Patents by Inventor Gail Leroy Detar

Gail Leroy Detar 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: 10202884
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided related to an emissions control system. The emissions control system has an exhaust after-treatment system defining a plurality of distinct exhaust flow passages through which at least a portion of an exhaust stream can flow, e.g., the exhaust stream is produced by an engine. The emissions control system also includes a controller for controlling injection of reductant into the exhaust stream flowing through each of the flow passages. In one example, the emissions control system is configured for use in a vehicle, such as a locomotive or other rail vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Plummer, Gail Leroy Detar, Shashi Kiran, Shridhar Shrikant Kulkarni, Lawrence Heverley, III
  • Publication number: 20180363533
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided related to an emissions control system. The emissions control system has an exhaust after-treatment system defining a plurality of distinct exhaust flow passages through which at least a portion of an exhaust stream can flow, e.g., the exhaust stream is produced by an engine. The emissions control system also includes a controller for controlling injection of reductant into the exhaust stream flowing through each of the flow passages. In one example, the emissions control system is configured for use in a vehicle, such as a locomotive or other rail vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Plummer, Gail Leroy Detar, Shashi Kiran, Shridhar Shrikant Kulkarni, Lawrence Heverley, III
  • Patent number: 10072554
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided related to an emissions control system. The emissions control system has an exhaust after-treatment system defining a plurality of distinct exhaust flow passages through which at least a portion of an exhaust stream can flow, e.g., the exhaust stream is produced by an engine. The emissions control system also includes a controller for controlling injection of reductant into the exhaust stream flowing through each of the flow passages. In one example, the emissions control system is configured for use in a vehicle, such as a locomotive or other rail vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Plummer, Gail Leroy Detar, Shashi Kiran, Shridhar Shrikant Kulkarni, Lawrence Heverley, III
  • Publication number: 20170058750
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided related to an emissions control system. The emissions control system has an exhaust after-treatment system defining a plurality of distinct exhaust flow passages through which at least a portion of an exhaust stream can flow, e.g., the exhaust stream is produced by an engine. The emissions control system also includes a controller for controlling injection of reductant into the exhaust stream flowing through each of the flow passages. In one example, the emissions control system is configured for use in a vehicle, such as a locomotive or other rail vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Plummer, Gail Leroy Detar, Shashi Kiran, Shridhar Shrikant Kulkarni, Lawrence Heverley, III
  • Patent number: 9494083
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided related to an emissions control system. The emissions control system has an exhaust after-treatment system defining a plurality of distinct exhaust flow passages through which at least a portion of an exhaust stream can flow, e.g., the exhaust stream is produced by an engine. The emissions control system also includes a controller for controlling injection of reductant into the exhaust stream flowing through each of the flow passages. In one example, the emissions control system is configured for use in a vehicle, such as a locomotive or other rail vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Plummer, Gail LeRoy Detar, Shashi Kiran, Shridhar Shrikant Kulkarni, Lawrence Heverley, III
  • Patent number: 8899654
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a structure, system, and method for ingress and egress. The structure includes a frame assembly defining at least one frame aperture. A removable panel may be secured to the frame assembly and define at least one removable panel aperture configured to align within the frame aperture. At least one fastener may removably couple the panel to the frame, the fastener extending through a corresponding one of the removable panel aperture and the frame aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harold Alan Ellsworth, William Henry Gross, Gail Leroy Detar, Kevin Harmon, William R Miller
  • Publication number: 20130125524
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided related to an emissions control system. The emissions control system has an exhaust after-treatment system defining a plurality of distinct exhaust flow passages through which at least a portion of an exhaust stream can flow, e.g., the exhaust stream is produced by an engine. The emissions control system also includes a controller for controlling injection of reductant into the exhaust stream flowing through each of the flow passages. In one example, the emissions control system is configured for use in a vehicle, such as a locomotive or other rail vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Plummer, Gail LeRoy Detar, Shashi Kiran, Shridhar Shrikant Kulkarni, Lawrence Heverley, III
  • Publication number: 20130082481
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a structure, system, and method for ingress and egress. The structure includes a frame assembly defining at least one frame aperture. A removable panel may be secured to the frame assembly and define at least one removable panel aperture configured to align within the frame aperture. At least one fastener may removably couple the panel to the frame, the fastener extending through a corresponding one of the removable panel aperture and the frame aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Harold Alan ELLSWORTH, William Henry GROSS, Gail Leroy DETAR, Kevin HARMON, William R. MILLER, General Electric Company
  • Patent number: 6400111
    Abstract: A system and method for using a relatively high voltage power source on a locomotive to power a windshield wiper system that is capable of operating at variable and interval delay speeds comprising a first DC electric motor, a second DC electric motor, a controller operatively connected for enabling operation thereof, and a convertor power supply connected to the relatively high voltage power source where the convertor has a dynamic response characteristic emulating the electric power characteristics of a conventional vehicle battery whereby the convertor can be rated for supplying nominal motor current but can supply relatively high currents to the first DC motor to allow the motor to overcome stalled conditions
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Gail Leroy Detar
  • Patent number: 6360672
    Abstract: A protective member positioned at the rear of the operator cab of a locomotive. The protective member provides impact protection for a passenger in the locomotive in the event of an impact between the rear panel of the locomotive and a foreign object during long hood lead (reverse) operation. The protective member may include a vertical member disposed under the outer sheet material at a rear corner of the operator cab as well as members surrounding the rear window opening. The protective member may be formed of rectangular steel tubing and is anchored directly or indirectly to the platform of the locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Gail Leroy Detar
  • Patent number: 6224308
    Abstract: A skate for conveying components into a monocoque locomotive. Portions of a monocoque locomotive platform are not accessible through a roof hatch. To move a component onto such portions of the platform, a skate assembly having an integral clamp assembly is attached to a leg portion of the component, the component is lifted onto the platform through a roof hatch, and the component is rolled on the skate rollers to the desired position on the platform. A jacking device integral to the skate assembly is then used to lift the component for removal of the rollers and for holding the component at a desired height for attachment to the locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Allen Carl Bieber, John Edward Kleiner, Thomas Charles Sonnev, Frederick William Schulze, Harold Edward Rinn, Gail Leroy Detar, Douglas William Miller, Richard Hart Holmes, Geoffrey Perkins
  • Patent number: 5839815
    Abstract: A locomotive assembly having a longitudinally extending platform and attached sidewalls with a frontal nosepiece extending about a front portion of the platform. The locomotive having a connection device for connecting components to hollow supports in the sidewalls without deforming the sidewalls, a bulkhead with an attached portion for preassembly components thereon before insertion between the sidewalls, a window assembly sealingly disposed in an opening within the sidewall and attached to the sidewall to allow limited relative movement without disrupting the seal, an enclosed headlight assembly flush mounted in the nosepiece with air circulation to prevent overheating within the assembly and an integral collision assembly for transferring collision forces to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Allen Carl Bieber, Gail Leroy Detar, Geoffrey Perkins