Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Billheimer

Thomas C. Billheimer 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).

  • Systems and methods for measuring a flow profile in a turbine engine flow path
    Patent number: 9556798
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a flow profile in a portion of a flow path in a turbine engine is provided. The system includes a mass flow sensor assembly having a plurality of hot wire mass flow sensors, the mass flow sensor assembly disposed in the portion of the flow path at a location where the flow profile is to be measured. The system also includes a controller that converts signals from the temperature sensor, the pressure sensor and the plurality of hot wire mass flow sensors to flow profile measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sanji Ekanayake, Thomas C. Billheimer, Douglas Corbin Warwick, Alston Ilford Scipio, Dale J. Davis, Jason Nathaniel Cook, Vahid Vaezi
  • Gas Turbine Air Mass Flow Measuring System and Methods for Measuring Air Mass Flow in a Gas Turbine Inlet Duct
    Publication number: 20140208755
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a mass flow rate in a portion of a flow path in an inlet duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The system includes a sensor assembly attached to the inlet duct. The sensor assembly includes a tube with a longitudinal axis disposed in a substantially laminar flow region of the inlet duct, and a flow conditioner disposed in the tube. A hot wire sensor disposed in the tube is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sanji Ekanayake, Alston Ilford Scipio, Rex Allen Morgan, Sascha Schieke, Thomas C. Billheimer
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING A FLOW PROFILE IN A TURBINE ENGINE FLOW PATH
    Publication number: 20140208764
    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a flow profile in a portion of a flow path in a turbine engine is provided. The system includes a mass flow sensor assembly having a plurality of hot wire mass flow sensors, the mass flow sensor assembly disposed in the portion of the flow path at a location where the flow profile is to be measured. The system also includes a controller that converts signals from the temperature sensor, the pressure sensor and the plurality of hot wire mass flow sensors to flow profile measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Sanji Ekanayake, Thomas C. Billheimer, Douglas Corbin Warwick, Alston Ilford Scipio, Dale J. Davis, Jason Nathaniel Cook, Vahid Vaezi