Patents by Inventor Raymond Hemer Jones

Raymond Hemer Jones 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: 6698920
    Abstract: A system for measuring turbine bucket temperature in a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of optical detectors, such as a pyrometer and a spectrometer, and an optical switch for selectively directing radiation from turbine engine sight glass to any one of the optical detectors along a common line of sight. The optical switch preferably includes first and second blocks, with the optical detectors being disposed in the second block. A rotor is mounted between the first and second blocks for rotation about a rotational axis, and a fiber optic cable is provided having a first end located on the rotational axis and a second end offset from the rotational axis. Rotation of the rotor selectively positions the second end of the fiber optic cable adjacent to any one of the optical detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald Herbert Maylotte, Raymond Hemer Jones, James Peter DeLancey, Garland Mace Cross