Patents by Inventor Linda I. Rivera

Linda I. Rivera 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).

  • Patent number: 10400624
    Abstract: A system for identifying timeframes for borescope inspections for a gas turbine engine, having: monitoring systems monitor engine conditions, derive engine condition information and communicate such information to processors; feature interpreter module electronically communicates (i) with processors to process engine condition information, and (ii) feature interpreter information to processors, such information defines a probability of a FOD event; accumulator module electronically communicates (i) with processors to processes feature interpreter information, stored information since a last borescope inspection, and (ii) accumulator information to processors, such information defines an accumulated probability of a FOD event; and predictor and inspection planner module electronically communicates (i) with processors to processes accumulator information and stored information defines a threshold limits for a probability of a FOD event, and (ii) predictor and inspection planner information to processors, such i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory S. Hagen, Linda I. Rivera, Alexander I. Khibnik
  • Patent number: 10339730
    Abstract: An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for detecting a fault in a gas turbine engine that, in response to execution by a controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising receiving, by the controller, a first data output from a first flight data source; receiving, by the controller, a second data output from a second flight data source; determining, by the controller, a first flight realm of the first data output based on the second data output; identifying, by the controller, a fault threshold using a first parameter of the first flight realm; and comparing, by the controller, the first data output to the fault threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Linda I. Rivera, Gregory S. Hagen, Alexander I. Khibnik
  • Publication number: 20180328221
    Abstract: A system for identifying timeframes for borescope inspections for a gas turbine engine, having: monitoring systems monitor engine conditions, derive engine condition information and communicate such information to processors; feature interpreter module electronically communicates (i) with processors to process engine condition information, and (ii) feature interpreter information to processors, such information defines a probability of a FOD event; accumulator module electronically communicates (i) with processors to processes feature interpreter information, stored information since a last borescope inspection, and (ii) accumulator information to processors, such information defines an accumulated probability of a FOD event; and predictor and inspection planner module electronically communicates (i) with processors to processes accumulator information and stored information defines a threshold limits for a probability of a FOD event, and (ii) predictor and inspection planner information to processors, such i
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory S. Hagen, Linda I. Rivera, Alexander I. Khibnik
  • Publication number: 20180330557
    Abstract: An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for detecting a fault in a gas turbine engine that, in response to execution by a controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising receiving, by the controller, a first data output from a first flight data source; receiving, by the controller, a second data output from a second flight data source; determining, by the controller, a first flight realm of the first data output based on the second data output; identifying, by the controller, a fault threshold using a first parameter of the first flight realm; and comparing, by the controller, the first data output to the fault threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Linda I. Rivera, Gregory S. Hagen, Alexander I. Khibnik