Patents by Inventor Erin Kelly Bauknight, JR.

Erin Kelly Bauknight, JR. 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPRESSOR CLEARANCE AND CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE
    Publication number: 20090044542
    Abstract: A gas turbine including a compressor, the gas turbine including a sensor for measuring a clearance of blades in the compressor; and a controller for receiving clearance information and using the information to control the gas turbine for prevention of at least one of a surge and rubbing of the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Thatcher, Samuel David Draper, Erin Kelly Bauknight, JR., Harold Lamar Jordan, JR.