Patents by Inventor Andre M. Ajami

Andre M. Ajami 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: 8446284
    Abstract: A method of indicating low oil level of lubrication oil for a gas turbine engine automatically eliminates false low oil readings due to temperature-induced lubrication oil shrinkage and operation-induced changes in lubrication oil level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney
    Inventors: Michael E. Mehrer, André M. Ajami
  • Publication number: 20120326880
    Abstract: A method of indicating low oil level of lubrication oil for a gas turbine engine automatically eliminates false low oil readings due to temperature-induced lubrication oil shrinkage and operation-induced changes in lubrication oil level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Mehrer, André M. Ajami
  • Publication number: 20120174594
    Abstract: An example method of fuel delivery to a turbomachine includes reaching a light-off speed of a turbomachine and delivering fuel to a combustor of the turbomachine at a first rate. The method also increases the rate of the delivery. The combustor achieves light-off at a fuel flow rate on or in-between the first rate and a second rate that is greater than the first rate. An example turbomachine fuel delivery assembly includes a fuel delivery component and a controller configured to adjust the fuel pump to increase a rate of fuel delivery from a fuel supply to a combustor of a turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Winston, Andre M. Ajami, David Lloyd Ripley
  • Publication number: 20110302927
    Abstract: A method for controlling a flow of fuel to a starting gas turbine engine includes controlling the flow of fuel to the engine by controlling fuel pressure to the engine, and modulating the flow of fuel to the engine if engine exhaust gas temperature approaches a given exhaust gas temperature to lower the engine exhaust gas temperature below the given exhaust gas temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Andre M. Ajami, Kenneth W. Winston, Xiaolan Hu
  • Publication number: 20110259016
    Abstract: A method of starting a gas turbine engine includes maintaining the gas turbine engine at the dwelling speed after light-off until a predetermined magnitude of combustor warm-up is determined then increasing the speed of the starter motor to accelerate the gas turbine engine after the predetermined magnitude of combustor warm-up is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Winston, Andre M. Ajami