Patents by Inventor Mark Dimond

Mark Dimond 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 detecting rub in a turbomachine
    Publication number: 20050114082
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosed method and apparatus relates to a system for detecting a rub in a turbomachine. The system comprises: a turbomachine; sensors monitoring turbomachine conditions; and an on site monitor in communication with the sensors, and loaded with instructions to implement a method for detecting a rub in the turbomachine. An embodiment of the disclosed method relates to a method for detecting a rub in a turbomachine, the method comprising: monitoring turbomachine conditions; and determining whether a rub is occurring. Another embodiment of the disclosed apparatus relates to a storage medium encoded with a machine-readable computer program code for detecting a rub in a turbomachine, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method. The method comprises: obtaining data indicating turbomachine conditions; and determining whether a rub is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Abhay Kant, Vivek Badami, Joseph Toth, Nicholas Giannakapoulos, Mark Dimond, Jitendra Kumar