Patents by Inventor Kenneth Lee Leary

Kenneth Lee Leary 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 testing an overspeed protection system during a turbomachine shutdown sequence
    Patent number: 7716971
    Abstract: A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine. The method and system may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine that may have a single or multiple shafts; determining whether the speed the shaft or shaft(s) exceeds a shutdown value; changing an overspeed trip value of the turbomachine; and determining whether the overspeed protection system would operate to trip the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Frederick William Block, Mark P. Bombard, Michael J. Dell'Anno, Guillermo Garcia, Eamon Patrick Gleeson, Kenneth Lee Leary, Richard Lee Nichols
  • Method and system for testing the overspeed protection system of a turbomachine
    Patent number: 7677089
    Abstract: A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine having at least one shaft. The method may: determine whether a permissive or permissive(s) is satisfied; initiate an overspeed test; automatically adjusting the speed of a shaft; determining if the speed exceeds an overspeed trip value; and automatically disabling the automatic adjustment of the speed after the test is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Frederick William Block, Mark P. Bombard, Michael J. Dell'Anno, Guillermo Garcia, Eamon Patrick Gleeson, Kenneth Lee Leary, Richard Lee Nichols
  • Method and system for testing the overspeed protection system of a turbomachine
    Publication number: 20080101918
    Abstract: A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine having at least one shaft. The method may: determine whether a permissive or permissive(s) is satisfied; initiate an overspeed test; automatically adjusting the speed of a shaft; determining if the speed exceeds an overspeed trip value; and automatically disabling the automatic adjustment of the speed after the test is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Frederick William Block, Mark P. Bombard, Michael J. Dell'Anno, Guillermo Garcia, Eamon Patrick Gleeson, Kenneth Lee Leary, Richard Lee Nichols
  • Method and system for testing an overspeed protection system during a turbomachine shutdown sequence
    Publication number: 20080095609
    Abstract: A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine. The method and system may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine that may have a single or multiple shafts; determining whether the speed the shaft or shaft(s) exceeds a shutdown value; changing an overspeed trip value of the turbomachine; and determining whether the overspeed protection system would operate to trip the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Frederick William Block, Mark P. Bombard, Michael J. Dell'Anno, Guillermo Garcia, Eamon Patrick Gleeson, Kenneth Lee Leary, Richard Lee Nichols