Patents by Inventor John Edmund LaFleche

John Edmund LaFleche 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).

  • Publication number: 20230131992
    Abstract: A method predicting and avoiding faults that result in a shutdown of a wind turbine includes receiving operational data of the wind turbine. The method also includes predicting, via a predictive model, current or future behavior of the wind turbine using the operational data. Further, the method includes determining, via a fault detection model, whether the current or future behavior indicates an upcoming short- or long-term fault occurring in the wind turbine. Moreover, the method includes determining, via a prescriptive action model, a corrective action for the wind turbine based on whether the future behavior of the wind turbine indicates the upcoming short- or long-term fault occurring in the wind turbine. Thus, the method also includes implementing the corrective action during operation to prevent the upcoming short- or long-term fault from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tapan Ravin Shah, Nurali Virani, Abhishek Srivastav, Rajesh Kartik Bollapragada, Karthikeyan Appuraj, Arunvenkataraman Subramanian, James Jobin, Venkataramana Madugula, John Edmund LaFleche, Abhijeet Mazumdar
  • Publication number: 20220341393
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine includes detecting, via a controller, a plurality of analytic outputs of the wind turbine from a plurality of different analytics. The method also includes analyzing, via the controller, the plurality of analytic outputs of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes generating, via the controller, at least one computer-based model of the wind turbine using at least a portion of the analyzed plurality of analytic outputs. Moreover, the method includes training, via the controller, the at least one computer-based model of the wind turbine using annotated analytic outputs of the wind turbine. As such, the method includes checking the plurality of analytic outputs for anomalies using the at least one computer-based model. Accordingly, the method includes implementing a control action when at least one anomaly is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald Bowden Wise, Scott Charles Evans, Arunvenkataraman Subramanian, Kyle Raymond Barden, Frank William Ripple, Jr., John Edmund LaFleche, Tapan Shah
  • Publication number: 20210102525
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine includes detecting a plurality of analytic outputs relating to power performance of the wind turbine from a plurality of different analytics. The method also includes analyzing the plurality of analytic outputs relating to power performance of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes generating at least one computer-based model of the power performance of the wind turbine using at least a portion of the analyzed plurality of analytic outputs. Moreover, the method includes training the computer-based model(s) of the power performance of the wind turbine using annotated analytic outputs relating to the power performance of the wind turbine. In addition, the method includes estimating a power magnitude of the wind turbine using the machine-learned computer-based model(s). As such, the method includes implementing a control action when the power magnitude of the wind turbine is outside of a selected range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Arunvenkataraman Subramanian, Gerald Bowden Wise, Frank William Ripple, JR., John Edmund LaFleche
  • Patent number: 10954919
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine includes detecting a plurality of analytic outputs relating to power performance of the wind turbine from a plurality of different analytics. The method also includes analyzing the plurality of analytic outputs relating to power performance of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes generating at least one computer-based model of the power performance of the wind turbine using at least a portion of the analyzed plurality of analytic outputs. Moreover, the method includes training the computer-based model(s) of the power performance of the wind turbine using annotated analytic outputs relating to the power performance of the wind turbine. In addition, the method includes estimating a power magnitude of the wind turbine using the machine-learned computer-based model(s). As such, the method includes implementing a control action when the power magnitude of the wind turbine is outside of a selected range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Arunvenkataraman Subramanian, Gerald Bowden Wise, Frank William Ripple, Jr., John Edmund LaFleche