Patents by Inventor Peter Thomas Harrison

Peter Thomas Harrison 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).

  • System and method for sensor validation and fusion
    Patent number: 7293400
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a physical parameter comprises receiving a sensor signal representative of an actual value from each of a plurality of sensors. The method further comprises calculating confidence value for each sensed value and a weighted average of actual values of the sensor signal by weighting each sensed value by the respective confidence value. The weighted average is used to determine a corresponding value of the sensed parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Avinash Vinayak Taware, Teeporn Paul Tanpitukpongse, Andrew Todd Lehmann, Kenneth Paul Meiners, Steven Keith Handelsman, Richard Bradford Hook, Michael Richard Durling, Peter Thomas Harrison, William Lee Barrow
  • Methods and apparatus for detecting turbine engine flameout
    Patent number: 6442943
    Abstract: A flameout detection system for an engine that facilitates detection of flameout in the engine in a cost-effective and reliable manner is described. A method implemented by the device includes the steps of detecting a rate of change of gas generator speed, also described as engine deceleration rate, and declaring a flameout if a deceleration rate of the engine is greater than a pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Harrison, Kail Lester Linebrink