Patents by Inventor Brandon EVANS

Brandon EVANS 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: 11867131
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes determining a thrust requirement to satisfy a desired glide slope. The method further includes determining, based on the thrust requirement, whether thrust matching can be maintained while operating a first gas turbine engine in a fuel-burning mode and operating a second gas turbine engine in an electrically powered mode. The method further includes, responsive to determining that thrust matching cannot be maintained, commanding fuel flow to a combustor of the second engine to cause the second gas turbine engine to operate in the fuel-burning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brandon Evans
  • Publication number: 20230137815
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes determining a thrust requirement to satisfy a desired glide slope. The method further includes determining, based on the thrust requirement, whether thrust matching can be maintained while operating a first gas turbine engine in a fuel-burning mode and operating a second gas turbine engine in an electrically powered mode. The method further includes, responsive to determining that thrust matching cannot be maintained, commanding fuel flow to a combustor of the second engine to cause the second gas turbine engine to operate in the fuel-burning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Brandon Evans
  • Publication number: 20230068517
    Abstract: Surgical planning systems and methods are disclosed for planning orthopaedic procedures, including pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and/or post-operatively to create, edit, execute, and/or review surgical plans. The surgical planning systems and methods may be used to preoperatively assess a planned postoperative implant center of rotation relative to a preoperative native anatomy center of rotation. A delta distance between the planned postoperative implant center of rotation and the preoperative native anatomy center of rotation may be utilized to optimize a specific implant center of rotation that is most appropriate for a given patient's anatomy, thereby improving surgical outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nick METCALFE, Ryan MEGGER, Brandon EVANS