Patents by Inventor ANTHONY PAUL FAMA

ANTHONY PAUL FAMA 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).

  • System and method for predicting mechanical failure
    Patent number: 11932122
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a motor of a vehicle system monitor operating conditions of the vehicle system and determine whether the operating conditions of the vehicle system match designated operating conditions. Responsive to determining that the operating conditions of the vehicle system that are monitored match the designated operating conditions, an electrical signature representative of an electric current supplied to the motor of the vehicle system is examined and damage to one or more of the motor of the vehicle system or a mechanical coupling of the motor to one or more of a wheel or axle of the vehicle system is identified based on the electrical signature that is examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Prabhakar Neti, Kevin Michael Jones, Anthony Paul Fama, Corey Jackson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING MECHANICAL FAILURE
    Publication number: 20210061106
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a motor of a vehicle system monitor operating conditions of the vehicle system and determine whether the operating conditions of the vehicle system match designated operating conditions. Responsive to determining that the operating conditions of the vehicle system that are monitored match the designated operating conditions, an electrical signature representative of an electric current supplied to the motor of the vehicle system is examined and damage to one or more of the motor of the vehicle system or a mechanical coupling of the motor to one or more of a wheel or axle of the vehicle system is identified based on the electrical signature that is examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Prabhakar Neti, Kevin Michael Jones, Anthony Paul Fama, Corey Jackson
  • System, method and apparatus for installing a torque tube
    Patent number: 9751402
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a torque tube includes a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion. The first clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed first distal ends. The second clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed second distal ends configured to abut the first distal ends of the first clamp portion to form a ring. The first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are configured to clamp a torque tube therebetween. The apparatus also includes a plurality of legs depending downwardly from the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion which are configured to set a spacing between the torque tube and a seal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Fama, Bernd Daeschner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING MECHANICAL FAILURE
    Publication number: 20170087990
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a motor of a vehicle system monitor operating conditions of the vehicle system and determine whether the operating conditions of the vehicle system match designated operating conditions. Responsive to determining that the operating conditions of the vehicle system that are monitored match the designated operating conditions, an electrical signature representative of an electric current supplied to the motor of the vehicle system is examined and damage to one or more of the motor of the vehicle system or a mechanical coupling of the motor to one or more of a wheel or axle of the vehicle system is identified based on the electrical signature that is examined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Prabhakar Neti, Kevin Michael Jones, Anthony Paul Fama, Corey Jackson
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING A TORQUE TUBE
    Publication number: 20160193914
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a torque tube includes a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion. The first clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed first distal ends. The second clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed second distal ends configured to abut the first distal ends of the first clamp portion to form a ring. The first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are configured to clamp a torque tube therebetween. The apparatus also includes a plurality of legs depending downwardly from the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion which are configured to set a spacing between the torque tube and a seal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: ANTHONY PAUL FAMA, BERND DAESCHNER