Patents by Inventor Neil William Burkell

Neil William Burkell 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: 10724462
    Abstract: Systems and methods (e.g., a method for controlling and/or operating a compressor) are provided that includes the steps of monitoring a crankcase pressure of a first compressor; analyzing the monitored crankcase pressure that includes calculating an average of the crankcase pressure over a time period and comparing the average of the crankcase pressure over the time period to a nominal crankcase average pressure; identifying a condition of the first compressor based on the analysis of the monitored crankcase pressure; and adjusting operation of a second compressor to compensate for the first compressor in response to identifying the condition of the first compressor based on the analysis of the monitored crankcase pressure. (The method may be carried out automatically or otherwise by a controller).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neil William Burkell, Milan Karunaratne, David Edward Petersen, Richard C. Peoples, Jason M. Strode, Bret Dwayne Worden
  • Publication number: 20180003122
    Abstract: Systems and methods (e.g., a method for controlling and/or operating a compressor) are provided that includes the steps of monitoring a crankcase pressure of a first compressor; analyzing the monitored crankcase pressure that includes calculating an average of the crankcase pressure over a time period and comparing the average of the crankcase pressure over the time period to a nominal crankcase average pressure; identifying a condition of the first compressor based on the analysis of the monitored crankcase pressure; and adjusting operation of a second compressor to compensate for the first compressor in response to identifying the condition of the first compressor based on the analysis of the monitored crankcase pressure. (The method may be carried out automatically or otherwise by a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Neil William Burkell, Milan Karunaratne, David Edward Petersen, Richard C. Peoples, Jason M. Strode, Bret Dwayne Worden
  • Publication number: 20170170438
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes a housing connected to the vehicle, the housing having a bottom floor, a plurality of exterior walls, at least one partition wall within the housing diving the housing into a plurality of sections, and a plurality of battery modules arranged in a vertical orientation within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: PATRICK LEE JANSEN, Neil William Burkell, Neil Patrick Bradley, Mark Alan Pfingsten
  • Patent number: D763201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neil William Burkell, Wing Yeung Chung, Neil Patrick Bradley, Michael Kjelson, Ronald Majewski
  • Patent number: D800670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Bradley, Shreenath Shekar Perlaguri, Neil William Burkell, Jain Raj Vettuvazhy puthenpurayil
  • Patent number: D804432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neil William Burkell, Wing Yeung Chung, Neil Patrick Bradley, Michael Kjelson, Ronald Majewski
  • Patent number: D859324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
    Inventors: Neil William Burkell, Wing Yeung Chung, Neil Patrick Bradley, Michael Kjelson, Ronald Majewski
  • Patent number: D934815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Neil William Burkell, Wing Yeung Chung, Neil Patrick Bradley, Michael Kjelson, Ronald Majewski