based on the difference between the datasets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Bryon Edward Knight, Andrew Lee Trimmer, Jason Edward Dees, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Sean Robert Farrell