Patents by Inventor Rabi N. Ratnesar

Rabi N. Ratnesar 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, method, and computer software code for linking a plurality of powered systems having different linking protocols to operate as a single powered system
    Patent number: 8190314
    Abstract: A method for linking together three or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system, the method includes identifying a first linking protocol between at least a first powered system and a second powered system, determining whether at least a third powered system is compatible with the first linking protocol, if not compatible, switching to at least a second linking protocol to find a common linking protocol between the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third powered system, and linking the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third power system to operate in a distributed power configuration when the common linking protocol is found. A system and a computer software code linking together two or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eugene A. Smith, Mark Wayne Wheeler, Lawrence R. Waldo, Rabi N. Ratnesar, James Kelley
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE FOR LINKING A PLURALITY OF POWERED SYSTEMS HAVING DIFFERENT LINKING PROTOCOLS TO OPERATE AS A SINGLE POWERED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090292411
    Abstract: A method for linking together three or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system, the method includes identifying a first linking protocol between at least a first powered system and a second powered system, determining whether at least a third powered system is compatible with the first linking protocol, if not compatible, switching to at least a second linking protocol to find a common linking protocol between the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third powered system, and linking the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third power system to operate in a distributed power configuration when the common linking protocol is found. A system and a computer software code linking together two or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Eugene A. Smith, Mark Wayne Wheeler, Lawrence R. Waldo, Rabi N. Ratnesar, James Kelley