Patents by Inventor Fred Gorum Graham, III

Fred Gorum Graham, III 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 wind turbine component failures
    Patent number: 8326577
    Abstract: Methods and systems for use in predicting wind turbine failures are provided. One example method includes determining a parametric profile for a component of a wind turbine from operating data of a plurality of wind turbines, determining an anomaly profile for the component of the wind turbine from anomaly alerts from a plurality of wind turbines, and determining a probability of failure for the component of the wind turbine based on the parametric profile and the anomaly profile. The parametric profile defines at least one parametric event associated with the component prior to failure of the component, and the anomaly profile defines at least one anomaly associated with the component prior to failure of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fred Gorum Graham, III, Subrat Nanda, Sameer Vittal, Atanu Talukdar
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING WIND TURBINE COMPONENT FAILURES
    Publication number: 20120143565
    Abstract: Methods and systems for use in predicting wind turbine failures are provided. One example method includes determining a parametric profile for a component of a wind turbine from operating data of a plurality of wind turbines, determining an anomaly profile for the component of the wind turbine from anomaly alerts from a plurality of wind turbines, and determining a probability of failure for the component of the wind turbine based on the parametric profile and the anomaly profile. The parametric profile defines at least one parametric event associated with the component prior to failure of the component, and the anomaly profile defines at least one anomaly associated with the component prior to failure of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Fred Gorum Graham, III, Subrat Nanda, Sameer Vittal, Atanu Talukdar