Patents by Inventor Thomas Durkee Britton

Thomas Durkee Britton 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).

  • Patent number: 11790519
    Abstract: A non-destructive testing (NDT) system can provide a tree model of an inspection on a display of an NDT device and on a web page configured in a web browser on a computing device coupled to the NDT device. Inspection data acquired using the NDT device can be provided in real-time as the inspection data is associated with a node configured in the tree model. The NDT system can generate an inspection tree model based on an inspection template including a template tree model. Defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms can be applied to nodes of the template tree model such that the generated inspection tree model includes the applied defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms, which can then be applied to the inspection data acquired at the inspection point location corresponding to each node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, A GE Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ritwick Jana, Bryan David Maule, Michael Christopher Domke, thomas Durkee Britton, Robert Scott Lockhart
  • Publication number: 20220235669
    Abstract: A method of turbine engine annotation includes receiving data characterizing an image and/or a video of a predetermined region of a turbine engine, the turbine engine including a plurality of blades configured to move relative to the predetermined region. A first blade of the plurality of blades is located in the predetermined region during a first time duration. The method also includes receiving data characterizing inspection parameters from a turning tool device including a motor and a motor controller and receiving turbine engine information. The motor controller is configured to rotate the plurality of blades of the turbine via the motor coupled to the turbine engine. The method further includes identifying the first blade based on the inspection parameters including an initial configuration of the turning tool device and the first time duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Publication number: 20210366104
    Abstract: A non-destructive testing (NDT) system can provide a tree model of an inspection on a display of an NDT device and on a web page configured in a web browser on a computing device coupled to the NDT device. Inspection data acquired using the NDT device can be provided in real-time as the inspection data is associated with a node configured in the tree model. The NDT system can generate an inspection tree model based on an inspection template including a template tree model. Defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms can be applied to nodes of the template tree model such that the generated inspection tree model includes the applied defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms, which can then be applied to the inspection data acquired at the inspection point location corresponding to each node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ritwick Jana, Bryan David Maule, Michael Christopher Domke, Thomas Durkee Britton, Robert Scott Lockhart
  • Publication number: 20200042603
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor is configured to create a second text in a second language via the user interface of the NDT device, and to present the second text on the operations object as an alternative to the first text via the display during the operation of the NDT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chen Goldberger, Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Patent number: 10325028
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor is configured to create a second text in a second language via the user interface of the NDT device, and to present the second text on the operations object as an alternative to the first text via the display during the operation of the NDT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chen Goldberger, Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Publication number: 20180129649
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor is configured to create a second text in a second language via the user interface of the NDT device, and to present the second text on the operations object as an alternative to the first text via the display during the operation of the NDT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Chen Goldberger, Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Patent number: 9767096
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor is configured to create a second text in a second language via the user interface of the NDT device, and to present the second text on the operations object as an alternative to the first text via the display during the operation of the NDT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chen Goldberger, Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Thomas Durkee Britton
  • Publication number: 20150347396
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media is described herein. For example, a system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a display, a user interface, a memory storing an operations object having a first text in a first language, and a processor. The processor is configured to present the first text on the operations object via the display during an operation of the portable NDT device, and wherein the processor is configured to create a second text in a second language via the user interface of the NDT device, and to present the second text on the operations object as an alternative to the first text via the display during the operation of the NDT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Chen Goldberger, Bryan David Maule, Thomas Charles Ward, Thomas Durkee Britton