Patents by Inventor Adam Joseph Reese

Adam Joseph Reese 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: 11720067
    Abstract: A method for handling a simultaneous failure of all channels of a multi-channel engine controller configured to control operation of a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes obtaining, by a first processor associated with a first channel of the engine controller, data indicative of the simultaneous failure of all channels of the engine controller. The method further includes providing, by the first processor, one or more control signals associated with resetting at least a second processor associated with a second channel of the multi-channel engine controller based, at least in part, on the data. Furthermore, the method includes controlling, by the first processor, operation of the gas turbine engine while at least the second processor is resetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Leo Hart, Adam Joseph Reese, Jeffrey Scott Gilton
  • Publication number: 20210301734
    Abstract: A method for handling a simultaneous failure of all channels of a multi-channel engine controller configured to control operation of a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes obtaining, by a first processor associated with a first channel of the engine controller, data indicative of the simultaneous failure of all channels of the engine controller. The method further includes providing, by the first processor, one or more control signals associated with resetting at least a second processor associated with a second channel of the multi-channel engine controller based, at least in part, on the data. Furthermore, the method includes controlling, by the first processor, operation of the gas turbine engine while at least the second processor is resetting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: David Leo Hart, Adam Joseph Reese, Jeffrey Scott Gilton