Patents by Inventor Ning Charles Fang

Ning Charles Fang 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).

  • Lubrication system for a turbine engine
    Patent number: 10823005
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine includes a tank, a circulation pump, and a heat exchanger. The circulation pump generates a flow of lubricant from the tank to, e.g., a power gear box of the gas turbine engine and the heat exchanger removes an amount of heat from such flow of lubricant provided to the power gear box. The lubrication system also includes one or more valves in the flow of lubricant for controlling a flowrate and/or temperature of the lubricant provided to, e.g., the power gear box to increase an efficiency and/or durability of the power gear box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ning Charles Fang, Donald Albert Bradley, Gert J. van der Merwe
  • LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20180163566
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine includes a tank, a circulation pump, and a heat exchanger. The circulation pump generates a flow of lubricant from the tank to, e.g., a power gear box of the gas turbine engine and the heat exchanger removes an amount of heat from such flow of lubricant provided to the power gear box. The lubrication system also includes one or more valves in the flow of lubricant for controlling a flowrate and/or temperature of the lubricant provided to, e.g., the power gear box to increase an efficiency and/or durability of the power gear box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Ning Charles Fang, Donald Albert Bradley, Gert J. van der Merwe
  • Lubrication system for a turbine engine
    Patent number: 9909453
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine includes a tank, a circulation pump, and a heat exchanger. The circulation pump generates a flow of lubricant from the tank to, e.g., a power gear box of the gas turbine engine and the heat exchanger removes an amount of heat from such flow of lubricant provided to the power gear box. The lubrication system also includes one or more valves in the flow of lubricant for controlling a flowrate and/or temperature of the lubricant provided to, e.g., the power gear box to increase an efficiency and/or durability of the power gear box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ning Charles Fang, Donald Albert Bradley, Gert J. van der Merwe
  • LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20160341074
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine includes a tank, a circulation pump, and a heat exchanger. The circulation pump generates a flow of lubricant from the tank to, e.g., a power gear box of the gas turbine engine and the heat exchanger removes an amount of heat from such flow of lubricant provided to the power gear box. The lubrication system also includes one or more valves in the flow of lubricant for controlling a flowrate and/or temperature of the lubricant provided to, e.g., the power gear box to increase an efficiency and/or durability of the power gear box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Ning Charles Fang, Donald Albert Bradley, Gert J. van der Merwe