Patents by Inventor Ralph David Turley

Ralph David Turley 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: 11480066
    Abstract: A gas turbine power plant comprises a gas turbine, a power turbine, a clutch, an electrical generator and a controller. The power turbine is fluidly connected to the gas turbine without any mechanical connection. The clutch comprises an input mechanically connected to the power turbine and an output mechanically connected to the electric generator. The controller can identify that a speed of the electric generator is greater than a speed of the power turbine, determine a difference between the speed of the electric generator and the power turbine, in response to the difference being greater than a threshold, control the gas turbine to a first maximum acceleration of the power turbine, and in response to the difference being equal or less than to the threshold, control the gas turbine to a second maximum acceleration of the power turbine that is less than the first maximum acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Energy Services LLC
    Inventors: William Harms, John J. Henderson, Anthony Maiorana, Ralph David Turley
  • Publication number: 20220025778
    Abstract: A gas turbine power plant comprises a gas turbine, a power turbine, a clutch, an electrical generator and a controller. The power turbine is fluidly connected to the gas turbine without any mechanical connection. The clutch comprises an input mechanically connected to the power turbine and an output mechanically connected to the electric generator. The controller can identify that a speed of the electric generator is greater than a speed of the power turbine, determine a difference between the speed of the electric generator and the power turbine, in response to the difference being greater than a threshold, control the gas turbine to a first maximum acceleration of the power turbine, and in response to the difference being equal or less than to the threshold, control the gas turbine to a second maximum acceleration of the power turbine that is less than the first maximum acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: William Harms, John J. Henderson, Anthony Maiorana, Ralph David Turley
  • Publication number: 20160160901
    Abstract: A joint weld between a rod and a hollow tube is disclosed. The rod has a cylindrical first end, and the hollow tube has a second end situated coaxially about a first axial length of the cylindrical first end. A plurality of circumferentially distributed scallops in the second end extend axially to at most a second axial length less than the first axial length to form an end pattern with varying axial extent as a function of circumferential position. The joint includes a weld along a perimeter of the end pattern, between the hollow tube and the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Ralph David Turley, Anthony Patrick Maiorana