Patents by Inventor Melissa A. Batis-Carver

Melissa A. Batis-Carver 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 for controlling coupling of shafts between a first machine and a second machine using rotation speeds and angles
    Patent number: 9752509
    Abstract: A method for controlling coupling between a first machine including a first rotating shaft having an associated first positional phase angle defined by a first shaft indicia and a second machine including a second rotating shaft having an associated second positional phase angle defined by a second shaft indicia. A rotational speed and rotational angle of the first shaft are monitored, and rotation of the second shaft is controlled by bringing the second shaft to a predetermined rotational speed relative to the first shaft speed. Acceleration of the second shaft is controlled such that the second shaft indicia is within a predetermined angle relative to the first shaft indicia upon the second shaft being brought to the predetermined rotational speed, at which point the first and second shafts are coupled such that the second shaft indicia is within the predetermined angle relative to the first shaft indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Jon Clayton, Joseph David Hurley, Albert C. Sismour, Jr., Melissa A. Batis-Carver
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COUPLING BETWEEN A FIRST MACHINE AND A SECOND MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150059347
    Abstract: A method for controlling coupling between a first machine including a first rotating shaft having an associated first positional phase angle defined by a first shaft indicia and a second machine including a second rotating shaft having an associated second positional phase angle defined by a second shaft indicia. A rotational speed and rotational angle of the first shaft are monitored, and rotation of the second shaft is controlled by bringing the second shaft to a predetermined rotational speed relative to the first shaft speed. Acceleration of the second shaft is controlled such that the second shaft indicia is within a predetermined angle relative to the first shaft indicia upon the second shaft being brought to the predetermined rotational speed, at which point the first and second shafts are coupled such that the second shaft indicia is within the predetermined angle relative to the first shaft indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Jon Clayton, Joseph David Hurley, Albert C. Sismour, JR., Melissa A. Batis-Carver