Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Wayne Litzler

Jeffrey Wayne Litzler 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).

  • Method and system for piping failure detection in a gas turbine bleeding air system
    Patent number: 10196928
    Abstract: A pipe fault detection system is provided for a gas turbine engine having a compressor and a turbine. The pipe fault detection system includes a cooling manifold configured to direct cooling air from the compressor to the turbine. The cooling manifold includes at least two cooling pipes, a sensor configured to detect an operating condition indicative of a pipe break, and a controller configured to control the amount of cooling air through the cooling manifold in response to the operating condition detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Adibhatla, Steven Edward Nolte, Jeffrey Wayne Litzler
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PIPING FAILURE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20170254216
    Abstract: A pipe fault detection system is provided for a gas turbine engine having a compressor and a turbine. The pipe fault detection system includes a cooling manifold configured to direct cooling air from the compressor to the turbine. The cooling manifold includes at least two cooling pipes, a sensor configured to detect an operating condition indicative of a pipe break, and a controller configured to control the amount of cooling air through the cooling manifold in response to the operating condition detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Sridhar Adibhatla, Steven Edward Nolte, Jeffrey Wayne Litzler