Patents by Inventor Neil James Dunaway

Neil James Dunaway 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 of temperature error detection
    Patent number: 11137294
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to detect a failed thermocouple. A temperature in a gas path of a gas turbine engine may be measured, where the temperature is based on a signal generated by a thermocouple during a startup of the gas turbine engine and/or during an idle period that immediately follows the startup, and the thermocouple protrudes into the gas path. A failure of the thermocouple may be detected if the temperature is determined to be less than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Spangler, John V. Watkin, Timothy C. Keeney, Neil James Dunaway
  • METHOD OF TEMPERATURE ERROR DETECTION
    Publication number: 20190257701
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to detect a failed thermocouple. A temperature in a gas path of a gas turbine engine may be measured, where the temperature is based on a signal generated by a thermocouple during a startup of the gas turbine engine and/or during an idle period that immediately follows the startup, and the thermocouple protrudes into the gas path. A failure of the thermocouple may be detected if the temperature is determined to be less than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Spangler, John V. Watkin, Timothy C. Keeney, Neil James Dunaway