Patents by Inventor Richard Gerald Bliley
Richard Gerald Bliley 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).
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Publication number: 20160078695Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to indicating a repair to perform on an asset based on historic data related to a repair on the asset and/or sensor data associated with the asset. An evaluate component aggregates information related an asset such as a repair performed or data from a sensor. A repair evaluation component indicates a repair to perform on the asset based on at least one of the data from the sensor or the information related to the asset. By utilizing asset-specific information and historical data, repair schedules for assets can be more accurate and thereby reducing untimely repairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Shawn Arthur McClintic, Nicholas E. Roddy, David Richard Gibson, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Louis Andrew Schick, Michael James Pierro, William Roy Schneider, Kimberley M. Mangino, Gregory James Hampson, Paul Edward Cuddihy, Gregory John Fera, Richard Gerald Bliley, Luis Ivan Meneses, James E. Schlabach
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Patent number: 7783507Abstract: Method and system for managing a plurality of remote assets, such as a fleet mobile assets is provided. The method allows for collecting data regarding each of a plurality of remote assets. The collected data is used to develop historical information regarding actual usage of each remote asset. The information is distributed via a global information network.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Louis A Schick, Kimberley M. Mangino, Gregory James Hampson, Paul Edward Cuddihy, Gregory John Fera, Richard Gerald Bliley, Luis Ivan Gomez Meneses, Michael James Pierro, James E. Schlabach, William Roy Schneider
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Patent number: 7296978Abstract: A compressed air system and method of operating the system wherein the slip between the compressor motor and its powering alternator is used as an indication of whether the compressor is running in a loaded or unloaded mode. A slip parameter such as % Slip is determined and compared to an allowable value in real time. If the compressor is determined to be erroneously in a loaded mode, a corrective action may be taken to reduce the probability that the motor is later started with the compressor still in the loaded mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeffrey James Kisak, Mark Alan Linebach, Jason Arthur Dean, Richard Gerald Bliley, Stephen Matthew Pelkowski
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Patent number: 7118348Abstract: A compressed air system, wherein a decision to de-energize a compressor motor is made with consideration of the likely need for the operation of the compressor at a future point in time. A rate of pressure decay in an air reservoir may be extrapolated over a predetermined time period to predict the need for operation of the compressor within the time period. If operation of the compressor is predicted to be needed within the time period, the compressor is allowed to continue to run in an unloaded mode beyond a normal cool down period.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jason Arthur Dean, Mark Alan Linebach, Richard Gerald Bliley, Stephen Matthew Pelkowski, Jeffrey James Kisak
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Patent number: 6996498Abstract: A system and method for reducing the shop time of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael James Pierro, Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider
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Patent number: 6993675Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining when to close a problem case associated with a machine that includes identifying at least one failure condition associated with the problem case, determining whether the failure condition is repeated after a recommended fix instruction is executed and closing the problem case if the failure condition does not repeat within a predetermined amount of time after the fix instruction has been executed. The machine may be a remote machine such as a locomotive and electronic data indicative of the failure condition may be transmitted from the remote machine to a control center over a telecommunications medium such as the Internet. The control center may include a processor for managing the electronic data that may be transmitted from a plurality of remote machines.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Nicholas Edward Roddy, David Richard Gibson, Richard Gerald Bliley
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Patent number: 6850869Abstract: A system and method for reducing the shop time of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael James Pierro, Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider
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Publication number: 20040175273Abstract: A compressed air system, wherein a decision to de-energize a compressor motor is made with consideration of the likely need for the operation of the compressor at a future point in time. A rate of pressure decay in an air reservoir may be extrapolated over a predetermined time period to predict the need for operation of the compressor within the time period. If operation of the compressor is predicted to be needed within the time period, the compressor is allowed to continue to run in an unloaded mode beyond a normal cool down period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Jason Arthur Dean, Mark Alan Linebach, Richard Gerald Bliley, Stephen Matthew Pelkowski, Jeffrey James Kisak
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Publication number: 20040175272Abstract: A compressed air system and method of operating the system wherein the slip between the compressor motor and its powering alternator is used as an indication of whether the compressor is running in a loaded or unloaded mode. A slip parameter such as % Slip is determined and compared to an allowable value in real time. If the compressor is determined to be erroneously in a loaded mode, a corrective action may be taken to reduce the probability that the motor is later started with the compressor still in the loaded mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Jeffrey James Kisak, Mark Alan Linebach, Jason Arthur Dean, Richard Gerald Bliley, Stephen Mathew Pelkowski
