Patents by Inventor Jospeh Citeno

Jospeh Citeno 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).

  • Methods and systems for controlling a combustor in turbine engines
    Patent number: 8099941
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a combustor for a gas turbine engine are provided. According to one example embodiment, a system includes an air control assembly associated with at least one air path of a combustor for a gas turbine engine. Additionally, the system also includes at least one sensor for sensing at least one operating parameter of the gas turbine engine. Further, the system also includes a controller operable to receive at least one operating parameter sensed by the at least one sensor, and further operable to selectively control an air control assembly based at least in part on the at least one operating parameter sensed by the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey David Myers, Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Timothy Andrew Healy, Jospeh Citeno