Patents by Inventor Rhonda Walthall

Rhonda Walthall 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).

  • Computer program product for optimal sensor selection and fusion for heat exchanger fouling diagnosis in aerospace systems
    Patent number: 11340154
    Abstract: A system and method that determines whether a heat exchanger within a complex networked system is fouling is provided. The system and method includes training classifiers indicative of a plurality of fouling conditions associated with the heat exchanger and testing the classifiers with optimal sensor data from optimal sensors to determine whether the fouling is being experienced by the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Nayeff A. Najjar, Shalabh Gupta, James Z. Hare, Gregory R. Leaper, Paul M. D'Orlando, Rhonda Walthall, Krishna Pattipati
  • Method of optimal sensor selection and fusion for heat exchanger fouling diagnosis in aerospace systems
    Patent number: 10895523
    Abstract: A system and method that determines whether a heat exchanger within a complex networked system is fouling is provided. The system and method includes training classifiers indicative of a plurality of fouling conditions associated with the heat exchanger and testing the classifiers with optimal sensor data from optimal sensors to determine whether the fouling is being experienced by the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Nayeff A. Najjar, Shalabh Gupta, James Z. Hare, Gregory R. Leaper, Paul M. D'Orlando, Rhonda Walthall, Krishna Pattipati
  • OPTIMAL SENSOR SELECTION AND FUSION FOR HEAT EXCHANGER FOULING DIAGNOSIS IN AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200408669
    Abstract: A system and method that determines whether a heat exchanger within a complex networked system is fouling is provided. The system and method includes training classifiers indicative of a plurality of fouling conditions associated with the heat exchanger and testing the classifiers with optimal sensor data from optimal sensors to determine whether the fouling is being experienced by the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Nayeff A. Najjar, Shalabh Gupta, James Z. Hare, Gregory R. Leaper, Paul M. D'Orlando, Rhonda Walthall, Krishna Pattipati