Patents by Inventor Hamid R. Nikjou

Hamid R. Nikjou 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: 11518545
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for managing a supplemental cooling unit. The process receives data for a supplemental cooling unit. The data comprises a pressure, a temperature, and a speed. The process generates a set of alerts based on the data for the supplemental cooling unit and a signature in the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jared D. Mulholland, Hamid R. Nikjou
  • Patent number: 11220357
    Abstract: In an example, a method for on-board maintenance of an aircraft is described. The method includes measuring, by a pressure sensor, a pressure in a tube associated with an engine of an aircraft. The method also includes determining, by a control system and based on the pressure measured by the pressure sensor, that the tube is at least partially blocked by moisture. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to determining that the tube is at least partially blocked by the moisture, providing an alert signal from the control system to a flight deck of the aircraft. The method also includes, responsive to the alert signal, operating an actuation switch at the flight deck to actuate a valve to an open state. The method further includes, responsive to actuating the valve to the open state, supplying an inert gas from an inert gas supply to the tube to expel the moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Timothy A. Best, Ravin R. Pierre, Hamid R. Nikjou
  • Patent number: 11209810
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for predicting noncompliance conditions of rotating machinery in aerial vehicles. Embodiments include receiving records related to historical noncompliance conditions of a plurality of rotating machines. The records include deceleration time values related to the plurality of rotating machines. Embodiments include generating, based at least on the deceleration time values and the historical noncompliance conditions, a predictive model. Embodiments include receiving sensor data related to a rotating machine of an aerial vehicle. Embodiments include determining, based on the sensor data, a series of deceleration time values for the rotating machine. Embodiments include using the predictive model to determine whether a noncompliance condition is predicted to occur for the rotating machine based on the series of deceleration time values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Changzhou Wang, Hamid R. Nikjou, William S. Hanna
  • Publication number: 20200379453
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for predicting noncompliance conditions of rotating machinery in aerial vehicles. Embodiments include receiving records related to historical noncompliance conditions of a plurality of rotating machines. The records include deceleration time values related to the plurality of rotating machines. Embodiments include generating, based at least on the deceleration time values and the historical noncompliance conditions, a predictive model. Embodiments include receiving sensor data related to a rotating machine of an aerial vehicle. Embodiments include determining, based on the sensor data, a series of deceleration time values for the rotating machine. Embodiments include using the predictive model to determine whether a noncompliance condition is predicted to occur for the rotating machine based on the series of deceleration time values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Changzhou WANG, Hamid R. Nikjou, William S. Hanna
  • Publication number: 20200331636
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for managing a supplemental cooling unit. The process receives data for a supplemental cooling unit. The data comprises a pressure, a temperature, and a speed. The process generates a set of alerts based on the data for the supplemental cooling unit and a signature in the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jared D. Mulholland, Hamid R. Nikjou
  • Publication number: 20200231307
    Abstract: In an example, a method for on-board maintenance of an aircraft is described. The method includes measuring, by a pressure sensor, a pressure in a tube associated with an engine of an aircraft. The method also includes determining, by a control system and based on the pressure measured by the pressure sensor, that the tube is at least partially blocked by moisture. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to determining that the tube is at least partially blocked by the moisture, providing an alert signal from the control system to a flight deck of the aircraft. The method also includes, responsive to the alert signal, operating an actuation switch at the flight deck to actuate a valve to an open state. The method further includes, responsive to actuating the valve to the open state, supplying an inert gas from an inert gas supply to the tube to expel the moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy A. Best, Ravin R. Pierre, Hamid R. Nikjou