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Publication number: 20040073324Abstract: A system and method for reducing the shop time of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Michael James Pierro, Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider
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Publication number: 20040025082Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining when to close a problem case associated with a machine that includes identifying at least one failure condition associated with the problem case, determining whether the failure condition is repeated after a recommended fix instruction is executed and closing the problem case if the failure condition does not repeat within a predetermined amount of time after the fix instruction has been executed. The machine may be a remote machine such as a locomotive and electronic data indicative of the failure condition may be transmitted from the remote machine to a control center over a telecommunications medium such as the Internet. The control center may include a processor for managing the electronic data that may be transmitted from a plurality of remote machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Nicholas Edward Roddy, David Richard Gibson, Richard Gerald Bliley
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Patent number: 6647356Abstract: A system and method for reducing the shop lime of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael James Pierro, Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider
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Patent number: 6643801Abstract: A method for analyzing fault log data and repair data to estimate time before a machine-disabling failure occurs is provided. The method allows for searching in a database of historical fault log data from a plurality of machines for the occurrence of respective fault patterns indicative of incipient failures of a respective machine subsystem. The method further allows for searching in a database of historical repair data for respective repairs executed on the respective machine subsystem. The method also allows for computing elapsed time between respective occurrences of the fault patterns and the executed repairs.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vinay Bhaskar Jammu, Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider
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Patent number: 6634000Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and computer-implemented method for analyzing a fault log from a malfunctioning machine. The method includes receiving, from the malfunctioning machine, at least one of at least one fault code and at least one data code, at least one fault code and at least one anomaly code, and at least one data code and at least one anomaly code, and determining at least one of a cause of and a repair for the malfunctioning machine based on the at least one of the at least one fault code and the at least one data code, the at least one fault code and the at least one anomaly code, and the at least one data code and the at least one anomaly code. The method desirably includes receiving a fault log comprising at least one fault code and at least one data pack, parsing the at least one data pack, and generating at least one data pack code for a portion of the at least one parsed data pack.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vinay Bhaskar Jammu, William Roy Schneider, Richard Gerald Bliley, Anil Varma, Nicholas Edward Roddy
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Patent number: 6543007Abstract: A process and system for populating a database of repair codes used by respective diagnostic tools to identify repairs of respective machines is provided. The process allows for collecting a list of available repair codes. The process further allows for executing expert analysis upon the collected list so as to determine compatibility of the respective repair codes with the diagnostic tools. A customizing step allows for customizing the list of repair codes based upon the executed expert analysis, and a storing step allows for storing the customized list of repair codes in the database of repair codes.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1999Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Richard Gerald Bliley, David Richard Gibson
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Publication number: 20020116149Abstract: A system and method for reducing the shop lime of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Michael James Pierro, Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider
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Publication number: 20020065698Abstract: Method and system for managing a plurality of remote assets, such as a fleet mobile assets is provided. The method allows for collecting data regarding each of a plurality of remote assets. The collected data is used to develop historical information regarding actual usage of each remote asset. The information is distributed via a global information network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2000Publication date: May 30, 2002Inventors: Louis A. Schick, Kimberley M. Mangino, Gregory James Hampson, Paul Edward Cuddihy, Gregory John Fera, Richard Gerald Bliley, Luis Ivan Gomez Meneses, Michael James Pierro, James E. Schlabach, William Roy Schneider
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Patent number: 6243628Abstract: A computer-based method and system for predicting impending failures in a system, such as a locomotive, aircraft, power plant, etc., having a plurality of subsystems is provided. The method allows for storing log data indicative of respective incidents or events that may occur as each of the subsystems is operative. A detecting step allows for detecting predetermined trend patterns in the log incident data. A mapping step allows for mapping each detected trend pattern into a respective prediction of an impending failure of a respective one of the subsystems of the locomotive, and an informing or outputting step allows for informing a respective user of the failure prediction so as to allow the user to take corrective action before the predicted failure occurs.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Richard Gerald Bliley, William Roy Schneider, Vinay Bhaskar Jammu