Patents by Inventor Peter Thomas Gibbs

Peter Thomas Gibbs 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: 10801359
    Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying rub events of a gas turbine engine are provided. In one exemplary aspect, one or more power level changes of the turbine engine are identified from engine operating data. For a particular identified power level change, a magnitude of the power level change and a rate of the power level change are calculated. The calculated magnitude and rate of the given power level change define a data point that is plotted on a chart of the magnitude versus the rate of power level change. The data points are filtered based on one or more operating parameters, such as flight phase, to obtain a severity threshold specific to the operating conditions of the engine/aircraft at the time the power level change was performed. One or more data points are then compared to the severity threshold to identify possible rub events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lance Kenneth Blakeman, Brian Francis Nestico, Peter Thomas Gibbs
  • Publication number: 20180266269
    Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying rub events of a gas turbine engine are provided. In one exemplary aspect, one or more power level changes of the turbine engine are identified from engine operating data. For a particular identified power level change, a magnitude of the power level change and a rate of the power level change are calculated. The calculated magnitude and rate of the given power level change define a data point that is plotted on a chart of the magnitude versus the rate of power level change. The data points are filtered based on one or more operating parameters, such as flight phase, to obtain a severity threshold specific to the operating conditions of the engine/aircraft at the time the power level change was performed. One or more data points are then compared to the severity threshold to identify possible rub events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Lance Kenneth Blakeman, Brian Francis Nestico, Peter Thomas Gibbs