Patents by Inventor Kail Lester Linebrink

Kail Lester Linebrink 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 apparatus for gas turbine over-speed protection
    Patent number: 6915639
    Abstract: A fuel system interface for a gas turbine engine prevents a rotor from over-speeding and receives either an electrically-originated or a mechanically-originated over-speed signal. In the exemplary embodiment, the fuel system interface is coupled to an gas turbine engine fuel shut off valve and to a fuel metering valve to shut off engine fuel after receiving an over-speed condition. As a result, because the fuel system interface acts on both the shut off valve and the fuel metering valve, rotor over-speed protection is facilitated with parallel redundant fuel cutoff devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kail Lester Linebrink
  • Methods and apparatus for detecting turbine engine flameout
    Patent number: 6442943
    Abstract: A flameout detection system for an engine that facilitates detection of flameout in the engine in a cost-effective and reliable manner is described. A method implemented by the device includes the steps of detecting a rate of change of gas generator speed, also described as engine deceleration rate, and declaring a flameout if a deceleration rate of the engine is greater than a pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Harrison, Kail Lester Linebrink