Patents by Inventor David Thomas Bowers

David Thomas Bowers 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).

  • Methods and systems for converting application code in turbine control systems
    Patent number: 8056062
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for converting application code in a turbine control system. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for converting a turbine control system may be provided for. The method may include providing a first application code format including one or more elements, providing a second application code format including one or more elements, and identifying mappings of the one or more first application code format elements to the one or more second application code format elements. The method may further include retrieving a first control system application code written in the first application code format, and generating application data from the first control system application code based at least in part on the identified mappings. Additionally, the method may include converting the application data to a second control system application code written in the second application code format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Thomas Bowers, Nagesh Laxminarayana Kurella, Patrick Joseph Conroy, Peter Frank Andrews, Marc Gavin Lindenmuth
  • Methods and Systems for Converting Application Code in Turbine Control Systems
    Publication number: 20080288928
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for converting application code in a turbine control system. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for converting a turbine control system may be provided for. The method may include providing a first application code format including one or more elements, providing a second application code format including one or more elements, and identifying mappings of the one or more first application code format elements to the one or more second application code format elements. The method may further include retrieving a first control system application code written in the first application code format, and generating application data from the first control system application code based at least in part on the identified mappings. Additionally, the method may include converting the application data to a second control system application code written in the second application code format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David Thomas Bowers, Nagesh Laxminarayana Kurella, Patrick Joseph Conroy, Peter Frank Andrews, Marc Gavin Lindenmuth